European Award for Languages

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Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.

It is the world's largest university press. It publishes more than 4,500 new books a year, has a presence in over fifty countries, and employs some 3,700 people.

The UK Educational Division publishes teaching resources for primary and secondary schools, and children's books. It has a strong and innovative modern languages list, with coursebooks for German, French, Italian and Spanish, as well as bilingual dictionaries, CD-ROMs and an interactive online MFL magazine – i-café.

The Academic Division publishes bilingual dictionaries at every level in over 40 different languages, from Arabic to Urdu, French to Japanese, Polish to Thai. Capturing the idiomatic, colloquial and written character of the language, Oxford Dictionaries are essential resources for linguists: from complete beginners and refresher learners, to advanced students and professional translators.

Find out about MFL resources and dictionaries from Oxford University Press