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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: etni: sarag@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > 
> 
> DId you ever get an answer to this?
> I would hope that both dictionaries are acceptable . In my classes we have
> kids with the old one and kids (mostly those without older siblings) who
> have the new one.
>                         sara .
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>  Subject: Which dictionary?
>  From: "Janette Segal" <janjon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
>  Must the students use the NEW Oxford Student's dictionary for the new
> Bagrut? While writing a textbook for Modules E,F and G - I used the New
> dictionary - and was very surprised to find that there were quite a lot
> of differences between the  NEW and older dictionary:
>  1. some words had been omitted { I have no idea as to the reasoning
> behind these omissions}
>  2. some words were give less definitions and in a few cases  entirely
> different definitions.
> 
>  Another problem is the financial aspect. Many students have complained
> and asked why they should buy a "new" dictionary - since they have
> already bought a second hand "old" dictionary.
> 
>  Will the writers of the English Bagrut be using the "new" or "old"
> Oxford student's dictionary?
> 


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