Emma, from the Bookworms series, and Mulan, from Classic Tales, both won in their categories at the 2018 Language Learner Literature Awards. Every year the Extensive Reading Foundation recognizes the best new works of language learner literature in English and awards one winner in each of six categories. Also selected as finalists this year were It's Hot, The Snow Tigers and Hope on Turtle Island, from the Oxford Read and Imagine. Learn more.

Telephone lines will be closed from 2pm on Wednesday, October 31st, 2018. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

We are pleased to announce that select Oxford Reading Tree audio tracks are now available for streaming from the end of August 2018, replacing file downloads. Streaming allows you to play media on any device with an internet connection, in real time, and without using disk space. We hope you enjoy using it. 

Oxford University Press will be closed on Monday, August 13th to Wednesday, August 15th for the annual Obon holidays. We apologize for the inconvenience.

This summer, we are delighted to hold workshops on fostering 21st century skills for the Japanese secondary classroom in Osaka and Tokyo. Join us for this one day professional development course designed to introduce a wide range of practical teaching methodology. Click here for more information and to register online.

Over the past six years the Oxford Big Read Competition has motivated thousands of students across Japan to read in English. Learn more about this year's competition and register your students today! Find out more

Five OUP graded readers, It's Hot (Oxford Read and Imagine), Mulan (Classic Tales), The Snow Tigers (Oxford Read and Imagine), Hope on Turtle Island (Oxford Read and Imagine) and Emma (Oxford Bookworms) have been shortlisted as finalists in this year's Extensive Reading Foundation Language Learner Literature Awards. Every year the Extensive Reading Foundation recognizes the best new works of language learner literature in English and awards winners in 6 categories. This year's winners will be chosen later this year. 

The author of Supporting Learners with Dyslexia in the ELT Classroom (Oxford University Press 2017), Michele Daloiso was awarded the 2017 Ben Warren-International House Trust Prize. This biennial award is given to the author or authors of the most outstanding work in the field of language teacher education. Daloiso teaches English and Italian language at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice and is the director of the DEAL Research Group, which investigates innovative language teaching methodologies for students with learning differences. 

Join the Oxford Phonics Workshop on Sunday, April 1st, 2018 in Tokyo, with Rob Peacock from Oxford University Press and master storyteller Kevin Churchley, for a full day of informative and in-depth workshops. See more and register.

The noun, youthquake, is defined as 'a significant cultural, political, or social change arising from the actions or influence of young people’. The data collated by the Oxford Dictionaries editors shows a fivefold increase in usage of youthquake in 2017 compared to 2016, the word having first struck in a big way in June with the UK's general election at its epicenter. Please click here for more details on the Word of the Year 2017.

This annual workshop series is for teachers of young learners who wish to improve their teaching skills. Bestselling authors and teacher trainers will provide practical workshops with fresh ideas to use in your classroom. In 2018, we will be visiting 10 cities around Japan. Please register your email address. As the pre-registration opens, we will send information to the email address you provided. Learn more.
 

Join the second Oxford Phonics Workshop on Sunday, December 3rd, 2017 in Tokyo, with Oxford Phonics World co-author Kaj Schwermer and master storyteller Kevin Churchley, for a full day of informative and in-depth workshops. See more and register

Our 2018 ELT Catalogue is now available in both digital and print. We hope this will be a valuable resource and assist you in finding the right materials to support your teaching and classroom needs. View a PDF of the 2018 catalogue on your computer or phone, or request a paper catalogue to be sent to you. Click here for more details.

As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting academics and education in Japan, Oxford University Press, is delighted to present Oxford Day 2017. This year's theme, THE POWER OF LANGUAGE, will bring together local and international speakers to discuss the influence language has on social, political, legal and educational issues. Please click here for more information and to pre-register online.
 

The Oxford Companion to Cheese has won the 2017 James Beard Book Award for Reference and Scholarship. The Companion contains 855 A-Z entries on cheese history, culture, science, and production. This is the second year in a row OUP has won a Beard award, with last year’s The Oxford Companion to Wine winning in the Beverage category. The awards are presented by the Beard Foundation for excellence in cuisine, culinary writing, and culinary education in the United States.

Over the past five years the Oxford Big Read Competition has motivated thousands of students across Japan to read in English. Learn more about this year's competition and register your students today! Find out more

The Oxford Companion to Music is being introduced as a reference book used by David Bowie when he composed music for his first album, David Bowie (1967), in the retrospective exhibition for David Bowie, DAVID BOWIE is, organized by Victoria & Albert Museum, London. The exhibition was first held in London in 2013, and has since toured 10 cities throughout the world and has been attended by over 160 million people. The Japan exhibition is taking place from January 8th to April 10th, 2017. Learn more here.

We regret to announce a disruption of our customer service due to a network fault. We apologisefor any inconvenience caused.

We are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Once normal service is resumed, wewill make a further announcement on our website.

Thanks to all who took part in this year's Oxford Big Read. Out of hundreds of fantastic entries, 5 National Prize winners, 1 Best of the New winner and 1 Kinokuniya Prize winner were chosen. See the winners and honorable mentions here.

Oxford University Press will close from Thursday, December 29th, 2016 through Thursday, January 5th, 2017. Regular business will resume on Friday, January 6th, 2017.

Due to a recent security release from Adobe Flash Player, some of our products that include  CD-ROMs/Multi-ROMs may require an update to function properly. If you are currently using any CD-ROMs/Multi-ROMs listed below, please click here to download your software update. You will find a file to download and install on your computer as well as step-by-step instructions to help you. If you experience any issues while installing this update, or after the installation, please get in touch with us by email at eltsupport@oup.com or by phone at +44 (0)1865 910007.  We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience.

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We are pleased to announce the new and improved Oxford Kids' Club website! Find the latest news, event information and useful teaching tips and ideas for teachers of young learners. Visit the website now.

Our 2017 ELT Catalogue is now available in both digital and print. We hope this will be a valuable resource and assist you in finding the right materials to support your teaching and classroom needs. View a PDF of the 2017 catalogue on your computer or phone, or request a paper catalogue to be sent to you. Click here for more details.

Due to technical difficulties, our Email services were unstable from July 18 until July 26. We apologise for any inconvenience caused during this suspension.

Since their release, the ORT audio pen and audio stickers have been well received among ORT fans. We are pleased to announce the audio stickers for stages 4 and 5 are now available! Visit the product page to find out more and purchase.

Visit Oxford at the New Education Expo (NEE) 2016 where we will be displaying our digital services supporting English teachers and learners, including: learning management systems, online learning platforms and online testing. Click here for more information.

OUP was named Publisher of the Year at the annual APS (Academic, Professional and Specialist) Awards, held at Wotton House in Surrey on the 17th of March. Scott Hamilton, APS committee chairman and head of retail sales for Blackwell’s, said: "This year’s winners demonstrate the level of talent, innovation and drive that is so prevalent across our industry. And the fact that each category was such a close call—with so many nominees receiving high marks from the judges—is testament to the academic publishing sector." Please click here for more details.

The authors of Exploring Psychology in Language Learning and Teaching: Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers (Oxford University Press 2015), Marion Williams, Sarah Mercer and Stephen Ryan was awarded the 2015 Ben Warren-International House Trust Prize. This biennial award is given to the author or authors of the most outstanding work in the field of language teacher education. Co-author Stephen Ryan is a professor at Senshu University based in Tokyo, and his research covers various aspects of psychology in language learning.

A pictograph was named the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year for the first time ever. Each year Oxford Dictionaries selects a word or expression that reflects the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of that particular year. This year Oxford University Press have partnered with leading mobile technology business SwiftKey to explore frequency and usage statistics for some of the most popular emoji across the world, and the ‘Face with Tears of Joy’ emoji was chosen because it was the most used emoji globally in 2015. Please click here for more details.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Oxford University Press Japan website was temporarily closed from 15:00 until 18:00 on September 30. We apologise for any inconvenience caused during this suspension.

OUP was commissioned by Otsu City Board of Education in Shiga as their partner in a project to research and develop an ICT-based teaching methodology for their Foreign Language Activities classes. OUP will provide ELT materials along with a customised curriculum, lesson plans and extensive teacher training programme to enable all homeroom teachers in the city's 37 elementary schools to conduct English lessons with confidence and improve student proficiency. Please click here for more details.

Henry Widdowson, a world-renowned linguist and ELT expert, was awarded theELTons 2015 British Council Lifetime Achievement Award. This award is one of the most prestigious in English Language Teaching and awarded to an ELT professional who has made a significant contribution to the field throughout his/her career. Mr Widdowson is a former series advisor of Oxford Applied Linguistics, series editor ofOxford Introductions to Language Study and series advisor for the Oxford Bookworms Collection, as well as author of Teaching Language as Communication.

OUP author Marina Warner (Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford) has been named 2015 laureate of the Holberg Prize, the largest annual international prize awarded to outstanding researchers in the arts and humanities, social science, law, or theology. Warner, whose most recent work Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Talewas published by OUP in October, received the honour for her analysis of stories and myths and how they reflect their time and place. This title has also received the Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Award, which highlights and promotes distinguished titles published in the field of storytelling.

We regret to inform you that we are experiencing technical difficulties with some of our online practice websites. Please click here for the list of the websites affected. Our technical support teams are working hard to resolve this issue as soon as possible and we will make an announcement when the issue has been resolved. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you during this very busy time of year and we thank you for your patience while we work to address this problem.

Classical Studies author Robert L. Fowler (Henry Overton Wills Professor of Greek, University of Bristol) was awarded the Society for Classical Studies' highly esteemedCharles J. Goodwin Award of Merit for his 2013 book, Early Greek Mythography: Volume 2: Commentary. The work was published as the companion volume to his previous publication, Early Greek Mythography: Volume 1: Text and Introduction, which was released in 2001. According to the judging panel, the book'leaves us with a truly three-dimensional view of the landscape we have lost,' and that'it might well be the new model for reconstructive commentaries of our century'.