Use of dictionaries in exams
All students may use a simple language translation dictionary from their own language to English and vice versa during an examination, unless prohibited in the rubric of the paper. You may only use a dictionary permitted by Student Services and those allowed for this purpose are detailed below.
If you wish to use a dictionary during your University examinations, you must:
- Check the list of dictionaries approved for use in University examinations below.
- Obtain the relevant dictionary; if no appropriate dictionary is listed below you should go to the Student Services Centre to seek further advice.
- Check if the use of dictionaries is permitted in your examinations. Speak with the module leader for each examination you need to take. It is your responsibility to know prior to the start of the examinations.
- Check the rubric of the examination paper to ensure use of dictionaries is permitted. If the school excludes the use of dictionaries during a particular examination it will be explained in the rubric of the examination paper.
- Any dictionary which is not shown on the approved list below or which is not presented to the Student Services Centre Counter for an approval stamp will be confiscated from the student in the examination. No approval - no permission to use.
The condition of the dictionary is the responsibility of the user. Annotations of any kind are not permitted. Should any annotations be identified, the user of the dictionary will be reported for cheating. To claim the dictionary is borrowed or second hand will not be an acceptable reason for defence.
If you would like to see examples of publications which have been approved for use, these can be located at the Student Services Centre Counter. Please note, if you fail to bring your own dictionary to an examination, we DO NOT supply dictionaries.
List of Dictionaries approved for use in University Examinations:
Harrap's
Mini Dictionary |
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| Harrap French Mini Dictionary | Harrap Paperback Polish Dictionary |
| Harrap Super-Mini German Dictionary | Harrap Portuguese Paperback Dictionary |
| Harrap Super-Mini Italian Dictionary | Harrap Compact Portuguese Dictionary |
Oxford
Mini Dictionary |
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| Oxford Chinese Mini Dictionary | Oxford Japanese Mini Dictionary |
| Oxford French Mini Dictionary | The Oxford Latin Mini Dictionary |
| Oxford German Mini Dictionary | Oxford Portuguese Mini Dictionary |
| Oxford Greek Mini Dictionary | Oxford Russian Mini Dictionary |
Pocket
Oxford Dictionary |
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| Pocket Oxford Chinese Dictionary | Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary |
| Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary | Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary |
| Pocket Oxford German Dictionary | Pocket Oxford-PWN Polish Dictionary |
| Pocket Oxford Greek Dictionary | Pocket Oxford Russian Dictionary |
| Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary | Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary |
| Any other English-to-Non English in this series | |
Collins
Gem Dictionary |
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| Arabic Dictionary - Collins GEM | Malay Dictionary - Collins GEM |
| Bengali Dictionary - Collins GEM | Mandarin Chinese Dictionary - Collins GEM |
| Chinese Dictionary - Collins GEM | Polish Dictionary - Collins GEM |
| French Dictionary – Collins GEM | Portuguese Dictionary - Collins GEM |
| German Dictionary - Collins GEM | Russian Dictionary – Collins GEM |
| Greek Dictionary - Collins GEM | Spanish Dictionary - Collins GEM |
| Hindi Dictionary - Collins GEM | Tamil Dictionary - Collins GEM |
| Irish Dictionary - Collins GEM | Thai Dictionary - Collins GEM |
| Italian Dictionary - Collins GEM | Turkish Dictionary - Collins GEM |
| Japanese Dictionary - Collins GEM | Vietnamese Dictionary - Collins GEM |
| Korean Dictionary - Collins GEM | Welsh Dictionary - Collins GEM |
| Latin Dictionary - Collins GEM | Any other English-to-Non English in this series |
Prisma Woordenboek & Others |
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| Prisma Woordenboek | FLTRP Concise Chinese Dictionary |
| Prisma Woordenboek Mini | Langenscheidt Pocket Japanese Dictionary |
| Norstedts Swedish Small Dictionary | Langenscheidt Pocket Vietnamese Dictionary |
| Czech-English Pocket Dictionary | Oxford Essential Arabic Dictionary |
| Polikens English-Danish Mini Dictionary | English-Hungarian One to One Dictionary |
| Ordbok Engelsk-Norsk | |
All dictionaries are available from Blackwell Book Shop on Blenheim Terrace, opposite the Parkinson Building.
If you intend to use a dictionary that is not on the approved list, you will need to have it checked at the Student Services Centre Counter prior to sitting any Exams. Failure to do so may result in prohibited use of your dictionary in any Exams. If in doubt please contact the Examinations Office using the following email address: examinationsofficer@leeds.ac.uk.
Oxford Wordpower Dictionaries are not suitable for use in examinations and will not be approved.