Active Listening Second edition for adult and young adult learners has task-based units built around a topic, function, or grammatical theme.

Each level of this popular three-level listening series offers students 16 engaging, task-based units, each built around a topic, function, or grammatical theme. Grounded in the theory that learners are more successful listeners when they activate their prior knowledge of a topic, the series gives students a frame of reference to make predictions about what they will hear. Through a careful balance of activities, students learn to listen for main ideas and details, and to listen and make inferences. New, culturally rich Expansion units include authentic interviews with students from around the world. This series can be used as a main text for listening classes or as a component in speaking or integrated-skills classes. A free Self-Study Audio CD is also included in every Student's Book.

Key features

• Through a careful balance of activities, students learn to listen for main ideas, details, and make inferences.
• Pre-listening schema-building activities help students build vocabulary and listen-again activities provide additional skills practice.
• Expansion units, with authentic student interviews, offer rich cultural material and provide review.