Active Listening, Second edition is a fully updated and revised edition of the popular three-level listening series for adult and young adult learners of North American English. Each level 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, to listen for details, to listen and make inferences, and to practice personalized speaking.

Features of the Student's Book

＊ A Before you begin unit to develop awareness of listening strategies.
＊ Updated prelistening schema-building activities to build vocabulary
＊ New Listen again activities for additional coverage of listening skills
＊ Your turn to talk pages that offer speaking and pronunciation practice
＊ New, culturally rich Expansion units that include authentic student interviews
＊ A new self-study listening section with audio CD for additional practice

Features of the Teacher's Manual

＊ Step-by-step teaching notes with key words highlighted
＊ A wealth of optional speaking activities and listening strategies
＊ Suggested times for completing lessons
＊ Photocopiable tests with audio CD
＊ Two complete tests with audio CD
＊ Complete answer keys