Includes appendix, answer key and listening tips.

A free Self-Study Audio CD is also included in every Student's Book.

"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, and to listen and make inferences" (Book Cover).

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Unit 1: Getting to know you
Listening tasks
1 I wouldn't ask that!
2 Friends or strangers?
Speaking Nice to meet you : Asking questions to find out about classmates
Pronunciation Review : Intonation of yes-no questions vs. Wh- questions

Unit 2: Going places
Listening tasks
1 Where are you going?
2 Where is it?
Speaking Let's go! : Describing countries and sights to visit
Pronunciation
Syllable stress

Unit 3: What's the number?
Listening tasks
1 The number, please
2 What's the biggest...?
and with numbers Speaking
Which number? : Reading numbers in different ways
Pronunciation

Unit 4:Body language
Listening tasks
1 Is it OK?
2 What does it mean?
Speaking
Gestures : Gesturing and guessing meaning with classmates
Pronunciation
Sentence stress
Expansion 1: Morocco: Information and an authentic student interview

Unit 5: Appearances
Listening tasks
1 Who's that?
2 Different looks
Speaking
That's different! : Comparing two pictures
Pronunciation Intonation of echo questions

Unit 6: Shopping
Listening tasks
1 I'll buy it!
2 At the store
Speaking Let's shop! Talking a survey about shopping habits
Pronunciation
Reduction of need to and like to

Unit 7: International food
Listening tasks
1 Your order, please
2 Food and cultures
Speaking Dinner time : Ordering from an international menu
Pronunciation Intonation of questions of choice

Unit 8: Vacations
Listening tasks
1 How was your vacation?
2 A trip to forget
Speaking My vacation : Talking about vacations
Pronunciation -ed endings of verbs
Expansion 2: Malaysia: Information and an authentic student interview

Unit 9: TV
Listening tasks
1 What's on?
2 Reality shows
Speaking
TV habits : Taking a survey about TV habits
Pronunciation
Reduction of Do you and Are you

Unit 10: Getting there
Listening tasks
1 Visiting Singapore
2 San Francisco
Speaking My town : Describing interesting places to visit
Pronunciation Ordinal numbers

Unit 11: World market
Listening tasks
1 International marketplace
2 It's good business
Speaking
International fair : Organizing an international fair
Pronunciation
Contractions for there is, there are

Unit 12: Making a difference
Listening tasks
1 Helping the environment
2 Recycling
Speaking
Helping out : Designing a project to help the environment
Pronunciation Contractions for will, will not
Expansion 3: Hungary: Information and an authentic student interview

Unit 13: Stress and health
Listening tasks
1 Relax!
2 What's it good for?
Speaking Feeling healthy : Suggesting changes for better health
Pronunciation
Reduction of Don't you and Why don't you

Unit 14: Personalities
Listening tasks
1 People are different
2 Two of a kind
Speaking
A person I know : Describing people's personalities
Pronunciation Stress for emphasis

Unit 15: Youth culture
Listening tasks
1 Decisions
2 Coming of age
Speaking
Changes : Comparing memories of younger years
Pronunciation
Reduction of used to and didn't use to

Unit 16: Dreams
Listening tasks
1 The meaning of dreams
2 The dream catcher
Speaking In my dream : Retelling a dream
Pronunciation Rhythm of complex sentences
Expansion 4: Hawaii: Information and an authentic student interview