Features
- Twelve, topic-based, 6-page units, with opportunity for extensive listening training through over 100 real-world native-speaker audio recordings
- Easy-to-use, intensive listening-based activities that need minimal teacher preparation
- A Dictation section which can be used as a complete set of homework material
- Over 100 audio tracks with native-English speaker pronunciation in graded, real-world dialogs and monologs
- Full-color illustrations to guide comprehension and anticipation of material

Unit Structure
- Target Vocabulary and Useful Expressions are explicitly introduced and carefully recycled throughout the units and Review units
- Warm-Up provides a guided and safe context for students to start to explore potentially new vocabulary
- Build-Up simulates a note-taking activity that might be typical for preparing for real-world academic listening comprehension demands
- Listening Tasks and Actual Listening contain dialogs or monologs set at a consistent, timed-speed. Follow-up multiple choice questions prepare students for popular tests such as TOEFL or TOEIC
visual prompts help guide anticipation of material
- A Speaking section offers an extension to monitor input-to-output English skills