Active Listening, Second Edition Is Grounded In The Theory That Learners Are More Successful Listeners When They Activate Their Prior Knowledge Of A Topic. Through A Careful Balance Of Activities, Students Learn To Listen For Main Ideas, To Listen For Details, To Listen And Make Inferences And Finally To Progress From Listening To Personalized Speaking. Student's Book 1 Is Intended For High-Beginning To Low-Intermediate Students. The Student's Book Offers 16 Task-Based Units, Each Built Around An Engaging Topic. Through A Careful Balance Of Activities, Students Learn To Listen For Main Ideas, To Listen For Details And To Listen And Make Inferences. Prelistening Schema-Building Activities Help Students Build Vocabulary, And Listen-Again Activities Provide Additional Skills Practice. A Full Page Of Optional Speaking Activities With Pronunciation Practice Is Provided In Each Unit. Expansion Units, With Authentic Student Interviews, Offer Rich Cultural Material And Provide Review Material After Every Four Units. A Free Self-Study Audio CD Is Also Included In Every Student's Book.