The third edition of this highly regarded series focuses on building confidence in using language needed in everyday settings. Key features: Focuses on listening and speaking skills for students who have studied grammar but lack confidence in speaking. Pronunciation Focus in each unit provides practical pointers for students. This new edition features all new photographs and illustrations. Revised units now have more speaking activities. New vocabulary support helps students to complete the tasks. New Student Audio CD in the Student Book provides students with listening practice outside the classroom. Class Audio CDs with extra listening practice and recordings use a variety of accents for real-life listening practice.
Unit 1
Functions
- Starting a convesation, extending a conversation, asking if you've met before, introducing friends, making small talk
Topics
- Events, leisure activities, introductions
Structures
- Tag questions, Yes/No questions, short answers and responses, simple past, present perfect, strong adjectives
Pronunciation Focus
- Rising and falling intonation
Unit 2
Functions
- Asking where services are located, describing buildings, asking for directions in a store, asking for directions in a mall
Topics
- Directions, building, errands, acc3essories
Structures
- Where can I ...?, requests with embedded questions, prepositions of place, place expressions
Pronunciation Focus
- Consonant clusters
, etc.