Top-Up Listening 2 is the second book in the Top-Up series, a three-part listening skills series for elementary through pre-intermediate level learners of American English. For young adults and adults. A wide, wide variety of listenings give students practice in prediction, influencing, using knowledge of context, listening for gist, listening for overall understanding, and listening for specific information. A special feature of Top-Up is its focus on helping students understand the actual sound structure of English, how sounds change or are lost or are inserted and how sounds run together -- helping students recognize what they're hearing and unlocking meaning. Finally, speaking tasks both help students think about and get ready for what they will hear and give them the opportunity to use language from the listenings in an active way. 25-40 hours of classroom material per text over 15 units on topics chosen to both stimulate and engage. Lots of practice. Lots of situations. Connecting and motivating. The book includes an Audio CD with the listening tasks for self study or review. - from Amzon