Each chapter includes three listening texts on a contemporary topic. The new edition includes an authentic video and an authentic audio in each chapter.

The texts present realistic academic listening contexts, with a variety of styles and points of view. Students refine their knowledge of grammar notions to build accuracy, which they apply in speaking tasks, and learn mostly academic vocabulary in focused Vocabulary Build sections. Focuses on skills (listening/speaking) develop students language strategies, which they apply first in the Warm-Up Assignment and then in the Final Assignment. An explicit focus on a critical thinking strategy in each chapter is reinvested through activities that foster reflection, analysing different points of view and synthesis.

What's new

• Objectives developed with GSE learning goals
• Focus on Critical Thinking in each chapter and Critical Connections task at the end of the chapter to reinvest content
• Focus on Accuracy in each chapter to refine student's knowledge of English grammar
• Listening and Speaking Coursebook includes a video extract in each chapter
• More emphasis on STEM topics
• Updated content: 80% new readings and listening texts
• Improved organisation and content in My eLab

• LEAP online components help students consolidate what they learn in class and provide opportunities for blended learning.
• My eLab offers additional practice and extension activities in reading, writing, speaking and listening; support documents for students and teachers; and a variety of adaptable testing materials.
• Automatic correction and a clear, informative gradebook keep students up-to-date on their progress and save teachers time.