Listening 1 develops students` ability to understand real-life spoken English through recordings of spontaneous, natural speech, which have been carefully selected and edited for pre-intermediate learners. The activities are designed to encourage students to draw on their own natural listening strategies and to apply effectively in the context of language learning.|Listening 1|- includes a variety of voices and speaking styles|- provides interesting pre-listening activities and vocabulary work to prepare students for listening|- provides creative speaking and writing practice through enjoyable extension activities|- is flexible and therefore easy to integrate with a main course|- contains a detailed map to enable teachers to choose suitable units or activities|- includes complete transcripts and brief teaching notes, making the material suitable for directed self-access.|