"Cambridge Skills for Fluency" is a new range of materials designed specifically to develop student's fluency and confidence in using English. Each book in the series offers a variety of imaginative topics and activitieswhich will genuinely engage students' interest and encourage them to share personal reactions and opinions - fluently. "Listening 2" develops student's 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 them effectively in the context of language learning. "Listening 2": 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.