Active Skills for Communication is an exciting new three-level series that develops learners' speaking and listening skills. Written by ELT specialists Curtis Kelly and Chuck Sandy, with series consultant Neil J. Anderson, the series uses the ACTIVE approach to help learners become more fluent, confident-and active-speakers of English. Each unit contains easy-to-follow, step-by-step activities that lead toward a major speaking task. The tasks are based on real-life situations and are designed to increase self confidence and foster positive attitudes towards learning English. Fluency strategies help learners develop effective conversation management skills Critical Thinking activities encourage learners to think deeply about how they express themselves in English Useful Expressions help learners interact more freely in personalized speaking activities Presentation Tips help learners develop confidence and effective presentation skills A Workbook for each level provides learners with reinforcement and extension activities for vocabulary, grammar, conversation strategies, and critical thinking A Teacher's Edition for each level includes notes, suggestions, answer keys, and teaching information, additional activities for each unit, photocopiable activity pages, unit assessments and tests, and audio scripts Spoken English sections show learners how native speakers of English really talk
