Explore fascinating content while building language competence and critical thinking skills. The best-selling NorthStar series (Series Editors: Frances Boyd and Carol Numrich), now in its Second Edition, offers two strands: a reading and writing strand and a listening and speaking strand. Both strands stimulate students' imagination, encourage critical thinking, and promote personal expression. Revision Features *New and updated high-interest topics motivate students to express their own points of view. *Expanded vocabulary and pronunciation practice ensure greater language proficiency. *A grammar correlation chart links NorthStar, Second Edition, to two leading grammar series: Focus on Grammar and the Azar Grammar series. *The fully integrated approach includes a teacher's manual with achievement tests, process writing activity books, audio recordings of the main reading and listening sections, a new video program, and a Companion Website (with vocabulary worksheets, video worksheets, Internet activities, and other resources). Sample Audio Listen to samples from the Audio CDs: Unit 8: Traditional or Trendy?* Listening One (0:41) *Listening for Main Ideas (3:30) *Reacting to the Listening: Exercise 1: Excerpt 1 (0:20) *Reacting to the Listening: Exercise 1: Excerpt 2 (0:19) *Reacting to the Listening: Exercise 1: Excerpt 3 (0:23) *Reacting to the Listening: Exercise 1: Excerpt 4 (0:30) *Listening Two (1:53) *Pronunciation: Exercise 1 (0:58)