Authentic And Aware

Plot

Authentic and Aware is an advanced listening and speaking text designed for ESL students who have reached a level of competence that allows them to interact by examining a variety of current, sophisticated topics. Listening and speaking are integrated within the text, with primary focus placed on the students' ability to react and respond to the material and to each other. A guiding principle in the creation and development of this text was to provide students with an opportunity to discuss the same kinds of topics and confront the same kinds of issues that adults would enjoy discussing in their native language. Consequently, the topics which serve as the foundation for each chapter have been chosen because these are issues that people in contemporary society are aware of, interested in and actively discussing in authentic conversations every day in many languages around the world. In this text, these issues will therefore hopefully provide an exciting impetus, encouraging students to speak and become engaged in classroom activities.