Center Stage 2 is a four-skills course that balances grammar instruction and successful communication. Practical language and timely topics motivate high-beginning students to master speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Features Grammar to Communicate presents key grammar points with concise charts and abundant practice in real-life situations. Communication Activities such as Time to Talk promote opportunities for meaningful expression and active learning. Extensive listening practice plus reading and writing activities help students to succeed in their daily lives. Review and Challenge helps teachers to assess students' progress and meet the needs of multi-level classrooms. Easy-to-follow two-page lessons motivate students to achieve their goals. Teacher's Edition includes: learner persistence tips multi-level strategies expansion activities unit tests and answer keys Teacher Resource Disk includes: additional grammar practice additional vocabulary practice learner persistence worksheets Sample Unit View an interactive sample unit here. You can also open a PDF of a sample unit (9MB) by clicking on the link on the left. Sample Audio Listen to samples from the Audio CDs: Unit 5: Food and Drink Vocabulary (1:51) Listening: Exercise A (1:38) Listening: Exercise B (0:57) Grammar to Communicate 1: Exercise D (1:12) Grammar to Communicate 3: Exercise A (1:06) Grammar (0:25) Dictation (1:18) Listening: Exercise A (1:12) Listening: Exercise B (0:43)