The "Listening and Speaking 1" component relies heavily on integrated audio materials to drive the curriculum. Unlike traditional listening tapes that focus solely on comprehension, the audio for this series serves a dual purpose: developing listening strategies and providing models for speaking pronunciation and fluency.
Analysis of Unit 5 (Daily Routines) reveals a lexical density of 48% (content words vs. function words), lower than natural speech (55–60%). This reduction aids comprehension but risks creating a “classroom dialect” that does not transfer to authentic media.
Oxford University Press provides several ways to access these files:
Examples of how to perform the "Final Speaking Task" for each unit. How to Get the Most Out of the Audio
: Various tracks focus on why people learn English, such as for school success or securing jobs in English-speaking countries. Skills & Grammar