Amazon.com description: Product Description: Contemporary English second edition has refined the content and skills adult ESL students need to know to survive and thrive living in the United States. The emphasis on grammar, vocabulary, graphic literacy, critical thinking skills, life skills, and workplace skills has all been retained and presented in meaningful contexts through topics of high interest to adult students. Lessons are self-contained, remaining appropriate for both standard and open enrollment situations.

Conversation Cards

These cards contain additional oral pairwork activities. One conversation card is placed in its holder and a student sits on each side of the card. Each unit of the student books have two corresponding cards with the lower levels using a more open-ended format. Each card requires students to use grammar and vocabulary presented in the student book units.

Components per Level

• Student Book
• Student Workbook
• Annotated Teacher's Edition
• Audiocassette Package
• Audio CD Package
• Conversation Cards (20 cards with instruction booklet)