<p><b><i>Quest Second Edition</i></b> parallels and accelerates the process native-speaking students go through when they prepare for success in a variety of academic subjects. <b><i>Quest</i></b> helps students get "up to speed" in terms of both academic content and language skills.</p><p>The four <b><i>Listening and Speaking</i></b> books in the <b><i>Quest</i></b> series contain listening and speaking strategies and practice activities centered on authentic recordings from "person on the street" interviews, social conversations, radio programs, and university lectures.</p><p>Each student book unit focuses on a different area of university study <b>anthropology, art, biology, business, ecology, economics, history, literature, psychology,</b> and <b>sociology.</b></p><p>Each chapter contains five parts that blend listening and speaking skills within the context of a particular academic area of study<ol><li>Introduction</li><li>Social Language</li><li>The Mechanics of Listening and Speaking</li><li>Broadcast English</li><li>Academic Listening</li></ol></p><p>Listening passages and skill-development activities build upon one another and increase in length and difficulty as students work through the five sections of each chapter across the four levels.</p><p>This is the intro level student book.</p>