Center Stage 2 ─ Express Yourself in English

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)