Listening 4 develops learners' ability to understand real-life spoken English through recordings of spontaneous, natural speech, which have been carefully selected for advanced learners. The activities are designed to encourage students to draw on their own natural listening strategies and to apply them effectively in the context of language-learning. Listening 4 • includes a variety of voices and speaking styles • provides interesting pre-listening activities and language work to prepare students for listening • offers creative speaking and writing practice through enjoyable extension activities • is flexible and therefore easy to integrate with a main course • contains a detailed map to enable teachers to choose suitable units or activities • contains complete transcripts and brief teaching notes, making the material suitable for directed self-access