The Upper-Intermediate level brought right up-to-date, with new topics, new features, and a revised syllabus which all aid real progress. — Vital core grammar consolidated and expanded in exploratory Language Focus sections. — New texts from a variety of sources provide the rich vocabulary input that learners need at this level. — New listening material exposes learners to wide-ranging examples of real spoken English. — New sections, the Music of English and Spoken English, highlight stress and intonation patterns and focus on features of informal spoken English to help learners boost their command. — Hot words and Hot verbs present and practise vital collocations. — New topics with international appeal deal with up-to-date issues that will engage learners.