s a paired skills series with a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. Academic Encounters Level 2 Student's Book Listening and Speaking: American Studies engages students through interviews and academic lectures on stimulating topics from American history, politics, government, and culture. Students develop crucial listening and note-taking skills, discuss content, conduct interviews, and make presentations. The Student's Book comes with online access to video for all academic lectures. The topics correspond with those in Academic Encounters Level 2 Reading and Writing: American Studies. The books may be used independently or together.