There is a major focus on reading comprehension and many of the articles in the book have a casual style to them some articles even look like they were taken from fashion or travel magazines. The book is filled with glossy images and colorful photographs which give each chapter a modern and somewhat informal tone. In every chapter there are also games, crossword puzzles, conversation questions, and matching activities to help students practice what they have learned. While working with this book teachers and students will work on themed chapters which focus on things like describing emotions, technology, tourism, pollution/environmental topics, and social interaction (just to name a few). The book has 12 units which teach grammar structures through situations, stories, and dialogues rather than completely focusing on drills or grammar exercises. Although this is a grammar and vocabulary course book, the teaching method behind it is very different from most books out there. However I remember that when I flipped through the pages and analyzed the contents of the book I was pleasantly surprised. "Face2face is informed by the Cambridge English Corpus and its vocabulary syllabus is mapped to the English Vocabulary Profile, meaning students learn the language they really need at each CEFR level" -Chris Redston (Author) I’m the type of teacher who likes to teach grammar structures in a real life context in order to get my class interested in what they are learning. When I read this description I was not entirely thrilled to use the book in my class. The introduction of this book describes its lessons as pure vocabulary and grammar material. Since the majority of my students have a somewhat firm grasp of the English language, but still need some improvement, the book I’ve used the most is Face2face Intermediate. I currently give private English lessons to Japanese students online and one of the books that has been a life saver for me is the face2face course book series.
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