A paired skills series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. Academic Encounters Level 4 Student's Book Listening and Speaking: Human Behavior engages students through interviews and academic lectures on stimulating topics from the fields of psychology and communication. Other topics featured are lifestyles, health, body language, and friendship. 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 4 Reading and Writing: Human Behavior. The books may be used independently or together.