Face the Issues helps intermediate students develop critical thinking skills as they gain insight into American attitudes and values. Each thought-provoking unit is based on an authentic radio broadcast from NPR?. Students develop essential listening strategies such as predicting, looking at Language, understanding main ideas and points of view, and focusing on details. Language and concepts are integrated through follow-up critical thinking activities including discussion, debate, values clarification, survey, role play, case study, interview, and simulation. The third edition features six new units on topical issues such as beauty, art, obesity, gender roles, and the environment. In addition, pronunciation and inference activities have been added to every unit.