English for Life is an innovative skills series across three levels, based on authentic materials, and containing relevant topics needed to get by in English. Each book adopts a unique approach to work on one of the four skills, giving students and teachers the opportunity to specifically focus on the skill they need to work on.

The teaching notes below show how the material can be used in the classroom ‘Classroom implementation’ walks you through the sections of each unit, while the other links provide extra lesson ideas for classroom activities based on the content and themes of units 1, 2 and 3.

The following audio content supports the book Collins English for Life: Listening B1+ and B2 with additional recordings of native and non-native speakers of English talking about their life, work and family. Click on the audio titles below to listen to a clip. A transcript of each audio clip is also available.