Communication is still the principal aim and students are encouraged to participate actively in conversations mirroring everyday situations and, as they progress, in discussions on relevant topics, and connections are made to simple literary and factual texts and newspaper articles. A wide range of texts have been chosen to form the basis of the listening and reading comprehension exercises and the understanding of grammatical structures is developed using the same texts, with summaries included at intervals for revision purposes. There are also numerous exercises to consolidate vocabulary and "checklists" for reference and revision.