杨惠中等编著的《视听说教程》是一套英语视听说教材。教程体现了语言教学法和语料库语言学研究的最新成果，能切实满足学生提高英语听说能力的迫切需要。视听材料全部采用原版素材，原汁原味，结合国情，真实风趣；录像以情景剧形式展现，能激发学习兴趣。

本书讲解由浅入深，循序渐进，引导学习者逐步掌握会话策略，最终实现使用规范得体的英语进行有效交际的目的。

1 Let's Go Somewhere!

Topic Trip preparations and travel

Vocabulary Tasks before a trip; airline travel

Functions Saying you've forgotten something

Lesson A Before you gO

 Vocabulary Link: Tasks before a trip

 Listening: Activities I-5

 Pronunciation: Reduced have to and has to

 Speaking & Communication: Activities 1-2

Lesson B Video Course Travel

 Global Viewpoints: Travel

 City Living: Mexico -- here we come!

2 Indoors and Outdoors

Topic Indoor and outdoor environments

Vocabulary Items around the home

Functions Saying what you want; expressing something is prohibited

Lesson A Listening and Speaking At home

 Vocabulary Link: Around the house

 Listening: Activities 1-5

 Pronunciation: Plural endings/s/,/zJ, and Iz/

 Speaking & Communication: Activities 1-2

Lesson B Video Course Places and rules

 Global Viewpoints: My dream home Rules

 City Living: Imaginary beach

3 Life Is All About Change

Topic Life changes and the future

Vocabulary The stages of life

Functions Expressing intentions

Lesson A Listening & Speaking The times of your life

 Vocabulary Link: The stages of life

 Listening: Activities 1-5

 Pronunciation: Emphasis patterns

 Speaking & Communication: Activities 1-2

Lesson B Video Course in the tuture

 Global Viewpoints: Turning points

  In the future

 City Living: Go with the flow

4 Health

Topic Illness, symptoms, and treatments

Vocabulary Symptoms and remedies

Functions Checking how someone feel?

Lesson A Listening and Speaking How do you fells?

 Vocabulary Link: It gave me indigestion.

 Listening: Activities 1-5

 Pronunciation: Dropping the h

 Speaking & Communication: Activities 1-2

Lesson B Video Course Getting better

 Global Viewpoints: Getting better

 City Living: It must be a miracle!

5 Student Life

Topic Student life

Vocabulary Applying to and starting college

Functions Asking about meaning

Lesson A Listening and Speaking Starting out

 Vocabulary Link: Applying to and starting college

 Listening. Activities 1-5

 Pronunciation: Reduced pronunciation of going to

 Speaking & Communication: Activities 1-2

Lesson B Video Couse After graduation

 Global Viewpoints: After graduation Five years from now

 City Living: The letter

6 Telecommunications

Topic Telephoning and cell phones

Vocabulary Telephoning

Functions Making a phone call

Lesson A Listening and Speaking Telephoning

 Vocabulary Link: A telephone quiz

 Listening: Activities 1-5

 Pronunciation: Repeating to clarify information

 Speaking & Communication: Activities 1-2

Lesson B Video Course Crazy for cell Phones

 Global Viewpoints: Cell phones

 City Living: I can't stand cell phones!

7 Sports and Hobbies

Topic Sports and hobbies

Vocabulary Sports, pastimes, and athletes

Functions Asking if someone knows something; talking about practicing something

Lesson A Listening and Speaking in my free time

 Vocabulary Link: Fun things to do

 Listening: Activities 1-5

 Pronunciation: Compound nouns

 Speaking & Communication: Activities 1-2

Lesson B Video Course The active life

 Global Viewpoints: Favorite activities

  Favorite sports

 City Living: Practice makes perfect

8 Men and Women

Topic Differences between men and women; dating

Vocabulary Describing men and women

Functions Giving more than one reason

Lesson A Listening and Speaking How do I look?

 Vocabulary Link: Describing men and women

 Listening: Activities 1-5

 Pronunciation: Listing items in a series

 Speaking & Communication: Activities 1-2

Lesson B Video Coure Dating

 Global Viewpoints: What's your type? Dating

 City Living: Looking for Mr. Right

Review: Units 1-4 Testing Your Listening Comprehension

Review: Units 5-8 Testing Your Listening Comprehension