Talk about It! addresses socially relevant topics to help intermediate-level English as a second language students develop critical thinking skills, increase vocabulary, and improve discourse skills through tasks and readings. Through guided exercises, the textbook provides a comfortable forum for practicing language and involves learners in spontaneous and creative language use about sometimes difficult-to-discuss topics, such as drinking and driving, AIDS, and sexism in the workplace. In each unit, language strategies are promoted through pre- and post-reading activities. Language functions, current American/Canadian slang, and idioms and other vocabulary are contextualized in authentic sources. Activities require students to negotiate meaning and practice important problem-solving and problem-posing skills. Students learn how to communicate personal information, make small talk, recall personal experiences, tell personal stories, express feelings/emotions, express opinions, interview others about their opinions, and decipher business talk.