The NorthStar Listening and Speaking Teacher's Manual features a unit-by-unit guide including overviews, suggested times, step-by-step teaching suggestions, expansion and homework activities, and links to the companion strand and to MyNorthStarLab; Detailed multi-level strategies and activities so instructors can reach students at different proficiency levels; The Student Book Answer Key and Unit Word Lists for easy reference; and Reproducible Achievement Tests to save time and allow teachers to evaluate students' progress.

NorthStar, now in its third edition, motivates students to achieve in their academic as well as their personal language goals providing a fully-integrated approach in five levels with two complementary strands: Reading and Writing and Listening and Speaking.