»Connect with English» is a soap-opera style video program featuring Rebecca Casey, a young woman who decides to leave her family and friends in Boston to start a new life in California. This all-skills video and comprehensive student text program, enables students to effectively learn English communicate naturally. Video Comprehension Books emphasize listening comprehension skills while combining all skills to help students gain a clear understanding of the characters and the events in the «Connect with English» story. Additional skills and topics covered in each book include reading, writing, speaking, culture, and vocabulary development. These books are organized in a consistent chapter structure. On the first page of each chapter, A Preview section contains activities that prepare students for viewing the episode. Next, viewing activities in the Watch for Main Ideas and Watch for Details sections test students' finer understanding of details and events in the story. A Highlights page contains a short culture reading as well as practice in idiomatic expressions found in the episode. This instructor's manual accompanies video comprehension books 1-4.