Departures is suitable for intermediate students. It is designed either to follow Departures, consolidating and building upon the oral/aural skills introduced there, or as an independent series. This second edition features new communicative and listening activities as well as updated art and design. It combines lively, natural language with everyday situations to give students a practical command of simple, spoken American English.

The material consists of 80 units, each clearly laid out on a separate page.