Headway Academic Skills

A paired skills course that teaches the essential skills for academic success.

Headway Academic Skills Level 3 A paired skills course that teaches the essential skills for academic success.

Sarah Philpot, Lesley Curnick, Emma Pathare, Gary Pathare & Richard Harrison

A four-level, paired skills course that teaches students in higher education the essential skills for academic success.

Strands available:
Reading, Writing, and Study Skills
Listening, Speaking, and Study Skills

Click on “Look Inside” to view contents pages and sample material from both strands.

Headway Academic Skills can be used independently or alongside a general English course book such as New Headway or New Headway Plus. The course focuses on developing the specific skills required for academic studies and exploring strategies for success in academic learning. It also offers guidance in key study areas and provides plenty of practice to encourage learner independence.

  • Student's Book
  • Teacher's Guide with Tests CD-ROM
  • Class Audio CDs
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  • Clear aims from the outset
  • Relevant and interesting topics
  • Full colour throughout for motivation
  • Colour coding for easy use
  • Study skills boxes outlining targets
  • Tests in pdf and word format for easy adaptation

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Headway Academic Skills can be used independently, or alongside a general English coursebook such as New Headway or New Headway Plus.

Designed for students moving on to academic studies or for those on a foundation programme, the series focuses on improving students' academic skills by:

• Developing the specific skills required for academic studies through a wide range of topics relevant to higher education.

• Exploring strategies to help students with new vocabulary, and to record, vary, and build their vocabulary.

• Offering guidance in undertaking research, and in acknowledging sources.

• Providing plenty of guided practice as well as freer practice to encourage learner independence in both pdf and word format for adapting to individual class needs.

Teacher's Guides are available at each level, with lesson notes, background information, answer keys to the Student Book activities, and photocopiable extension activities.

The accompanying CD-ROM provides a range of tests. Class audio CDs are provided for the Listening, Speaking, and Study Skills titles.

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For self-study or homework, students can download the audio for the Review pages of each Listening, Speaking, and Study Skills unit.

www.oup.com/elt/headway/audio

Audio files for the Review Pages of the Introductory Level will be available in January 2013

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