This four-level paired skills course gives Higher Education students everything they need for academic success. It can be used alongside a general English coursebook or on its own.

Key Features

The series improves students’ academic skills by:

  • Developing the specific skills required for academic reading, writing, listening, and speaking through a wide range of serious topics and tasks relevant to Higher Education.
  • Exploring strategies to help students with academic vocabulary, giving presentations, and developing research techniques.
  • Providing freer tasks that encourage learner independence.
  • Supporting and encouraging additional guided practice with new photocopiable worksheets in the Teacher’s Guide.
  • Developing students’ awareness of their progress through midcourse and end-of-course tests available in both pdf and Word
    format for adapting to individual class needs.
  • NEW Introductory Level allows teachers to introduce academic skills to students at A1 level.

Series Components

Headway Academic Skills Introductory Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Reading, Writing, and Study Skills
Student's Book 978 0 19 474168 2 978 0 19 474159 0 978 0 19 474160 6 978 0 19 474161 3
Teacher’s Guide with Tests CD-ROM 978 0 19 474194 1 978 0 19 474162 0 978 0 19 474163 7 978 0 19 474164 4
Listening, Speaking, and Study Skills
Student's Book 978 0 19 474169 9 978 0 19 474156 9 978 0 19 474157 6 978 0 19 474158 3
Class Audio CDs 978 0 19 474189 7 978 0 19 474190 3 978 0 19 474191 0 978 0 19 474192 7
Teacher’s Guide with Tests CD-ROM 978 0 19 474193 4 978 0 19 474165 1 978 0 19 474166 8 978 0 19 474167 5