SkillsWork is an exciting new book for teachers and students who want to focus on skills development at intermediate level and beyond. It can be used alongside a standard coursebook or on its own, ideal if you want to teach away from the coursebook for part of the day or week. There are forty interesting lessons of integrated skills work with each unit having a focus skill while also linking in to practice all four skills in each and every lesson. There are endless opportunities to extend and practice the students' lexical range, using both active and passive vocabulary. It provides work on collocations, phrasal verbs, word building, idioms and register. SkillsWork is made up of a variety of task types, from full class discussion to individual homework, giving students the opportunity to learn and use new language in a variety of ways. It provides practice in writing and speaking tasks required of students in life, work and exams; letter writing, reviews, emails, reports, complaints, planning, comparing, discussing, objecting etc. SkillsWork is lively and motivating with a range of engaging and relevant topics that include: Life in the fast lane Junk culture Shopped out Reader, I married him Have your say.