Topic-based skills training for teenagers. • The aim of the series is to develop confidence and fluency in each of the four major language skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. • It provides both skills training and language practice within a clear structural and lexical framework. • At each level, the four skills are covered in two books which can be used in parallel or separately: Reading and Writing and Listening and Speaking. • Each unit in Reading and Writing requires students to read and understand a text before producing their own written work. In Listening and Speaking learners listen to a recorded text and produce related oral work. • Within each book there is a systematic development of sub-skills such as reading for gist and for detail, writing drafts, listening for gist, negotiating, and using context to guess meaning. • The `spiral` syllabus introduces sub-skills, practises them thoroughly, then recycles and develops them throughout the series. • The grammatical syllabus is clearly set out along with the skills syllabus. The controlled language base allows teachers to fit the material easily around the syllabus of any main coursebook. • The series is specifically designed to appeal to teenagers, with topics of interest to the age-group and eye-catching, full-colour artwork.