Integrated skills work for lively language practice. * SkillsWork is an exciting new book for teachers and students who want to focus on skills development at intermediate level and beyond. * SkillsWork 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. * SkillsWork provides 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. * SkillsWork provides 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. * SkillsWork 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