Study Skills Success is for all students in upper secondary and higher education who wish to improve their academic study skills. The program also helps students prepare for IELTS and TOEFL. It has been adopted globally by the British Council.
The eight units of Study Skills Success are: reading, writing, speaking, listening, research, visuals, grammar and vocabulary. Each unit includes presentation and practice activities as well as extension work on the integrated website. (See left for a full syllabus.)
Activities include:
listening to a lecture and completing notes;
planning and writing a timed discussion essay;
going online to develop an evaluation checklist for academic websites.
Much use is made of authentic materials including articles and extracts from New Scientist and many more.
Key features:
A comprehensive academic study skills program.
Includes detailed work on web-based research.
Makes extensive use of authentic academic materials.
Adopted by more than 5 0 0 colleges, universities and schools.
Integrates with Results Manager, Author Plus and VLE / LMS.
