The Forefront

The Forefront, Achieving Academic Success 2, the second book of the series, also follows an integrated approach and aims to improve the academic skills of first-year university students.

Thematic reading and listening materials, which follow the theme of inclusion, lead to productive skills, writing and especially speaking, which are the two skills the book mainly targets.

The activities in the book allow students to engage in current controversial topics and analyze them in depth by considering different perspectives. The book also highlights the importance of research in academia and its integration into speaking and writing. The tasks provide plenty of opportunities for students to do research and use what they find as evidence. These enrich students' ideas and arguments when writing and speaking.

To help students master the target skills and accomplish more autonomous and extended speaking and writing tasks, extensive input on these skills has been included. Building on the writing input in the first book of the series, this one focuses on the essay, one of the most common genres students write at university. The two common academic speaking genres taught in the book are Socratic seminars and debates. Written and spoken samples are also provided, which students can use as models.

We hope the book provides guidance for both teachers and students and helps students to become independent, mature, and confident writers and speakers of English......