Skills for Success is the first book that integrates the basics of workplace know-how (the SCANS competencies) in all content and exercises while it prepares students for higher learning by providing academic activities such as writing and summarizing. Theme-based and interactive, Skills for Success focuses on all four language skills within a cooperative-learning framework. The text follows the basic stages of a well organized lesson plan: material is introduced in cycles of preparation, practice, and evaluation that integrate speaking, listening, reading, writing and some basic maths.