Headway has made a significant contribution to English Language Teaching for more than 30 years. The Headway series has always championed a blend of methodologies: traditional methodology: a grammar syllabus with controlled practice, systematic vocabulary work, and reading and writing activities. a communicative approach: a functional/situational syllabus; personalized practice; real language work in real situations; activities to encourage genuine communication inside and outside the classroom; development of all four skills – especially listening and speaking. This blend of approaches has proved an excellent combination for English language learning, and has now become a standard for, and indeed expected of, today’s ELT course books. Headway 5th edition retains the course's trusted methodology and has been updated with new texts, topics and digital resources.