10 units, up-to-date topics viewed from different perspectives, transferable skills for ECPE, CAE, CPE, MSU, ESB, material that is suitable for both teenagers and young adults, tasks to develop students critical thinking skills, corpus-based vocabulary work, focus on advanced grammar structures, listening tasks in a wide range of, contexts, extensive work on writing, 10 unit reviews and 5 cumulative, reviews, comprehensive grammar appendix.