Academic Literacy

Critical Thinking

Skill Integration

Goal-Oriented

course

Cambridge Unlock

The Cambridge Unlock (3rd Edition) course develops critical thinking skills and essential academic language for university success from the very first lesson.

Each unit systematically builds critical thinking, note-taking, summarising, and argumentation skills, helping learners engage with information as they would in lectures, seminars, and research projects.

The course also offers integrated reading, writing, listening, and speaking pathways aligned with CEFR and IELTS outcomes, ensuring measurable progress toward academic proficiency.

What Students Learn

Read textbooks and articles efficiently, identify claims and evidence, and take useful notes
Plan, draft and edit essays and reports with clear structure and accurate citation
Use academic vocabulary, hedging and cohesion for credible arguments
Summarise, synthesise and respond to sources in speech and writing
Prepare for seminar discussion and short presentations with Q&A

Why It Works

Builds Academic Critical Thinking
Develops both higher- and lower-order thinking skills through a research-backed syllabus, with clear objectives and self-evaluation so students can track their progress.

Complete academic skills development
Authentic reading and listening texts, plus structured writing and speaking tasks, guide students through every stage of academic work, from understanding sources to producing polished final pieces.

Quality and Expertise
Each series draws on extensive linguistic research and corpus data to identify high-frequency academic vocabulary, combined with input from international educators to ensure materials address genuine classroom and university needs.