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Bahçeşehir Cyprus UniversityAcademic Year 2020-2021

Fall SemesterB1 CURRICULM

MONTH WEEK THEME/FUNCTION/GRAMMAR/

LEXIS/PRONUNCIATION

COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK

LEARNING OUTCOMES

PEARSON GLOBAL SCALELEARNING OUTCOMES

ASSESSMENT

October 1 COMMUNICATING

FUNCTIONS Understand texts and

conversations about meeting people for the first time and communicating.

Discuss attitudes to communication and describe their own habits

Exchange personal information

Greet people, show interest and end conversations

Write personal emails. Describing people

GRAMMAR Question Forms Complex question tags Present Simple Present Continuous

READING: Can understand the

description of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters well enough to correspond regularly with a pen friend.

Can recognise the line of argument in the treatment of the issue presented, though not necessarily in detail.

Can scan longer texts in order to locate information from different parts of a text about describing people and places, or from different texts in order to fulfil a specific task.

Can find and understand relevant information in everyday material, such as letters, brochures and short official documents.

READING: Can discuss attitudes to

communication and describe their own communication habits.

Can greet people, show interest in a person and end up conversations

Can understand short, simple texts on familiar matters of a concrete type which consist of high frequency every day or job-related language.

LISTENING: Can understand and extract the

essential information from short recorded passages dealing with predictable everyday matters that are delivered slowly and clearly.

Can understand enough to manage simple, routine exchanges without undue effort.

Can understand and extract the essential information from short recorded passages dealing with

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Adverbs of frequency

VOCABULARY Personal characteristics Family and relationships Common adjectives Common adverbs

PRONUNCIATION Syllables and word stress Sentence stress Long and short vowel sounds

LISTENING: Can identify both general

messages and specific details. Can follow short narratives. Can generally follow the main

points of an extended discussion around them.

Can catch the main points in TV programmes on familiar topics when the delivery is relatively slow and clear.

Can understand the information of recorded or broadcast audio material on topics of personal interest.

Can understand the main points of radio news and simpler recorded material about familiar subjects.

SPEAKING: Can enter unprepared into

conversations on familiar topics.

Can express and respond to feelings such as surprise,

predictable everyday matters that are delivered slowly and clearly.

Can understand phrases and expressions related to areas of most immediate priority (e.g. very basic personal and family information, local geography, and employment) provided speech is clearly and slowly articulated.

SPEAKING: Can exchange personal information. Can interact with reasonable ease in

structured situations and short conversations, provided the other person helps if necessary.

Can manage simple, routine exchanges without undue effort; can ask and answer questions and exchange personal information.

Can ask for and provide personal information.

Can answer simple questions and respond to simple statements on daily basis.

Can produce brief everyday

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happiness, sadness, interest and indifference.

Can give or seek personal opinions and give brief comments on the views of others.

Can express belief, opinion, agreement and disagreement politely.

Can communicate with some confidence on familiar routine and non-routine matters related to his/her interests and professional field.

Can exchange, check and confirm information, deal with less routine situations and explain why something is a problem.

Can take part in routine formal discussion of familiar subjects which involves the exchange of factual information, receiving instructions or the discussion

expressions in order to satisfy simple needs of a concrete type: personal details.

Can initiate, maintain and close simple, face-to-face conversation.

Can ask and answer questions about habits and routines.

WRITING: Can write a series of simple

phrases and sentences about basic descriptions of people or things, their family, living conditions, educational background, present or most recent job.

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of solutions to practical problems.

Can describe how to do something, giving detailed instructions.

Can use a prepared questionnaire to carry out a structured interview, with some spontaneous follow-up questions.

Can give detailed accounts/descriptions of:

-Experiences, describing feelings and reactions;-Unpredictable occurrences, e.g., an accident;-Events (real or imagined), dreams, hopes and ambitions.WRITING: Can write personal letters and

emails asking for or giving simple information, giving news or expressing thoughts.

Can link a series of shorter, discrete simple elements into

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a connected, linear sequence of points.

October2 TRAVEL

FUNCTIONS Understand information,

texts and conversation about travel and tourism.

Talk about past holidays and describe journeys.

Express opinions about travel and tourism.

Write about travelling such as a blog.

Describing places, cities and countries.

Describing holidays Asking for information in a

public place.GRAMMAR

Past Simple Past Continuous Wh - questions in the past Using Linking words

such as and, but, because,



Can scan longer texts in order to locate information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfil a specific task.


Can recognise significant points in straightforward newspaper articles on familiar subjects.


messages and specific details.

READING: Can identify specific information

in simpler written material he/she encounters such as letters, brochures and short newspaper articles describing events.

Can recall and rehearse an appropriate set of phrases from his/her repertoire.

Can scan short texts to locate specific information.

Can extract relevant details in everyday letters, brochures and short official documents.

Can recognise the general line of a written argument though not necessarily all the details.

LISTENING: Can understand and extract the

essential information from short recorded passages dealing with predictable everyday matters that are delivered slowly and clearly.

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so, when.VOCABULARY

Holidays Tourism Travel collocations Types of transport Accomondation and

facilities Travel items Collocations Directions

PRONUNCIATIONS -ed endings (prefixes) Vowel sounds Joining words

Can follow short narratives. Can generally follow the main



Can understand the information content of recorded or broadcast audio material on topics of personal interest.

Can understand the main points of radio news and simpler recorded material about familiar subjects




Can follow the main points of short talks on familiar topics if delivered in clear standard speech.

Can follow detailed directions.

Can understand a large part of many TV programmes on familiar topics.

Can understand problem and solution relationships in informal conversation.Can express and comment on ideas and suggestions in informal discussions.

SPEAKING: Can give a short talk about a

familiar topic, with visual support. Can give descriptions of places,

cities and countries using a range of appropriate vocabulary with reasonable accuracy.

Can express and respond to feelings and attitudes such as surprise, happiness, sadness, interest and

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Can deal with most transactions likely to arise whilst travelling (e.g. a passenger asking where to get off for an unfamiliar destination), making travel arrangements or dealing with authorities.




Can ask for and follow

disinterest. Can ask for changes to a hotel,

restaurant, or transportation reservation on the phone.

Can give short, basic descriptions of events, and holiday activities.

Can define the features of something concrete for which he/she can’t remember the word. Can convey meaning by qualifying a word meaning something similar (e.g. a truck for people = bus).

Can make arrangements on the telephone or in person e.g. booking flights, hotels, rental cars, restaurants, cinemas etc.

Can explain what he/she likes or dislikes about something.

Can understand enough to manage simple, routine exchanges without undue effort.

Can ask and answer questions

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detailed directions. Can give detailed

accounts/descriptions of: experiences,

describing feelings and reactions;

unpredictable occurrences, e.g., an accident;

events (real or imagined), dreams, hopes and ambitions

WRITING: Can write a description of an

event or a recent trip (real or imagined).

Can write accounts of experiences, describing feelings and reactions in some detail.

Can link a series of shorter, discrete simple elements into a connected, linear sequence of points.

about pastimes and past activities. Pronunciation is generally clear

enough to be understood despite a noticeable foreign accent, but conversational partners will need to ask for repetition from time to time.

Can perform and respond to basic language functions, such as information exchange and requests, and express opinions and attitudes in a simple way.

Can socialise simply but effectively using the simplest common expressions and following basic routines.

Can tell a story or describe something in a simple list of points.

Can use basic sentence patterns and communicate with memorised phrases, groups of a few words and formulae about themselves and other people, what they do, places, possessions

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etc. Can communicate in simple and

routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information.

Can exchange limited information on familiar and routine operational matters.

Can ask and answer questions about what they do at work and in free time.

Can ask for and follow detailed directions.

Can copy short sentences on everyday subjects – e.g. directions how to get somewhere.

Can write with reasonable phonetic accuracy (but not necessarily fully standard spelling) short words that are in his/her oral vocabulary.

Can deal with common situations when making travel arrangements or travelling

Can buy a ticket for an event on the

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phone. Can arrange a delivery time on the

phone. Can initiate, maintain and close

simple, face-to-face conversations on familiar topics.

Can give or seek personal views and opinions in discussing topics of interest.

Can express preferences about food and drink in detail.

Can give detailed accounts of experiences, describing feelings and reactions.

Can report the opinions of others. Can compare and contrast

alternatives, discussing what to do, where to go, who or which to choose etc.

WRITING: Can write about experiences in a

diary or online posting, given a model.

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Can write a short review of a restaurant, hotel etc. using simple language.

Can describe places. Can write descriptions of past

events, activities, or personal experiences.

Can complete a detailed form requiring travel information (e.g. visa application).

Can write a formal email/letter requesting .

Can write personal emails/letters, reporting recent events in detail.

October 3 MONEY

FUNCTIONS Understand texts and

conversations related to money.

Talk about spending and saving money.

Talk about eople in shops Use phrases to show they are

changing their mind about


description of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters well enough to correspond regularly with a pen friend. Can scan longer texts in order to locate information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfil a specific task.

READING: Can identify specific information

in simpler written material he/she encounters such as letters, brochures and short newspaper articles describing events.

Can use an idea of the overall meaning of short texts and utterances on everyday topics of a concrete type to derive the probable meaning of unknown

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something. Write an e-mail (formal-

informal)GRAMMAR Present perfect Present perfect with just,

already, yet, since, for, ever, never etc.

Present Perfect continuousLEXIS

Verbs and phrases about money

Linkers: sequential past time

Colloquial language Collocations with make,

give, do. Words and phrases related to

money. Things in town, shop and

shopping Prepositions in money phrasesPRONUNCIATION Numbers Intonations in requests



LISTENING: Can understand the

description of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters well enough to correspond regularly with a pen friend. Can scan longer texts in order to locate information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfil a specific task.

Can find and understand relevant information in everyday material, such as

words from the context. Can understand short, simple

texts containing the highest frequency vocabulary, including a proportion of shared international vocabulary items.

Can read straightforward factual texts on subjects related to his/her field and interests with a satisfactory level of comprehension.

Can make basic inferences or predictions about text content from headings, titles or headlines.

Can search the internet for specific everyday or work-related information.

Can recognise significant points and arguments in straightforward newspaper articles on familiar

topics. Can identify key information in an

extended text or article. Can compare information given in

different texts and media on the

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Sounding friendly Pronunciation in a dictionary /j/ and /dʒ/.

letters, brochures and short official documents.




Can express and respond to feelings such as surprise, happiness, sadness, interest and indifference.



Can explain why something is a problem, discuss what to do next and compare and

same topic.LISTENING: Can extract key factual information

such as dates, numbers and quantities from a presentation.

Can recognise simple expressions of agreement and disagreement in extended discussions, if conducted in clear standard speech.

Can extract key factual information from a phone conversation on a familiar topic.

Can understand a range of formal and informal excuses.

SPEAKING: Can react appropriately to good and

bad news using fixed expressions. Can respond to an offer or

suggestion, expressing enthusiasm. Can enter unprepared into

conversation on familiar topics. Can introduce a conversation topic

with the present perfect and provide details in the past.

Can discuss everyday, practical

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contrast alternatives, giving brief reasons and explanations.




experiences, describing feelings and reactions; unpredictable occurrences, e.g., an accident; events (real or imagined), dreams, hopes and ambitions

WRITING: Can write personal letters

issues when the conversation is conducted slowly and clearly.

Can give simple reasons to justify a viewpoint on a familiar topic.

Can carry out a simple informal interview.

Can express opinions as regards possible solutions, giving brief reasons and explanations.

Can briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions, plans and actions.

Can respond to opinions expressed by others.

Can make excuses using a range of polite forms.

Can leave phone messages containing detailed information.

Can explain the main points in an idea or problem with reasonable precision.

Can politely interrupt during a formal conversation, using fixed expressions.

Can report factual information

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and emails asking for or giving simple information, giving news or expressing thoughts.

Can write personal letters and notes asking for or conveying simple information of immediate relevance, getting across the point he/she feels to be important.


given by other people. Can explain why something is a

problem. Can ask for confirmation of

understanding during a live discussion or presentation.

Can express approval and appreciation of other people's ideas in a discussion.

WRITING: Can write straightforward,

detailed descriptions on a range of familiar subjects within his field of interest.

Can write very simple personal letters expressing thanks and apology.

Can write short, simple notes and messages relating to matters in areas of immediate need.

Can identify unfamiliar words from the context on topics related to his/her field and interests.

Can extrapolate the meaning of

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occasional unknown words from the context and deduce sentence meaning provided the topic discussed is familiar.

October 4 SOCIAL LIFEFUNCTIONS Understand text and

conversations about celebrations.

Talk about plans and celebrations.

Make social arrangements. Write and reply to an

invitation.GRAMMAR Future tense Present continuous and going

to for future Will/won’t/shall.

LEXIS Suffixes Talk about plans Making social arrangements Celebrations



Can identify the main conclusions in clearly signalled argumentative texts.



Can recognise the line of

READING: Can find and understand information

in advertisements for sporting or cultural events.

Can generally understand straightforward factual texts on familiar topics.

Can derive the probable meaning of simple unknown words from short, familiar contexts.

Can follow chronological sequence in a formal structured text.

Can infer meaning based on information in a text.

Can understand most correspondence relating to their field of interest.

SPEAKING: Can describe future plans and

intentions using fixed expressions.

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Invitations Hobbies and Leisure

activitiesPRONUNCIATION Going to Want and won’t

argument in the treatment of the issue presented, though not necessarily in detail.



conversations on familiar topics. Can express and respond to feelings such as surprise, happiness, sadness, interest and indifference

Can give or seek personal opinions and give brief comments on the views of others. Can express belief, opinion, agreement and disagreement politely.

Can make their opinions

Can deal with less routine situations on public transport.

Can explain the rules of a familiar game or sport using simple language.

Can make simple recommendations for a course of action in familiar everyday situations.

Can invite others to give their views on what to do next.

Can make an invitation using formal language.

Can describe dreams, hopes and ambitions.

Can respond in a simple way to verbal challenge or aggression.

Can express opinions and react to practical suggestions of where to go, what to do, etc.

Can express hopes for the future using a range of fixed expressions.

Can give an opinion on practical problems, with support when necessary.

Can give brief comments on the

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understood when discussing problems or practical questions of where to go, what to do, who or which to choose, how to organise an event (e.g. an outing), etc.

Can explain why something is a problem, discuss what to do next and compare and contrast alternatives, giving brief reasons and explanations.



Can describe how to do something, giving detailed

views of others.

WRITING: Can write an email/letter

congratulating someone on something.

Can write a basic formal email/letter requesting information.

Can write a description of a future event or activity.

Can write about personal interests in some detail.

Can write personal emails/letters giving advice.

Can write an email/letter sending a message of sympathy.

Can write emails/letters exchanging information, emphasising the most important point.

Can write a formal email/letter accepting or declining an invitation.

Can vary the formality of

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instructions. Can enter unprepared into

conversation on familiar topics, express personal opinions and exchange information on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current events).


experiences, describing feelings and reactions; unpredictable occurrences, e.g., an accident; events (real or imagined), dreams, hopes and ambitions.

WRITING: Can write personal letters and


Can write personal letters and

greetings in emails/letters based on intended recipients.

LISTENING: Can follow an everyday

conversation or informal interview on common topics.

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notes asking for or conveying simple information of immediate relevance, getting across the point he/she feels to be important.

Can convey information and ideas on abstract as well as concrete topics; check information and ask about or explain problems with reasonable precision.





Can catch the main points in TV programmes on familiar

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topics when the delivery is relatively slow and clear.



October 5 WORK

FUNCTIONS Offers and suggestions Application Career plans

GRAMMAR Modal verbs for obligation Modal verbs for Possibility

and Probability; Might, may, will etc.

LEXIS Work collocations Jobs

READING: Can read straightforward

factual texts on subjects related to their field and interest, with a satisfactory level of comprehension.

Can scan/skim longer texts in order to locate desired information.


messages and specific details. Can follow short narratives.

Can generally follow the main points of an extended

READING:


Can scan longer texts in order to locate desired information, and gather information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfil a specific task.

Can read straightforward factual texts on subjects related to his/her

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Shopping

Pronunciation: sentence stress: vowel

sounds word and sentence stress: /∫/

discussion around them. Can catch the main points in

TV programmes on familiar topics when the delivery is relatively slow and clear.


Can understand the main points of radio news and simpler recorded material about familiar subjects. Can identify the main conclusions in clearly signalled argumentative texts.


Can find and understand relevant information in everyday material, such as letters, brochures and short

field and interests with a satisfactory level of comprehension.

Can scan and skim longer texts in order to locate desired information, and gather information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfil a specific task.

Can understand information in advertisements for jobs and services.

Can understand basic types of standard letters and emails on familiar topics.

LISTENING: Can understand straightforward

factual information about common every day or job related topics, identifying both general messages and specific details, provided speech is clearly articulated in a generally familiar accent.

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official documents. Can recognise the line of




conversations on familiar topics. Can express and respond to feelings such as surprise, happiness, sadness, interest and indifference.

Can express thoughts on more abstract, cultural topics such as films, books, music, etc.


Can express belief, opinion,

Can understand the information content of the majority of recorded or broadcast audio material on topics of personal interest delivered in clear standard speech.

Can understand the main points of radio news bulletins and simpler recorded material about familiar subjects delivered relatively slowly and clearly.


Can generally follow changes of topic in discussions related to their field if conducted slowly and

clearly. Can follow the linear structure of a

short formal talk. Can distinguish between main ideas

and supporting details in familiar,

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agreement and disagreement politely.

Can make their opinions understood when discussing problems or practical questions of where to go, what to do, who or which to choose, how to organise an event (e.g. an outing), etc.




Can give detailed

standard texts. Can follow recorded instructions

and information given on a phone delivered service.

Can follow detailed directions.

SPEAKING: Can exploit a basic repertoire of

language and strategies to help keep a conversation or discussion going.

Can summarise the point reached in a discussion and so help focus the talk.

Can discuss about career development.

Can ask someone to clarify or elaborate what he or she has just said.

Can work out how to communicate the main point(s) he/she wants to get across, exploiting any resources available and limiting the message to what he/she can recall or find the means to express..

Can use a prepared questionnaire to

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accounts/descriptions of: experiences, describing feelings and reactions; unpredictable occurrences, e.g., an accident; events (real or imagined), dreams, hopes and ambitions.





carry out a structured interview, with some spontaneous follow- up questions.

Can generally follow the main points in an informal discussion with friends provided speech is clearly

articulated in standard dialect. Can reasonably fluently sustain a

straightforward description of one of a variety of subjects within his/her field of interest, presenting it as a linear sequence of points.

comprehensibly, even though pausing for grammatical and lexical planning and repair is very evident, especially in longer stretches of free production.

Can carry out a prepared structured interview with some spontaneous follow-up questions

Can describe how often a work-related task should be completed

WRITING: Can write very short, basic

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descriptions of events, past activities and personal experiences.

Can write very short, basic descriptions of events, past activities and personal experiences.

Can produce continuous writing, which is generally intelligible throughout.

Spelling, punctuation and layout are accurate enough to be followed most of the time.

Can give basic advice in writing using simple language.

Can write a notice that clearly conveys information.

Can write a basic letter of application with limited supporting details.

Can write personal emails/letters giving some details of events, experiences and feelings.

Can write a basic email/letter of complaint requesting action.

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Can summarise the main message from simple diagrams (e.g. graphs, bar charts).

Can take messages, communicate enquiries and explain problems.

Can give someone clear, detailed directions on how to get somewhere in a letter, email, or online posting.

Can write emails/letters responding to personal news and views in detail.

November 6

4 -8 November

ADVICE

FUNCTION Give and ask for advice on

general problems Reccomendations Common problems and

possible solutions Asking for information in a

public place Writing blogs and diaries

GRAMMAR Modal verbs:

READING: Can identify the main

conclusions in clearly signalled argumentative texts.



Can find and understand

READING: Can scan longer texts in order to

locate desired information, and gather information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfil a specific task.


Can understand written advice and instructions for resolving a problem with a product or piece of

Achievement test 3

FILM REVIEWASSIGNMENT

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Should/Shouldn’t /ought to Imperatives

To+imperatives Gerunds and Infinitive verb

patternsLEXIS Verbs with dependent

prepositions -ed/-ing adjectives Discourse markers

PRONUNCIATION Word /main stress -ed endings Sound and spelling: /uː/

and /ʊ/

relevant information in everyday material, such as letters, brochures and short official documents.







Can understand the information of recorded or

equipment. Can understand problem and

solution relationships in a structured text.

LISTENING: Can understand the main points of

radio news bulletins and simpler recorded material about familiar subjects delivered relatively slowly and clearly.


SPEAKING: Can reasonably fluently sustain a

straightforward description of one of a variety of subjects within his/her field of interest, presenting it as a linear sequence of points.

Can give advice and suggestions, and make requests.

Can express and respond to feelings and attitudes such as surprise,

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broadcast audio material on topics of personal interest.



conversations on familiar topics. Can express and respond to feelings such as surprise, happiness, sadness, interest and indifference.



Can make their opinions understood when discussing problems or practical questions of where to go,

happiness, sadness, interest and disinterest.

Can use a prepared questionnaire to carry out a structured interview, with some spontaneous follow- up questions.

Can reasonably fluently relate a straightforward narrative or description as a linear sequence of points. Can describe events, real or imagined.


Can ask for advice on a wide range of subjects.

Can convey simple relevant information emphasising the most important point

Can give brief reasons and explanations, using simple language

Can give an opinion when asked directly, provided they can ask for repetition.

Can narrate a story.

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what to do, who or which to choose, how to organise an event (e.g. an outing), etc.






Can write personal letters and notes asking for or conveying simple information of

WRITING: Can give basic advice in writing

using simple language. Can write about experiences,

feelings and reactions in a simple connected text.

Can write a simple, structured informational leaflet/brochure, given a model.

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immediate relevance, getting across the point he/she feels to be important.

Can convey information and ideas on abstract as well as concrete topics; check information and ask about or explain problems with reasonable precision.


MID TERM EXAMINATION

November 7 CHANGES

FUNCTION

READING: Can find and understand

relevant information in

READING: Can find and understand relevant

information in everyday material,

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11- 15November

Talk and write about life changing experiences and achievements

Describe changes in lifestyleGRAMMAR

Comparatives Superlatives Used to

LEXIS Connecting words expressing

cause and effect, contrast etc... Conjuctions Transitions prepositions Phrasal verbs with get Health and fitness collocations Food and Drink Ilness

PRONUNCIATION

everyday material, such as letters, brochures and short official documents.






Can catch the main points in TV programmes on familiar topics when the delivery is

such as letters, brochures and short official documents.



SPEAKING: Can express belief, opinion,



Can compare and contrast alternatives about what to do, where to go, etc.

Can describe events, real or imagined.

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Spelling of used to Tones for asking questions

relatively slow and clear. Can understand the

information of recorded or broadcast audio material on topics of personal interest.





Can recognise significant points in straightforward

Can give straightforward descriptions on a variety of familiar subjects.

Can express opinions and attitudes using a range of basic expressions and sentences.

Can re-tell a familiar story using their own words.

Can relate the basic details of unpredictable occurrences (e.g. an accident).



Can enter unprepared into conversations on familiar topics.

Can follow clearly articulated speech directed at him/ her in everyday conversation, though will sometimes have to ask for

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newspaper articles on familiar subjects.

SPEAKING: Can give or seek personal

opinions and give brief comments on the views of others.




Can exchange, check and confirm information, deal with less routine situations

repetition of particular words and phrases.

Can maintain a conversation or discussion but may sometimes be difficult to follow when trying to say exactly what he/she would like to.

Can work out how to communicate the main point(s) he/she wants to get across, exploiting any resources available and limiting the message to what he/she can recall or find the means to express.

Can give straightforward descriptions on a variety of familiar subjects within his field of interest.


Can relate the plot of a book or film and describe his/her reactions.

Can follow much of what is said around him/her on general topics provided interlocutors

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and explain why something is a problem.

WRITING: Can write accounts of

experiences, describing feelings and reactions in some detail.


avoid very idiomatic usage and articulate clearly.

WRITING: Can produce continuous writing,

which is generally intelligible throughout.


Can write straightforward connected texts on a range of familiar subjects within his field of interest, by linking a series of shorter discrete elements into a linear sequence.


November 8

18 -22November

CULTURE

Functions Talk about customs and

traditions



Can scan longer texts in order

READING: Can read straightforward factual

texts on subjects related to his/her field and interests with a satisfactory level of

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Describing experiences and events

Talk about art, history, literature, music, sports etc.

Apologies and excuses Write a book, film, movie,

restaurant reviewGRAMMAR Passive voice Present perfect Present Perfect continuous

LEXIS Common verbs in passive Sports and activities adverbs of manner

PRONUNCIATION Word stress Tones for continuing and

finishing

to locate information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfil a specific task.




messages and specific details. Can follow short narratives.

Can generally follow the main points of an extended discussion around them.


Can understand the

comprehension. Can recognise significant points in

straightforward newspaper articles on familiar subjects.


Can find and understand information in advertisements for sporting or cultural events.

Can recognise examples and their relation to the idea they support.

Can understand cause and effect relationships in a structured text

Can recognise the writer’s point of view in a structured text.

LISTENING: Can understand straightforward

factual information about common every day or job related topics, identifying both general messages and specific details, provided speech is clearly articulated in a

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information of recorded or broadcast audio material on topics of personal interest.

Can understand the main points of radio news and simpler recorded material about familiar subjects







generally familiar accent. Can understand straightforward

factual information about common every day or job related topics, identifying both general messages and specific details, provided speech is clearly articulated in a generally familiar accent.


SPEAKING: Can contrast historical aspects about

different cultures or countries. Can express their thoughts in some

detail on cultural topics (e.g. music, films).

Can make an apology with brief excuses or reasons.

Can discuss films, books or plays in simple terms, using fixed expressions

Can relate the plot of a book or film

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Can enter unprepared into conversation on familiar topics, express personal opinions and exchange information on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current events).

Can summarise a short story,

and describe their reactions. Can report the opinions of others,

using simple language. Can summarise and give opinions on

issues and stories and answer questions in detail.

Can write personal updates on a social media website using an appropriate style

Can write simple structured essays, organising basic ideas.

Can write an everyday connected text using a set of short elements or facts and building them into a sequence.

Can check and correct spelling, punctuation and grammar in simple written texts.

Can keep going comprehensibly, even though pausing for grammatical and lexical planning and repair is very evident, especially in longer stretches of free production.

Can exchange, check and confirm

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article, talk, discussion interview, or documentary and answer further questions of detail.


experiences, describing feelings and reactions; unpredictable occurrences, e.g., an accident; Events (real or imagined), dreams, hopes and ambitions. Can relate the plot of a book

or film and describe their reactions.

WRITING: Can convey information and

ideas on abstract as well as concrete topics; check information and ask about or explain problems with reasonable precision.

Can write accounts of experiences, describing feelings and reactions in some

information, deal with less routine situations and explain why something is a problem.

Can express thoughts on more abstract, cultural topics such as films, books, music etc.

Can exchange information about different ways of communicating, in different cultures.


Can follow clearly articulated speech directed at him/ her in everyday conversation, though will sometimes have to ask for repetition of particular words and phrases.



Spelling, punctuation and layout are accurate enough to be followed most of the time. Can link a series of shorter, discrete simple elements into a connected, linear sequence of

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detail. Can link a series of shorter,

discrete simple elements into a connected, linear sequence of points.

points. Can write a simple review of a film,

book or TV programme using a limited range of language.

Can write a basic summary of a simple text using the original wording and paragraph order.

November 9 ACHIEVEMENTS

FUNCTION Talk future possibilities Describe action, feelings

and emotions Telephone conversations Write a personal profile

GRAMMAR Conditional clauses Past perfect Tense

LEXIS Educational collocations Feelings

PRONUNCIATION Main stress: contrastive




Can scan longer texts in order to locate information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfil a specific task. Can

READING: Can identify unfamiliar words

from the context on topics related to his/her field and interests.

Can extrapolate the meaning of occasional unknown words from the context and deduce sentence meaning provided the topic discussed is familiar.


Can read straightforward factual texts on subjects related to his/her

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find and understand relevant information in everyday material, such as letters, brochures and short official documents.







Can understand the main

field and interests with a satisfactory level of comprehension.

Can identify similarities and differences between two short texts.

Can recognise the direct repetition of ideas as a simple cohesive device.

LISTENING: Can understand the information

content of the majority of recorded or broadcast audio material on topics of personal interest delivered in clear standard speech.

SPEAKING: Can give detailed accounts of

experiences, describing feelings and reactions.


Can extrapolate the meaning of occasional unknown words from the context and deduce sentence

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points of radio news and simpler recorded material about familiar subjects.






Can explain why something is a problem, discuss what to do next and compare and contrast alternatives, giving brief

meaning provided the topic discussed is familiar.



Shows good control of elementary vocabulary but major errors still occur when expressing more complex thoughts or handling unfamiliar topics and situations.

Can perform and respond to a wide range of language functions, using their most common exponents in a neutral register.

Can use simple appropriate language to check that information has been understood on the phone.

Can speak in general terms about environmental problems.

Can give a short, rehearsed talk or

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reasons and explanations. Can communicate with some

confidence on familiar routine and non-routine matters related to his/her interests and professional field.



Can take part in routine formal discussion of familiar subjects which involves the exchange of factual information, receiving

presentation on a familiar topic. Can make a complaint. Can repeat back what is said to

confirm understanding and keep a discussion on course.

Can develop an argument using common fixed expressions.

Can explain the meaning of a word or phrase using simple language.




Can write straightforward connected texts on a range of familiar subjects within his field of interest, by linking a series of shorter discrete elements into a linear sequence.

Can exploit a basic repertoire of language and strategies to help keep a conversation or discussion going.

Can write a simple outline for a

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instructions or the discussion of solutions to practical problems.


notes asking for or conveying simple information of immediate relevance, getting across the point he/she feels to be important.


piece of writing, given a model Can write descriptions of real or

imaginary people. Can write a story with a simple

linear sequence. Can write a letter or email of

complaint with supporting details. Can summarise the point reached in

a discussion and so help focus the talk.

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November 10 VALUES

FUNCTIONS Talk about personal and

cultural values Make complaints Write an apology letter

GRAMMAR Quantifiers Intensifiers

LEXIS Rules and behaviour Society and the law Multi word verbs Noun formation Wealth Human rights Justice

PRONUNCIATION Sound and spelling : verbs

and nouns

READING: Can identify both general

messages and specific details.

Can follow short narratives. Can generally follow the

main points of an extended discussion around them.






READING: Can read straightforward factual

texts on subjects related to his/her field and interests with a satisfactory level of comprehension.



Can understand the relationship between a main point and an example in a structured text.

Can distinguish between fact and opinion in relation to common topics.

SPEAKING: Can exploit a basic repertoire of

language and strategies to help keep a conversation or discussion

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Can express and respond to feelings such as surprise, happiness, sadness, interest and indifference. Can give or seek personal opinions and give brief comments on the views of others.

going. Can summarise the point reached

in a discussion and so help focus the talk.



Can generally follow the main points in an informal discussion with friends provided speech is clearly articulated in standard dialect.

Communicates with reasonable accuracy in familiar contexts; generally good control though with noticeable mother tongue influence. Errors occur, but it is clear what he/she is trying to express.

Can keep going comprehensibly,

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Can deal with most transactions likely to arise whilst travelling (e.g. a passenger asking where to get off for an unfamiliar destination), making travel arrangements or dealing with authorities.



Can communicate with some confidence on familiar routine

even though pausing for grammatical and lexical planning and repair is very evident, especially in longer stretches of free production.

Can convey simple, straightforward information of immediate relevance, getting across which point he/ she feels is most important.

WRITING: Can write a formal email/letter

requesting information. Can make simple, logical paragraph

breaks in a longer text. Can clearly signal chronological

sequence in narrative text.LISTENING: Can understand the information


Can understand the main points of

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and non-routine matters related to his/her interests and professional field.




Can cope with less routine situations in shops, a post office, a bank, etc. (e.g.

radio news bulletins and simpler recorded material about familiar subjects delivered relatively slowly and clearly.

Can get the gist of explanations of unfamiliar cultural practices and customs.

Can follow most of a clearly structured presentation within their own field.

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returning an unsatisfactory purchase).

Can make a complaint. Can give detailed

accounts/descriptions of: Experiences, describing feelings and reactions; unpredictable occurrences, e.g., an accident; events (real or imagined), dreams, hopes and ambitions.

Can narrate a story. Can write personal letters and

emails.WRITING: Can write personal letters and



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Can write personal letters describing experiences, feelings and events in some detail.

Can link a series of shorter, discrete simple elements into a connected, linear sequence of points

December11

9 -13 December

INVENTIONS

FUNCTIONS Write formal /informal e-

mail Describes type of

technologyGRAMMAR

Relative Clauses Articles

LEXIS Electronic devices Internet words Technological words Compound nouns Phrasal verbs Adverbials



Can scan longer texts in order to locate information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfil a specific task. Can find and understand relevant information in everyday material, such as letters, brochures and short official documents.

Can recognise the line of argument in the treatment of the issue presented, though

READING: Can extrapolate the meaning of

occasional unknown words from the context and deduce sentence meaning provided the topic discussed is familiar.



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PRONUNCIATION Sound and spelling: /ɔː/ and

/ɜː/

not necessarily in detail. Can recognise significant

points in straightforward newspaper articles on familiar subjects.







Can understand clearly written, straightforward instructions for a piece of equipment.

Can understand simple technical information

Can understand clearly written, straightforward instructions on how to use a piece of equipment.

Can recognise the direct repetition of ideas as a simple cohesive device.

Can identify key subject vocabulary in written descriptions.

LISTENING: Can understand the information



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conversations on familiar topics. Can express thoughts on more abstract, cultural topics such as films, books, music, etc.





Can enter unprepared into

SPEAKING: Can work out how to communicate

the main point(s) he/she wants to get across, exploiting any resources available and limiting the message to what he/she can recall or find the means to express.


Can follow much of what is said around him/her on general topics provided interlocutors avoid very idiomatic usage and articulate clearly.

Can explain why something is a problem.

Can keep going comprehensibly, even though pausing for grammatical and lexical planning and repair is very evident, especially in longer stretches of free production.

WRITING: Can write straightforward

connected texts on a range of

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conversation on familiar topics, express personal opinions and exchange information on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current events).

Can summarise a short story, article, talk, discussion interview, or documentary and answer further questions of detail.

Can ask for and follow detailed directions.



experiences, describing feelings and reactions; unpredictable occurrences, e.g.,

familiar subjects within his field of interest, by linking a series of shorter discrete elements into a linear sequence.

Can produce continuous writing, which is generally intelligible throughout.


Can write a formal email/letter requesting information

Can write a short, simple description of a familiar device or product.

Can write simple instructions on how to use a device or product, given a model

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an accident; events (real or imagined), dreams, hopes and ambitions.WRITING: Can convey information and

ideas on abstract as well as concrete topics; check information and ask about or explain problems with reasonable precision.


Can summarise, report and give their opinion about accumulated factual information

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December 12 OPPORTUNITIESFUNCTIONS Can understand information,

texts and conversations and exchange information about sports, life-changing decisions and choices.

Talk about sports they have tried or would like to try .

Talk about a time when something happened.

Use appropriate phrases for changing the subject.

Ask for and give and write advice on an action.

GRAMMARConditionals

LEXISSportsAdjectives and PrepositionsExpressions with do, make and take.

PRONUNCIATIONS

READING Can understand the


Can scan longer texts to find specific or relevant information in everyday material, such as letters, brochures and short official documents.



Can recognise significant points and obtain information, ideas and opinions from straightforward articles on familiar subjects.

Can find and understand

READING Can find and understand information

about in advertisements for sporting or cultural events.

Can generally understand straightforward factual texts on familiar topics.

Can identify key subject vocabulary in written descriptions.

Can generally understand details of events, feelings and wishes in letters, emails and online posting.

LISTENING Can understand the information



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Sentence stress: wouldSentence stress: would and have

relevant information in everyday material, such as letters, brochures and short official documents.

LISTENING Can identify both general

messages and specific details. Can follow extended speech,

short narratives and complex lines of argument provided the topic is reasonably familiar, and the direction of the talk is sign-posted by explicit markers.

Can generally follow the main points of extended discussion and animated conversation around them.

Can understand the information content of the majority of recorded or broadcast audio material on topics of personal interest delivered in clear standard

Can get the gist of explanations of unfamiliar cultural practices and customs.

Can follow most of a clearly structured presentation within their own field.

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speech. Can understand the main

points of radio news bulletins and simpler recorded material about familiar subjects delivered relatively slowly and clearly.


SPEAKING Can enter unprepared into





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Can make their opinions understood when discussing problems or practical questions of where to go, what to do, who or which to choose, how to organise an event (e.g. an outing) etc.


Can exchange, check and confirm information.

Can give detailed accounts/descriptions of experiences, describing feelings and reactions.

Can give detailed accounts/descriptions of events (real or imagined), dreams, hopes and ambitions.


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Can develop an argument well enough to be followed without difficulty most of the time

Can briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions, plans and actions.

Can give a prepared straightforward presentation on a familiar topic within his/her field which is clear enough to be followed without difficulty most of the time, and in which the main points are explained with reasonable precision.

Can take follow up questions, but may have to ask for repetition if the speech was rapid

WRITING Can write letters or emails

asking for or giving simple

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information, giving news, expressing thoughts or conveying degrees of emotion, and highlighting the personal significance of events and experiences.

Can write a description of an event, a recent trip (real or imagined).

Can use a variety of linking words and cohesive devices efficiently.

Can write straightforward connected texts on a range of familiar subjects within his field of interest.

Can write accounts of experiences, describing feelings and reactions in simple connected text.

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December 13 CHARACTERS

FUNCTIONS Storytelling Family Showing

agreement/disagreement Write a short/narrative story

GRAMMAR past perfect reported speech questions without auxiliaries

LEXIS verb phrases Animals Personality adjectives Expressing opinions: Language of agreeing and

disagreeing

PRONUNTIONS Sound and spelling: /ʌ/,

/ɔː/and /əʊ/

READING: Can scan longer texts in

order to locate desired information, and gather information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfil a specific task.





points of an extended

READING: Can scan longer texts in order to

locate desired information, and gather information from different parts of a text, or from different texts in order to fulfil a specific task.



LISTENING: Can understand the main points of

recorded material about familiar subjects delivered relatively slowly and clearly.

Can follow detailed directions. Can recognise that a joke has been

made, even if the meaning is not fully understood.

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sentence stress:that discussion around them. Can catch the main points in

TV programmes on familiar topics when the delivery is relatively slow and clear.





Can find and understand relevant information in everyday material, such as letters, brochures and short

Can extract the meaning of unknown words from context if the topic discussed is familiar.

Can recognise misunderstandings without explicit prompting.

SPEAKING: Can summarise and give his or her

opinion about a short story, article, talk, discussion interview, or documentary and answer further questions of detail.

Can reasonably fluently relate a straightforward narrative or description as a linear sequence of points. Can narrate a story.

Can correct mix-ups with tenses or expressions which lead to misunderstandings provided the interlocutor indicates there is a problem.

Can generally follow the main points in an informal discussion with friends provided speech is clearly articulated in standard dialect.

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official documents. Can recognise the line of




conversations on familiar topics. Can express and respond to feelings such as surprise, happiness, sadness, interest and indifference. Can express thoughts on more abstract, cultural topics such as films, books, music, etc.



Can give or seek personal views and opinions in discussing topics of interest.


Can exchange, check and confirm accumulated factual information on familiar routine and non-routine matters within his field with some confidence.

Can summarise and give his or her opinion about a short story, article, talk, discussion interview, or documentary and answer further questions of detail.

Can keep going comprehensibly, even though pausing for grammatical and lexical planning and repair is very evident, especially in longer stretches of Pronunciation is clearly intelligible even if a foreign accent is sometimes evident and occasional mispronunciations occur.

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Can summarise a short story, article, talk, discussion interview, or documentary and answer further questions

Can reasonably fluently relate a straightforward narrative or description as a linear sequence of point’s free production.

Can narrate a story. Can use a suitable phrase to invite

others into a discussion. Can signal that they wish to bring a

conversation to an end. Can discuss the main points of news

stories about familiar topics. Can begin to use a repertoire of

common idiomatic phrases in routine situations.

WRITING: Can re-tell a familiar story using

their own words. Can use common connectors to tell a

story or describe an event in writing. Can summarise factual information

within their field of interest. Can collate short pieces of

information and summarise them for somebody else.

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of detail. Can use a prepared

questionnaire to carry out a structured interview, with some spontaneous follow-up questions.


experiences, describing feelings and reactions;

unpredictable occurrences, e.g., an accident;

events (real or imagined), dreams, hopes and ambitions.

Can relate the plot of a book or film and describe their reactions.


WRITING: Can write a description of an

event or a recent trip (real or imagined). Can write

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accounts of experiences, describing feelings and reactions in some detail.

Can narrate a story. Can link a series of shorter,

discrete simple elements into a connected, linear sequence of points.

December 14 TALK

FUNCTIONS

Talk about different forms of communication

Describe experiences in the present Give and respond to opinions Write a guide

GRAMMAR

Subject & Object Questions

LEXIS

Gradable and extreme adjectives

READING



Can recognise significant points and obtain information, ideas and opinions from

READING:



Can understand written advice

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PRONUNCIATION

Sentence stress: gradable and extreme adjective

straightforward articles on familiar subjects.

Can read straightforward factual texts on subjects related to his/her field and interest with a satisfactory level of comprehension.

Can scan longer texts to find specific or relevant information in everyday material, such as letters, brochures and short official documents.



and instructions for resolving a problem with a product or piece of equipment.

Can understand problem and solution relationships in a structured text.

LISTENING:



SPEAKING:

Can reasonably fluently sustain

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LISTENING

Can identify both general messages and specific details.

Can follow extended speech, short narratives and complex lines of argument provided the topic is reasonably familiar, and the direction of the talk is sign-posted by explicit markers.

Can generally follow the main points of extended discussion and animated conversation around them.


a straightforward description of one of a variety of subjects within his/her field of interest, presenting it as a linear sequence of points.

Can give advice and suggestions, and make requests.

Can express and respond to feelings and attitudes such as surprise, happiness, sadness, interest and disinterest.


Can reasonably fluently relate a straightforward narrative or description as a linear sequence of points. Can describe events, real or imagined.


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SPEAKING



Can give or seek personal opinions and give brief

Can ask for advice on a wide range of subjects.

Can convey simple relevant information emphasising the most important point

Can give brief reasons and explanations, using simple language

Can give an opinion when asked directly, provided they can ask for repetition.


WRITING:

Can give basic advice in writing using simple language.

Can write about experiences, feelings and reactions in a simple connected text.

Can write a simple, structured informational leaflet/brochure, given a model.

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comments on the views of others.


Can make their opinions understood when discussing problems or practical questions of where to go, what to do, who or which to choose, how to organise an event (e.g. an outing)


Can exchange, check and confirm information

Can describe how to do something, giving detailed

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instructions. Can ask for and follow

detailed directions. Can give detailed

accounts/descriptions of experiences, describing feelings and reactions.

Can give detailed accounts/descriptions of events (real or imagined), dreams, hopes and ambitions.

Can give straightforward descriptions on a variety of familiar subjects within his/her field of interest.

Can narrate a story. Can relate details of

unpredictable occurrences, e.g. an accident.

Can develop an argument well enough to be followed without difficulty most of

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the time Can briefly give reasons

and explanations for opinions, plans and actions.

Can give a prepared straightforward presentation on a familiar topic within his/her field which is clear enough to be followed without difficulty most of the time, and in which the main points are explained with reasonable precision.

Can take follow up questions, but may have to ask for repetition if the speech was rapid.

WRITING

Can use a variety of linking words and cohesive devices

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efficiently. Can summarise, report and

give their opinion about accumulated factual information.

Can write straightforward connected texts on a range of familiar subjects within his field of interest.

Can write straightforward, detailed descriptions on a range of familiar subjects within his/her field of interest.

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