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Listening
At A1, learners are expected to be able to understand speech that is very simple.
LISTENING AS A MEMBER OF A LIVE AUDIENCE
Can understand in outline very simple information being explained in a predictable situation like a guided tour,
provided that speech is very slow and clear and that there are long pauses from time to time.
READING CORRESPONDENCE
Can understand short, simple messages sent via social media or email (e.g. proposing what to do, when and
where to meet).
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8
RW p110-
111
Speaking
OVERALL SPOKEN INTERACTION
At A1, learners can
• interact in a simple way but communication is totally dependent on repetition at a
slower rate of speech, rephrasing and repair.
• ask and answer simple questions, initiate and respond to simple statements in areas
of immediate need or on very familiar topics addressed carefully and slowly to them.
CONVERSATION
Can understand everyday expressions aimed at the satisfaction of simple needs of a concrete type,
delivered directly to him/her in clear, slow and repeated speech by a sympathetic speaker.
Can take part in a simple conversation of a basic factual nature on a predictable topic, e.g. his/her
home country, family, school.
Can make an introduction and use basic greeting and leave-taking expressions.
Can ask how people are and react to news.
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8
LS p18 LS p62 LS p91 LS p107 LS p150 LS p172
LS p25 LS p189
INFORMATION EXCHANGE
Can understand questions and instructions addressed carefully and slowly to him/her and follow
short, simple directions.
Can ask and answer simple questions, initiate and respond to simple statements in areas of
immediate need or on very familiar topics.
Can ask and answer questions about themselves and other people, where they live, people they
know, things they have.
Can indicate time by such phrases as next week, last Friday, in November, three o'clock.
Can express numbers, quantities and cost in a limited way.
Can name the colour of clothes or other familiar objects and can ask the colour of such objects.
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8
LS p15 LS p37 LS p59 LS p81 LS p103 LS p127 LS p149 LS p171
LS p16 LS p38 LS p60 LS p82 LS p105 LS p128 LS p150 LS p173
LS p17 LS p39 LS p61 LS p83 LS p107-108 LS p129 LS p151 LS p175
LS p21 LS p40 LS p65 LS p85 LS p110 LS p132 LS p152-154 LS p176
LS p26 LS p46 LS p71 LS p86 LS p117 LS p136 LS p159 LS p177
LS p28 LS p49 LS p73 LS p93 LS p118 LS p138 LS p160 LS p179
LS p50 LS p76 LS p98 LS p124 LS p141 LS p161 LS p181
LS p100 LS p143 LS p162 LS p184
LS p146 LS p163 LS p185
LS p167 LS p186
LS p190
RW p15 RW p37 RW p59 RW p81 RW p103 RW p125 RW p147 RW p169
RW p16 RW p38 RW p60 RW p82 RW p104 RW p126 RW p148 RW p170
RW p17 RW p39 RW p61 RW p83 RW p105 RW p127 RW p149 RW p171
RW p20 RW p40 RW p62 RW p86 RW p106 RW p128 RW p153 RW p172
RW p23 RW p42 RW p64 RW p87 RW p109 RW p131 RW p154 RW p175
RW p26 RW p43 RW p72 RW p90 RW p133 RW p155 RW p176
RW p45 RW p137 RW p158 RW p179
RW p49 RW p160- RW p184
161
ADDRESSING AUDIENCES
Can read a very short, rehearsed statement, e.g. to introduce a speaker or propose a toast.
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8
LS p33-34 LS p55-56 LS p146
Writing
At A1 learners can
• use isolated phrases and sentences
• ask for or pass on personal details in written form
CREATIVE WRITING
Can write simple phrases and sentences about themselves and imaginary people, where they live
and what they do.
Can describe in very simple language what a room looks like.
Can use simple words and phrases to describe certain everyday objects (e.g. the colour of a car,
whether it is big or small).
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8
LS p120
LS p123
RW p32-33 RW p55-56 RW p77-78 RW p99 RW p144 RW p166 RW p187-
188
RW p33-34
CORRESPONDENCE
Can write messages and online postings as a series of very short sentences about hobbies and
likes/dislikes, using simple words and formulaic expressions, with reference to a dictionary.
Can write a short, simple postcard.
Can write a short, very simple message (e.g. a text message) to friends to give them a piece of
information or to ask them a question.
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8
RW p120-122
VOCABULARY RANGE
Has a basic vocabulary repertoire of isolated words and phrases related to particular concrete situations.
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8
LS p16 LS p38 LS p60 LS p82 LS p103 LS p127 LS p150 LS p172
LS p17 LS p39 LS p62 LS p84 LS p104 LS p128 LS p151 LS p174
LS p18 LS p40 LS p69-70 LS p86-87 LS p105 LS p130 LS p152 LS p175
LS p24 LS p41 LS p71 LS p91-92 LS p106 LS p131 LS p158-159 LS p178-179
LS p30 LS p44 LS p94 LS p107 LS p133-134 LS p159 LS p180
LS p31 LS p45 LS p95 LS p109 LS p134-135 LS p162 LS p181
LS p46 LS p96 LS p115 LS p136 LS p165 LS p182
LS p48 LS p122 LS p139-140 LS p166 LS p182-183
LS p55 LS p123 LS p142 LS p186
LS p123-124 LS p143
LS p144
LS p145
RW p16 RW p38 RW p59 RW p82 RW p104 RW p126 RW p148 RW p170
RW p18 RW p39 RW p60 RW p84 RW p106 RW p127 RW p150 RW p171
RW p20 RW p40 RW p62 RW p87 RW p109 RW p128 RW p154- RW p172
155
RW p21-22 RW p43 RW p65-66 RW p91 RW p111 RW p131 RW p157- RW p177
158
RW p24 RW p43-45 RW p68 RW p112-113 RW p134- RW p182
135
RW p25 RW p46 RW p69
RW p47 RW p70-71
PHONOLOGICAL CONTROL
Pronunciation of a very limited repertoire of learnt words and phrases can be understood with some effort by
interlocutors used to dealing with speakers of the language group concerned. Can reproduce correctly a
limited range of sounds as well as the stress on simple, familiar words and phrases.
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8
LS p32 LS p52 LS p77 LS p97 LS p108 LS p131 LS p166 LS p182
LS p122 LS p187
SOCIOLINGUISTIC APPROPRIATENESS
Can establish basic social contact by using the simplest everyday polite forms of greetings and farewells,
introductions, saying please, thank you, sorry, etc.
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8
LS p78
RW p119
RW p120-
122
Speaking CONVERSATION 8, 25
INFORMATION EXCHANGE 15, 16, 17, 21, 26,
28
INTERVIEWING & BEING INTERVIEWED 20, 27, 29
SUSTAINED MONOLOGUE: GIVING INFORMATION 21, 28, 33, 34
ADDRESSING AUDIENCES 33-34
Communicative VOCABULARY RANGE 16, 17, 18, 24, 30,
31
language GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY 22-23, 23-24
competence PHONOLOGICAL CONTROL 32