This level is designed for students who have had limited English lessons and have very limited vocabulary, but who are able to communicate on known topics such as location, describing self and other objects.

Language forcus

• Revision of subject pronouns positive, negative and question forms
• ‘To be’ plural forms, positive and negative
• Adverbs of frequency
• Object pronouns
• ‘Can’, ‘can’t’ for ability
• Simple past, ‘was’, ‘were’ positive, negative and question forms
• Wh__ questions in the past
• Future, ‘want to’ and ‘going to’
• Regular and irregular verbs

Tasks covered in class

• Fill in a simple form
• Write a post card
• Look at cafe menu and create the conversation necessary
• Make a sentence to describe a picture
• Find differences in two things
• Write about a member of the family
• Ask questions about other students’ likes and dislikes
• Talk about likes and dislikes
• Decide o your daily routine
• Write questions to interview your teacher
• Ask another student about his/her routine
• Interview the teacher
• Listen to two people discussing what they can and can’t do
• Interview your partner about his/her childhood
• Produce a timeline for your life
• Talk about life events
• Write questions about the past
• Write about the future
• Ask and answer questions about the future

Real lifeE

• Greetings – Saying ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’
• Giving personal information about yourself
• Communication about jobs that people do
• Using the telephone, filling in a form
• Food and drink
• Ordering and paying for food and drink in a café
• Language in the street
• Buying things in shops
• Being able to communicate about your likes and dislikes
• Telling the time
• Talking about TV programmes and movies
• Using money and numbers
• Talking about your past
• Talking about your personal history
• Buying an airline ticket, bus ticket, train ticket
• Beginning to talk about the future