Level A1 - Core Inventory
Communicative Objectives: Here you will find a detailed list of what you will be able to do by the end of your A1 – Level Course
Spoken Interaction |
• I can use basic greeting and leave-taking expressions. |
• I can ask how people are. |
• I can interact in a simple way, asking and answering basic questions, if I can repeat, repair and get help. |
• I can ask and answer (simple personal) questions, like “What’s your name?”, “How old are you?” if the other person speaks slowly and is very helpful. |
Spoken Production |
• I can give personal information (address, telephone number, nationality, age, family and hobbies). |
• I can very simply describe myself and my family. |
• I can very simply describe where I live. |
Listening |
• I can understand simple words and phrases, like “excuse me”, “sorry”, “thank you”, etc. |
• I can understand the days of the week and months of the year. |
• I can understand times and dates. |
• I can understand numbers and prices. |
Reading |
• I can recognize names, words, and phrases I know and use them to understand very simple sentences if there are pictures. |
• I can understand words and phrases on everyday signs (for example, “station”, “car park”, “no parking”, “no smoking”, “keep left”). |
• I can understand simple forms well enough to give basic personal details ( for example, name, address, date of birth). |
Writing |
• I can write simple sentences about myself, for example where I live and what I do. |
• I can write about myself and where I live, using short simple phrases. I can understand a hotel registration form well enough to give the most important information about myself (name, surname, date of birth, nationality). |
• I can complete a questionnaire with my personal details. |
Strategies |
• I can establish contact with people using simple words and phrases and gestures. |
• I can say when I do not understand. |
• I can very simply ask somebody to repeat what they said. |
Grammar and Vocabulary Objectives: To learn how to use English in these situations, you will need to know most of these language areas.
Grammar | |
• Adjectives common and demonstrative | • Possessive adjectives |
• Adverbs of frequency | • Possessive s |
• Comparatives and superlatives | • Prepositions common |
• Going to | • Prepositions of place |
• How much/how many and very common uncountable nouns | • Prepositions of time, including in/on/at |
• I’d like | • Present continuous |
• Imperatives(+/-) | • Present simple |
• Intensifiers – very basic | • Pronouns: simple personal |
• Modals: can/can’t/could/couldn’t | • Questions |
• Past simple of “to be” | • There is/are |
• Past Simple | • To be, including questions+negatives |
Language Work: This is the type of language work you’ll be studying with your teacher. These phrases will be useful in the classroom and beyond.
• We have three cats and one dog. | • When did you arrive? | • She is wearing a red skirt. |
• How much does the room cost? 45 Euros per night. | • She eats fruit every day. | • This pizza is really good. |
• What’s the time? A quarter to seven. | • I lived in Paris for 6 months. | • She’s taller than Michelle. |
• Where is the supermarket? It’s straight ahead. | • I moved to Madrid when I was 15. | • We always go shopping on Saturdays. |
• This is Mary. Pleased to meet you. | • Are you going to study this weekend? | • Pedro is Spanish but he works in France. |
• My name is Carlos. | • I’d like a cup of coffee. | • He’s an engineer. |
• I am from the north of China. | • I like sitting in the sun and doing nothing. | • I like fresh fruit for breakfast. |
• I get the bus to college every day. | • He can speak Spanish, French and Italian. | • Vegetables are good for you. |
• We are from South America. | • Can/could I use your phone? | • What kind of coffee do you want? |
• Are you French? No I’m not. | • There’s a bank near the station. | • I have a cup of tea every morning. |
• Is she from Egypt? | • This is my laptop. | • I don’t like fish. |
• Do you like dancing? | • Our shop is on the High Street. | • Does this bus go to the town centre? |
• My sister is coming on Tuesday. |
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