Starter Level
Students will be able to:
• ask and answer simple questions on very familiar topics.
• use simple phrases and sentences to describe where you live and people they know.
• understand familiar words and very basic phrases about themselves, their family and immediate surroundings when people speak slowly and clearly and repeats.
• understand familiar names, words and very simple sentences, for example on notices and posters or in catalogues.
• write a short, simple postcard, for example holiday postcards.
• fill in forms with personal details, for example entering their name, nationality and address on a hotel registration form.
Elementary Level
Students will be able to:
• communicate in simple and routine tasks on familiar topics and activities.
• simply describe their family and other people, living conditions, their educational background and their present or most recent job.
• understand phrases and common vocabulary on common areas e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, the local area, and employment.
• understand the main point in short, clear, simple messages and announcements.
• read very short, simple texts.
• find specific, predictable information in advertisements, prospectuses, menus and timetables.
• understand short simple personal letters.
• write short, simple notes and messages.
• write a simple personal letter, for example thanking someone.
Pre-Intermediate Level
Students will be able to:
• deal with most situations when they travel in an area where people speak English.
• talk about family, hobbies, work, travel and current events.
• talk about experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions.
• give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
• tell the story of a book or film and describe their reactions.
• understand the main points of clear speech on work, school and leisure.
• understand the main point on many radio or TV programmes on current affairs or familiar topics, when the speaker speaks slowly and clearly.
• understand common, basic or job-related language.
• understand the description of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters.
• write simply about familiar topics.
• write personal letters describing experiences and impressions.
Intermediate Level
Students will be able to:
• speak regularly with native speakers.
• discuss familiar topics in detail.
• give their opinions and explain advantages and disadvantages.
• understand long speech and lectures and follow complex arguments if the topic is reasonably familiar.
• understand most TV news and current affairs programmes.
• understand the majority of films in common accents.
• read articles and reports about common topics
• understand modern novels.
• write clearly and in detail about a wide range of subjects.
• write an essay or report.
• write letters about events and personal experiences.
Upper-Intermediate Level
Students will be able to:
• speak fluently without searching for language.
• communicate effectively in social and professional situations.
• give ideas and opinions and relate their ideas to those of other speakers.
• talk about of complex subjects and develop arguments.
• understand long complex speech.
• understand most television programmes and films.
• understand long and complex factual and literary texts, with different styles.
• understand specialised articles and long technical instructions.
• write long, clear, well-structured text to express their points of view.
• write about complex subjects in a letter, an essay or a report.
• write in an appropriate style.