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Pearson Longman 2009/2010

Activate A2

Common European Framework (CEF)Learning and Exam sk ills

Content & Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)

LEVEL

CEF

ALTE

UCLES

IELTS

TOEIC

TOEFL

iBT

PTE

A1 0 - 0-245 -

A2 A2 1 KET 3.0 246-380 - 1A2+ - 381-500 - 2

B1 B1 2 PET 4.0 500-650 57-86 3

B1+ B1+ -B2 B2 3 FCE 5.0 650-720 87-109 4

C1 4 CAE 6.0-7.0 720-910 110-120 5

chart correlating main exam types and grading systems


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Unit 1 CEFPage

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Learning and Exam skills CLIL

Reading

I can read 4 short articles about contestants in a talentshow.

8/9 A1A2

B1

Find information, complete chart.Read an interview and understand

words from context.

Arts: publicperformance

Language

Vocabulary: talents and hobbiesCollocation: verbs and nouns

Word families:perform /performer /performance

Present simpleadverbs of frequency + more time expressions

10/11

Speaking

I can describe another persons abilities.

I can say how good they are.

I can say who I want to win and give my reasons.I can ask about and describe regular activities.

I can ask / say how many hobbies I have.

I can ask /say what types of hobby I prefer.

I can ask / say how many hours I spend doing

something.I can say what I love / dont mind / cant stand doing.

I can ask / say what my ambition is.

I can talk about my likes / dislikes.

13 A1

A1

A2A2

A2

B1

Attitudes to mistakes and

correction.

Summarise text.Describe activities.

Preferences.

Mistakes and

correction: learning

strategies

Listening

I can understand 5 people talking about their spare time

activities.

12 A1

A2A2

Combine information from

different sources.Answer Y/N questions.

Writing

I can describe regular activities.

Linkers: and, but, because, so, too.

I can complete an information form.I can complete an application form with personal

information.

I can write a short paragraph about my hopes and

dreams.

14/15 A1

A1

A2A2

Cloze passages.

Complete a form.

Form filling


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Unit 2 CEFPage

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Reading

I can read a web page about 4 different festivals. 16/17 A2

A2

B1

Read quickly / identify topics.

Complete gaps in the text with

given sentences.Use context to understand

unknown words.

Traditional festivals in

4 different countries.

Language

Vocabulary: Festivals and celebrations

Collocations: making phrases / prepositions with verbs,Present continuous for now or near future.

Simple adverbs.

Location prepositions.

18/19

Speaking

I can talk about my favourite festivals.

I can talk about local, national and religious festivals.I can summarise information from a web page.

I can describe a festival saying when and where it takesplace, what happens, the food people eat and what

people do.

I can say how people are doing things.

21 A2

B1

Describe what is happening in a

picture

ListeningI can understand a talk about what 5 people are doing onApril Fools Day.

20 A2A2

Writing

I can complete a blog.

I can complete a letter about current activities.

I can write a blog about where I am. who I am with,

what I am doing and how I feel.

22/23 A2

A2

A2

Make sentences from notes.

Unit 3

Reading

I can understand short instructions, advertisements and

announcements.

I can understand a magazine article.

26/27 A1

A2

A2A2

B1

Answer comprehension questions. Music: choral singing,

choirs


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Unit 3

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Language

Vocabulary: Schools/ the school day/ subjects / furniture

/ uniforms / clothesCompound nouns

Past simple

Clock times and past time expressionsLinking words for sequencing events

28/29 Cultural studies:

Schools in differentcountries

Speaking

I can describe what someone is wearing.I can ask and talk about past events.

I can ask and answer questions about schools.I can discuss school saying what I think is most, least

important.

31 A1A2

A2B1

Give a brief summary of an article.

ListeningI can understand a boy describing his school, histeachers and his favourite subjects.

I can describe a school in a photograph.

30 A2A2

A2

Answer multiple choice questions.Describe a school.

Write short story about personalexperience.

Writing

I can complete a diary entry.

I can reorganise ideas in a blog.

I can write a short story about my first day at school.

32/33 A2

A2

A2

Unit 4

Reading

I can understand a short fictional story. 34/35 A2

B1

B1

Answer comprehension questions.

Answer Y/N questions.

Read a story / identify the order ofevents.

History: Ancient

cultures Mayans,

Aztecs, Incas,Romans, Greeks,

Egyptians

Language

Vocabulary: History and dates

Archaeology and museums.Past continuous

Past continuous and Past simple

Forming questions and negativesGerunds and infinitives

36/37 History: Calendar

dates and years.


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Unit 4

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Speaking

I can ask / talk about past, present and future events in

my life.

I can ask for and give directions to places in a town.I can use Please and Thank you correctly.

39 A2

B1

Summarise a story.

Use linkers / show order of events

Give directions

Listening

I can understand Milly talking about her day.

I can use a map to help me to understand her

description.

38 A2

A2

Use maps.

Writing

I can write a paragraph about what I did on an important

day.I can write a story, using a given opening sentence.

40/41 Complete a newspaper article.

Complete a diary entry.

Unit 5

Reading

I can understand a radio interview. 44/45 A2A2

A2

B1

Find information / complete form.Insert missing answers.

Organise parts of an email in

correct order.

Geography: sailinground Cape Horn /

weather

Language

Vocabulary: travel/ means of transport

Collocations

Future: Simple future / Present continuous / going to /shall for suggestions.Prepositions of direction and time.

46/47 Geography:

Transportation

Speaking

I can choose items to take on a boat trip and give my

reasons.I can talk about the last time I felt seasick.

I can talk about my immediate plans.

I can talk about possible plans.

49 A2

A2A2

B1

Summarise a radio interview from

memory.

Listening

I can understand instructions concerning a school trip

and take notes.

I can understand a discussion about immediate plans.

48 A2

A2

A2

Take notes.


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Unit 5

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Writing

I can complete an email.

I can complete a TV review.I can write sentences about the car I will have when Im

an adult.

I can write a correctly structured email describing myfuture plans.

50/51 A2

A2A2

B1

Take notes.

Structure an email.

Note taking

Unit 6

Reading

I can understand a web page about exchangingpossessions.

I can understand comments about shops.

I can understand a dialogue of a typical shopping

procedure.I can understand web postings containing invitations.

I can understand a notice announcing a swap party.

52/53 A2A2

A2

A2

Combine information fromdifferent sources.

Economics: shoppingand exchange

Language

Vocabulary: shopping / types of shop and servicePresent Perfect Simplefor / since

Forming questions with ever /never /already /just /yet.

54/55

Speaking

I can talk about how I like to shop and give my reasons.

I can role play shopping procedures.

57 A2

A2A2

A2

B1

Summarise and give reasons.

Listening

I can understand several speakers talking aboutshopping.

56 A2A2

B1

Combine information fromdifferent sources.

Complete a dialogue.

Writing

I can complete a web chat dialogue.

I can write an invitation giving details of the time, place

and event.

58/59 A1

A2

A2

Write an invitation with details.


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Unit 7 CEFPage

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Reading

I can understand a fact file about an Olympic BMX

cyclist.I can read a collection of signs and say where I would

expect to see them.

62/63 A2

A2B1

Search for information to answer

comprehension questions.Select words from multiple choice

options to complete the text.

Sports: Olympic

sportsDanger in sports

LanguageVocabulary Olympic Games: events, medals, locationsModals: ability, possibility, obligation, permission

64/65 Olympic Games

Speaking

I can describe a series of events using linkers to mark

the sequence.

I can talk about the sports I play and watch on TV.I can describe the locations, equipment and danger.

I can explain the meaning of a sign.

67 A2

A2

A2A2

B1

Use questions to summarise key

information from a text.

Say when not sure of meaning

Listening

I can understand short conversations 66 A2

B1

Answer multiple choice questions.

Writing

I can complete a series of diary entries.

I can write a paragraph about my favourite sport.

I can complete an article about the Paralympics.I can write a factfile in 5 or 6 sentences.

68/69 A2

A2

A2B1

Complete an article.

Write a fact file.

Citizenship: attitudes

to disability.

Unit 8

Reading

I can understand an article about an explorer.

I can read a short advertisement for an Arctic holiday.

I can understand a holiday postcard from the Arctic.

70/71 A2

A2

A2

B1

B1

Read quickly for gist.

Read in detail and answer Y/N

questions.

Geography: hostile

landscapes

Language

Vocabulary: describing landscapes and weather, wildanimals

Comparatives with er / more/ less

Irregular comparatives: better / worse etc.

Comparative constructions

Superlatives: -est/ most least + irreg.Superlative constructions.

72/73 Geography:describing landscapes

and weather

Natural science:

animals


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Unit 8

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Speaking

I can talk about where I would or wouldnt like to travel

and give my reasons.

I can describe the weather in my own country.I can discuss what I need to know before travelling to

another country.

I can ask questions about another country.

I can describe my feelings about landscapes and

animals.

I can ask and answer questions about another country.

I can discuss the best country to visit and give my

reasons.

I can describe a holiday to my partner.

75 A2

A2

A2A2

B1

B1

B1

Summarise a text in the authors

words.

Cross-cultural studies.

ListeningI can understand a conversation about animals. 74 A2

B1

Listen / complete a table.

Writing

I can write what I know about the UK.

I can compare my country with the UK.

I can complete a postcard from Australia.

I can write a postcard from an amazing holiday.

76/77 A.2

B1

B1

B1

Write questions to ask information

Write a postcard.

Research skills.

Unit 9

Reading

I can understand an article about growing cocoa beans

and making chocolate.

I can understand an article about how to cook snails.

80/81 B1

B1

Place photographs in the correct

order.

Match headings to paragraphs.

Answer Y/N questions.

Food science

Language

Vocabulary: Food and cookingWord formation: verbs > adjectives

Modals: obligation and permission

Quantifiers: some / any

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Speaking

I can say where cocoa beans grow and list some of the

things needed to make chocolate.

I can say if I would like to eat various unusual chocolatefoods and give my reasons.

I can describe different processes to prepare and cook

food.

I can talk about my favourite food from my country.

85 A2

B1

B1B1

Describe a process. Food science

Listening

I can understand different people talking about the food

they eat. I can understand an expert giving them advice

on their diets.I can understand an expert giving advice on exercise.

84 A2

B1

Complete conversations, shopping

lists, sets of rules.

Write what I must / mustnt do.Complete sentences giving advice.

Health: diet and

exercise

Writing I can write an article for a website about my favouritenational food. 86/87 B1B1

Unit 10

Reading

I can understand emails from people asking about

holiday accommodation. I can understand 6 brochures

about holiday accommodation.

88/89 B1

B1

Geography:

landscapes

Language

Vocabulary: landscapes, different kinds of homes

Compound nouns

Present simple passive

active vs. passivePast simple passive

90/91

Speaking

I can say why each selected holiday is good for each

person and give my reasons.I can ask and answer questions about places.

I can describe different places where I have stayed.

I can talk about famous buildings in different countries.

I can talk about what things are made of.

93 A2

B1B1

B1

B1

Express opinions and give reasons. History / Geography

Materials / technology

Listening I can understand a description of an unusual holiday. 92 B1


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Writing

I can write an invitation.

I can write a brochure about a place nearby.

94/95 A2

A2

A2B1

Complete advertisement for a

sandcastle competition.

Complete brochure about afamous library.

Unit 11

Reading

I can understand a short article an 8-year old with 3

jobs.

I can understand a discussion between a teacher andstudents about work.

98/ 99 A2

B1

B1

Skim for gist and scan for details. Careers

Reading skills

Language

Vocabulary: work and jobsPhrasal verbs and their meanings

Zero and First conditionalUsing modals in first conditional

100/101

Speaking

I can say if I think it is a good idea for young children to

work. I can give my reasons.

I can discuss the types of work children can do.

I can give advice.

103 B1

B1

B1

Express opinions and give reasons.

Give advice.

ListeningI can understand a radio programme about the school

reports of famous people.

102 A2

B1

Listening strategies.

Writing

I can write a school report for a famous person,

reporting on work done in two subjects and suggesting a

suitable career.

104/105 A2

B1

B1

Complete a text about a celebrity

visit.

Complete a text about becoming aTV presenter.

Complete a school report form.


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Reading

I can understand a long magazine article about urban

myths.I can understand a short negative review of a museum.

106/107 A2

B1

Match topics to paragraphs.

Answer multiple choice questions.

Science: testing

theories withexperiments

Language

Vocabulary: science and technology, measurements

Phrasal verbsReporting statements and questions.

Relative clauses.

108/109 science and

technology

Speaking

I can describe a successful experiment. 111 B1

B1

Ask and answer detailed questions

about a visit to a museum.Describe sequence of actions.

ListeningI can understand Simon taking about why his friends use

computers.

110 B1

B1

Understand reported speech.

Writing

I can complete an article about secret codes.

I can report what people said to me.

I can plan and write a review of a museum, describingit, saying what I liked and didnt like and summarising

my opinion.

112/113 B1

B1

Plan, write and edit a review.

Note on CEF references: The numbers above refer to an approved list of descriptors prepared for secondary schools in Switzerland. The

appearance of a reference in the table above, indicate thatActivate A2 contains an exercise which will contribute to the development of this

communicative skill. It does not indicate that this skill has been achieved by the learner, but the exercise will help learners move towards

achievement of that skill.

You will notice references to some skills listed as A1 and to some listed as B1. The A1 references are consolidation, the B1 references are theintroduction of communicative skills at B1 level.

Activate A2 is very good in training learning skills and also unusual in training students to express and give reasons for their opinions. The

training in giving an oral summary of information and opinions from reading texts is an unusual, but extremely valuable addition to the skills

which are normally taught at A2 level.

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