SLE Levels & Expectations

(Students should be able to...)

Level/Book Functions Language Structures

1A • Introduce yourself

• Tell time

• Refer to days and dates

• Describe preferences

• Express likes & Dislikes

• Discuss weather and seasons

• Describe friends & family

• Talk about clothing & appearance

• Express ability

• Present progressive tense

• Countable/uncountable

nouns

• Simple future tense

• Simple past tense

• Prepositions of location

1B • Talk about frequency & duration

• Describe objects, similarities &

differences

• Make recommendations

• Speak briefly on the phone

• Make, get and decline invitations

• As for and give directions

• Making complaints.

• Discuss hobbies and sport

• Talk about transportation

• Talk about social events,

restaurants & social occasions.

• Causative verbs

• Modals for:

• a) speculation

• b) necessity

• c) precaution

• d) prohibition

• Past progressive tense

• Gerunds & infinitives

1C • Respond to difficult/unclear

questions

• Express your opinions confidently

• Find out detailed information

• Ask for and decline favours /

permission

• Describe changes over time.

• Ask for and give advice

• Talk about shopping, dating, work

and jobs, money and prices,

friendship.

• Present perfect simple and

progressive.

• Superlatives

• Passive & active voice

• Reported speech

2A • Understand how to use

formal/informal questions

• Describe jobs & qualifications

• Making suggestions and demands

• Giving/receiving advice

• Describing feelings and

emotions/personalities

• Making decisions

• Describing personalities

• Discussing health

• Indirect questions

• Tag questions

• Comparatives/superlatives

• Cause and effect

• First/second conditionals

• Active & Passive voice

• Present perfect

• Reflexive pronouns

2B • Being vague & precise

• Checking * confirming

information

• 'Used to' & 'didn't use to'

• Go + verb + ing and Go +

to

• Resolving misunderstandings.

• Expressing levels of importance

(modals)

• Interpreting and using non-verbal

communication.

• Expressing degrees of certainty &

uncertainty.

• Talking about regret and remorse.

• Discussing living situations.

• Making contrasts

• Prepositions of time

• Past speculation (modals)

• Even though + although

• Relative pronouns

• Adjective clauses

• Imperatives

• Future speculation (modals)

2C • Describing & defining abstract

concepts.

• Raising considerations

• Negotiating & compromising

• Describing responsibilities &

expectations

• Stipulating conditions

• Discussing resolutions for

complex problems

• Euphemism, exaggeration and

stress.

• Expressing scepticism

• Making inferences.

• Strength of opinion using

for and to.

• - ever words

• Be supposed to and be

expected to.

• Even if, only if, and unless

• Order of adjectives

• Using the verb 'to wish'

• Gerunds as subject.

3A • Talking about:

• Education and school systems.

• Public morals & ethics.

• Your feelings and emotions

• Job interviews & Career options

• Finding the right partner in life.

• Socializing and friendship

• Money management

• The future and future plans.

• Predictions & speculations

• Supporting your opinions

• The present perfect

• Comparatives, superlatives

and more native levels of

comparison (as + adj +as)

• Conditional clauses

• The future tenses

• Multi-verb sentences

3B • Talking about:

• Making & understanding first

impressions.

• Educational values & opinions

• Breaking your routine.

• Prejudice & Discrimination

• Milestones & Important choices

• Growing old & healthcare

• Becoming independent

• The good and bad of travelling.

• Good & Bad habits

• Cosmetic surgery & beauty

• Being truthful/being tactful

• Presenting ideas

• Justifying opinions

• Debating pros & cons

• Accepting and moderating

• Analyzing complex

problems

• Complaining and being

assertive.

• Using native level

contractions &

pronunciation.

• Perfect lives and ideal lives

• Career and career paths

3C • Talking about:

• Expressing detailed ideas

• Justifying and accepting opinions.

• Leading and contributing to

complex discussions

• Prompt answers and ideas from

other people.

• Speak at length about subjects

which interest you.

• Use native level vocabulary and

pronunciation.

• Presenting ideas

• Justifying opinions

• Debating pros & cons

• Accepting and moderating

• Analyzing complex

problems

• Complaining and being

assertive.

• Using native level

contractions &

pronunciation.

Adv 1 - 2 • Participate freely in current affairs

discussions and subjects which

interest you.

• Native level vocabulary,

pronunciation and rhythm.