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Activate A2Common European Framework (CEF)

Learning and Exam skillsContent & Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)

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

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

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Unit 1 CEF

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Reading

I can read 4 short articles about contestants in a talent show.

8/9 A1A2B1

Find information, complete chart.Read an interview and understand words from context.

Arts: public performance

Language

Vocabulary: talents and hobbiesCollocation: verbs and nounsWord families: perform /performer /performancePresent simple adverbs of frequency + more time expressions

10/11

Speaking

I can describe another person’s 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 / don’t mind / can’t stand doing.I can ask / say what my ambition is.I can talk about my likes / dislikes.

13 A1A1A2A2A2B1

Attitudes to mistakes and correction.Summarise text.Describe activities.Preferences.

Mistakes and correction: learning strategies


ListeningI can understand 5 people talking about their spare time activities.

12 A1A2A2

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 A1A1A2A2

Cloze passages.Complete a form.

Form filling

Unit 2 CEF

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Reading

I can read a web page about 4 different festivals. 16/17 A2A2B1

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 celebrationsCollocations: 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 takes place, what happens, the food people eat and what people do.I can say how people are doing things.

21 A2B1

Describe what is happening in a picture

Listening I can understand a talk about what 5 people are doing on April Fool’s Day.

20 A2A2

Writing I can complete a blog.I can complete a letter about current activities.

22/23 A2A2

Make sentences from notes.


I can write a blog about where I am. who I am with, what I am doing and how I feel.

A2

Unit 3

Reading

I can understand short instructions, advertisements and announcements. I can understand a magazine article.

26/27 A1A2A2A2B1

Answer comprehension questions. Music: choral singing, choirs

Unit 3 Contd CEF

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Language

Vocabulary: Schools/ the school day/ subjects / furniture / uniforms / clothesCompound nounsPast simpleClock times and past time expressionsLinking words for sequencing events

28/29 Cultural studies: Schools in different countries

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 A1A2A2B1

Give a brief summary of an article.

Listening

I can understand a boy describing his school, his teachers and his favourite subjects.I can describe a school in a photograph.

30 A2A2A2

Answer multiple choice questions.Describe a school.Write short story about personal experience.

WritingI 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 A2A2A2

Unit 4Reading I can understand a short fictional story. 34/35 A2

B1Answer comprehension questions.Answer Y/N questions.

History: Ancient cultures – Mayans,


B1 Read a story / identify the order of events.

Aztecs, Incas, Romans, Greeks, Egyptians

Language

Vocabulary: History and datesArchaeology and museums.Past continuousPast continuous and Past simpleForming questions and negativesGerunds and infinitives

36/37 History: Calendar dates and years.

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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 A2B1

Summarise a story.Use linkers / show order of eventsGive directions

ListeningI can understand Milly talking about her day.I can use a map to help me to understand her description.

38 A2A2

Use maps.

WritingI 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 A2A2A2B1

Find information / complete form.Insert missing answers.Organise parts of an email in correct order.

Geography: sailing round Cape Horn / weather

Language

Vocabulary: travel/ means of transportCollocationsFuture: 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 49 A2 Summarise a radio interview from


reasons.I can talk about the last time I felt seasick.I can talk about my immediate plans.I can talk about possible plans.

A2A2B1

memory.

ListeningI can understand instructions concerning a school trip and take notes.I can understand a discussion about immediate plans.

48 A2A2A2

Take notes.

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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 I’m an adult.I can write a correctly structured email describing my future plans.

50/51 A2A2A2B1

Take notes.Structure an email.

Note taking

Unit 6

Reading

I can understand a web page about exchanging possessions.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 A2A2A2A2

Combine information from different sources.

Economics: shopping and exchange

LanguageVocabulary: shopping / types of shop and servicePresent Perfect Simple for / sinceForming 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 A2A2A2A2B1

Summarise and give reasons.


ListeningI can understand several speakers talking about shopping.

56 A2A2B1

Combine information from different sources.Complete a dialogue.

WritingI can complete a web chat dialogue.I can write an invitation giving details of the time, place and event.

58/59 A1A2A2

Write an invitation with details.

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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 A2A2B1

Search for information to answer comprehension questions.Select words from multiple choice options to complete the text.

Sports: Olympic sportsDanger in sports

Language Vocabulary 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 A2A2A2A2B1

Use questions to summarise key information from a text.Say when not sure of meaning

Listening I can understand short conversations 66 A2B1

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 A2A2A2B1

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 A2A2A2B1B1

Read quickly for gist.Read in detail and answer Y/N questions.

Geography: hostile landscapes

Language Vocabulary: describing landscapes and weather, wild 72/73 Geography:


animalsComparatives with –er / more/ lessIrregular comparatives: better / worse etc.Comparative constructionsSuperlatives: -est/ most least + irreg.Superlative constructions.

describing landscapes and weatherNatural science: animals

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Speaking

I can talk about where I would or wouldn’t 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 A2A2A2A2B1B1B1

Summarise a text in the author’s words.

Cross-cultural studies.

Listening I can understand a conversation about animals. 74 A2B1

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.2B1B1B1

Write questions to ask informationWrite 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 B1B1

Place photographs in the correct order. Match headings to paragraphs. Answer Y/N questions.

Food science

Language Vocabulary: Food and cooking 82/83


Word formation: verbs > adjectivesModals: obligation and permissionQuantifiers: 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 chocolate foods 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 A2B1B1B1

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 A2B1

Complete conversations, shopping lists, sets of rules.Write what I must / mustn’t do.Complete sentences giving advice.

Health: diet and exercise

Writing I can write an article for a website about my favourite national food.

86/87 B1B1

Unit 10

ReadingI can understand emails from people asking about holiday accommodation. I can understand 6 brochures about holiday accommodation.

88/89 B1B1

Geography: landscapes

Language

Vocabulary: landscapes, different kinds of homesCompound nounsPresent simple passiveactive 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.

93 A2B1B1

Express opinions and give reasons. History / GeographyMaterials / technology


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.

B1B1

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 A2A2A2B1

Complete advertisement for a sandcastle competition.Complete brochure about a famous 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 and students about work.

98/ 99 A2B1B1

Skim for gist and scan for details. CareersReading skills

Language

Vocabulary: work and jobsPhrasal verbs and their meaningsZero 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 B1B1B1

Express opinions and give reasons.Give advice.

Listening I can understand a radio programme about the school reports of famous people.

102 A2B1

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 A2B1B1

Complete a text about a celebrity visit.Complete a text about becoming a TV presenter.Complete a school report form.


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ReadingI can understand a long magazine article about urban myths.I can understand a short negative review of a museum.

106/107 A2B1

Match topics to paragraphs.Answer multiple choice questions.

Science: testing theories with experiments

Language

Vocabulary: science and technology, measurementsPhrasal verbsReporting statements and questions.Relative clauses.

108/109 science and technology

SpeakingI can describe a successful experiment. 111 B1

B1Ask and answer detailed questions about a visit to a museum.Describe sequence of actions.

Listening I can understand Simon taking about why his friends use computers.

110 B1B1

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, describing it, saying what I liked and didn’t like and summarising my opinion.

112/113 B1B1

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 that Activate 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 the introduction 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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