General English Level 1: Common European Framework A1 (Beginner) Learning Objectives & Typical Syllabus

Objectives Grammar Vocabulary Functional

Area (adapted from descriptors from
Common European Framework Syllabus and Topical Syllabus
and European Language Portfolio Syllabus
level A1)
Speaking You will be able to:
interaction ● Ask and answer simple ● Present Simple ● Numbers (cardinal / ● Greeting and
and questions on very ● Pronouns ordinal) and money Introducing
production familiar topics. ● Articles ● Countries, ● Buying and asking
objectives ● Use simple phrases and ● Prepositions nationalities prices
sentences to describe where of place and and languages ● Asking about personal
you live and people you time ● Times information
know. ● Conjunctions / ● Days, dates, ● Describing people
Listening You will be able to: linkers: and / but months, years and and objects
objectives ● Understand familiar words and / because / or seasons ● Telling the time
very basic phrases about ● Irregular plurals ● Shops and places ● Talking about routines
yourself, your family and ● Possessive ● Interests, sports ● Talking about
immediate surroundings when Adjectives and activities frequency and time
people speak slowly and ● Too/ very ● Jobs duration
clearly ● Can (ability ● Rooms and furniture ● Talking about likes
and repeats. / possibility) ● Colours and dislikes
Reading You will be able to: ● Short form answers ● Size and weight ● Giving opinions
objectives ● Understand familiar ● Going to ● Body parts and ● Talking about past
names, words and very (future plans) appearance experiences
simple sentences, for ● will (offers) ● Food, meals, ● Inviting/ refusing/
example on ● Adverbs of cooking accepting/ thanking
notices and posters or Frequency ● Weather ● Requesting/ offering
in catalogues. ● Imperatives ● Transport ● Asking permission
Writing You will be able to: ● Past Simple ● Health ● Giving instructions
objectives ● Write a short, simple ● Present ● Feelings ● Making suggestions
postcard, for example holiday Continuous and ● Talking about future
postcards. ● Comparatives emotions arrangements
● Fill in forms with personal ● Superlatives ● Street directions ● Applying for a job
details, for example entering ● Irregular Adverbs ● Clothes
your name, nationality and
address on a hotel
registration form.
General English Level 2: Common European Framework A1+ (Elementary) Learning Objectives & Typical Syllabus
Objectives Grammar Vocabulary Functional
Area (adapted from
descriptors from Common
European Framework and Syllabus and Topical Syllabus
European Language Portfolio level Syllabus
A1+)
Speaking You will be able to: ● Present Simple ● Families ● Giving / justifying
interaction ● Communicate in simple and ● Articles ● Food and meals opinions
and routine tasks on familiar ● Pronouns ● Clothing and ● Talking about
production topics and activities. ● Countable / shopping routines and
objectives ● Simply describe your family uncountable nouns ● Prices habits
and other people, living ● Adverbs of frequency ● Daily routines ● Talking about
conditions, your educational and manner ● Personality intentions
background and your present ● Too/ not enough ● Appearance ● Describing
or most recent ● Can / could for ● Present and experiences
job. requests childhood ● Talking about
Listening You will be able to: ● Adjectives and abilities feelings
objectives ● Understand phrases and modifiers ● Basic suffixes ● Making
common vocabulary on ● Past Simple ● Work and jobs comparisons
common areas e.g. very basic ● Present Continuous ● Transport ● Inviting
personal and family for temporary ● Travel ● Making
information, shopping, the local situations and things ● Machines and decisions
area, and employment. happening now and inventions ● Describing and
● Understand the main point in future arrangements ● Festivals and buying things
short, clear, simple ● Comparative and celebrations ● Talking about
messages and superlative ● Hotel situations possibility
announcements. ● Present Perfect and ● Weather and ● Expressing
Reading You will be able to: participles climate hopes
objectives ● Read very short, simple texts. ● Imperatives ● Talking about
● Find specific, predictable ● Should for advice rules and
information in ● Have to / need to for obligations
advertisements, obligation ● Giving
prospectuses, menus and ● Be like for instructions
timetables. descriptions ● Making offers
● Understand short ● Present Simple for ● Advising and
simple personal letters. future facts suggesting
Writing You will be able to: ● Future Simple for ● Apologising
objectives ● Write short, simple notes future facts ● Congratulating
and messages.
● Write a simple personal letter,
for example thanking
someone.
General English Level 3: Common European Framework A2 (Pre-Intermediate) Learning Objectives / Typical Syllabus
Objectives Grammar Vocabulary Functional
Area (adapted from
descriptors from Common
European Framework and Syllabus and Topical Syllabus
European Language Portfolio level Syllabus
A2)
Speaking You will be able to: ● Present Simple ● Families ● Asking
interaction ● Deal with most situations ● Present Continuous ● Restaurants and personal
and when you travel in an area ● Comparative leisure venues questions
production where people speak English. and superlative ● Personality ● Talking about
objectives ● Talk about family, hobbies, ● Past Simple ● Biographical personal
work, travel and current ● Past Simple information experiences
events. Continuous ● Buildings and ● Asking
● Talk about experiences and ● Present Perfect monuments directions
events, dreams, hopes and ● Going to and will for ● Weather ● Describing
ambitions. predictions and ● Clothes and personality
● Give reasons and future events and accessories ● Making travel
explanations for opinions and spontaneous ● Large numbers arrangements
plans. decisions ● Travel and tourism ● Ordering in a
● Tell the story of a book or ● Adverbs of ● Work and careers restaurant
film and describe your frequency and ● Hobbies, sports and ● Talking about
reactions. manner interests preferences
Listening You will be able to: ● Reflexive pronouns ● Education ● Expressing
objectives ● Understand the main points ● So/ such ● Life changes and preferences
of clear speech on work, ● Have to/ need to for events ● Making
school and leisure. obligation ● Political systems deductions
● Understand the main point on ● Present Simple and change ● Making
many radio or TV Passive ● Animals predictions
programmes on current affairs ● When / while ● Descriptions of ● Offering and
or familiar topics, when the ● Must / might for people, health, suggesting
speaker speaks slowly and deductions fitness and ● Talking about
clearly. ● As soon as illnesses obligation
Reading You will be able to: ● Be able to / good at ● Types of music and ● Requesting
objectives ● Understand common, basic ● Although / however concerts
or job-related language. ● First Conditional ● Household
● Understand the description of ● Used to + verb equipment
events, feelings and wishes ● Relative clauses
in personal letters.
Writing You will be able to:
objectives ● Write simply about
familiar topics.
● Write personal letters
describing experiences and
impressions.
General English Level 4: Common European Framework B1 (Intermediate) Learning Objectives / Typical Syllabus
Objectives Grammar Vocabulary Functional
Area (adapted from
descriptors from Common
European Framework and Syllabus and Topical Syllabus
European Language Portfolio level Syllabus
B1)
Speaking You will be able to: ● Used to + infinitive ● Education ● Describing
interaction ● Speak regularly with ● Past Simple and ● Appearances location,
and native speakers. Present Perfect ● Clothes people and
production ● Discuss familiar topics in detail. ● Neither / so do I ● Character things
objectives ● Give your opinions and explain ● Modal verbs ● Make and do ● Stating
advantages and ● Reported speech ● Housework preferences
disadvantages. ● First, second ● Holidays and and opinions
Listening You will be able to: conditional travel brochures ● Talking about
objectives ● Understand long speech ● Adverbs of manner ● Illness obligation
and lectures and follow and modifiers ● Cooking ● Reporting
complex arguments if the ● Relative clauses ● Weather requests and
topic is reasonably familiar. ● Adjectives and their ● Furniture and orders
● Understand most TV news connotations appliances ● Advising
and current affairs ● Present Perfect ● Types of books, ● Making
programmes. Continuous films, and TV deductions
● Understand the majority of ● Look + adjective, look programmes ● Guessing
films in common accents. like + noun ● Crime and ● Talking about
Reading You will be able to: ● Be able to/ can/ punishment possibility /
objectives ● Read articles and reports manage to ● Political systems probability and
about common topics ● Passives ● Family certainty
● Understand modern novels. ● Past Perfect Simple relationships ● Refusing
Writing You will be able to: ● Have and have got ● Pets and ● Describing
objectives ● Write clearly and in detail ● Be allowed to and be animals faulty goods
about a wide range of supposed to ● Consumer
subjects. ● A / few and a / little services
● Write an essay or report. ● Although / in spite of / ● Hotel facilities
● Write letters about events despite ● Affixes
and personal experiences. ● Question tags ● Participles
General English Level 5: Common European Framework B2 (Upper-Intermediate) Learning Objectives & Typical Syllabus
Objectives Grammar Vocabulary Functional
Area (adapted from
descriptors from Common
European Framework and Syllabus and Topical Syllabus
European Language Portfolio level Syllabus
B2)
Speaking You will be able to: ● Habit in the Present ● Affixes ● Giving opinions
interaction ● Speak fluently without and the Past ● Collocations ● Summarising
and searching for ● Present Perfect ● Work, working ● Expressing
production language. Simple and Present conditions regret
objectives ● Communicate effectively Perfect Continuous ● Approximations ● Drawing
in social and professional ● Past Simple and Past with -ish conclusions
situations. Continuous and Past ● Transport and ● Making offers
● Give ideas and opinions Perfect exploration ● Describing
and relate your ideas to ● Question tags ● Phrasal verbs cause and
those of other speakers. ● Will. going to, Present ● Crime and effect
● Talk about of complex Simple, Present punishment ● Stating
subjects and develop Continuous for the ● Relationships purpose
arguments. future ● Festivals and ● Emphasising
Listening You will be able to: ● Future Perfect celebrations ● Stating
objectives ● Understand long ● Phrasal verbs ● Connotation contrast
complex speech. ● Zero, first, second and ● Homonyms ● Adding
● Understand most third conditionals ● Idiomatic information
television programmes ● Wish and if only expressions ● Congratulating
and films. ● Passive ● Sport and leisure ● Commiserating
Reading You will be able to: ● Compounds of some, ● Euphemisms ● Clarifying
objectives ● Understand long and any, no, every. ● Adverbs of ● Guessing
complex factual and literary ● Reported speech manner and ● Order
texts, with different styles. ● Relative clauses modifiers arguments
● Understand specialised ● Conjunctions: ● Geography and ● Giving
articles and long technical although, despite, in climate examples
instructions. spite of , otherwise, ● Participle
Writing You will be able to: unless adjectives
objectives ● Write long, clear, ● Modals: present and ● Banks / money
well-structured text to express perfect ● Colloquial
your points of view. ● Always for frequency expressions and
● Write about complex subjects /+ present continuous slang
in a letter, an essay or a report.
● Write in an appropriate style.
General English Level 6: Common European Framework C1 (Advanced) Learning Objectives & Typical Syllabus
Objectives Grammar Vocabulary Functional
Area (adapted from
descriptors from Common
European Framework and Syllabus and Topical Syllabus
European Language Portfolio level Syllabus
C1/C2)
Speaking You will be able to: ● Uses of ● Astrology and ● Contradicting
interaction ● Take part fluently and continuous tenses religions ● Instructing
and effortlessly in any conversation ● Uses of would ● Nostalgia ● Describing
production and have a good familiarity ● Articles ● Coincidences and ● Advising
objectives with idiomatic expressions and ● Past Perfect experiences ● Expressing
colloquialisms. ● Order of adverbs ● Learning and opinions
● Present a clear, smoothly- ● Order of educational systems formally
flowing description or adjectives ● Eccentricity and and
argument in a style appropriate ● Participles individuality informally
to the context and with an ● Modal verbs ● Creativity ● Checking
effective ● Ellipsis and elision ● Age and cultural and clarifying
logical structure. ● Question tags differences information
Listening You will be able to: ● Future Continuous ● Gender ● Paraphrasing
objectives ● Understand any kind of ● Relative clauses ● Current affairs ● Expanding
spoken language, live or ● Mixed conditionals ● Diet and health and
broadcast, at fast native ● Passive ● Types of exemplifying
speed, when you have some ● Inversions and communication ● Persuading
time to get familiar negative ● Moral and personal and
with the accent. adverbials dilemmas convincing
Reading You will be able to: ● Reported speech ● Road and home ● Speculating
objectives ● Read with ease abstract, safety and risk ● Expressing
structurally or linguistically ● Environmental issues annoyance
complex texts such as ● Children’s ● Expressing
manuals, specialised articles development regrets
and literary ● Advertising ● Comparing and
works. ● Architecture contrasting
Writing You will be able to: ● Describing
objectives ● Write clear, people and
smoothly-flowing text in an things and
appropriate style. situations
● Write complex letters, reports
or articles which present a case
with an effective logical
structure.
● Write summaries and reviews
of professional or literary
works.