English Level Three
English 3 - ELP:
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Objectives
Can express basic intentions with simple time markers (e.g. 'tomorrow').
Can write simple sentences about what they and other people do.
Can initiate and respond to simple statements on very familiar topics.
Can talk about hotel accommodation using simple language.
Can list (in Language B) specific information contained in simple texts (in Language A) on everyday subjects of immediate interest or need.
Can make requests related to immediate needs using basic fixed expressions.
Can understand simple descriptions of people's physical appearance.
Can identify simple information in a short video, provided that the visual supports this information and the delivery is slow and clear.
Can give a short description of their home, family and job, given some help with vocabulary.
Can ask for repetition and clarification when they don't understand, using basic fixed expressions.
Can ask basic questions about colour, size, price etc. when shopping.
Can ask to borrow things using basic fixed expressions.
Can understand simple safety instructions, with visual support.
Can recognize phrases and content words related to basic personal and family information.
Can extract key factual information such as prices, times and dates from short clear, simple announcements.
Can understand excuses if expressed in simple language.
Can describe a person's hobbies and activities using simple language.
Can end a simple phone call to family or friends using basic informal fixed expressions.
Can talk about familiar topics using a few basic words and phrases.
Can understand short, simple texts about everyday activities.
Can find specific, predictable information in everyday materials (e.g. menus, timetables).
Can understand simple questions in questionnaires on familiar topics.
Can write a simple description of a room, house or apartment.
Can talk about furniture and rooms using simple language.
Can write simple sentences about someone's work and duties.
Can describe what someone is wearing using a limited range of expressions.
Can identify keywords and phrases in descriptions of someone's appearance and clothes.
Can give personal details in written form in a limited way.
Can ask someone about their hobbies and activities using simple language.
Can write a standard greeting on a card.
Can write a few basic sentences to introduce someone and give basic personal information about them.
Can write simple sentences about what they or other people can or can't do.
Can describe common everyday objects using simple language.
Can follow basic instructions on how to play a simple board game, if supported by pictures.
Can recognize phrases and content words related to familiar topics (e.g. shopping, local geography).
Can ask simple questions to find out about a subject.
Can use very basic connectors like 'and', 'but', 'so' and 'then'.
Can understand short, simple messages on postcards, emails and social networks.
Can make simple invitations using basic fixed expressions.
Can express their likes and dislikes in relation to familiar topics using simple language.
Can describe their daily routines in a simple way.
Can make simple purchases by stating what is wanted and asking for the price.
Can use simple phrases to order a meal.
Can ask for and provide things using simple phrases.
Can write simple plans and arrangements on a calendar or in a diary.
Can extract specific information (e.g. facts and numbers) from simple informational texts related to everyday life (e.g. posters, leaflets).
Can talk about everyday things (e.g. people, places, jobs) in a basic way.
Can make and accept a simple apology.
Can give simple classroom instructions.
Can make offers using basic fixed expressions.
Can ask others if they can do everyday activities using simple language, given a model.
Can identify basic factual information in short, simple dialogues or narratives on familiar everyday topics, if spoken slowly and clearly.
Can repeat the main point of a simple message on an everyday subject, using different words/signs to help someone else understand it.
Can ask for simple directions from X to Y on foot or by public transport.
Can express agreement using simple fixed expressions.
Can take simple notes at a presentation/demonstration where the subject matter is familiar and predictable and the presenter allows for clarification and note-taking.
Can use brief, everyday expressions to ask for and give personal details.
Can write very short, basic directions.
Can get the gist of short, simple narratives, with visual support.
Can understand information related to people's daily routines.
Can compare quantities in a basic way.
Can write very short, simple sentences about their feelings.
Can give very simple instructions to a co-operative group given help with formulation when necessary.
Can ask basic questions about the availability of a product or feature.
Can contribute to intercultural exchange, using simple words/signs to ask people to explain things and to get clarification of what they say, while exploiting his/her limited repertoire to express agreement, to invite, to thank, etc.
Can start or end a short conversation using basic fixed expressions.
Can handle common everyday transactions (e.g. buying a ticket).
Can give simple directions using a map or plan.
Can copy out short texts in printed or clearly handwritten format.
Can repeat the main point of a simple message on an everyday subject, using different words/signs to help someone else understand it.
Can give a simple description of their school or workplace.
Can identify basic personal details about someone on website profiles, business cards etc.
Can collaborate in simple, practical tasks, asking what others think, making suggestions and understanding responses, provided he/she can ask for repetition or reformulation from time to time.
Can recognize when people disagree or when difficulties occur in interaction and adapt memorized, simple phrases to seek compromise and agreement.
Can make simple transactions in shops, post offices and banks.
Can describe skills and abilities using simple language.
Can describe familiar activities, given visual support.
Can follow short, simple social exchanges.
Can decline offers using basic fixed expressions.
Can describe their home town or city using simple language.
Can identify key information (e.g. places, times) from short audio recordings, if spoken slowly and clearly.
Can write simple sentences about personal skills.
Can make simple references to the past using 'was/were'.
Can make excuses using basic fixed expressions.
Can describe the position of things in a picture using a range of fixed expressions
Can relay (in Language B) the point made in short, clear, simple messages, instructions and announcements, provided these are expressed slowly and clearly in simple language (in Language A).
Can make brief positive or negative comments online about embedded links and media using a repertoire of basic language, though he/she will generally have to refer to an online translation tool and other resources.
Can introduce themselves on the phone and close a simple call.
Can describe their family, living conditions, education and present or most recent job.
Can give the order of things using simple language (e.g. 'first', 'second', 'third').
Can write short, basic descriptions of everyday activities, given a model.
Can understand the main information in short, simple dialogues about familiar activities, if spoken slowly and clearly.
Can engage in basic social communication online (e.g. a simple message on a virtual card for a special occasion, sharing news and making/confirming arrangements to meet).
Can make simple online transactions (e.g. ordering goods or enrolling in a course) by filling in an online form or questionnaire, providing personal details and confirming acceptance of terms and conditions, declining extra services, etc.
Can understand simple, everyday conversations if conducted slowly and clearly.
Can describe basic activities or events that are happening at the time of speaking.
Can talk about their life (e.g. family, home, job), using simple language.
Can list (in Language B) the main points of short, clear, simple messages and announcements (given in Language A), provided they are clearly and slowly articulated.
Can make simple remarks and pose occasional questions to indicate that he/she is following.
Can show understanding using a limited range of fixed expressions.
Can write short descriptive texts (4-6 sentences) on familiar personal topics (e.g. family, possessions), given a model.
Can use simple language to describe people’s appearance.
Can ask someone to repeat a specific point or idea.
Can write short texts about their likes and dislikes using basic fixed expressions.
Can say what they like and dislike.
Can give an example of something in a very simple text using 'like' or 'for example'.
Can answer simple questions in a face-to-face survey.
Can exchange simple information on everyday topics, provided the other person speaks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.
Can understand the main information in simple conversations about hobbies and interests.
Can write basic personal details for a website profile, business card, etc.
Can respond to suggestions to do something using basic fixed expressions.
Can take part in a very simple conversation on a familiar topic if the other speaker repeats questions and answers as necessary and speaks slowly and clearly.
Can understand simple instructions on everyday equipment (e.g. cash machines).
Can describe people's everyday lives using a short series of simple phrases and sentences.
Can understand the general meaning of short, simple informational material and descriptions if there is visual support.
Can ask for basic advice using simple language.
Can give simple directions from X to Y on foot or by public transport.
Can answer simple questions on the phone using fixed expressions.
Can ask simple questions in a face-to-face survey.
Can give simple opinions using basic fixed expressions.
Can agree or refuse to lend things using basic fixed expressions.
Can express general preferences using basic fixed expressions.
Can provide a simple, rough, spoken/signed translation (into Language B) of short, simple texts (e.g. notices on familiar subjects) (written in Language A), capturing the most essential point.
Can ask and answer questions about what they do at work and in their free time.
Can write a simple text (e.g. an invitation to a party) containing key information, given a model.
Can use simple language to render (in Language B) very short texts (in Language A) on familiar and everyday themes that contain the highest frequency vocabulary; despite errors, the text remains comprehensible.
Can communicate (in Language B) the main point of what is said (in Language A) in predictable everyday situations, conveying back and forth information about personal wants and needs, provided other people help with formulation.
Can identify and briefly describe, in basic, formulaic language, the key themes and characters in short, simple narratives involving familiar situations that contain only high-frequency everyday language
Can identify and briefly describe, in basic, formulaic language, the key themes and characters in short, simple narratives involving familiar situations that contain only high-frequency everyday language
Can understand who a phone call is intended for.
Can check that someone has understood information, using simple language.
Can refuse requests politely, using simple language.
Can answer simple questions about their life and experiences.
Can ask what somebody thinks of a certain idea.
Can identify and mark (e.g. underline, highlight) the key sentences in a short everyday text.
Can state whether he/she liked a work or not and explain why in simple language.
Can express his/her reactions to a work, reporting his/her feelings and ideas in simple language.
Can describe a travel experience with a few very basic stock phrases.
Can state in simple language which aspects of work especially interested him/her.
Can convey (in Language B) the main point(s) contained in clearly structured, short, simple texts (in Language A), supplementing his/her limited repertoire with other means (e.g. gestures, drawings, words/signs from other languages) in order to do so.
Can ask for and provide everyday goods and services.
Can use a limited range of fixed expressions to describe objects, possessions, or products.
Can ask for repetition or clarification on the phone in a simple way.
Can follow a simple series of written instructions to carry out a task.
Can respond to simple instructions and ask simple questions in order to accomplish a shared task online with the help of a supportive interlocutor.
Can extract key factual information such as prices, times and dates from a recorded phone message.
Can read a simple text and extract factual details.
Can understand short, basic descriptions of familiar topics and situations, if delivered slowly and clearly.
Can identify key information in short, simple factual texts from the headings and pictures.
Can identify basic biographical information in short simple texts about other people.
Can make simple requests to have or do something in relation to common everyday activities.
Can make suggestions in a simple way.
Can relay (in Language B) in a simple way a series of short, simple instructions provided the original (in Language A) is clearly and slowly articulated.
Can provide a simple, rough, spoken/signed translation (into Language B) of routine information on familiar everyday subjects that is written in simple sentences (in Language A) (e.g. personal news, short narratives, directions, notices or instructions).
Can use simple language to provide an approximate translation (from Language A into Language B) of very short texts on familiar and everyday themes that contain the highest frequency vocabulary; despite errors, the translation remains comprehensible.
Can ask and talk about very basic symptoms and ailments (e.g. cold, flu).
Can follow a basic sequence of events in a simple text on a familiar topic.
Can recognize when speakers disagree in a conversation conducted slowly and clearly.
Can write short, simple descriptions of people’s physical appearance using basic connectors, given prompts or a model.
Can make and accept offers.
Can use simple, everyday polite forms of greeting and address.
Can discuss what to do and where to go, and make arrangements to meet.
Can recognize when speakers agree in a conversation conducted slowly and clearly.
Can make simple comparisons between people, places or things.
Can communicate in routine tasks requiring simple, direct exchanges of information.
Can ask for personal details in written form in a limited way.
Can leave simple phone messages using fixed expressions.
Can write short texts describing favourite objects, possessions or household pets.
Can follow a simple conversation or narrative about familiar, everyday activities.
Suggested Lesson Planning
These are suggested topics to be taught in this level:
1. Talking about past events
2. Giving information about quantities using countable or uncountable nouns
3. Talking to a doctor about symptoms and health issues
4. Questions and suggestions about travelling
5. Learning on how to agree or disagree
6. Comparing things, places and people
6. Accepting and refusing invitations
7. Leaving and taking simple messages over the phone
8. Describing positive and negative features of a place
9. Giving step-by-step instructions
10. Making predictions about future plans
11. Expressing certainty and uncertainty about the future
12. Describing personal skills and abilities
13. Describing past experiences
14. Talking about likes and dislikes
15. Explaining a simple location, celebration, word and etc.
16. Talking about obligation and responsibilities
17. Describing people's personalities
18. Describing what to wear at a store
19. Expressing what things are made of
20. Discussing whether can happen in future
