CEF

Flyers

Movers

Title

Starters

DISCOVER ENGLISH EXAM CORRELATIONS

Discover English
Starter
Discover English
1
Discover English
2
Discover English
3

A1

A2

Starters, Movers and Flyers are the three levels of the Cambridge Tests for Young Learners [CLETS]s

Discover English Starter

Discover English Starter will be the entry level for most students using the Discover English series. Using a carefully
controlled range of structures (Present Simple of be, have got and common verbs + the modal can) the 8 units of
Discover English Starter introduces learners to a a wide range of vocabulary and topics required in the CYLETs Tests.
Learners are exposed to many different types of listening and reading material and their comprehension is assessed
through true/false statements, sentence completion, Yes/No questions, WH questions, and completion of charts. The
8 episodes of the Magic Mirror story are told through picture captions, dialogue text, and connected narrative text
formats. The episodes provide a stimulus for acting out the stories. Students learn to work individually, in pairs, in
small groups and as a whole class, providing a rich variety of different formats for social interaction.

Learners are trained in a wide variety of oral and written production tasks. They share personal information, describe
their families, their possessions and their homes. They go shopping and learn to ask and talk about purchases and
prices. They talk about their favourite activities and the times and places where they are enjoyed. They speak and
write about their clothes, their pets, their diets, their rooms and their free time activities.
New language is presented clearly, often through situationalized pictures, and recycled through the following units.
Each unit ends with a revision page in which the key language is revised and recycled.
In addition to content vocabulary, learners are introduced to a lot of key grammatical vocabulary including auxiliary
verbs, adjectives, prepositions and syntactic markers.
Discover English Starter is bright and colourful on the page. A closer inspection will show that it is also fun and
exciting in the classroom with regular use of dramatization, songs, rhymes, raps, and puzzles, as well as guided
interactive tasks.
Cross-curricular content
Discover English Starter will be used by learners who are studying a much wider curriculum of subjects in their
schools. The topic and content material in Discover English Starter will enhance learning in these other subject
areas. Learners will be introduced to habits in different cultures, they will learn about life in Britain and other
countries. They will learn how to describe their own families, homes, regions and countries in English. They will also
use skills such as map reading, creating bar charts, doing surveys and making posters.
CEF
Discover English Starter does not complete A1 level of the Common European Framework, but provides learners with
a firm foundation to continue with Discover English 1 and 2. Working with Discover English Starter, learners will
gain a level of fluency and confidence in both understanding and using English which is unusually good
at this low language level.

UNIT

CEF DESCRIPTIONS

START

I can greet another person.

I can say my name.
I can ask someones name.

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EXAM

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STUDY

SKILLS

CROSS
CURRICULAR

I can sing and say the alphabet.

I can write my and other names.
I can hear, say, read, and write 1-10.
I can ask and write telephone numbers.
I can identify some classroom objects.
I can name 10 different colours.
I can ask about colours.
I can ask about objects/
I can say my age.
I can ask someones age.
I can say numbers 10-20.
I can identify members of a family.
I can talk about birthdays.
I can give instructions and warnings.
I can talk about presents and who they are
from.
I can listen and identify presents and who
they are from.
I can write short sentences from notes.
I can read a short illustrated text about
families in films.
I can listen, identify situations and match
words to pictures.
I can say where people are.
I can read a short picture story in dialogue
format.
I can listen and complete sentences.
I can write Y/N questions from notes.
I can understand and respond to questions
about how I feel.
I can understand a picture story with
captions in connected text and dialogue
format.
I can identify objects with This is a ...
I can rewrite sentences using contractions.
I can write negative sentences.
I can identify countries on a world map.
I can match flags to country names.
I can ask questions about people and
places using Who? and Where?

Personal information.
Family information.
Using adjectives.
Present simple of be
I can answer true/false questions.
I can listen and complete sentences.
Adjectives about states and feelings.
I can prepare and write a greetings card.

Birthday
celebrations.
Birthday presents.

I can read and understand short pen-pal

messages.
I can use capital letters with country
names.

Geography:
countries, location
and flag
Map reading

I can describe landscapes.

I can use a or an.
I can listen to messages and complete
sentences.
I can listen and complete a table with or

I can write a short message giving my

name and saying where I am from on a
postcard.
I can ask and talk about different jobs.
I can use possessive adjectives.
I can listen and answer T/F questions.
I can read a factfile and complete
sentences.
I can give and receive presents politely.
I can ask for a translation.
I can count the objects in my bag.
I can say and write regular plurals of
words.
I can write words in the correct order to
form WH questions.
I can read short letters about where people
live, their country and capital.
I can read, listen and give oral answers to
WH questions.
I can complete a personal letter.

I can write a short message giving my

name and saying where I am from on a
postcard.
I can listen and answer T/F questions.
I can ask for a translation.
I can complete a picture crossword
puzzle.
I can circle the odd word out.
I can act out a story.

Citizenship: jobs
Describing
geographical
features.
Countries and
capitals in the
United Kingdom.
Make a poster
about home
country, cities and
geographical
features.

I can talk and number about my

possessions.
I can understand shopping dialogue.
I can use numbers from 20-100.
I can ask and talk about prices.
I can use Excuse me, Please and Thank
you.
I can listen and write prices.
I can read short texts about collections.
I can listen and match texts to photos.
I can describe objects.
I can use possessive s

I can read short texts about collections.

I can listen and match texts to photos.
Shopping
I can act out a story.
I can write a detailed descriptionI of a
computer game.

British currency.

I can write about my friend and his/her

favourite thing.
I can use These and Those.
I can use a few irregular plurals.
I can read a description of a computer
game written in connected text and
presented in three paragraphs.
I can listen to a dialogue and identify the
topic.
I can write a description of a computer
game, saying who it is for and giving the
price.
I can name common household pets.
I can listen and match pets with their
owners.
I can name different parts of a pets body.
I can read an advertisement describing a
lost pet.
I can answer WH comprehension questions.
I can form sentences with have / has got.
I can write a poster describing my pet.
I can read and listen to a telephone
conversation.
I can mark sentences true or false.
I can form negative sentences with have /
has got.
I can describe and number body parts.
I can complete a telephone conversation.
I can read about a survey of pets in a class
in an English school.
I can do a survey. I can make a bar chart.
I can name objects and furniture in a
classroom.
I can use there is / there are.
I can use prepositions of location.
I can read about the decoration of two
bedrooms.
I can listen to a description of a bedroom
and choose the correct picture.
I can write a description of my room.

I can answer WH comprehension

questions.
I can mark sentences true or false.

Culture: pets in the

home.
Maths: reading a
bar chart.

I can listen to a description of a

bedroom and choose the correct picture.
I can circle the correct words to
demonstrate comprehension.
I can work in a group to write an advert
for the hotel

Art and design:

decorating rooms.

I can read a picture story in dialogue

format.
I can name rooms in a house of flat.
I can read about an undersea hotel and
answer true/ false questions.
I can work in a group to write an advert for
the hotel

I can name sports and different free time

activities.
I can talk and read about things people
can and cant do.
I can write about my abilities and those of
a family member.
I can listen and complete a chart with
and .
I can use the days of the week.
I can ask questions about abilities.
I can listen and complete a timetable.
I can match suggestions to pictures.
I can make suggestions.
I can read about different tourist activities
in London.

I can name different kinds of food and

drinks.
I can read messages describing what
different people eat for lunch.
I can say what I like and dont like.
I can check comprehension with a partner
using true/ false statements.
I can understand a discussion about food
likes and dislikes.
I can use dont and doesnt to talk about
likes and dislikes.
I can read and write sentences including
but to contrast two parts.
I can ask and write questions about likes
and dislikes.

I can listen and complete a chart with

and .
I can find days of the week in a word
snake.
I can describe my favourite places in my
town and say what you can do there.
I can make a poster about my town.

Culture: tourist
activities in London.

Food Science and

Culture: lunch in
different parts of
the world.
Culture: food in
schools

I can complete a questionnaire about my

diet.
I can name items and activities connected
with summer holidays.
I can listen and identify items in a picture.
I can form imperatives and negative
imperatives.
I can name different items of clothing.
I can use unusual plurals like trousers.
sunglasses, shorts.
I can listen to a description of clothing
items and match them to pictures.
I can match spoken lines to different places
in an adventure park.
I can form negatives in all the structures
Ive learned.
I can answer questions with short answers.
I can tell the time in English.
I can write a party invitation.
I can read and write about summer
holidays.

I can listen to a description of clothing

items and match them to pictures.
I can write a party invitation.

Health: safety in
the sun