TABLE 1: TOPICS & FUNCTIONS SUITABLE FOR DIFFERENT LEVELS

CEF A1 – A2 B1 – B2 C1 – C2
LEVEL
 Greetings – Say hello  Talk about countries  Talk about people’s personality  Tell interesting stories about your life
and goodbye  Discuss international places  Talk about your secret dreams  Talk about your tastes
 Introduce yourself and food  Talk about relationships  Talk about makeovers, style and fashion
 Exchange personal  Leave a phone message  Talk about people’s habits  Talk about aspects of your culture
information  Talk about sports and  Talk about your memories growing  Talk about manners
 Spell name exercising up  Talk about things you are supposed to do
 Thank people  Talk about things that went  Describe your eating habits  Talk about rules and regulations
 Name person items wrong  Compare ways of keeping in touch  Talk about crime and punishment
 Make requests  Discuss different jobs  Talk about the future  Talk about superstitions
 Apologise  Describe the weather  Offer advice and solutions to  Talk about coincidences
 Talk about celebrities  Recommend places problems  Talk about solving problem
 Describe people´s  Talk about furniture  Discuss phone habits  Talk about running errands
personalities  Describe experiences in the  Talk about healthy eating  Talk about hypothetical situations
FUNCTIONS TO TEACH

 Talk about friends and past  Discuss dating  Describe other people´s emotions
family  Talk about a previous  Talk about how you wish your life  Talk about possessions
 Describe a typical day holiday / vacation were different  Discuss money management
 Discuss typical routines  Make recommendations  Discuss gadgets and technology  Describe urban and rural settings
 Get to know someone  Describe past experiences  Discuss how to deal with dilemmas  Talk about environmental problems
 Talk about lifestyles such as first day at work  Discuss your social life  Talk about hopes and future
 Discuss free time  Invite someone to a meal  Talk about experiences that you  Talk about planning a career
activities  Show you have something have had  Talk about your reactions
 Talk about what you like in Common  Talk about events in the news  Discuss hypothetical situations in the past
and don’t like  Talk about your interest and  Talk about extreme weather  Talk about planning a career
 Make suggestions hobbies  Speculate about people  Talk about hope and expectations in the future
 Discuss advertising  Talk about plans and  Talk about feeling and reactions  Talk about scientific advances
 Say how your week is predictions  Talk about your dreams  Analyse the effects of technology in science
going  Give directions  Comparing beliefs
 Ask for information in  Describing trends
recent past  Talking about people who have made an impact
 Talking about heroic behavior
 Analyse job qualities