Study English Booklet by Mariana Casals

Study Checklist

Mariana Casals ENGLISH TEACHER mariana@marianacasals.com • +5521988820816 • Rio de Janeiro, RJ www.marianacasals.com

How to use this material: This checklist is made from the EAQUALS Core Inventory for General English, which establishes the core content one should know from the A1 level (beginner) to the C1 level (advanced). The topics are the ones that should be covered as the core of English language taught at Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) levels A1 to C1 in English. Only the features most commonly included at each level have been listed. You should study and then revise these topics as you feel the need. Moving forward, one should be certain of the items used in the previous levels. There are some “between level” moments, in which the student will start checking some items in the next level, but hasn’t yet mastered all the content of the previous level. Use this as a guideline for our directed study. Start by checking the items that you already know from the levels below yours, revise those you don’t feel so certain about. Then, go to your own level and start by identifying the items you feel comfortable with. Revise them and write down any questions you have. Go to the next level and see if you already know some topics and use the checklist to measure your progress. Study every week for at least 3 hours. Divide your time between what’s new to you and the revision of previous topics. As you go along the topics, questions may arise. Write them so I can clarify your doubts in the classes. Celebrate your progress as you go, and use the Studying English Bingo to assess your development. The monthly and the weekly planner serve as a way for you to better organize yourself and your studies. Happy learning! Cheers, Mariana

A1 checklist

Functions

Grammar

Directions Describing habits and routines Giving personal information Greetings Telling the time Understanding and using numbers Understanding and using prices Adjectives: common and demonstrative Adverbs of frequency Comparatives and superlatives Going to How much/how many and very common uncountable nouns I’d like Imperatives (+/-) Intensifiers - very basic Modals: can/can’t/could/couldn’t Past simple of “to be” Past Simple Possessive adjectives Possessive s Prepositions, common Prepositions of place Prepositions of time, including in/on/at

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Present continuous Present simple Pronouns: simple, personal Questions There is/are To be, including question+negatives Verb + ing: like/hate/love Connecting words, and, but, because

Food and drink Nationalities and countries Vocabulary Personal information Things in the town, shops and shopping Verbs – basic" Family life Hobbies and pastimes Holidays Topics Leisure activities Shopping Work and jobs

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A2 checklist A2

Describing habits and routines Describing past experiences Describing people Describing places Functions Describing things Obligation and necessity Requests Suggestions Adjectives – comparative, – use of than and definite article Adjectives – superlative – use of definite article Adverbial phrases of time, place and frequency – including word order Adverbs of frequency Articles – with countable and uncountable nouns Countables and Uncountables: much/many Grammar Future Time (will and going to) Gerunds Going to Imperatives Modals – can/could Modals – have to Modals – should

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Past continuous Past simple Phrasal verbs – common Possessives – use of ‘s, s’ Prepositional phrases (place, time and movement) Prepositions of time: on/in/at Present continuous Present continuous for future Present perfect Questions Verb + ing/infinitive: like/want-would like Wh-questions in past Zero and 1st conditional Discourse Linkers: sequential – past time Markers

Adjectives: personality, description, feelings Food and drink Vocabulary Things in the town, shops and shopping Travel and services Education Hobbies and pastimes Holidays Topics Leisure activities Shopping Work and jobs"

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B1 checklist B1

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Checking understanding Describing experiences and events Describing feelings and emotion Describing places Functions Expressing opinions; language of agreeing and disagreeing

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Initiating and closing conversation Managing interaction (interrupting, changing topic, resuming or continuing) Adverbs Broader range of intensifiers such as too, enough Comparatives and superlatives Complex question tags Conditionals, 2nd and 3rd Connecting words expressing cause and effect, contrast etc.

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Future continuous Modals - must/can’t deduction Modals – might, may, will, probably Modals – should have/might have/etc Modals: must/have to Past continuous Past perfect Past simple

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Past tense responses Phrasal verbs, extended Present perfect continuous Present perfect/past simple Reported speech (range of tenses) Simple passive Wh- questions in the past Will and going to, for prediction Connecting words expressing cause and effect, contrast etc

Linkers: sequential past time Collocation Colloquial language Vocabulary Things in the town, shops and shopping Travel and services Books and literature Education Film Topics Leisure activities Media News, lifestyles and current affairs

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B2 checklist B2

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Critiquing and reviewing Describing experiences Describing feelings and emotions Describing hopes and plans Developing an argument Encouraging and inviting another speaker to continue, come in Expressing abstract ideas Expressing agreement and disagreement Expressing opinions Expressing reaction, e.g. indifference Interacting informally, reacting, expressing interest, sympathy, surprise etc. Opinion, justification Speculating Taking the initiative in interaction Synthesizing, evaluating, glossing info Adjectives and adverbs Future continuous Future perfect Future perfect continuous Mixed conditionals Modals – can’t have, needn’t have

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Discourse Markers Vocabulary

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Modals of deduction and speculation Narrative tenses Passives Past perfect Past perfect continuous Phrasal verbs, extended Relative clauses Reported speech Will and going to, for prediction Wish Would expressing habits, in the past Connecting words expressing cause and effect, contrast etc. Discourse markers to structure formal speech

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Linkers: although, in spite of, despite Linkers: sequential – past time – subsequently

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Collocation Colloquial language Arts Books and literature Education Film Media News, lifestyles and current affairs

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C1 checklist C1

Conceding a point Critiquing and reviewing constructively Defending a point of view persuasively Developing an argument systematically Emphasizing a point, feeling, issue Expressing attitudes and feelings precisely Expressing certainty, probability, doubt Functions Expressing opinions tentatively, hedging Expressing reaction, e.g. indifference Expressing shades of opinion and certainty Responding to counter arguments Speculating and hypothesising about causes, consequences etc. Synthesising, evaluating and glossing information" Futures (revision) Inversion with negative adverbials Mixed conditionals in past, present and future Modals in the past Grammar Narrative tenses for experience, incl. passive Passive forms, all Phrasal verbs, especially splitting Wish/if only regrets"

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Linking devices, logical markers Markers to structure and signpost formal and informal speech and writing Approximating (vague language) Collocation Colloquial language Vocabulary Differentiated use of vocabulary Eliminating false friends Formal and informal registers Idiomatic expressions" Arts Books and literature Film Topics Media News, lifestyles and current affairs Scientific developments Technical and legal language" Discourse Markers

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Studying English Bingo STUDIED GRAMMAR

LEARNT A NEW WORD

LEARNT A NEW EXPRESSION

USED NEW WORDS IN A CONVERSATION

REVISED LEXIS

WATCHED A MOVIE IN ENGLISH

LISTENED TO MUSIC IN ENGLISH

STUDIED THE MATERIAL OF THE WEEK

HAD FUN

ASKED FOR HELP

LISTENED TO A PODCAST IN ENGLISH

TALKED TO MYSELF IN ENGLISH

PARTICIPATED IN A CONVERSATION IN ENGLISH

WROTE A MESSAGE TO SOMEONE IN ENGLISH

TOOK RISKS WITH NEW SITUATIONS IN ENGLISH

REVISED GRAMMAR

WROTE A PARAGRAPH IN ENGLISH

PRACTICED SELF - COMPASSION

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USED NEW READ ARTICLES CELEBRATED MY STRUCTURES IN A IN ENGLISH PROGRESS CONVERSATION

CELEBRATED MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

SAW VIDEOS IN ENGLISH

LISTENED TO DIFFERENT ACCENTS

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