Explorers 1

Age: 8-10
Level: A1
This course is suitable for children in their 3rd or 4th year of primary English who are able to talk about a range of familiar topics, including things they do in other subjects at school.
At this level, the courses start to adopt a more CLIL-based approach to content and methodology, using English as a vehicle for learning about a range of other topics. In this course the lessons integrate geography-based and maths-based topics into the language learning experience.
Explorers 1 can stand alone for a one-week course or be taught side-by-side with Explorers 2 on a two-week course.
‘Can Do’ Statements
- I can talk about myself and my family
- I can ask about other people’s families
- I can understand basic rules
- I can describe the main features on a map
- I can give and follow instructions to carry out simple actions
- I can name the parts of the body
- I can talk about the weather
- I can name some English-speaking countries
- I can do basic number work using numbers one to a hundred
- I can talk about travel and name some cities in the UK
- I can answer some questions about my school subjects
- I can name the months of the year
- I can say the date of my birthday and sing a birthday song
- I can tell you the time and what I am doing now
Core Contents
- Introducing yourself
- Talking about your family
- Talking about and making up rules
- Talking about features in a landscape
- Giving and carrying out instructions
- Naming parts of the body
- Talking about the weather
- Doing puzzles with numbers up to a hundred
- Talking about travel and British cities
- Talking about school subjects
- Talking about months and birthdays