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Topic TitleTheme 1: Identity and CultureTheme 3: SchoolTheme 4: Future aspirations, study and workTheme 2: Local area, holiday and travelTheme 5: International and global dimension
Key Skills and Content●  Considering personal identity, daily life, food and drink, shopping, role models, social media and technology and socialising with family and friends.●  Discussing and writing about subjects, school activities and events, school types, rules and pressures, celebrating success and ambitions and further study.●  Considering work, travel and employment, forming relationships.●  Considering locations including the local area, towns, cities and countries.●  Discussing and writing about local environmental issues.
●  Describing oneself giving physical and character descriptions●  Expressing preferences for school subjects, giving reasons.●  Becoming familiar with vocabulary and structures needed to comprehend and produce relevant content, in speech and in writing●  Describing holiday experiences.●  Finding solutions to protect the environment.
●  Describing own interests●  Understanding/giving basic description of a school and basic school rules (uniform)●  Understanding and producing content in relation to personal skills and qualifications in the form of C.V. or summary●  Discussing problems in shops in present and past tenses●  Practice giving opinions about global environmental issues (climate change, environmental damage, etc).
●  Expressing preference and describing favourite things to buy.●  Talking about future academic plans.●  Giving opinions on jobs and career options. ●  Seeking compensation/refunds orally and in writing●  Translating relevant content, e.g. Blog entries promoting sustainable lifestyles or "eco-tips" for daily life
●  Practice giving opinion and justification regarding the topic, in speech and in writing●  Describing rooms, demonstrating adjective agreement
●  Expressing approval or displeasure in relation to accommodation
●  Understanding and seeking directions
●  Translating relevant content, e.g. a review of restaurants in a holiday destination
Grammar: articles (definite and indefinite), nouns, adjectives (regular and irregular), comparative and superlative degrees, adverbs, quantifiers, pronouns, verbs, prepositions, conjunctions, time references
Summative AssessmentPaper 3: Reading and understandingPaper 1: Listening and understandingPaper 2: SpeakingPaper 3: Reading and understandingPaper 1: Listening and understanding
Paper 4: WritingPaper 4: WritingPaper 4: WritingPaper 4: WritingPaper 4: Writing