This A1 Syllabus contains an overview of what a student is expected to know at the A1 level. After completing the A1 level course, you should be able to accomplish the following: 

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1. Greet people

2. Talk about yourself

3. Talk about where you live

4. Talk about your family members

5. Talk about your likes and dislikes

6. Engage in a simple buy-and-sell situation

7. Ask about the day, the time and the date

8. Accept and refuse

9. Read simple notices, posters and catalogues

10. Fill in a simple form

11. Write a simple postcard  

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A1 Vocabulary Topics
Based on the A1 Syllabus, here's a list of A1 Vocabulary Topics that you are expected to know. 

1. Alphabet 

2. Numbers

3. Family name & Given Name

4. Residence

5. Personal items

6. Classroom objects

7. Nationalities

8. Professions

9. Marital status (married / single)

10. Countries & Cities

11. Hobbies

12. Family

13. Time

14. Prices

15. Weather / Climate

16. Date

17. Days of the week

18. Descriptions (small, big, old, young, etc)

19. Colours

20. Seasons

21. Places

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A1 Grammar Topics
Based on the A1 Syllabus, here's a list of A1 Grammar Topics that you are expected to know. 

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1. Personal subject pronouns

2. Tonic pronouns 
3. Present tense - State, Description
4. Common verbs: be, have, do, to be called  
5. ER Verbs: to live, to work, to talk

 
6. Verb: to understand (I and You forms) 
7. Condionnal for politeness (I would like to) 

8. Interrogation (the 3 forms)  
9. Interrogative words: Do you, What do you 
10. Interrogative pronouns:Where, When, How much

 

11. Interrogative adjectives (what) 
12. It is / This is / Here is  
13. Definite and Indefinite articles
14. Zero article for professions 
15. Cardinal numbers

  
16. Demonstrative adjectives
17. Masculine/Feminine & Singular/Plural   
18. Agreement of Adjectives (for nationalities) 
19. Some descriptive adjectives (big, small, ...)  
20. Position of adjectives

  
21.  Affirmative and Negative sentences 
22. Negation (not)  
23. Possesive 's to show belonging 
24. Possessive adjectives  
25. Partitive articles (of the)

  
26. Adverbs of quantity (a few, a lot)  
27. Uncountable 
28. Countable
29. Impersonal 'it' for the weather  
30. Expressions of time (now, this morning, tomorrow)  

31. Expressions of time (days, months, seasons, year)  
32. Expressions of Place: go to / come from + a city or country; live in + a city or country 

33. There is / There are
34. Connectors: and, or, but  

 

A1 Speaking Topics
Based on the A1 Syllabus, here's a list of A1 Speaking Topics that you are expected to know. 

1. First encounters 
    Greet sb
    Take leave of sb
    Ask sb's news or Give your news

2. Introduction
    Tell about yourself or sb else
    Give your name

    Spell your name 
    Tell your age 
    Tell your nationality
    Tell your profession

3. Talk about your daily life 
    Give your address/email
    Give your phone number
    Talk about your family
    Talk about your hobbies 

 

4. Describe an object / a person

    Tell apart sth or sb 

    Say the price of an object

    Talk about ownership

    Talk about quantity

    Describe the weather 

 

5. Ask for an information
    Ask for personal information
    Ask about the date
    Ask about the time 
    Ask about a service

 

6. Talk about when something happens

    Tell the date

    Tell the time 

 

7. Talk about where something happens

    Give directions about a city / a country

8. Give instructions or advice

 

9. Accept something: Agree to sth

10. Refuse something: Disagree 

11. Participate in a conversation

      Say what you don't understand

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A1 Sociocultural knowledge
Based on the A1 Syllabus, you should be aware of the following sociocultural issues at A1 level. 

1. Greetings (when meeting people)

2. Simple expressions to express politeness: excuse me, please, sorry, thank you
3. Informal you and Formal you 

4. Difference between I want & I woud like
4. How to write an informal letter 

5. How to write a postcard

6. How to write an email