Starters, Movers, Flyers

the Cambridge Young Learners English Tests

Syana Harizanova, NBU Sofia, 13 February, 2010

Who runs the tests?

UCLES

Cambridge ESOL

What are the Cambridge Young Learners English tests? a series of examinations for YL of English as a

foreign language

available at 3 levels

Starters Movers Flyers

aligned with the Council of Europe CEF for modern languages at levels A1 and A2

The CEFML

Levels C2 C1 B2 B1 A2 A1

Cambridge exams CPE CAE FCE PET KET

Common European Framework Level

General English Main Suite

Cambridge Young Learners English Tests

C2 CPE

C1 CAE

B2 FCE

B1 PET

A2 KET YLE Flyers

A1 YLE Movers

YLE Starters

Three possible routes from Cambridge YLE tests to the other exams: Starters + Movers + Flyers KET

Starters + Movers + Flyers PET

Movers + Flyers KET

Which skills do the tests cover? What are the tests like?

Skills Overall length Number of tasks (parts)

Number of items

Starters

Listening approx. 20 mins 4 20

Reading and Writing

20 mins 5 25

Speaking

3-5 mins 5 -

total approx 45 mins

Starters

Listening approx. 20 mins 4 20

Reading & Writing 20 mins 5 25

Speaking 3 - 5 mins 5 -

total approx. 45 mins

Movers

Listening approx. 25 mins 5 25

Reading & Writing 30 mins 6 40

Speaking 5 - 7 mins 4 -

total approx. 65 mins

Flyers

Listening approx. 25 mins 5 25

Reading & Writing 40 mins 7 50

Speaking 7 - 9 mins 4 -

total approx. 75 mins

Syllabuses

Topics

Grammar and structures

Lexis

Tasks

Topics

Starters Movers Flyers animals the body and the face clothes colours family and friends food and drink the home numbers 1 – 20 places and directions school sports and leisure toys transport the world around us

to add

health numbers 21 – 100 ordinals 1st – 20th

time (incl. days of the week) weather

to add

materials work numbers 101 – 1000 ordinals 21st – 31st time (incl. 24-hour clocks, months, years, dates)

Grammar and structures

Starters

Present Simple, Present Continuous

Modals: can for ability, request and permission

have for possession

Question words: What? Who? Where? Which?

I would like …/ Would you like…?

Prepositions of place: in, on, under, behind, in front of, between, next to

There is / There are

Grammar and structures

Movers

Past Simple (reg. and irreg.)

verb+ inf; verb + ing

infinitive of purpose

Modals: must, have to, had to, shall for offers, could (past form of can)

Question words: Why? When?

Grammar and structures

Flyers

Present Simple Passive, Past Continuous, Present Perfect

Future forms: be going to, will may, might for probability, shall for suggestions, should If – zero conditional

What time …? What’s … like? What does … look/smell/sound like?

Question tags

What do candidates receive?

There is no pass or fail.

Every candidate who attempts all three components will receive an Award.

For further information on Cambridge Young Learners Tests refer to Cambridge ESOL web-page

www.cambridgeESOL.org

or go directly to

www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/young-learners/yle.html

or to

http://www.cambridgeesol.org/resources/teacher/yle.html

THANK YOU ☺sharizanova@nbu.bg