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
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