Syllabus – Cambridge Starters
Duration: 17 weeks (34 lessons, 35 minutes/lesson)
Focus: Speaking skills (introductions, descriptions, questions & answers, role-play, exam
practice)
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Speaking Focus Activities
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Greetings, introducing Hello/Hi, What’s your name?, My name is…
1 1
yourself Role-play introductions
Asking & answering
2 How old are you? I’m … Role-play Q&A
about age
Family vocabulary
2 3 This is my mother/father… Family tree talk
speaking
4 Talking about friends Who is he/she? He/She is my friend
3 5 Classroom objects What’s this? It’s a pen. Show & tell
Colours & describing It’s red/blue… Speaking game: “Find
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objects something …”
4 7 Numbers & counting Count and say aloud: “There are …”
8 Yes/No questions Is this a cat? Yes, it is. No, it isn’t.
5 9 Food & drinks Do you like apples? Yes, I do.
Expressing
10 I like… / I don’t like… Pair-work practice
likes/dislikes
6 11 Animals (pet & wild) What animal is this? It’s a dog.
12 Describing animals It’s big/small. It can run/fly.
7 13 Clothes What are you wearing? I’m wearing …
Role-play shopping for
14 Can I have a …? Here you are.
clothes
8 15 Places (home, school) Where is the …? It’s in the …
16 Talking about daily I go to school. I play football.
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Speaking Focus Activities
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routines
9 17 Actions (verbs) What’s he doing? He’s …
18 Role-play with actions Mime game: act & guess
10 19 Weather & seasons What’s the weather like? It’s sunny/rainy.
Talking about favourite
20 I like summer because…
season
11 21 Talking about toys I’ve got a … / Have you got a …?
22 Role-play sharing toys Let’s play with… / Ok!
Talking about house &
12 23 This is the kitchen/bedroom.
rooms
24 Describing your house My house has …
13 25 Talking about transport How do you go to school? By bike…
Asking & answering
26 Do you go by bus? Yes/No
transport Qs
Talking about time &
14 27 What day is it today? It’s Monday.
days
28 Talking about timetable I have English on Tuesday.
15 29 Review speaking topics Quick-fire Q&A games
30 Pair-work role-play Mini-dialogues from learned topics
Speaking practice test
16 31 Introductions, personal Qs
Part 1
Speaking practice test
32 Picture description, object naming
Part 2
Speaking practice test
17 33 Storytelling, answering examiner’s questions
Part 3
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Speaking Focus Activities
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Final review & mock
34 Full Starters Speaking exam simulation
speaking test