LE MOVERS SYLLABUS
1.
Topics, Notations and Concepts
The topic list for Movers includes topics covered at Starters. Some of these inclusive topics may have been retitled and the topic list for Starters is to be revised and restated to take account of this.  Some of the topics entail only the vocabulary and structures covered at Starters.  Common topics build on and extend the language at Starters.  And others, shown in red , are introduced for the first time at this level.
TOPICS
NOTIONS AND CONCEPTS
Animals
The body and the face  Clothes
Family, friends and ourselves  Food and drink  Health
Local places  The home
School and the classroom,, and language          and tests
Sports, leisure and holidays  Transport  Weather
World around us    Ability
Actions and activities, including routines and manner, past and present  Appearance  Numbers; cardinal and ordinal  Comparisons  Days of the week  Feelings  Location and position  Obligation  Offers
Possession  Permission  Requests
Shapes  and sizes  Greetings  Containers
Time expansions
2. Course Structure
The structure list for Movers subsumes the structure list for Starters.  The following structures appear for the first time in Movers.
LANGUAGE (GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES)
LANGUAGE USE (COMMUNICATION)
LANGUAGE ITEMS (EXAMPLES)
NOUNS
(Proper Nouns) (Common Nouns)
Talking about people and places Jane  lives in London A cup  of coffee Including countable and limited, Talking about quantities    A glass  of water
specified uncountable and amounts
A bottle  of lemonade A bowl  of soup DETERMINERS    Zero article
Some, any Talking about things which can  Paul’s father goes to work A lot (of) and cannot be counted every  morning.
There isn’t any  bread on
the table but there are apples
She took a lot of  photos
Mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs
Talking about personal possessions Is that car yours ? ADJECTIVES
Base forms
Talking about appearances and feelings
Sally was hungry
Comparatives and superlatives
Making comparisons between things
The sun is bigger than the moon
My house is the smallest  in the  village
Who is your best  friend? VERBS
Present simple Talking about customary actions,
On Mondays, Jane plays  hockey
habits and routines
after school
unequal
Past simple:
Talking about events in the past We went  to the park yesterday. Regular past forms and past forms of all irregular verbs which appear in the list
MODALS
can Asking for permission / making  Can  I have an ice cream?
Requests
must & mustn’t Indicating (negative) obligation You must  clean your bedroom  before you go out.
You mustn’t  shout in class. have (got) to
I’ve got to  go.
would & wouldn’t (like) Making offers and suggestions; Would you like  a bowl of soup?
showing (negative) preference I’d  like to go home now. shall (in interrogatives only) Making offers
Shall  I carry your bag? Short Answer Forms Answering yes/no questions Has your school got any computers?
No, it hasn’t.
Go + ing Talking about activities I go fishing  at weekends. Like + ing
Talking about activities you I like walking  in the mountains.
Enjoy doing.  ADVERBS
Adverbs of Time:
now, today, yesterday Describing when something happens
My aunt caught the plane yesterday .
Adverbs of Frequency:
always, sometimes, never, often Describing how often something happens
She never  eats meat. Adverbs of Manner:
Describing how you do something We went upstairs quietly . quietly, slowly, quickly, carefully  well, badly, loudly
Adverbs of Degree: Describing to what extent you do something She talks a lot . Do you drink tea? a lot, a little
Yes, a little . INTERROGATIVES
how, when, how much, how often,
why, what kind of Asking questions to get information How  do you go to school? When  does the film s
tart?  Why  is he talking to her?
What kind of  music do you
like?
How much  water do you
want?
How often  do you eat cake?
PREPOSITIONS    Prepositions of Time: Talking about dates and time She watches TV on  Fridays. on,
in, after, before (but not o’clock) The dog always sleeps in  the
afternoon.
She plays with her friends
after  school.
She cleans her teeth before
she goes to bed.
Propositions Showing Agent: with Talking about the agent or the instrument of an action He painted the wall with  a big brush. CONJUNCTIONS    but  Expressing contrast I like ice cream but  I don’t like
chocolate.
because Expressing reasons I went home because  I was
tired.
NUMBERS    Cardinal Numbers: 1 – 20 Counting up to 20 and talking about specific quantities There are 18 children in my class. Ordinal Numbers: 1st  – 10th  Talking about positions (e.g. in a race) Jane lives in the second  house on the right. CLAUSES    Relative clauses with relative pronouns  Identifying people and objects Emma is the girl who is sitting by the tree.  An envelope is the thing which
/ that we put a letter in .
FORMULAE  For communication repair What did you say?  I didn’t understand / hear
you .
Source:Cambridge Young Learners Handbook.
3. Component 1 – Listening (25 minutes/25 items)
Part 1 – This consists of the dialogue describing people and their actions, and a corresponding picture.  Candidates match names to people by drawing lines.
Part 2 – This consists of a dialogue in which one of the speakers gives personal information.  Candidates extract key words/phrases and complete a notepad.
Part 3 – This consists of a dialogue in which one speaker describes what he/she did during the past week.  Candidates listen and match pictures to days of the week.
Part 4 – This consists of a dialogue about pictures.  Candidates identify the pictures which are described by choosing from sets of 3.
Part 5 – This consists of a dialogue in which one speaker gives the other instructions to colour/draw/write on parts of a black/white drawing.  Candidates follow the same instructions.
SUMMARY OF MOVERS LISTENING TEST COMPONENTS
MAIN SKILL FOCUS
INPUT
EXPECTED RESPONSE / ITEM TYPE
NO OF ITEMS* P A R T S /
1 Listening for lexical items
Picture and dialogue
Match names to picture by
5
and verb phrases drawing a line
2 Listening for specified
information
Gapped text and dialogue
Record words or numbers
5 3 Listening for lexical items
and verb phrases (past tense)
Pictures and days of the week and dialogue
Match days of week to pictures by copying name    5
4 Listening for lexical items Pictures and dialogue Select one of three pictures
by ticking box
5 5 Listening for specified
information Picture and dialogue Color and draw
5
* The number of these may vary slightly from time to time
4. Component 2 – Reading and Writing (30 minutes/40 items)
Part 1 – This consists of a set of pictures and a set of ‘clues’ or definitions.  Candidates match the two.  There are an unequal number of each.
Part 2 – This consists of a single and a set of short descriptions, some of which are correct and some incorrect.  Candidates write ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
Part 3 – This consists of a written dialogue for which three different responses are given for the second speaker.  Candidates choose the most suitable of the three responses, by writing a corresponding letter. Part 4 – This consists of a gapped text, with small pictures illustrating each of the missing words.  Candidates supply the missing words.
Part 5 – This consists of a series of related pictures and an accompanying text.  Beneath each picture and paragraph there are open-ended comprehension questions, which candidates answer with a word or phrase. Part 6 – This consists of a gapped text.  Candidates identity the missing words by selecting one of three for each gap.
SUMMARY OF MOVERS READING & WRITING TEST COMPONENTS
MAIN SKILL FOCUS
INPUT
EXPECTED RESPONSE / ITEM TYPE
NO OF ITEMS* 1 Understanding definitions Labeled pictures and definitions
Match definitions to picture by copying the word
6 2 Understanding short texts Picture and short texts
Write ‘yes’ or ‘no’ next to the texts
6 3 Identify the appropriate
utterances
Short dialogues with multiple responses Select best response by writing letter in box    6 4 Completing a gapped text
with one word (noun or verb)
Gapped text with picture cues
Write words in gaps
7
5 Answer open-ended
questions
Text and pictures and questions
Write 1 – 3 words 10 P A R T S  / T A S K S
6 Completing gapped text
with one word (usually from words)
Gapped text and word sets Complete text by selecting the best word and copying
5
5. Component 3 – Speaking (7 minutes/4 parts)
SUMMARY OF MOVERS SPEAKING TEST COMPONENTS
INPUT
EXPECTED RESPONSE / ITEM TYPE 1 Greeting and name check; two similar pictures Identify four differences between pictures 2 Picture sequence Relate the story (present tense)
3 Picture sets
Identify the odd one out and give reason P A R T S  / T A S K S
4
Open-ended questions
Answer questions

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