LEVEL STARTER A1

🗂️ Plan de Unidades


Unidad 1 — Greetings & Personal Information (10h)

Objetivos:

  • Presentarse y pedir/dar información básica.
  • Usar saludos y expresiones de cortesía.

Contenidos:

  • To be (afirm./neg./preguntas).
  • Pronombres personales y posesivos.
  • Chunks: Nice to meet you / I’m from… / What’s your name?

Actividades:

  • Tarjetas de presentación.
  • Encuesta sobre nacionalidades y edades.
  • Roleplay: conocer a alguien por primera vez.

Unidad 2 — Family & Describing People (10h)

Objetivos:

  • Hablar de la familia.
  • Describir personas: aspecto y personalidad simple.

Contenidos:

  • Have got, adjetivos descriptivos.
  • Vocabulario: miembros de la familia, apariencia.
  • Chunks: He’s tall / She’s got… / This is my brother.

Actividades:

  • Árbol genealógico.
  • Descripción de fotos.
  • Juego “Guess who?”.

Unidad 3 — Home, Objects & Everyday Things (10h)

Objetivos:

  • Describir la casa y objetos del entorno.
  • Identificar y nombrar elementos cotidianos.

Contenidos:

  • There is / There are.
  • Artículos a/an, plurales, prepositions of place.
  • Léxico: habitaciones, muebles, objetos personales.

Actividades:

  • Descripción de un plano de casa.
  • Búsqueda del tesoro: “Find something that…”.
  • Bingo de objetos.

Unidad 4 — Daily Routines & Time (10h)

Objetivos:

  • Hablar de rutinas diarias.
  • Decir la hora y frecuencia.

Contenidos:

  • Present Simple (afirm./neg./preguntas).
  • Frequency adverbs: always, usually, sometimes, never.
  • Chunks: I get up at… / I usually…

Actividades:

  • Crear un horario personal.
  • Entrevistas de rutinas.
  • Juego “Find someone who…”.

Unidad 5 — Food, Shopping & Restaurants (10h)

Objetivos:

  • Hablar de alimentos y comidas.
  • Comprar y pedir comida.

Contenidos:

  • Countables/uncountables básicos.
  • Vocabulario: comidas, bebidas, precios.
  • Chunks: Can I have…? / How much is it?

Actividades:

  • Roleplay restaurante o supermercado.
  • Crear menú.
  • Juego “Market Day”.

Unidad 6 — The City & Directions (10h)

Objetivos:

  • Identificar lugares de la ciudad.
  • Pedir y dar direcciones.

Contenidos:

  • Imperatives, prepositions of movement.
  • Léxico: tiendas, transporte, espacios públicos.
  • Chunks: Go straight, turn left… / Is there a…?

Actividades:

  • Mapa de ciudad + recorridos.
  • Juego “Treasure map”.
  • Preguntas rápidas sobre lugares.

Unidad 7 — Free Time & Hobbies (10h)

Objetivos:

  • Hablar de actividades de tiempo libre.
  • Expresar gustos simples.

Contenidos:

  • Like / don’t like + noun/ing.
  • Léxico: deportes, hobbies, salidas.
  • Chunks: I like going to… / I love music.

Actividades:

  • Encuesta de hobbies.
  • Mini presentación: “My free time”.
  • Juego de mímica.

Unidad 8 — Past Events (10h)

Objetivos:

  • Hablar de lo que ocurrió en el pasado reciente.
  • Comprender historias cortas.

Contenidos:

  • Past Simple (regulares básicos).
  • Time markers: yesterday, last night, last weekend.
  • Chunks: I watched a movie / I visited my…

Actividades:

  • Timeline de eventos.
  • Entrevistas sobre el fin de semana.
  • Ordenar historias cortas.

Unidad 9 — Travel, Future & Final Review (10h)

Objetivos:

  • Hablar de viajes simples.
  • Expresar planes básicos y revisar todo el curso.

Contenidos:

  • Going to (planes básicos).
  • Léxico: transporte, hoteles, vacaciones.
  • Chunks: I’m going to travel to… / I’m going to stay in…

Actividades:

  • Roleplay: reservar hotel o viaje.
  • Actividades de repaso general.
  • Proyecto Final: presentación “All about me”.

Giving good, and surprising, and bad news and possible reactions

Giving good, and surprising, and bad news and possible reactions

Giving good news:

I’m really pleased to tell you…

I’ve got a bit of good news to tell you…

I’ve got some news for you…

I’ve got some brilliant news for you…

I’ve got some great news for you…

I’ve got some wonderful news for you…

I’ve got some splendid news for you…

You know what! I’ve got a bit of great news for you…

Guess what!

Hey! Have you heard that…?

Believe or not…

Reacting to good news:

Wow! That sounds exciting!

Wow! That’s amazing!

You’re kidding! (Oh my gosh!)

Congratulations on your good news.

I’m really happy/excited for you!

Good for you!

How marvellous!

I’m delighted to hear that.

Good job!

That’s terrific, fantastic /superb / incredible!

Are you joking?

Sounds great! Are you excited?

Lucky you!

Oh, how wonderful!


When you don’t understand a question…

When you don’t understand a question

Please, forgive my nervousness…

I didn’t quite follow that… Could you please repeat the question?

Sorry, could you repeat that please?

Do you mean that…?

I didn’t catch what you said. Could you repeat that?

I didn’t grasp what you meant. Could say that again?

I’m not clear about something. Could I ask a question?

Useful expressions to show agreement or disagrement…

Expressions for discussions and debates

If you agree with someone…

«I agree with (…) and I also think that…»

«I am in complete agreement with…»

«I’m in favour of..»

«I would also like to add…»

«Similarly, I believe that…»

«I suppose you’re right»

«I suppose you have a point there.»

«I that’s a good point, but I believe we have to remember that…»

«Another equally problem is…»

«Undoubtedly it is true to say that»

If you don’t agree…

«I disagree because I think that…»

«We should take into account the fact that…»

«On the other hand…»

«I see what you’re saying but I think…»

«Perhaps, but don’t you think that…»

«Another ways of looking at it is…»

«On the contrary…»

Useful expressions for conference calls…

Useful expressions for conference calls

1) Introducing yourself on the call

  • Hello, Sandra here. / This is Sandra.
  • Hello, it’s Sandra speaking.
  • It’s useful to say ‘Hello’ first as the first word is often lost. If you say your name first, other participants may miss your name.

2) Checking others are on the call

  • Is Sandra on the line?
  • Do we have Sandra on the call?
  • Do we have Sandra yet?
  • Are we waiting for anyone else?

3) Starting the call

  • Welcome to the conference call…
  • Is everyone ready to start?
  • Shall we start?
  • As you know, today we are discussing X…
  • Did everyone receive the agenda? / Has everyone received the agenda?

4) Overcoming sound issues

  • If you are not speaking, please put yourself on mute.
  • Eric, I can hear background noises, please can you put yourself on mute when you are not talking?
  • The sound quality is not good, please can everyone speak up?
  • I can’t hear Jane, can everyone else hear Jane?
  • Sorry can you say that again, I can’t hear you clearly?
  • Sorry can you repeat that, the sound quality is poor?

5) Sharing your screen

  • I’m sharing my screen, can everyone see it?
  • I’m uploading the document now, can you see it?

6) Finishing the call

  • So the agreed action points are X, Y, Z.
  • Is there anything else to discuss?
  • I’ll confirm our discussion by email.
  • Let’s finish / close the call, thank you everyone.
  • Thank you for your contribution/participation/ideas, let’s speak again next week.
  • We’ve run out of time so let’s wrap up and close the call