CEF

Flyers

Movers

Title

Starters

DISCOVER ENGLISH EXAM CORRELATIONS

Discover English
Starter
Discover English
1
Discover English
2
Discover English
3

A1

A2

Starters, Movers and Flyers are the three levels of the Cambridge Tests for Young Learners [CLETS]s

DISCOVER ENGLISH 3
Discover English 3 is an intermediate level course for young teenagers. After a quick review of basic
structures, a great deal of new language is introduced. The new language includes both verb and word
grammar, word formation and functional language.
Using the central theme of the Discover 101 radio station, learners are exposed to language in a wide
variety of different formats; letters, magazine articles, web pages, emails, diaries, reports and blogs.
Learners are trained in key reading skills including skimming for gist and scanning for specific
information. There are a wide variety of audio texts, including conversations, reports, jokes, authentic
songs and narrative stories.
Learners are trained in spoken communication using role play, quizzes, interaction tasks, in addition to
interaction students learn spoken production activities such as describing people, pictures objects and

events, narrating sequences of events and expressing opinions. Written communication is also trained
through a wide variety of individual and collaborative tasks including note making, designing posters
and leaflets, writing letters, reports and web pages. Learners are also trained to edit and make
corrections in their written work.
Comprehension and language development tasks match the task styles frequently used in tests and
examinations for this age-group such as the CYLETs Flyers test.
The exciting continuous story The Magic Amulet contextualises and recycles learned and new language
in episodes which appear in every unit.
The topic material is appropriate to teenage learners and relates to subjects across the school
curriculum.
UNIT
START
ER

CEF DESCRIPTIONS

EXAM

CLIL

I can read and listen to factfiles about

three people.
I can form positive and negative
statements using Present Simple.
I can form questions using Present Simple.
I can listen to information about people
and answer who questions.
I can use frequency adverbs to talk about
states and routines.
I can find people with named habits.
I can write about peoples habits.
I can understand a dialogue describing a
series of events.
I can listen and follow movements on a
street map.
I can use Past Simple to refer to past
events.
I can complete a diary entry.
I can read a story episode in dialogue
format.
I can use a range of verbs connected with

I
I
I
I
I

Using street maps.

can
can
can
can
can

AND LEARNING SKILLS

answer WH questions.
use street maps.
write WH questions from notes.
answer T/F questions.
make and respond to suggestions.

I can listen and answer M/C questions.

Citizenship: using

money.
I can use and respond to a quiz about use
of money.
I can describe states using Present Simple.
I can read a web page containing
contrasting opinions about pocket money.
I can refer to countable plurals and
uncountable quantities using much and
many.
I can listen to arithmetical sums and
calculate the answer.
I can read a picture story in dialogue
format.
I can use pronouns like someone, anyone,
everyone, no one.
I can talk about shopping and prices.
I can read a text and blog about Buy
Nothing Day.
I can share my ideas with other learners
and choose the best ideas to write a blog.
I can use 2-part verbs to refer to different
methods of transport.
I can refer to future arrangements using
Present Continuous.
I can use would to make polite invitations.
I can use will and wont to refer to
predictions.
I can read a magazine article containing
different predictions about transport
developments.
I can listen and match statements to
topics.
I can form nouns from verbs.
I can use linkers and, but, because in
writing sentences.
I can use going to verb to refer to future
intentions.
I can write a leaflet about a race in my
country.

I can skim texts for gist.

I can scan texts to locate specific
information.
I can mark statements true or false.
I can answer WH questions.
I can read texts in different styles.
I can brainstorm ideas and select the
best.

money, saving for

purchases
Reading skills.

I can categorise information.

I can do research and write information
in the form of a leaflet.

Sociology:
predictions about
changes in
transport systems.

I can understand vocabulary related to

illness and injury and categorise the
vocabulary.
I can understand a dialogue about a
skating accident.
I can talk about things I did a specific
times and things I have never done in my
life.
I can role play a visit to a doctor reporting
an accident.
I can understand the doctors instructions.
I can read a magazine article about
extreme sports.
I can skim a text and place topics in order.
I can listen and complete sentences using
multiple choice options.
I can collocate make, do and have with
different activities.
I can understand and ask questions using
how long?
I can use the Present Perfect Simple with
just, already and yet.
I can write an imaginary to do list, and
say what I have or havent done .
I can understand and respond to a
questionnaire about taking risks.
I can do research, plan and write a short
connected text about my partners
experience of different sports.
I can describe shapes and materials.
I can identify familiar objects from a
description of the size and shape and what
it is used for.
I can listen and understand a radio
interview in which speaker describe
objects discovered during an
archaeological dig.
I can describe past continuous actions.
I can make complaints using Im tired of
VERBing, etc.

I can skim a text and place topics in

order.
I can listen and complete sentences
using multiple choice options.
I can listen and identify topic.
I can do research, plan and write a short
connected text about my partners
experience of different sports.

Health: injuries and

illnesses
Health and safety:
accidents

I can describe events in sequence.

I can describe people and what they are
wearing and carrying.

History and Culture:

Museums:
describing objects
and saying how
they were used.
Geography: Uluru
and Australian
aboriginal culture.

I can read a personal letter describing

past situations and events.
I can read a diary entry describing past
situations and events.
I can write about events presenting them in
sequence using first, then, next, after that
and finally.
I can talk about past states and habits
using used to.
I can complete a text using Past Simple
and Past Continuous.
I can comment on the way things are done
using adverbs of manner.
I can describe different jobs.
I can listen to an interview and complete
sentences using multiple choice options.
I can say what I am allowed and not
allowed to do.
I can apologise for past actions and
respond to apologies.
I can say what I make or let someone do.
I can understand a magazine article about
the original jobs of famous celebrities.
I can understand what they had to do and
what they were allowed to do.
I can talk about present and future
obligations using should, must, and have
to.
I can form negative adjectives using
prefixes un-, im- and dis-.
I can use can and could to refer to present
and past abilities, requests and
permissions.
I can read teenagers descriptions of their
parents jobs.
I can write a description of a job describing
the work, the responsibilities and
obligations.
I can describe different styles of clothing.
I can read a collection of short articles

Describe jobs, responsibilities and

obligations.

Citizenship: jobs,
obligations and
responsibilities

Match headlines to texts.

I can search for information to answer

Art, Design and

Technology:

about different aspects of clothing.

I can compare different items of clothing
using a range of adjectives.
I can form superlative statements.
I can read, listen and understand a
dialogue about preparing for a fashion
show.
I can form negative comparisons using not
as adjective and less adjective.
I can for negative superlatives using least
+ adjective.
I can say how something looks, or what it
looks like.
I can work with a friend and do a project to
design a school uniform.
I can write a formal letter to our head
teacher describing and suggesting the new
school uniform and giving reasons why it
would be better than the current uniform.

WH questions.
I can role play shopping for clothes.
Working together on projects.
Giving reasons for changes.

clothing for
different situations
and purposes.
Attitudes to school
uniform in different
countries.

I can collocate verbs with different kinds of

message. have an argument, tell a joke
etc.
I can understand a dialogue containing
relative noun clauses.
I can use who, that, which, and where to
form relative noun clauses.
I can write a review of a film.
I can understand a quiz about body
language.
I can describe emotional reactions revealed
by body language.
I can express uncertainty using may or
might.
I can listen to a recording and identify who
is speaking, where they are and what they
are speaking about.
I can express deductions using must and
cant.

write a review
respond to a quiz
listening and forming quick ideas
about identity, location and topic.
Editing and making grammatical
corrections in written work.

Information
technology:
different kinds of
message and
means of
communication.

I can read an article about three different

forms of secret communication.
I can listen to a conversation and identify
key words to complete a diary.
I can name items on a beach.
I can talk about what I recycle.
I can read email messages about fire
dangers, waste disposal and polluting.
I can form sentences using zero
conditional.
I can read an email containing ideas for
reducing energy consumption and reusing
materials.
I can listen to a dialogue and identify the
feelings of the speakers.
I can form sentences using first
conditional.
I can form sentences using second
conditional.
I can read an article about life in a South
African township and craft workers reusing
materials.
I can work with a friend and produce a
poster about recycling and reusing
materials.
I can use verbs connected with parties.
I can understand a dialogue about
preparing for an event.
I can talk about regrets using wish + past
simple.
I can express surprise and disbelief.
I can read four short texts about birthday
parties in different countries.
I can use suffixes to form adjectives.
I can use gerunds and infinitives after
verbs.
I can write about what I like and dislike
about birthday celebrations.
I can use verbs with direct and indirect
objects.

I can skim read for gist.

I can scan read for specific information.
I can answer WH questions.
I can edit a test to insert capital letters
and punctuation.
Working with a friend on a creative
project.

Citizenship /
Science /
Geography
polluting and
recycling
Reusing materials
in a South African
township.

I can read part of a short story in

connected narrative text.
I can speculate about what will
happen next.

Culture: celebrating
birthdays and
anniversaries.

I can write a short story.

10

I can name different kinds of information

and different media.
I can use tag questions.
I can identify different functions.
I can role play a shopping dialogue.
I can read an interview in a magazine.
I can answer multiple choice questions.
I can form statements in the present
simple passive.
I can write a short imaginary interview
describing a sequence of actions.
I can read an article about the history of
newspapers..

Role play
I can answer multiple choice questions.

Media studies:
Different media,
history of
newspapers.