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Young Learners English

P R AC TICE TESTS
Teacher’s Notes
Bryan Stephens

Contents
Exam information Activities Revision Preparation for Speaking Correction Using the complete tests Test 1 Lesson Plan Speaking tests Answer key Audioscript 1 2 4 6 8 8 9 16 31 37

Young Learners English Flyers Teacher’s Notes

Young Learners English Flyers Practice Test Teacher’s Notes

Exam information
CambridgeESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) have three levels of Young Learners English (YLE) exams designed for the 7–12 age group. Starters Movers Flyers 100 hours of English approx. 175 hours of English approx. 250 hours of English approx. all ages but typically from age 7 all ages but typically from 8–11 all ages but typically ages 9–12

The exam experience
For many young children, aCambridge ESOL YLE Test may be their first experience of doing an exam. It is possibly the first time they have had to travel to a different venue to sit a test. They might be emotional and distracted by unfamiliar surroundings. In some cases, it is even a big day out together with a trip to the city on the bus or train. If we give our students lots of practice, they will feel confident about what isexpected of them in the test, and what they will have to do.

In addition to preparing for task types, these four practice tests utilise language – both grammatical structures and vocabulary – that is in the ESOL Flyers syllabus. This book consolidates the language with Flyers-style usage. As young learners need constant recycling of the language studied, there are some additional activitiesoutlined below that can consolidate language from the course and help prepare for the tests. Many courses present and practise language topic by topic. Here students will find the themes and language structures mixed together and find they need to jump from one to another in their recall, reflecting the exam. Extra instructions for gradual test preparation can be found on page 8. You can guide them intothe tasks and the target language using the practice tests in the book. As you look at each section, ask questions about the illustrations, use the words on the page to elicit which topics are tested, and talk about the examples and even the layout on the pages. Double check that they know what they have to do to complete each task. Some detailed guidelines for using Test 1 as a ‘test thatteaches’ are given on pages 9–12.

The exam
Listening is normally the first paper and Reading and Writing the second, followed by Speaking, but the candidates may sit the three papers in any order depending on the organisation of the centre running the exam. For more information, including further vocabulary and grammar structures lists for all three exams, please refer to the Cambridge ESOL YL Handbook.Flyers Practice Tests
This book contains four full practice tests. The layout is similar to what the students will see in the real exam where they are given individual A4 booklets with coloured illustrations. These tests provide an introduction to the Flyers exam. They can be used to train students in how to approach each task, to recognise what kind of answers are required and to progress fromone exercise type to another.

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Young Learners English Flyers Teacher’s Notes

Activities
Using the vocabulary list in the Young Learners English Flyers Student’s Book
To help students use the vocabulary lists as a useful resource, encourage them to refer to it. ABC (whole class and later pairs) Give a letter of the alphabet and a category of vocabulary, and ask students to say a word as quicklyas they can. Teacher: T, clothes Student: trousers Once students are confident, ask them to continue in pairs. A or an? (pairs) Students work with a partner. Student A says a word from any category on the wordlist and Student B says whether it takes ‘a ’or ‘an’. Students then swap roles. Last and first letters (whole class) Go round the class with a word game. The first student says a word and...