A2 Flyers

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Build A2 comprehension, contextual language, story writing and speaking, with a pathway to A2 Key.

  • Move from sentence-level understanding to longer stories, dialogue and linked information
  • Use A2 vocabulary, tense, linking and sentence structure in context
  • Practise story continuation, picture comparison and more independent personal response
  • Distinguish A2 Flyers from A2 Key and plan the route by ability and learning stage
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Course highlights

Build connected A2 comprehension Learners connect information across sentences and understand detail and discourse rather than relying on familiar words.
Handle longer texts
Understand main ideas and detail in stories, dialogue, notices and short letters.
Choose language in context
Use tense, reference, linking, prepositions and collocation to complete meaning.
Integrate listening information
Track people, position, action, opinion and sequence together.
 Develop more independent output Flyers asks learners to organise fuller sentences, continue a story and discuss pictures and experience.
Continue a story
Develop events, detail and an ending from an opening and pictures.
Compare and explain
Describe differences, reasons for choices and possible actions.
Sustain conversation
Understand follow-up questions and extend answers with relevant detail.
 Move from Young Learners to the next Cambridge qualification A2 Flyers and A2 Key share a CEFR level but use different papers and result systems.
Interpret shields
Identify which skills are stable and which still require development.
Increase independence
Reduce picture and teacher support while building longer reading and writing stamina.
Assess A2 Key readiness
Check readiness for different text types, time limits and a pass-based qualification.
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Course content

Listening
About 25 minutes across multiple people, locations, detail and longer conversations.
  • 5 parts
  • About 25 questions
  • Information matching, details and colouring or writing tasks
Reading and Writing
About 40 minutes on longer texts, contextual grammar and short story writing.
  • 7 parts
  • About 44 questions
  • Vocabulary, grammar, dialogues, stories and short writing
Speaking
A one-to-one examiner interaction with picture comparison, story continuation and personal discussion.
  • 4 parts
  • About 7–9 minutes
  • Picture comparison, story and personal questions
Result
There is no pass or fail; the certificate reports performance in each skill with shields.
  • Listening shields
  • Reading and Writing shields
  • Speaking shields
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