Student’s Book Level 1 Cambridge Life Competencies Map
Welcome
Unit, Page and Exercise(s) Number Competency Core Area Component
Welcome, page 4, ex 5
Communication
Taking personal responsibility for own contribution to a group task
Welcome, page 7, ex 4 Collaboration Encouraging effective group interaction
Unit 1
C1. Using language appropriate for the situation
C3. Listening and responding respectfully
Unit, Page and Exercise(s) Number Competency Core Area Component
Unit 1, page 9, Think!
Emotional Development Empathy and relationship skills
Unit 1, page 11, ex 4 Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
Unit 1, page 11, ex 5 Collaboration Taking personal responsibility for own contribution to a group task
Unit 1, page 12, Think!
Creative Thinking Generating ideas
C6. Showing empathy for the feelings of others
C3. Using effective strategies for learning and retaining information
Can do Statement
Asks others questions about a topic.
Listens attentively while other students are contributing.
Can do Statement
States opposing opinions in a respectful way.
Uses a learner’s dictionary (monolingual or bilingual) and other reference resources to enhance their knowledge of vocabulary.
C2. Taking on different roles Supports others in understanding and achieving the aim of a task.
C7. Imagining alternatives and possibilities
Actively participates in “what if” (cautionary or wishful thinking) and “if only” (wishful thinking) discussions.
Unit 1, page 13, ex 1
Unit 1, page 15, ex 4
Unit 1, page 17, Think!
Unit 1, page 18, ex 7
Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
Communication Managing conversations
Social Responsibilities Understanding global issues
Communication Using appropriate language and register for context
C3. Using effective strategies for learning and retaining information
C4. Using communication strategies to facilitate conversations
C6. Discussing a range of global issues
C2. Using a variety of language and communication strategies to achieve a desired effect
Understands essential grammatical terms and concepts.
Uses simple techniques to start a conversation.
Demonstrates awareness of human rights issues around the world.
Uses functions to ask for and give things, e.g. requesting information, offering an opinion.
Unit 2, page 19, Think!
Unit 2, page 21, ex 2
Emotional Development Identifying and understanding emotions
Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
C2. Understanding emotions Describes how people, events or situations can trigger or evoke emotional states.
C2. Using effective systems for finding, keeping and retrieving information
Takes effective notes in class and from homework reading.
Unit 2, page 21, ex 4
Unit 2, page 22, Think!
Unit 2, page 23, ex 1
Unit 2, page 25, ex 5
Unit 2, page 27, Think!
Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
Social Responsibilities
Showing intercultural awareness
Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
Communication Managing conversations
Social Responsibilities Understanding global issues
C1. Engaging in directed activities
C4. Understanding aspects of other cultures
C3. Using effective strategies for learning and retaining information
C4. Using communication strategies to facilitate conversations
C7. Recognizing personal impact on global issues
Successfully meets the requirements of a speaking task.
Makes informed comparisons between their own society and other societies.
Understands essential grammatical terms and concepts.
Uses simple techniques to start a conversation.
Makes informed consumer choices (e.g. in relation to ethical and environmentallyfriendly products).
Unit 2, page 28, ex 4
Communication Participating with appropriate confidence and clarity
C6. Structuring spoken and written texts effectively
Knows how to structure a range of academic and practical text types, e.g. essays, complaints, applications
Unit 2, page 28, ex 5
Review, page 30, Check Your Progress
Review, page 30, Learn to Learn
Learning to Learn Reflecting on and evaluating own learning
Learning to Learn Reflecting on and evaluating own learning
Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
C9. Keeping track of progress
C10. Evaluating learning and progress
C3. Using effective strategies for learning and retaining information
Uses checklists to review work and ensure successful completion of tasks.
Uses self-assessment tools to evaluate progress and goal achievement.
Uses a learner’s dictionary (monolingual or bilingual) and other reference resources to enhance their knowledge of vocabulary.
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Unit 3, page 31, Think!
Critical Thinking Evaluating ideas and arguments
Unit 3, page 34, ex 4 Emotional Development Empathy and relationship skills
Unit 3, page 35, ex 1
Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
C5. Evaluating arguments as a whole
C6. Showing empathy for the feelings of others
C3. Using effective strategies for learning and retaining information
Gives reasons for an argument’s plausibility.
States opposing opinions in a respectful way.
Understands essential grammatical terms and concepts.
Unit 3, page 35, ex 6
Collaboration Working towards task completion
Unit 3, page 37, ex 5 Emotional Development Identifying and understanding emotions
Unit 3, page 40, ex 7
Unit 4
Unit 4, page 43, ex 3
Communication Managing conversations
C8. Ensuring progress towards a goal
Narrows down options and offers choices of solutions to others in the group.
C2. Understanding emotions Describes how people, events or situations can trigger or evoke emotional states.
C4. Using communication strategies to facilitate conversations
Uses appropriate strategies to develop a conversation (e.g. showing interest; giving nonminimal responses; or asking follow-up questions).
Unit 4, page 43, ex 4
Unit 4, page 44, Think!
Unit 4, page 45, ex 1
Unit 4, page 45, ex 5
Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
Communication Taking personal responsibility for own contribution to a group task
Critical Thinking Evaluating ideas and arguments
Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
Collaboration Taking personal responsibility for own contribution to a group task
C3. Using effective strategies for learning and retaining information
C2. Taking on different roles
C6. Drawing appropriate conclusions
C3. Using effective strategies for learning and retaining information
Records vocabulary in an appropriate way (e.g. in a vocabulary notebook or in a vocabulary flashcard app).
Supports others in understanding and achieving the aim of a task.
Draws conclusions from evaluation of ideas, arguments, and options.
Understands essential grammatical terms and concepts.
C1. Actively contributing to a task Fully explains their contributions.
Unit 4, page 49, Think!
Unit 4, page 50, ex 3
Critical Thinking Evaluating ideas and arguments
C6. Drawing appropriate conclusions
Reconsiders own beliefs/ perspectives in light of new evidence.
Unit 4, page 50, ex 4
Review, page 52, Check Your Progress
Communication Participating with appropriate confidence and clarity
Learning to Learn Reflecting on and evaluating own learning
Learning to Learn Reflecting on and evaluating own learning
C6. Structuring spoken and written texts effectively
C9. Keeping track of progress
C10. Evaluating learning and progress
Develops a clear description or narrative with a logical sequence of points.
Uses checklists to review work and ensure successful completion of tasks.
Uses self-assessment tools to evaluate progress and goal achievement.
Review, page 52, Learn to Learn
Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
C3. Using effective strategies for learning and retaining information
Finds sources of information and support (online and in school) in order to enhance their understanding of English. Unit
Unit 5, page 52, Think!
Unit 5, page 55, ex 4
Creative Thinking Generating ideas
Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
C5. Generating multiple ideas
C3. Using effective strategies for learning and retaining information
Actively participates in brainstorming activities to generate new ideas.
Uses a learner’s dictionary (monolingual or bilingual) and other reference resources to enhance their knowledge of vocabulary.
Unit 5, page 55, ex 6
Unit 5, page 56, Think!
Unit 5, page 57, ex 1
Communication Managing conversations
Creative Thinking Generating ideas
C4. Using communication strategies to facilitate conversations
C7. Imagining alternatives and possibilities
Uses simple techniques to start a conversation.
Asks “what if” and “if only” questions to come up with alternatives and possibilities.
Unit 5, page 57, ex 5
Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
Communication Managing conversations
C3. Using effective strategies for learning and retaining information
C4. Using communication strategies to facilitate conversations
Understands essential grammatical terms and concepts.
Uses appropriate strategies to develop a conversation (e.g. showing interest; giving nonminimal responses; or asking follow-up questions).
Unit 5, page 61, Think!
Critical Thinking Evaluating ideas and arguments
C5. Evaluating arguments as a whole
Recognizes basic weaknesses and omissions in argumentation.
Unit 5, page 62, ex 6 Communication Managing conversations
C4. Using communication strategies to facilitate conversations
Uses appropriate strategies to develop a conversation (e.g. showing interest; giving nonminimal responses; or asking follow-up questions). Unit
Unit 6, page 63, Think!
Unit 6, page 65, ex 5
Critical Thinking Evaluating ideas and arguments
Communication Managing conversations
C5. Evaluating arguments as a whole
C4. Using communication strategies to facilitate conversations
Gives reasons for an argument’s plausibility.
Uses appropriate strategies to develop a conversation (e.g. showing interest; giving nonminimal responses; or asking follow-up questions).
Unit 6, page 66, Think!
Collaboration Taking personal responsibility for own contribution to a group task
C1. Actively contributing to a task
Provides justification for their ideas or suggestions.
Unit 6, page 67, ex 1
Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
C3. Using effective strategies for learning and retaining information
Understands essential grammatical terms and concepts.
Unit 6, page 68, ex 5
Unit 6, page 69, ex 4
Unit 6, page 71, Think!
Unit 6, page 72, ex 3
Emotional Development
Identifying and understanding emotions
Communication Managing conversations
Critical Thinking Evaluating ideas and arguments
Communication Participating with appropriate confidence and clarity
C1. Recognizing and describing emotions
C4. Using communication strategies to facilitate conversations
C6. Drawing appropriate conclusions
C6. Structuring spoken and written texts effectively
Describes a wider range of different emotions.
Uses simple techniques to start a conversation.
Draws conclusions from evaluation of ideas, arguments, and options.
Knows how to structure a range of academic and practical text types, e.g. essays, complaints, applications
Unit 6, page 72, ex 4
Learning to Learn Reflecting on and evaluating own learning
C9. Keeping track of progress
Uses checklists to review work and ensure successful completion of tasks.
Unit, Page and Exercise(s) Number Competency Core Area Component
Review, page 74, Check Your Progress
Review, page 74, Learn to Learn
Unit 7
Learning to Learn Reflecting on and evaluating own learning
Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
C10. Evaluating learning and progress
C3. Using effective strategies for learning and retaining information
Unit, Page and Exercise(s) Number Competency Core Area Component
Unit 7, page 75, Think! Collaboration Encouraging effective group interaction
Unit 7, page 77, ex 2 Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
Unit 7, page 77, ex 6 Critical Thinking Solving problems and making decisions
Unit 7, page 78, Think!
Collaboration Working towards task completion
Unit 7, page 79, ex 1 Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
Unit 7, page 79, ex 5 Communication Managing conversations
C4. Establishing ways of working together
C3. Using effective strategies for learning and retaining information
C9. Evaluating options and recommendations to come to a decision
Can do Statement
Uses self-assessment tools to evaluate progress and goal achievement.
Records vocabulary in an appropriate way (e.g. in a vocabulary notebook or in a vocabulary flashcard app).
Can do Statement
Discusses best ways of collaborating on a task.
Takes effective notes in class and from homework reading.
Makes predictions and estimations from given information.
C9. Identifying issues and challenges Analyzes different viewpoints and provides justification for their own viewpoint.
C3. Using effective strategies for learning and retaining information
Understands essential grammatical terms and concepts.
Unit 7, page 81, ex 5
Communication Participating with appropriate confidence and clarity
Unit 7, page 83, Think! Social Responsibilities
Unit 7, page 84, ex 6
Showing intercultural awareness
Creative Thinking Preparing for creativity
C4. Using communication strategies to facilitate conversations
C6. Structuring spoken and written texts effectively
C4. Understanding aspects of other cultures
C1. Participating in a range of creative activities
Uses simple techniques to start a conversation.
Develops a clear description or narrative with a logical sequence of points.
Makes informed comparisons between their own society and other societies.
Acts parts in role-plays or dramas.
Unit 8, page 85, Think!
Social Responsibilities
Understanding global issues
C7. Recognizing personal impact on global issues
Identifies ways in which personal habits and behavior have the capacity to affect the environment.
Unit 8, page 87, ex 3
Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
C2. Using effective systems for finding, keeping and retrieving information
Takes effective notes in class and from homework reading.
Unit 8, page 87, ex 5
Unit 8, page 88, Think!
Communication Managing conversations
Collaboration Taking personal responsibility for own contribution to a group task
C4. Using communication strategies to facilitate conversations
C1. Actively contributing to a task
Uses simple techniques to start a conversation.
Provides justification for their ideas or suggestions.
Unit 8, page 89, ex 1
Unit 8, page 91, ex 4
Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
Communication Participating with appropriate confidence and clarity
C3. Using effective strategies for learning and retaining information
C6. Structuring spoken and written texts effectively
Understands essential grammatical terms and concepts.
Uses a number of cohesive devices to link sentences into clear, coherent discourse.
Unit 8, page 93, ex 5
Unit 8, page 93, Think!
Unit 8, page 94, ex 4
Critical Thinking Understanding and analyzing ideas and arguments
Social Responsibilities
Understanding global issues
Communication Participating with appropriate confidence and clarity
C1. Identifying and classifying information
Distinguishes between fact and opinion.
Unit 8, page 94, ex 6
Review, page 96, Check Your Progress
Review, page 96, Learn to Learn
Learning to Learn Reflecting on and evaluating own learning
Learning to Learn Reflecting on and evaluating own learning
Learning to Learn Developing skills and strategies for learning
C6. Discussing a range of global issues
C6. Structuring spoken and written texts effectively
C9. Keeping track of progress
C10. Evaluating learning and progress
C2. Using effective systems for finding, keeping and retrieving information
Demonstrates awareness of environmental issues around the world.
Knows how to structure a range of academic and practical text types, e.g. essays, complaints, applications
Uses checklists to review work and ensure successful completion of tasks.
Uses self-assessment tools to evaluate progress and goal achievement.
Reviews vocabulary regularly and systematically.
Extras
Reading 1, page 98, Think!
Creative Thinking Preparing for creativity
C1. Participating in a range of creative activities
Engages with and responds to creative works from art, music or literature.
Reading 2, page 99, Think!
Reading 3, page 100, Think!
Reading 4, page 101, Think!
Project 1, page 106, Project Task
Project 2, page 108, Project Task
Social Responsibilities
Social Responsibilities
Showing intercultural awareness
Showing intercultural awareness
Emotional Development Identifying and understanding emotions
Creative Thinking Generating ideas
Creative Thinking Implementing ideas and solving problems
C3. Understanding aspects of own culture
C4. Understanding aspects of other cultures
C1. Recognizing and describing emotions
C6. Elaborating on and combining ideas
C8. Experimenting with and refining ideas
Appreciates their own culture and its value.
Makes informed comparisons between their own society and other societies.
Articulates their feelings in response to music, art or literature.
Elaborates on and extends their ideas by adding detail.
Experiments with using different ideas and resources to make and describe their own work.