GameChanger L1 Cambridge Life Competencies

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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

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Asks others questions about a topic.

Listens attentively while other students are contributing.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Unit 8 Unit,

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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.

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