Ilà Certificate: Level A1 Syllabus
This Syllabus should not be taken as a requirement for the attainment of CEFR A1 Level. The heterogeneity of those who sit the Ilà examination is such that vocabulary and linguistic functions have a different weight to the lives and needs of different people. The different age also plays a crucial role. Young people have different interests compared to adults, have a limited life experience and less responsibility. They are also at different stages of cognitive development. These differences profoundly affect the use of language. Intercultural awareness is important too.
People at Level A1 are aware at different stages of the cultural difference. For example, those who add a Level A1 competence in a minor language to the knowledge of other languages are in a different position with respect to those who learn a foreign language for the first time
| Vocabulary | Grammar | Linguistic functions |
1. Personal details
2. Physical and character features
3. Family
4. Jobs 5. Familiar domain
6. Daily routine
7. Colours 8. Cardinal points 9. Arabic personal names 10. Personal age 11. Imperatives
12. Arab world map |
1. Pronouns
2. Common names
3. Adjectives
4. Equational sentence
5. Iḍāfa 6. Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns (singular) 7. Question marks
8. Numbers
9. How to express possession
10. Prepositions
11. Mudāri‘ conjugation in the singular of following verbs: ،يغتسل، يأكل، يشرب • يلبس، يخرج، يدرس، يعمل |
1. Identifying
2. Answering questions for
3. Greeting
4. Introducing another person 5. Describing relatives’ relationships 6. Describing in a simple way one’s home and the familiar domain 7. Describing oneself and other people 8. Telling the place one comes from 9. Identifying Arab and non-Arab countries and towns 10. Speaking about what one has got 11. Telling one’s age |