A2 Key et B1 Preliminary (KET, PET) · Cambridge English
A2 Key (KET)
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Course units and learning goals · Unités de cours et objectifs d'apprentissage
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RW.1-3 · Key reading: messages and short texts
- Interpret the main message in notices and emails (Part 1)
- Match short descriptions across texts (Part 2)
- Understand main ideas and details in a longer text (Part 3)
- deadline
- The latest time for an action
- notice
- A short public message
RW.4-5 · Key cloze: vocabulary and grammar in context
- Choose context-appropriate vocabulary for six multiple-choice gaps (Part 4)
- Supply one grammatical word for six open-cloze gaps (Part 5)
- collocation
- Words commonly used together
- auxiliary
- A helping verb used with another verb
RW.6 · Key writing: a message of at least 25 words
- Respond to all three content points in a short email or note
- Use understandable A2 language and organisation
- Check message purpose, recipient and minimum length
- recipient
- The person a message addresses
- content point
- An item the task requires you to communicate
RW.7 · Key writing: a three-picture story
- Write a story of at least 35 words using all three pictures
- Connect events in a clear sequence
- Use suitable past forms and clear character references
- sequence
- The order of events
- shelter
- A place protecting people from weather
L.1-3 · Key listening: visual choices, notes and conversations
- Identify key details in five short dialogues (Part 1)
- Record one word, number, date or time in five gaps (Part 2)
- Understand detail in a longer conversation (Part 3)
- correction
- A change replacing an earlier detail
- entrance
- The place where people enter
L.4-5 · Key listening: gist and matching
- Identify main ideas in five short exchanges (Part 4)
- Match information across a conversation (Part 5)
- gist
- The main message rather than every detail
- matching
- Connecting the correct person or item with an option
S.1-2 · Key speaking: interview and collaborative discussion
- Answer personal-information questions with brief development (Part 1)
- Discuss visual prompts, express preferences and respond to a partner (Part 2)
- preference
- What someone likes more
- interaction
- Responding to and working with another speaker
Preparing for this qualification · Préparation à cette qualification
- Reading/Writing 60 min: 7 parts, 30 reading items and two writing tasks (25+ and 35+ words). Listening about 30 min: 5 parts, 25 items. Speaking 8–10 min per pair: 2 parts. Standard paper A2 Key ends after 3 December 2026; A2 Key Digital and Key for Schools continue.
Teaching coverage still needed · Couverture pédagogique encore nécessaire
- Live examiner observation and listening delivery are required. Browser-native photo stimuli and licensed sample audio need integration; written self-checks cannot certify speaking/listening performance.
Specifications and sample documents · Spécifications et documents d'échantillon
Course materials · Matériel pédagogique
Course preparation · Préparation du cours
Documents are available. Board-specific notes, assessments and interactive past-paper practice are not yet available for every course. · Les documents sont disponibles. Les notes spécifiques au conseil, les évaluations et la pratique interactive des anciens sujets ne sont pas encore disponibles pour tous les cours.
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