8.1.3.1 respect differing points of view
8.1.7.1 develop and sustain a consistent argument when speaking or writing
8.1.8.1 develop intercultural awareness through reading and discussion
8.2.1.1 understand with little or no support the main points in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics
8.2.2.1 understand with little or no support most specific information in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics
8.2.5.1 recognise the opinion of the speaker(s) with little or no support in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics
8.3.2.1 ask more complex questions to get information about a growing range of general topics and some curricular topics
8.3.3.1 give an opinion at discourse level on a wide range of general and curricular topics
8.3.4.1 respond with some flexibility at both sentence and discourse level to unexpected comments on a range of general and curricular topics
8.3.8.1 recount some extended stories and events on a range of general and curricular topics
8.4.1.1 understand the main points in texts on a growing range of unfamiliar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts
8.4.2.1 understand specific information and detail in texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts
8.4.3.1 understand the detail of an argument on a range of familiar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts
8.4.4.1 read a growing range of extended fiction and non-fiction texts on familiar and some unfamiliar general and curricular topics
8.4.5.1 deduce meaning from context in short texts and some extended texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics
8.4.6.1 recognise the attitude or opinion of the writer on a growing range of unfamiliar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts
8.4.7.1 recognise typical features at word, sentence and text level in a range of written genres
8.4.9.1 begin to recognise inconsistencies in argument in short texts on a limited range of general and curricular subjects
8.5.3.1 write with moderate grammatical accuracy on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics
8.5.5.1 develop with support coherent arguments supported when necessary by examples and reasons for a growing range of written genres in familiar general and curricular topics
8.5.6.1 link independently, sentences into coherent paragraphs using a variety of basic connectors on a range of familiar general topics and some curricular topics
8.6.8.1 use a growing variety of future forms including present continuous and present simple with future meaning on a range of familiar general and curricular topics
8.6.9.1 use appropriately a variety of active and passive simple present and past forms and past perfect simple forms in narrative and reported speech on a range of familiar general and curricular topics
8.6.11.1 use some reported speech forms for statements, questions and commands: say, ask, tell including reported requests on a range of familiar general and curricular topics
8.6.12.1 use comparative degree adverb structures not as quickly as / far less quickly with regular and irregular adverbs; use an increased variety of pre-verbal, post-verbal and end-position adverbs on a range of familiar general and curricular topics
8.6.14.1 use some prepositions before nouns and adjectives; use prepositions as, like to indicate manner; use dependent prepositions following adjectives on a range of familiar general and curricular topics
8.6.16.1 use a growing variety of conjunctions including since, as to explain reasons and the structures so ... that, such a ... that in giving explanations
on a range of familiar general and curricular topics