The A1 Level-Up Plan
Eight weeks from first words to real A1.
A1 is survival English that actually works: you introduce yourself, ask and answer simple questions, handle numbers, time, food, family and your daily routine, and you understand slow, clear speech. Nothing fancy, everything useful. This plan builds those foundations in the right order, with your voice involved from day one, not just your eyes.
The honest math: A1 takes roughly 90 to 100 guided hours from zero. This plan, at about 45 minutes a day, five days a week, gives you around 30 targeted hours, the most important 30, because they are the base every later level stands on. Finish the eight weeks, retest, and either consolidate here or step straight into the A2 plan. Foundations are never wasted hours.
Week 1: You, in English
Be, introductions, personal information
- Take the free level test and save your starting scores
- A1 book, Chapters 1-2
- Say your introduction out loud every day: name, country, job, family, one thing you like
Week 2: Every day life
Present simple and daily routines
- A1 book, Chapters 3-4
- Student Library: Vocabulary A1 quiz, first pass, note every miss
- Library game: Word Match, Core tier
Week 3: Numbers, time, money
The English you use in shops and stations
- A1 book, Chapters 5-6
- Practise prices, times and dates out loud until they are automatic
- Library game: Picture Reveal, Core tier
Week 4: Checkpoint
Halfway proof
- Retake the Vocabulary A1 quiz and beat your Week 2 score
- Library game: Sentence Scramble, Core tier
- Write five true sentences about your week and read them aloud
Week 5: Questions
Asking is half of speaking
- A1 book, Chapters 7-8
- Library game: Question Builder, Core tier
- Turn ten statements into questions every day this week
Week 6: Sound it right
Pronunciation foundations
- Pronunciation Guide in the Library: the vowel sounds and the 5-minute daily drill
- Library game: 5-Sounds Challenge
- Read one short paragraph aloud daily and record yourself once
Week 7: Past and plans
Yesterday and tomorrow, simply
- A1 book, Chapters 9-10
- Write three sentences about yesterday and three about tomorrow, every day
- Library quiz: Grammar, Tenses, the A1 questions
Week 8: Prove it
Retest and the next door
- Retake the free level test and compare your scores with Week 1
- Hold a two-minute conversation with a partner, a teacher, or your phone recorder
- If A1 is solid, your next door is the A2 Level-Up Plan
The kit for this plan
Everything below is used inside the eight weeks, including the Week 4 checkpoint, the Vocabulary A1 quiz retake. The practice itself lives free in the Student Library.