The A2 Level-Up Plan
Eight weeks from solid A1 to real A2.
A2 is where English becomes a tool instead of a subject: you handle travel, shopping, work basics and small talk, you talk about yesterday and tomorrow, and you understand the main point of clear speech and short texts. This plan takes your A1 base and adds range: the past, comparisons, plans, and your first conditional sentences.
The honest math: moving up one CEFR level takes roughly 150 to 250 guided hours across your whole journey, and the A1 to A2 step usually lands near the lower end of that. This plan, at about an hour a day, five days a week, gives you around 40 of the most targeted hours there are. If you are at the top of A1, that is enough to cross. If you are mid-A1, finish this block, retest, and run the next one.
Week 1: Your A2 baseline
Diagnosis and the A2 map
- Retake the free level test and save your band scores
- A2 book, Chapters 1-2
- Student Library: Vocabulary A2 quiz, first pass, note every miss
Week 2: Yesterday
Past simple, regular and irregular
- A2 book, Chapters 3-4
- Tell the story of your last weekend out loud, five times this week, a little better each time
- Library game: Sentence Scramble, Core tier
Week 3: Comparing everything
Comparatives and superlatives
- A2 book, Chapters 5-6
- Compare two cities, two jobs, two phones, out loud and in writing
- Library game: Comparisons game in the arcade
Week 4: Checkpoint
Halfway proof
- Retake the Vocabulary A2 quiz and beat your Week 1 score
- Library quiz: Grammar, Tenses, the A2 questions
- Write a half-page story about a trip, real or imagined
Week 5: Tomorrow
Going to, will, and arrangements
- A2 book, Chapters 7-8
- Plan a real trip in English: transport, hotel, three activities
- Library game: Question Builder, Core tier
Week 6: If and when
First conditional and time clauses
- A2 book, Chapters 9-10
- Write ten if-sentences about your real life
- Library game: Conditionals, Standard tier
Week 7: Understand more
Listening and reading at A2 speed
- One short graded text or clip a day: listen, read the transcript, listen again
- Pronunciation Guide: word stress basics, 10 minutes a day
- Library game: Homophone Duel, Core tier
Week 8: Prove it
Retest and the next door
- Retake the free level test and compare band scores with Week 1
- Retake your Week 4 quiz errors only
- If A2 is solid, your next door is the B1 Level-Up Plan
The kit for this plan
Everything below is used inside the eight weeks, including the Week 4 checkpoint, the Vocabulary A2 quiz retake. The practice itself lives free in the Student Library.