What’s in the exam?
ISE Foundation consists of two modules:
- Reading & Writing
- Speaking & Listening
Candidates have to pass both modules of ISE Foundation (A2) qualification.
Reading & Writing 2 hours:
| Speaking & Listening 13 minutes:
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ISE Foundation (A2) teaching and learning resources
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Exam guides |
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Scheme of Work |
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Publications | Some publishers offer study books to help prepare for the Trinity exams. For a list of these, visit our Publications section: | |
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Classroom activities – | Task 1 – Long reading
Task 2 – Multi-text reading
Task 3 – Reading into writing
Task 4 – Extended writing
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Guidance on writing genres |
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Toolkit for process writing skills |
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Topic form – Speaking & Listening |
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Classroom activities – Speaking & Listening | Topic task
Conversation task Independent listening task 1
Independent listening task 2
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Practice audio activities – for exam listening tasks | ISE Foundation – Independent listening task 1 – Shopping centre 1 ISE Foundation – Listening task 1 – Map of my flat ISE Foundation – Independent listening task 1 – School map ISE Foundation – Independent listening task 1 – City park map ISE Foundation – Listening task 1 – Hotel map ISE Foundation – Listening task 1 – Shopping centre 2 | |
ISE Foundation – Independent listening task 2 – Roald Dahl ISE Foundation – Independent listening task 2 – Park runs ISE Foundation – Independent listening task 2 – Antarctica ISE Foundation – Independent listening task 2 – Canada ISE Foundation – Independent listening task 2 – Broadstairs ISE Foundation – Independent listening task 2 – Concorde | ||
Scoring information |
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Understanding ISE results |
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Diagnostic profile reports and skills development tables | See how to use our post-test diagnostic profile reports and skill development tables to identify student strengths and areas for improvement.
Download an example diagnostic profile report and tables containing skill development ideas to practice each subset of skills at this level: | |
Technical specifications | Technical specifications are available for reference reference only: |
Sample videos
These videos are suitable for teachers and students and show the test format.
They are not intended to show the model
exam performance.