Welcome to TKT preparation

session 1
Before we start:
1. What do you know about the exam?
2. How many modules are there?
3. How long is the test?
4. How many parts does it consist of?
5. How many questions are there?
6. Will you get a certificate if you get 1 right answer?
TKT preparation. Session 1

Plan
1. Overview of TKT exam
2. Teacher’s functions in the classroom.
3. Teacher’s language in the classroom.
 TKT overview
What is the Teaching Knowledge Test
(TKT)?
The Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) is a test developed by Cambridge
ESOL for teachers of English to speakers of other languages. TKT tests
candidates’ knowledge of concepts related to language, language use and the
background to and practice of language teaching and learning.
 TKT consists of three core modules which can be taken together, or separately,
 in any order.
 The content of TKT is tested by means of objective tasks, such as matching and multiple choice.
 Each module consists of 80 questions.
 The exam lasts for 80 minutes.
 A candidate is allowed to take a few modules within one day with a 30 minutes’ break.
 TKT is graded with bands (1-4): Band 1 (0-15 points)- limited knowledge, Band 2 (16-39)basic
but systematic, Band 3 (40-67)deep knowledge of TKT content, Band 4 (68-80)extensive
knowledge of TKT content.
 There are no entry requirements, such as previous teaching experience and/or teaching or language
qualifications, for TKT, but candidates should have at least an intermediate level of English.
TKT modules

 Module 1 (Language and background to language teaching and learning

 Module 2 (Lesson planning and use of resources of language teaching.
 Module 3 (Managing the teaching and learning processes.
Extra:
TKT: YL is an exam for teachers and classroom assistants who want to teach English to young
learners. It tests knowledge of concepts related to young learner learning and development,
and knowledge of young learners from a teaching perspective, including the planning, teaching
and assessment of young learners’ work.
TKT CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning)
It covers the planning, teaching and assessment of CLIL. It also focuses on teachers’
awareness of learning demands and support strategies for learners in CLIL programmes.
 Module 1 tests your knowledge of:
 • terms and concepts of English language teaching
 • factors underpinning the learning of English
 • a range of materials, tasks and activities for English language teaching.
 Module 2 tests your knowledge of:
 • the knowledge and skills you need to plan lessons
 • the types of assessment and resources that can guide your lesson planning.
 Module 3 tests your knowledge of:
 • teachers’ and learners’ language
 • classroom management.
 Module CLIL tests your knowledge of:
 • the learning, thinking and language skills that learners acquire in different areas of the curriculum
 • lesson planning, the activities and resources needed to support a Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach
 • lesson delivery and assessment in CLIL contexts.
 Module YL tests your knowledge of:
 • learning and development in young learners
 • the strategies and skills required to teach young learners aged 6–12 years
 • lesson planning, the activities and resources needed to support young learners
 • lesson delivery and assessment in young learner contexts.
 Choose the correct option.
 1. There are 2 / 3 / 4 core modules of the TKT.
 2. There are also 1 / 2 / 3 additional modules.
 3. Each module has 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 exam paper(s).
 4. Each paper lasts for 60 / 80 / 100 minutes.
 5. Each paper has 80 / 100 / 120 questions.
 6. Each question is worth the same number of points / weighted differently.
 7. Lesson planning is tested in module 1 / 2 / 3.
 8. Background to language learning is tested in module 1 / 2 / 3.
 9. Classroom management is tested in module 1 / 2 / 3.
 10. Which of the following is NOT one of the task types in the TKT?
 matching / multiple-choice / sequencing / odd-one-out / true and false
 11. How is the TKT graded?
 pass–fail / distinction–pass–narrow fail–fail / bands 4–3–2–1 / A–B–C–D–F
 12. Only the top two / All bands receive a certificate.
 13. To demonstrate a more than basic knowledge on the TKT
 (i.e. be awarded bands 4 or 3) you need to score at least 45–50 / 55–60 / 65–70 points (out of 80).
 14. You get 5 / 3 / just 1 certificate(s) if you sit all the core TKT modules.
 15. The certificates arrive 2–3 days / 2–3 weeks / 2–3 months after you sit the exam.
 16. You can take each paper only once / twice / as many times as you like.
Module 3
Managing the teaching and learning processes
 1. Teachers’ and learners’ language in the classroom (40 questions – 6 tasks)
a) Using language appropriately
b) Sequence of instructions
c) Identification of the functions of language learning
d) Categorizing mistakes
2. Classroom management (40 questions – 6 tasks)
e) Teacher roles
f) Grouping learners
g) Correcting learners
h) Giving feedback
Classroom functions are purposes for which we
use language in the classroom. Exponents are
phrases which are used for a particular
function.
 Classroom functions examples:
 Instructing(Open your books on page 7)
 Eliciting (What can you see in the picture?)
 Acknowledging(The teacher nods her head or say ‘yes’
 Conveying meaning(something which is huge is something very, very big, an elephant is huge)
 Narrating: Last year I went to France for my summer holiday…
 Praise: Very good, Well done, That’s excellent work.
 Prompting: It’s the opposite of big or huge. It is very small. It begins with a T.
 Recast: Student: I’m go to the bank today. Teacher: I’m going to the bank today
 Simplifying: ‘I’d like you to look at the second exercise on the right there, exercise number 2 on page 12 of your
coursebook’. To simplify this, the teacher could say ‘Open your book. Look at exercise 2, page 12, please’.
 Checking learning. (Do you understand?)
 Correcting (S: We is studying English now.T: Mind grammar.S: We are studying now.
 Modelling (T: I am going to go out tomorrow. I am going to. S: I am going to)
 Encouraging (Come on)
 Nominating (Sam, it’s your turn)
 Getting learner’s attention(Look at the board!)
 For questions 1–9, match each example of teachers’ classroom language with its function listed A–E. You
need to use some options more than once. Functions
A giving instructions B correcting student errors C eliciting vocabulary D narrating E explaining about
language

 Examples of teachers’ classroom language

 T = teacher S = student
 1 T: Turn your chairs round and sit back to back
 2 S: The man is working home.
T: Pronunciation.
S: Er…he’s walking home.
T: That’s right.
 3 T: The present perfect is also used to talk about recent events.
 4 T: While Maria was working the thief took her handbag.
S: Where was her handbag?
T: Under her chair. Anyway then she turned round and ….
5 T: Read the postcard quickly and decide if the writer is enjoying his holiday.
 6 T: What’s the man doing in the picture?
S: He’s going up the mountain
T: Yes, and do you know another word for ‘going up’?
 7 T: If you don’t sleep well, how do you feel?
 8 S: I spoke with grandmummy.
T: You spoke with your grandma.
S: Yes, I spoke with my grandma.
 9 T: This sound is produced by putting your tongue against your teeth