Curso de preparación para la certificación TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test)

Module I: Language and background to language learning and teaching

Part 1: Describing language and language skills

Concepts and terminology for describing language:

Part 2: Background to language learning

Factors in the language-learning process:

motivation
exposure to language and focus on form
the role of error differences between L1 and L2 learning
learner characteristics: learning strategies, learning preferences, maturity, past language-learning experience
learner needs

Part 3: Background to language teaching

The range of methods, tasks, and activities available to the language teacher:

presentation techniques and introductory activities
practice activities and tasks for language and skills development assessment types and tasks

Module II: Lesson planning and use of resources for language teaching

Part 1: Describing language and language skills

Concepts and terminology for describing language:

Part 2: Background to language learning

Factors in the language-learning process:

motivation
exposure to language and focus on form
the role of error differences between L1 and L2 learning
learner characteristics: learning strategies, learning preferences, maturity, past language-learning experience
learner needs

Part 3: Background to language teaching

The range of methods, tasks, and activities available to the language teacher:

presentation techniques and introductory activities
practice activities and tasks for language and skills development assessment types and tasks

Module III: Managing the teaching and learning process

Part 1: Teachers’ and learners’ language in the classroom

Using language appropriately, including use of L1/L2, for a range of functions:

Instructing, prompting learners, eliciting, conveying meaning of new language, etc.
Sequencing of instructions
Identifying the functions of learners’ language
Categorizing learners’ mistakes

Part 2: Classroom management

Options available to the teacher for managing learners and their classroom in order to promote learning: