TKT Workbook
TKT Workbook
TKT Workbook
Complete the puzzle with parts of speech. The purpose of this book is to be a helping tool
in the process of training candidates to take the
Teaching Knowledge Test TKT.
The Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) is a test from Cambridge ESOL about teaching English to
speakers of other languages. It aims to increase teachers' confidence and enhance job prospects
by focusing on the core teaching knowledge needed by teachers of primary, secondary or adult
learners, anywhere in the world. This flexible and accessible award will help you to understand:
TKT gives teachers a strong foundation in the core areas of teaching knowledge needed in the
English language teaching classroom. It is ideal for all teachers, whatever their background and
teaching experience, and is also suitable for people who would like to teach English but do not
yet have a teaching position.
There are no formal entry requirements. However, anyone wishing to take TKT is strongly
advised to have at least an intermediate level of English — Level B1 of the Council of Europe's
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) — e.g. PET, IELTS
Across band
3. A word used to show an action, state, event or process, e.g. ‘I like cheese.’; ‘He speaks Italian.’score
8. A word used to connect words, phrases, clauses or sentences, e.g. ‘I like tea but I don’t like coffeeof 4
Because it’s too strong for me.’
9. A word that describes or gives more information about how, when, where or to what degree Each unit
something is done, e.g. ‘He worked quickly and well.’
consists of
10. A word that replaces or refers to a noun or a noun phrase just mentioned, e.g. ‘I saw John plenty of
yesterday. He looked very well.’practice exercises and TKT tasks that are very similar in format
Exercise 1
Present continuous subject + present tense of to talk about an action
Look at the underlined words in the sentences below and match them with the words
the verb to be + ing form of happening at the time of
from Participant’s worksheet 1, given in the box.
verb, e.g. I am working at speaking.
the moment.
exclamation determiner verb preposition adjective article
For questions 1- 5 match the example sentences with the grammatical terms listed A-F
For questions 1-5, match the
Mark the correct letter (A–F) on your answer sheet. example language with the
There is one extra option which you do not need to use. grammatical terms listed A-F.
Mark the correct letter (A-F) on
your answer sheet.
Example sentencesThere is one extra option Grammatical terms
which gerund
1 Then I realised what had happened. you do Anot
need to use.
B present perfect simple
2 Many old houses are made of wood.
Example language
Grammatical items
C present perfect continuous
31. Break
We’veinnever seen a whale before. A. Tag Questions
For questions 1-7, choose the correct option (a, b or c) to complete each definition of
grammatical items. Mark the correct letter on your answer sheet.
1. An interjection is
a. Transitive
b. Intransitive
c. Passive
3. The subject does the action and receives the action is.
a. Reflexive
b. Possessive
c. Relative
4. A group of words that includes a subject and a finite verb is.
a. A clause
b. A statement
c. An idiom
5. A word that describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun is.
a. An adjective
b. An adverb
c. An article
6. The words someone uses when they are telling someone what somebody else said or
asked are,
7. A verb that does not take an auxiliary to negate or ask questions is called.
a. Active
b. Modal
c. Intransitive
TKT Module
13. Ouch! 1: Describing language:
exclamation Unit 1 Grammar – Answer Keys
exclamation
14. standing verb intransitive verb
Key to activity 1
15. my adjective possessive adjective
1E
16. saw verb transitive verb
X
17. in preposition preposition of place C
18. didn’t 2 D
verb auxiliary verb L
3P
V E A R B 4
19. said verb reporting verb
T R M
20. a article5Aindefinite
E article 6A E A
D R R P T
J M 7N T O I
Key to activity 3
E I O I S O
1) Past simple 8C O N J U N C T I O N
2) subject + present of the verb, e.g. I get up at 7.00Levery day.
T E N T
I R E I
3) Present perfect simple
V O
4) To talk about9A an obligation,
D V E something
R B that is
10 necessary
P R O N O U N
Across:
5) subject + present tense of the verb to be + going to + base form, e.g. I’m going to take
3: verb; 8:
theconjunction;
train. 9: adverb; 10: pronoun
Down:
6) First conditional
1: exclamation; 2: determiner; 4:preposition; 5: adjective; 6: article; 7: noun
Active voice
In an active sentence, the subject of the verb usually does or causes the action, e.g.
The car hit the tree.
Adjective
An adjective describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun, e.g. a cold
day.
Adverb
An adverb describes or gives more information about how, when, where, or to what
degree etc something is done, e.g. he worked quickly and well.
Apostrophe
A punctuation mark (’). The ’ is added to a singular noun before an s to show that
something belongs to someone, e.g. John’s house.
Article
An article can be definite (the), indefinite (a/an) or zero (-), e.g. I was at (-) home in the
sitting room when I heard a noise.
Aspect
A way of looking at verb forms not purely in relation to time. Aspect relates to the type
of event, e.g. whether it is long or short, whether it is complete or not, whether it is
repetitive or not, whether it is connected to the time of speaking or not. There are two
aspects in English, the continuous/progressive and the perfect. The continuous aspect,
for example, suggests that something is happening temporarily.
‘At’ symbol
A punctuation mark (@) used instead of ‘at’ in email addresses, e.g. [email protected]
Auxiliary verb
An auxiliary verb is a verb used with other verbs to make questions, negatives, tenses,
etc e.g. be, do, have.
Capital letter
A letter of the form and size used at the beginning of a sentence or a name, e.g. They
went to Spain last year.
Clause
A clause generally consists of a subject and a finite verb relating to the subject and any
other elements, e.g. object. A clause can be a full sentence or a part of a sentence.
Main clause
When the teacher arrived, the learners stopped talking.
Subordinate clause
When the teacher arrived, the learners stopped talking.
Relative clause
The learners who were sitting near the front stood up.
Collective noun
A collective noun is a noun that refers to a group of people or things, e.g. the police, the
government.
Comma
A punctuation mark (,) used to separate items in a list or to show where there is a
pause in a sentence, e.g. I bought some apples, oranges, bananas and lemons. When
I went to the market, I met my friend.
Comparative adjective
A comparative adjective compares two things, e.g. He is taller than she is.
Complex sentence
A sentence containing a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
Compound noun
A compound noun is a combination of two or more words, which are used as a single
word, e.g. a flower shop, a headache.
Conditional (forms)
A verb form that refers to a possible or imagined situation. Grammar books often
mention four kinds of conditionals:
First conditional – refers to present or future possible or likely situations, e.g. I will
come if I can.
Second conditional – refers to present or future situations which the speaker thinks
are impossible or unlikely, e.g. I would go if they asked me.
Third conditional – refers to past situations that cannot be changed, e.g. I would have
seen her if I had arrived earlier (but I didn’t so I couldn’t).
Mixed conditional – is used when the speaker wants to refer to different time frames in
one sentence, e.g. If I’d arrived on time, I wouldn’t have to wait now. If I’d arrived refers
to the past and I wouldn’t have to wait refers to the present.
Conjunction
A conjunction (or connector) is used to connect words, phrases, clauses or sentences,
e.g. I like tea but I don’t like coffee because it’s too strong for me.
Countable noun
A countable noun has a singular and plural form, e.g. book, books.
Demonstrative adjective
A demonstrative adjective shows whether something is near or far from the speaker,
e.g. this (near), that (far).
Demonstrative pronoun
A demonstrative pronoun is a word which refers to a noun (phrase) and shows whether
it is near or far from the speaker, e.g. this, that, these, those.
Dependent preposition
A dependent preposition is a word that is always used with a particular noun, verb or
adjective before another word,e.g. interested in, depend on, bored with.
Determiner
A determiner is used to make clear which noun is referred to, or to give information
about quantity, and includes words such as the, a, this, that, my, some, e.g. That car is
mine.
Exclamation mark
A punctuation mark (!) written after an exclamation, e.g. Be careful!
Exponent
An example of a grammar point, function or lexical set.
Full stop
A punctuation mark (.) used at the end of a sentence, e.g. I like chocolate.
Imperative
The form of a verb that gives an order or instruction, e.g. Turn to page 10.
An indirect question can also be used when someone wants to ask something in a more
polite way, e.g. ‘I was wondering if you could help me.’ (indirect question) instead of
‘Could you help me?’ (direct question).
Infinitive
The infinitive form is the base form of a verb with ‘to’. It is used after another verb, after
an adjective or noun or as the subject or object of a sentence, e.g. 'I want to study.’,
‘It’s difficult to understand. ’
Infinitive of purpose
This is used to express why something is done, e.g. I went to the lesson to learn
English.
-ing/-ed adjective
An -ing/-ed adjective describes things or feelings. An -ing adjective describes things or
people, e.g. The book is very interesting.
An -ed adjective describes feelings, e.g. I am very interested in the book.
Intensifier
A word used to make the meaning of another word stronger, e.g. He’s much taller than
his brother. I’m very tired.
Interrogative
A question form.
Intransitive
Is used to describe a verb which does not take a direct object, e.g. She never cried.
Irregular verb
An irregular verb does not follow the same pattern as regular verbs. Each irregular verb
has its own way of forming the past simple and past participle, e.g. go went (past
simple) gone (past participle).
Modal verb
A modal verb is a verb used with other verbs to show ideas such as ability or obligation
or possibility. They include can, must, will, should, e.g. I can speak French, but I should
study even harder.
Noun
A person, place or thing, e.g. elephant, girl, grass, school.
Object
This is a noun or phrase that describes the thing or person that is affected by the action
of a verb, e.g. I saw Mary in the classroom.
An indirect object is an object affected by a verb but not directly acted on, e.g. He
gave the book to me. In this sentence, the book is the direct object and me is an
indirect object.
Object pronoun
An object pronoun is a word which replaces an object noun or an object noun phrase,
e.g. him, her.
Particle
A small grammatical word, often an adverb or preposition which does not change its
form when used in a sentence, e.g. look after, after is a particle.
Past simple
I went on holiday to France last year.
Person
Third person – the person spoken about, e.g. he, she, they.
Personal pronoun
Personal pronouns are words, which are used instead of the name of that person, e.g. I
(subject pronoun), me (object pronoun).
Phrase
A group of words often without a finite verb that do not form a sentence, e.g. the green
car, on Friday morning are phrases. Also a group of words that together have a
particular meaning.
Plural noun
A plural noun is more than one person, place or thing and can be regular or irregular,
e.g. boys, women.
Possessive adjective
A possessive adjective shows who something belongs to, e.g. my, our.
Possessive pronoun
A possessive pronoun is used to replace a noun and shows something belongs to
someone, e.g. the house is mine.
Preposition
A word used before a noun, pronoun or gerund to connect it to another word, e.g. He
was in the garden.
Pronoun
A word that replaces or refers to a noun or noun phrase just mentioned.
Proper noun
A proper noun is the name of a person or place, e.g. Robert, London.
Punctuation
The symbols or marks used to organise writing into clauses, phrases and sentences to
make the meaning clear, e.g. full stop (.), capital letter (A), apostrophe (‘), comma
(,), question mark (?), exclamation mark (!),
‘at’ symbol (@) and speech marks (“ ”).
Quantifier
A word or phrase such as much, few or a lot of which is used with a noun to show an
amount, e.g. I don’t have much time; I have a lot of books.
Question mark
A punctuation mark (?) used in writing after a question, e.g. How are you?
Question tag
A phrase such as isn’t it? or doesn’t he? that is added to the end of a sentence to make
it a question, or to check that someone agrees with the statement just made, e.g. It’s
very cold, isn’t it?
Reflexive pronoun
A reflexive pronoun is used when the object of a sentence refers to the same person or
thing as the subject of the sentence, e.g. He cut himself.
Regular verb
A regular verb changes its forms by adding -ed in the past simple and past participle,
e.g. walk, walked.
Relative pronoun
A relative pronoun introduces a relative clause, e.g. the book which I’m reading is
interesting.
Reporting verb
A verb such as tell, advise, suggest used in indirect, reported speech to report what
someone has said, e.g. Jane advised John to study harder.
Singular noun
A singular noun is one person, place or thing, e.g. boy, park, bicycle.
Speech marks
Punctuation mark (“ ”) They are written before and after a word or a sentence to show
that it is what someone said, e.g. John said “Hello, Sarah”.
Subject
This is the noun or phrase that goes before the verb to show who is doing the action in
an active sentence, e.g. John plays tennis every Saturday, or who the action is done to
in a passive sentence, e.g. the food was cooked yesterday.
Subject-verb agreement
When the form of the verb matches the person doing the action of the verb, e.g. I walk,
he walks. If a learner writes, I walks , then it is wrong because there is no subject-verb
agreement.
Superlative adjective
A superlative adjective compares more than two things, e.g. He is the tallest boy in the
class.
Tense
A form of the verb that shows whether something happens in the past, present or
future.
Time expression
A word or phrase that indicates time, such as after, last weekend, e.g. I will meet you
after the lesson.
Transitive
Is used to describe a verb which takes a direct object, e.g. She wrote a letter.
Uncountable noun
An uncountable noun does not have a plural form, e.g. information.
Used to
A structure that shows something happened in the past but does not happen now, e.g. I
used to live in London, but now I live in Paris.
Verb
A word used to show an action, state, event or process, e.g. I like cheese; He speaks
Italian.
Verb pattern
The form of the words following the verb, e.g. He advised me to get there early.
(advise + object pronoun + to + base form).
TKT Module 1: Describing language: Unit 2 Lexis – Activity 1
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TKT Module 1: Describing language: Unit 2 Lexis – Activity 2a
Match the definitions below with the terms for the lexical items in activity 2b.
1. a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word
3. a word in the target language which looks or sounds as if it has the same
meaning as a similar word in the learners’ first language but does not
5. a verb which is made up of more than one word (e.g. a verb + adverb particle or
preposition) which has a different meaning from each individual word
6. a word with the same spelling as another word, but which has a different meaning
7. a group of words that are related to each other by their root or base word
8. a meaningful group of letters added to the end of a root or base word to make a
new word, which can be a different part of speech from the original word
10. a group of words or phrases that are about the same content topic or subject
11. nouns, verbs, adjectives or prepositions that are made up of two or more words
with one unit of meaning
12. a basic word or part of a word from which other words can be made by adding a
prefix or suffix or in some other way
13. words which are regularly used together. The relation between the words may be
grammatical or lexical.
14. a group of words that are used together, in which the meaning of the whole word
group is different from the meaning of each individual word
15. a word which sounds the same as another word, but has a different meaning or
spelling
Affix
Antonym
Collocation
Compound
False friend
Homonym
Homophone
Idiom
Lexical set
Phrasal verb
Prefix
Register
Root word, base word
Suffix
Synonym
Word family
C. when certain verbs go with particular prepositions, e.g. depend on, good at or
when a verb like make or do goes with a noun, e.g. do the shopping, make a
plan
E. In French ‘librairie’ is a place where people can buy books. In a library in English,
you do not buy books but borrow them instead.
H. She felt under the weather means that she felt ill
K. appear – disappear
L. Formal language used in a job applications, informal language used with friends.
N. care – careful
Examples of vocabulary
Categories
A synonyms
1 colour, color; realise, realize; theatre, theater
B lexical set
2 traffic lights; alarm clock; seat belt
C collocations
3 childish; successfully; dependable
D word + suffix
4 turn up; turn off; turn into
E prefix + word
5 catch a cold; catch a bus; catch a thief
F compounds
6 sad; miserable; unhappy
For questions 1-4, choose the correct Word(s) to complete each definition of lexical
terms, mark the correct letter (A, B or C) on your answer sheet.
1 ……….Any pair or group of words commonly found together or near one another.
A. phrasal verbs
B. collocations,
C. chunks
2 A word with the same spelling and pronunciation as another word, but which has a
different meaning,
A. Homonym
B. Antonym
C. homophone
3 A group of words or phrases that are about the same content topic or subject,
A. Lexical set
B. Synonym
C. Word family
A. Prefix
B. Particle
C. Suffix
TKT Module 1: Describing language: Unit 2 Lexis – Answer Keys
Key to Participant’s Worksheet 1
1. antonym
2. affix
3. collocation
4. homophone
5. prefix
6. compound
7. synonym
8. suffix
9. antonym
Antonym
The opposite of another word, e.g. hot is an antonym of cold. Base word:
see root word.
Chunk
Any pair or group of words commonly found together or near one another,
e.g. phrasal verbs, idioms, collocations, fixed expressions.
Collocation
Words which are regularly used together. The relation between the words
may be grammatical, e.g when certain verbs collocate with particular
prepositions, e.g. depend on, good at or when a verb like make or do
collocates with a noun, e.g. do the shopping, make a plan. Collocations
may also be lexical when two content words are regularly used together,
e.g. We went the wrong way NOT We went the incorrect way
Compound
Nouns, verbs, adjectives or prepositions that are made up of two or more
words and have one unit of meaning, e.g. assistant office manager, long-
legged.
False friend
A word in the target language which looks or sounds as if it has the same
meaning as a similar word in the learners’ first language but does not, e.g.
In French ‘librairie’ is a place where people can buy books. In a library in
English, you do not buy books but borrow them instead.
Homonym
A word with the same spelling and pronunciation as another word, but
which has a different meaning, e.g. bit (past tense of ‘bite’) and a bit (a
little).
Homophone
A word which sounds the same as another word, but has a different
meaning or spelling, e.g. I knew he had won; I bought a new book.
Lexical set
A group of words or phrases that are about the same content topic or
subject, e.g. weather – storm, to rain, wind, cloudy.
Lexis, vocabulary
Individual words or sets of words, e.g. homework, study, whiteboard, get
dressed, be on time.
Part of speech
A way of categorising words according to their grammatical function and
meaning, e.g. noun, verb, adjective, pronoun, adverb, preposition,
conjunction.
Prefix
A prefix is a meaningful group of letters added to the beginning of a
root/base word to make a new word which can be a different part of speech
from the original word, e.g. appear – disappear.
Phonemic Chart
Suffix
A suffix is a meaningful group of letters added to the end of a root or base
word to make a new word which can be a different part of speech from the
original word, e.g. care – careful.
Synonym
A word which has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word,
e.g. nice is a synonym of pleasant.
Word family
A group of words that come from the same root or base word, e.g.
economy, economist, economic or by topic
Match the symbols you have been given with the underlined letters in the words in the
table.
For questions 7 - 10 choose the correct Word(s) to complete each definition of
phonology, mark the correct letter (A, B or C) on your answer sheet.
7. Two words which are different from each other by only one meaningful sound
are.
A. Minimal pairs
B. Homophones
C. Consonants
8. In the sentence “She gave the ring to John” it can be implied that.
9. The way the level of a speaker’s voice changes, to show meaning such as
how they feel about something is.
A. Linking
B. Stress
C. Intonation
10. Words that sound similar because they have the same ending.
A. Rhyme
B. Rhythm
C. Contraction
For questions 11-15, match the minimal pairs with the phonemic symbols listed A-F.
mark the correct letter (A-F) on your answer sheet.
There is one extra option which you do not need to use.
11. darling/dialling A. /
12. cart/cut B. /
13. tile/toil C. /
14. pull/bull D. /
15. worse/worth E. /
F. /
Key to Sample Task
Are they formal (F), informal (I), or neutral (N)? write down on in front of the
exponent
Introducing yourself
Clarifying
Praising
Requesting
Advising
Agreeing
Inviting
Thanking
Refusing
Suggesting
Complaining
Greeting
1. Thanks a lot
12. Mr and Mrs Smith request the pleasure of your company for dinner.
Exercise 3
For questions 1–7 match the example sentences with the functions listed
B describing possibility
2 They might win – you never know in cup
matches!
C asking for
permission
3 Watch out! That’s dangerous.
D requesting
4 My son can speak three languages fluently.
F suggesting
6 Shall I show you how the camera works?
G offering
7 Could you pass me my bag?
H warning
Key to Participant’s exercise 1
Key to Sample
Task
1 F 2 B 3 H 4 A
5 C 6 G 7 D
FUNCTIONS GLOSSARY
Taken from www.cambridgeesol.org
Candidates should already be familiar with common functions such as asking, telling, replying,
thanking and suggesting.
Colloquial
Language normally used in informal conversation but not in formal speech or writing, e.g. Give Gran a ring,
OK?
Express
To show or make known a feeling or an opinion in words.
Express prohibition, e.g. You mustn’t use your mobile phone while driving.
Formal language
Language used in formal conversations or writing, e.g. Yours faithfully. See register.
Function
The reason or purpose for communication, e.g. making a suggestion; giving advice.
Functional exponent
A phrase which is an example of a function and shows the purpose of what the speaker is communicating, e.g. Let’s ...
This phrase is one way to make a suggestion. It is an example (or exponent) of the function of suggesting. See
function.
Greet
To welcome someone, often with words, e.g. Hello, how are you?
Inappropriate
Language which is not suitable in a particular situation. See appropriacy.
Informal language
Language used in informal conversations or writing, e.g. Hi John. See register.
Instruct
To order or tell someone to do something, e.g. Please turn to page 12 and do exercise 1.
Negotiate
To discuss with someone to reach an agreement, e.g. If you help me now, I’ll help you next week.
Neutral
A style of speaking or writing that is neither formal nor informal, but in between. It is appropriate for most situations. See formal
language, informal language.
Predict
To guess or say what you think may happen, e.g. I think the story will end happily.
Register
The formality or informality of the language used in a particular situation. Formal register or language is used in serious or
important situations, e.g. in a job application. Informal register or language is used in relaxed or friendly situations, e.g. with
family or friends.
Speculate
To guess something based on information you have, e.g. I think it might be an easy test.
TKT Module 1: Units 5-8 Describing language skills and subskills –
Exercise 1, express your opinion.
Teachers can help students read a text by reading it aloud while they follow in
their books.
There are no major differences between how we read in our mother tongue and
how we read in a foreign language.
To understand a reading text, you have to read and understand every word in it.
I always give the students a copy of the transcript I’m going to read so they can
follow it while I’m reading.
I never use passages for listening comprehension which have unknown words.
Writing is more or less the same as speaking. I don’t think there are any particular
things to teach students.
I always give my students a model or example text to copy from when we are
doing writing in class.
Writing lessons are boring – just sitting and watching students write is not interesting.
I don’t think there is much value in doing speaking activities in class. Students can
talk to each other in breaks or at lunchtime.
Students don’t like talking to other students because their English isn’t very good.
They prefer talking to the teacher.
TKT Module 1: Units 5-8 Describing language skills and
subskills, match the following definitions to the wordlist
editing
paraphrasing
note-taking
intensive listening/reading
skimming
predicting
scanning
summarising
inferring attitude/feeling/mood
proofreading
TKT Module 1: Units 5-8 Describing language skills and
subskills
Which of the subskills are connected to each of the main skills (reading, listening,
speaking, writing) in the table below? Some of the subskills may be connected to
more than one main skill.
Reading
Listening
Speaking
Writing
TKT Module 1: Unit 5 Describing language skills and subskills –
Sample Task
For questions 1–5, look at the following terms for language skills and three
possible descriptions of the terms.
Choose the correct option A, B or C
2 Oral fluency is
3 Paraphrasing is
4 Scanning is
5 Oral fluency is
Abstract
Relating to complex thoughts and ideas rather than simple, basic, concrete concepts. A text or language
can be abstract, e.g. words to express thoughts or feelings are often abstract words. See concrete.
Accuracy
The use of correct forms of grammar, vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation. In an accuracy activity,
teachers and learners typically focus on using and producing language, spelling correctly. See oral
fluency.
Cohesive device
A feature in a text which provides cohesion, e.g. use of topic-related vocabulary throughout a text, of
sequencing words (then, next, after that etc.), of referencing words (pronouns – he, him, etc.), of conjunctions
(however, although etc.).
Complex
Complicated, not simple.
Comprehension
Understanding a spoken or written text.
Concrete
Relating to real or specific ideas or concepts. Lexis can be concrete, e.g. words for real objects like
clothes, food, animals that can be seen or touched, or abstract, e.g. words to express thoughts, feelings,
complex ideas, which cannot be seen or touched.
Context
1. The situation in which language is used or presented, e.g. a story about a holiday experience could be
used as the context to present past tenses.
2. The words or phrases before or after a word in discourse which help someone to understand
that word. See deduce meaning from context.
Discourse
Spoken or written language in texts or groups of sentences.
Develop skills
To help learners to improve their listening, reading, writing and speaking ability. Teachers do this in
class by providing activities which focus on skills development.
Edit
To shorten or change or correct the words or content of some parts of a written text to make it clearer or
easier to understand.
Extensive listening/reading
Listening to or reading long pieces of text, such as stories or newspapers. See intensive listening/reading.
Extract
Part of a text which is removed from an original text.
Fossilisation, fossilised errors
The process in which incorrect language becomes a habit and cannot easily be corrected.
Integrated skills
An integrated skills lesson combines work on reading, writing, listening and speaking.
Intensive listening/reading
One meaning of intensive listening/reading is reading or listening to focus on how language is used in a text.
This is how intensive listening/reading is used in TKT. See extensive listening/reading.
Key word
A word in a piece of discourse or text, which is important for understanding the text.
Layout
The way in which a text is organised and presented on a page. Certain texts have special layouts, e.g.
letters and newspaper articles.
Oral fluency
The use of connected speech at a natural speed with little hesitation, repetition or self-correction. In a
written or spoken fluency activity, learners typically give attention to the communication of meaning,
rather than trying to be correct. See accuracy.
Paragraph noun + verb
A paragraph is a section in a longer piece of writing such as an essay. It starts on a new line and usually
contains a single new idea. When a writer is paragraphing, he/she is creating paragraphs. See topic
sentence.
Process writing
An approach to writing, which thinks of writing as a process which includes different stages of writing
such as planning, drafting, re-drafting, editing, proofreading. See product writing, guided writing.
Product writing
An approach to writing which involves analysing and then reproducing models of particular text types. See
process writing.
Productive skills
When learners produce language. Speaking and writing are productive skills. See receptive skills.
Proofread
To read a text in order to check whether there are any mistakes in spelling, grammar, punctuation etc.
Re-draft
When a piece of writing is changed with the intention of improving it. A writer’s first draft may be re-
drafted. See draft.
Receptive skills
When learners do not have to produce language; listening and reading are receptive skills. See productive
skills.
Scan
To read a text quickly to pick out specific information, e.g. finding a phone number in a phone book.
Skill
The four language skills are listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Skim
To read a text quickly to get a general idea of what it is about.
Subskill
Each of the four language skills can be divided into smaller subskills that are all part of the main skill, e.g.
identifying text organisation (reading); identifying word stress (listening). See listen/read for gist, global
understanding, scan, listen/read for detail.
Summary noun, summarise verb
To take out the main points of a long text, and rewrite or retell them in a short, clear way.
Text structure
The way a text is organised. For example, an essay typically has an introduction, a main section and a
conclusion.
Text type
Texts that have specific features, e.g. layout, use of language, that make them part of a recognisable type
of text, e.g. letters, emails, news reports.
Topic
The subject of a text or lesson.
Topic sentence
A sentence that gives the main point or subject of a paragraph. This is usually the opening sentence in a
paragraph.
Turn, turn-taking
When someone speaks in a conversation this is called a turn. Speaking and then allowing another person to
speak in reply is called ‘turn-taking’.
Version
A particular form of something in which some details are different from an earlier or later form of it, e.g. a
written text may have different versions.
TKT Module 1:Unit 9: Motivation – Participant’s Worksheet 1
Put the teacher characteristics in order (1–6) of how important you think these
characteristics are to be an effective teacher.
Exercise 1
Compare these ideas with your ‘top tips’ for teachers to maintain motivation
in students.
1.Give students something to work towards. Have goals for yourself and encourage
students to have goals of their own.
2.Be enthusiastic in lessons and enthusiastic about the material you are using. ‘Sell
it’ to the students.
3.Make sure your material is well presented and attractive for learners.
4.Give clear instructions for tasks so that students can achieve your aims.
5.Provide a good variety of activities in your lessons.
6.Provide a variety of interaction patterns in lessons.
7.Find out about your students’ interests so that you can provide material on topics
that the students are interested in.
8.Encourage students to relax in lessons and encourage them to talk to each other
and to help each other.
9.Praise all students when they have done something well, especially weaker
learners, to build self-confidence.
10. Encourage students to continue studying outside the classroom.
Exercise 2
Match each of the activities below with the ‘top tip’ above that it would put in
action
A. Demonstrate tasks so that students know what to do. Check understanding of
instructions.
B. If students arrive early for class, encourage them to chat to amongst themselves. C.
Try to do different activities in a lesson, e.g. speaking and reading rather than just
reading.
D. Start your lessons with a warmer to raise energy levels.
E. Set up a research project. Get learners to look things up on the internet.
F. Provide a questionnaire with topics so that students can choose which ones they like
best.
G.When monitoring a speaking or writing task, select some examples of good English
to put on the board at the end for everyone to share. .
H. Use pictures on handouts and vary the font size, layout, etc.
I. Tell students what you intend to achieve by the end of the course and find out what
they want to achieve.
J. Do pair work and group work and change students around so they can work with
different people.
TKT Module 1: Unit 9: Motivation – Sample Task
For Questions 1–6, match the general advice on motivation with the techniques for
encouraging motivation listed A, B, C or D.
Mark the correct letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet. You need to use some
options more than once
Key to Participant’s Worksheet 2
1 I 2 D 3 H 4 A 5 C
6 J 7 F 8 B 9 G 10 E
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. C 6D
TKT Module 1:Unit 10: Exposure to language and focus on form
If you look in a dictionary to find the meaning of the word ‘acquisition’, you will find it
defined as something like ‘the process of learning skills or getting knowledge’. So what
then is ‘language acquisition’ and how is language acquisition different to ‘language
learning’?
Some theorists believe that there is a difference between learning and acquisition and
that the difference is this: language learning is a conscious or intentional process which
may involve studying the language, paying attention to grammar rules and possibly
following a course of instruction. Language acquisition, on the other hand, is
considered to be a natural process and involves ‘picking up’ language in a non-
conscious way through exposure to language, not by studying it.
Children ‘acquire’ their first language and get to know its rules through exposure and by
being exposed to examples of the language and by using it. This is part of the theory of
‘first language acquisition’.
‘Second language acquisition’ is the process, and the study of the process, by which
people learn a language that is not their native language. This is a fairly new field of
study and there are still many questions to answer about how languages are learnt.
However, teachers and theorists believe that we do learn a second language by
‘acquiring’ or ‘picking up’ language, but there are some important considerations for
second language learners.
Once we use the language, it is important that there is an opportunity for interaction so
we can use the language, to experiment, to make the language work in communication.
The final consideration is the need for a focus on form. Second language learners need
to focus on the language, to analyse and identify it and practise it. Teachers and
learners will also want to look at correcting mistakes so that learners can think about
rules, and exceptions to rules.
Exercise 1: Read the text again and answer the following questions.
1.What is ‘acquisition’?
2.In some people’s opinion, how is language acquisition different to language learning?
5.What are the three considerations mentioned regarding second language acquisition?
6.What is ‘exposure’?
Exercise 2: Look at the activities and decide if they are related to (A) acquisition, (I)
interaction, or (F) focus on form. Write A, I or F in the column on the right.
Activity A/I/F
1. Students read a newspaper and choose one article to study in detail.
2. Students read a newspaper article and circle all the examples of reported speech
3. Students repeat model sentences in an open class drill.
4. Students tell each other in groups about different festivals in their countries.
5. Students read each others’ essays and suggest improvements.
6. Students listen to a recording of a job interview.
TKT Module 1:Unit 10: Exposure to language and focus on form – Sample
Task
For Questions 1–5, match the teacher strategies with the aspects of learning listed A, B
or
C.
Mark the correct letter (A, B or C) on your answer sheet. You need to use some options
more than once
Techniques
A Focus on form
B Silent period
C Exposure
Teacher strategies
2 I’m going to set my students a project where they have to use the internet
and do some research into different aspects of the topic beforehand.
3 This exercise will encourage the learners to look at the language in the
text and to think about why and when it is used.
4 I know the texts have a lot of unknown grammar and lexis, but I think I’ll
use a lot more authentic material in my lessons so that my students don’t have to rely
on the coursebook alone.
5 I’ve built in some time for correction on the board with the whole class at
the end of the lesson, so that I can pick up and deal with mistakes that I’ve heard during
the class.
TKT Module 1: Unit 11: The role of error
Exercise 1, The following are all errors commonly made by students. Look at the
sentences/questions and correct them. Then discuss possible reasons that these
errors are frequently made by students.
Exercise 2. Look at these examples of student errors. Decide what the error is in
each sentence, and discuss why you think the error is being made. You should
use the terms in the box.
Exercise 3
1. What’s an error?
2. What’s a slip?
Why do students make mistakes? Choose the correct term in the box below for
the following descriptions.
1. When the learner’s mother tongue affects their performance in the target language.
A learner may make a mistake because they use the same grammatical pattern in the
target language as they use in their mother tongue. The L1 grammatical pattern is not
appropriate in L2.
2. The process in which incorrect language becomes a habit and cannot easily be
corrected.
3. An error made by a second language learner which is natural part of the language
learning process because they are unconsciously organising and working out
language. These types of error are also made by children learning their first language
and often disappear as their language ability improves.
4. When a student uses a grammatical rule he/she has learned, but uses it in
situations when it is not needed or appropriate, e.g. a student says There were three
girls (correct plural form used for most nouns) and two mans. (incorrect plural form –
not appropriate for man).
5. The learners own version of the second language which they speak as they learn.
They create their own grammatical system as they are learning, which is neither their
first language nor the target language but something in between the two. This version
of their language changes as they progress and learn more.
6. A word in the target language which looks or sounds as if it has the same meaning
as a similar word in the learners’ first language but does not, e.g. in French ‘librairie’ is
a place where people can buy books. In a library in English, you do not buy books but
borrow them instead.
For questions 1–6, match the teachers’ comments about errors with the type of mistake
listed A, B or C.
Mark the correct letter (A, B or C) on your answer sheet. You need to use some options
more than once
Type of Error
A slip
B L1 interference
C error
Teacher’s comments
1 We haven’t covered the past simple yet so when I asked about their
weekend my students said things like ‘I go to the park’, ‘I am very busy with my friends’.
2 I’m trying to get my learners to see the difference between the subjunctive
in
English and in their own language so that they will use it accurately in English.
4 We’ve been doing a lot of practice saying /θ/ and /ð/. My learners keep
saying
/z/, I think it’s because they don’t have those sounds in their own language so they
just use the sound they do have.
5 While doing an individual drill teaching ‘going to’, one of the students said
‘I going to buy some fruit’. I repeated ‘I going’ with rising intonation and he said I’m
going’.
KEY TO EXERCISES
EXERCISE 1.
EXERCISE 2.
2. Overgeneralisation of ed endings. This is an irregular verb and does fit in to the rule
for past tense endings.
3. L1 interference – this tense can be used with a specific past time in other languages.
OR Overgeneralisation: learner doesn’t know the limitations of present perfect which
can’t be used with a specific past time.
6. Interlanguage: the learner has made up this grammatical structure, which is neither
his own language nor the target language.
EXERCISE 3
1. An error is a mistake a learner makes when trying to say something that is above
their level of language. They would not be able to self correct an error.
2. A slip is a mistake a learner makes that they are able to correct themselves.
3. Errors are considered to be important because they are an important and necessary
part of language learning, learners need to experiment with language in order to work
out how language works.
4. Teachers can learn what learners know, what they need to be taught and they can
find out what aspects of language they have processed. This enables teachers to adapt
their teaching programme.
5. The teachers’ role in relation to students’ mistakes is deciding if, when and how to
correct.
EXERCISE 4
1 C 2 E 3 F 4 D 5 B 6 A
1 C 2 B 3 A 4 B 5 A
TKT Module 1: Unit 12: Differences between L1 and L2 learning
Discuss the following questions with a partner or colleague, try answering them
yourself.
Where and when did you start learning your second language?
What do you think is the best age to start learning a second language?
Why do you think is this the best age to start learning a second language?
What do you think are some differences between learning your first language and
learning a second language?
What do you think are some of the difficulties in learning a second language? Are
these the same as the difficulties children have when learning a first language?
Exercise 1 – Text 1
We learn our first language as a baby and as a young child and continue to build our
language as we grow older and learn different kinds of language and language skills.
Babies and children are surrounded by their first language. They hear and see their
families, friends and strangers talking and interacting with each other and friends and
family interact with them. Children are constantly provided with opportunities to use the
language and to experiment with the language as they are learning it and they receive
constant praise and encouragement for their efforts. Parents encourage and persuade
their children to talk by simplifying their own language and directing simple questions
and requesting simple responses. When children’s language is inaccurate, adults very
rarely correct them or make them repeat accurate forms and they will, more often than
not, respond to the utterance in a natural way.
Babies and children learn language by ‘acquiring’ it through exposure and by picking it
up. They are generally highly motivated to learn their first language because they have
a great need and desire to communicate with others around them. They hear and see
friends and family communicating with each other and they will listen and take in this
language and process it during a ‘silent period’, possibly lasting many months, before
using language themselves. When children start using language the language they use
will be about things they see around them and they will play and experiment with new
language. They learn through this experimentation and through interaction with family
and friends.
Exercise 2 – Text 2
Most people learn their second language at school in a classroom. Some start at
primary school or secondary school and their learning might continue in later life. Some
people begin second language learning as adults and attend lessons along with the
other things they do in their lives.
Second language learners do not usually hear or read more than three or four hours a
week of the second language, so they do not have much exposure to the language. The
exposure they do get is generally in the classroom, where they will hear recordings and
read texts and will have the teacher to listen to. Teachers often simplify their language
so are not necessarily a source of additional exposure to language and they usually
correct students frequently. In class, the opportunities for second language learners to
use the language vary, as does the amount of praise and encouragement provided by
the teacher and other learners.
Group A Group B
Age
Context
Exposure
Praise
Correction
Simplified
language
Way of
learning
Motivation
Silent
period
Language
used for
TKT Module 1: Unit 12: Differences between L1 and L2 learning – Sample
Task 1
For Questions 1–6, match the aspects of learning with the type of learner listed A, B or
C.
Mark the correct letter (A, B or C) on your answer sheet. You need to use some options
more than once.
Type of learner
A L1 learner
B L2 adult learner
Aspect of learning
These learners will listen and process language and will not speak at all,
3 sometimes for many months, before beginning to use language.
4 These learners are able to share experiences and talk about the things
they see around them and about experiences in their lives.
Group A Group B
1 C 2 C 3 A 4 B 5 B
TKT Module 1:Unit 13: Learner characteristics
Exercise 1, Complete the puzzle with learning styles using the clues below.
Across
3. A learner who finds it easier to learn when they can see things written down or in a
picture. This type of learner may like the teacher to write a new word on the board and
not just say it aloud.
Down
1. A learner who remembers things more easily when they hear them spoken. This type
of learner may like the teacher to say a new word aloud and not just write it on the
board.
2. A learner who learns more easily by doing things physically. This type of learner may
like to move around or move objects while learning.
VAK Learning Style Questionnaire
Exercise 3, for what kind of learner would the following strategies be useful?
1. The teacher creates a substitution table with the target language on the board.
3. The teacher asks learners to come to the board and to write their answer to a task.
4. The teacher says the new words she is teaching three times before asking the
students to repeat them.
5. The teacher does a mingling activity, where learners walk around asking questions to
find out information from each other.
6. The teacher shows learners a picture of the object she is trying to elicit.
Exercise 4
What learning strategies could learners use to help them improve in the following
areas?
1. dealing with words in texts and recordings that you don’t know
4. improving pronunciation
A.Reading more authentic material (magazines and newspapers etc.) outside class,
listening to English radio/TV programmes outside class, asking people to repeat what
they have said when you don’t’ understand.
B.Learning the sounds and symbols in the phonemic chart, asking teachers and other
students to correct your pronunciation, recording your self and listening for
pronunciation errors.
D.Saying new words in your head over and over again, writing new words down in your
note book, writing new words down with a translation in your own language next to
them, writing words down on separate cards and storing them in a box.
E.Guessing the meaning from context, looking words up in the dictionary, writing words
down to ask someone about later.
F.Speaking English only in class, speaking English whenever possible outside class,
practise speaking for one minute on a topic without hesitating.
G.Practising the language as soon as you’ve learnt it, repeating different examples of
the language, writing down the different grammatical components of the language,
cutting up the different components and arranging them in the correct order.
TKT Module 1:Unit 13: Learner characteristics – Sample Task
For questions 1–7 match the learners’ comments to the descriptions of learner
preferences listed A–H. There is one extra option which you do not need to use
Comments
4 ‘Rules just confuse me – it’s better to work out language from examples.’
5 ‘Why should I listen to other students’ mistakes? The teacher should talk
most of the time.’
Preferences
Key to exercise 1
1A 2K
U I
D N
3V I S U A L
T E
O S
R T
Y H
E
T
I
C
Exercise 3
1. Visual 4. Auditory
2. Auditory 5. Kinaesthetic
3. Kinaesthetic 6. Visual
Exercises 4 and 5
1. E 2. D 3. G 4. B 5. F 6. A 7. C
1. D 2. C 3. A 4. H 5. E 6. G 7. F
Additional exercises.
What are some of the different learner characteristics of children, teenagers and
adults? Differences in
length of time they can pay attention/ concentrate
ability to stay still
ability to control behaviour
attitude to making mistakes
attitude to taking risks
levels of self consciousness
being able to bring life experiences to learning.
Exercise 1.
• Do a ‘needs analysis’ and/or find out about your learners’ personal needs, learning
needs and future or current professional needs.
• Select topics and subjects for lessons that fit with their interests and needs.
• Choose activities that fit with their learning styles, and are suitable for their needs and
interests.
• Think about the balance of skills work (reading, listening, speaking, writing) in relation
to their needs.
• Adopt approaches for teaching language that respond to their needs, interests and
learning styles.
For Questions 1–6, match the needs of each group of students with the most suitable
type of course listed A–G.There is one extra option which you do not need to use.
Groups of students
1 These young adults need a range of study skills before going to a British
university.
2 These adult beginners are going on holiday, and need to learn how to
communicate in an English-speaking environment.
3 This group of young children have a short attention span; their parents
want them to learn English while having some fun.
4 These business people need to meet and work with people from other
countries at international conferences.
5 These secretaries and receptionists want to focus on vocabulary and skills
which are useful for them in their work.
Types of courses
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. F 5. C 6. G
TKT GLOSSARY, UNITS 9 TO 14
Attention span
How long a learner is able to concentrate at any one time.
Clue
A piece of information that helps someone to find the answer to a problem, e.g. a
teacher could give the first letter of a word she is trying to elicit as a clue to learners to
help them find the word.
Cognitive (processes)
The mental processes involved in thinking, understanding or learning.
Conscious (of)
To know that something exists or is happening, or to have knowledge or experience of
something; to be aware.
Effective
Having the intended or desired result.
English-medium school
A school in a non-English speaking country, in which all subjects are taught using
English.
Error
A mistake that a learner makes when trying to say something above their level of
language or language processing. See slip.
A developmental error is an error made by a second language learner which could also
be made by a young person learning their mother tongue as part of their normal
development, e.g. I goed there last week (I went there last week).
Expectation
A belief about the way something will happen. Learners often have expectations about
what and how they should learn.
Factor
A fact or situation which influences the result of something, e.g. the factors which
decide whether someone learns a language successfully or not.
Focus on form
Paying attention to the words/parts of words that make a language structure or to
spelling or pronunciation.
Goal, target
An aim that a learner or teacher may have.
Ignore (errors)
To choose not to pay attention to something such as an error made by a learner. A
teacher may do this if he/she wants to help the learner with fluency, not accuracy.
Independent study
Studying without a teacher present or without the teacher monitoring and directing the
learning very closely,
e.g. learners could carry out research on a topic using reference resources. This could
be done at home or with minimum involvement of the teacher in class.
Intensive course
A course which takes place over a short period of time, but which consists of a high
number of hours.
Interference
When the learner’s mother tongue affects their performance in the target language. A
learner may make a mistake because they use the same grammatical pattern in the
target language as they use in their mother tongue, but the L1 grammatical pattern is
not appropriate in L2.
Interlanguage
Learners’ own version of the second language which they speak as they learn.
Interlanguage is constantly changing and developing as learners learn more of the
second language.
L1/L2
L1 is the learner’s mother tongue or first language; L2 is the learner’s second language.
Language awareness
A learner’s understanding of the rules of how language works and his/her ability to notice language.
‘Learn by heart’
To learn something so that you can remember it perfectly.
Learner characteristics
The typical things about a learner or learners that influence their learning, e.g. age, L1, past learning
experience, learning style.
Learner training
The use of activities to help learners understand how they learn and help them to become
autonomous, independent learners.
Learning resources
The materials or tools which help learners learn, e.g. books, computers, CDs etc.
Learning strategies
The techniques which a learner consciously uses to help them when learning or using language, e.g.
deducing the meaning of words from context; predicting content before reading.
Learning style
The way in which an individual learner naturally prefers to learn something. There are many learning
styles. Three of them are below.
Auditory learner
A learner who remembers things more easily when they hear them spoken. This type of learner may
like the teacher to say a new word aloud and not just write it on the board.
Kinaesthetic learner
A learner who learns more easily by doing things physically. This type of learner may like to move
around or move objects while learning.
Visual learner
A learner who finds it easier to learn when they can see things written down or in a picture. This type
of learner may like the teacher to write a new word on the board and not just say it aloud
Linguistic
Connected with language or the study of language.
Literacy
The ability to read and write.
Mother tongue
The very first language that you learn as a baby, which is usually the language spoken to you by your
parents. Also called L1 or first language.
Unmotivated adjective
Without motivation; having no motivation.
Natural order
Some people believe there is an order in which learners naturally learn some items in their first or
other languages. Some language items are learned before others and it can be difficult for teachers to
influence this order.
Needs
The language, language skills or learning strategies a learner still has to learn in order to reach their
goals, or the conditions they need to help them learn.
Notice language
When a learner becomes aware of the language the speaker or writer uses to express a particular
concept or meaning.
Pick up
To learn language without studying it, just by hearing and/or reading and then using it. See
acquisition.
Silent period
The time when learners who are beginning to learn a first (or second) language prefer to listen (or
read) before producing the language, e.g. babies have a silent period when they listen to their parents
before starting to try to speak themselves.
Slip
When a learner makes a language mistake that they are able to correct themselves. See error.
Target language
The language a learner is learning, e.g. English, or the specific language that a teacher wants to
focus on in a lesson, e.g. present perfect.
Varieties of English
English is spoken as a first or second language in many countries around the world, but the English
spoken may be slightly or significantly different in each country or in different parts of one country,
e.g. different vocabulary or grammar may be used. An example of this is the English spoken in the
USA and that spoken in the UK.
Down
1. To put new language into a situation that shows what it means.
2. To get students to repeat words or phrases.
4. To use body movements to convey meaning without using words.
5. To ask specially designed questions or give clues to get students to give information or an opinion.
Exercise 2. Look at the introductory activities. For each activity say:
1. Students stand in a circle. The teacher throws a ball to a student who then introduces himself and
says his favourite game or activity. He then tosses the ball to another student who repeats the
procedure. Give each student a chance to introduce him/herself.
2. Divide the class into two teams, choose a category, and ask each team to think of an object in that
category. The teams ask each other yes/no questions. Whichever team guesses the objects with
fewer questions, wins.
3. Students work in groups of three. They brainstorm and make a list of the advantages and the
disadvantages of living in a big city.
4. The first student says something about himself, then changes that to make a question for another
student. For example, "My favourite colour is blue. What's your favourite colour?" This can be another
circle activity, and it works with large groups of students, too.
5. The teacher starts off by saying: "Yesterday I went to the park." The first student
must include what the teacher said and then add something they did, e.g. "Yesterday I went to the
park and ate some pizza." The second student must include what the teacher and the first student
said and then add something else, e.g. "Yesterday I
went to the park, ate some pizza and went for a swim in the sea."
6. The teacher asks students to say what news stories they have read about recently.
Several students contribute and the teacher encourages students to ask each other questions about
the stories they have read.
Exercise 3.Choose one of the task types (A-K) for each of the activities below (1-7)
1. A way of teaching new language in which the teacher presents the language, gets
students to practise it in exercises or other controlled practice activities and then asks
students to use or produce the same language in a communicative and less controlled
way.
2. A way of teaching in which the teacher gives students meaningful tasks to do. After
this the teacher may ask students to think about the language they have used when
doing the tasks, but the main focus for students is on the task itself.
3. A way of teaching in which the teacher presents language items as instructions and
the students have to do exactly what the teacher tells them, e.g. Open the window!
Stand up! This method is good for beginners when they start to learn a new language,
as they have a silent period and can make fast progress.
4. A way of teaching in which a teacher provides examples of the target language and
then guides the students to work out the language rules for themselves.
5. A way of teaching in which the teacher asks students to do a task to see how well
they know a certain piece of language. The teacher then presents the new language to
the students, then in the final stage asks the students to do another task using the new
language correctly. This way of approaching teaching target language can be helpful if
the teacher thinks the students may already know some of the target language.
6. A way of teaching in which students study grammar and translate words into their
own language. They do not practise communication and there is little focus on
speaking. A teacher presents a grammar rule and vocabulary lists and then students
translate a written text from their own language into the second language.
7. A way of teaching language that focuses on lexical items or chunks such as words,
multi- word units, collocations and fixed expressions rather than grammatical
TKT Module 1: Unit 15: Presentation techniques and introductory activities TKT
– Sample Task
For questions 1–6, match the teacher’s actions with the introductory activities and presentation
techniques for different lessons listed A–G.
Mark the correct letter (A–G) on your answer sheet. There is one extra option you do not need to use.
Introductory activities and presentation techniques
B eliciting language
C doing a warmer
D miming
F explaining
G drilling
Teacher’s
1 actions
The teacher asks the students to look at pictures of Paris before they listen to a
recording about tourist attractions there.
3 The teacher checks whether the students understand when the new language is used.
4 The teacher does a short game with the students to give them energy.
5 The teacher asks the students for examples of different kinds of fruit and writes them on
the board.
6 The teacher does an action which shows the meaning of a new word.
Key to Exercise 1
1C O N C E P T C H E C K
2D O
3P R E S E N T
I T
L E
L X
4 T
I U 5E
M A L
6 X P L A I N
I C
S I
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Key to Exercise 2
3. Lead-in – to allow students to bring their own experience to a text/topic, to create interest in a
topic/text
6. Lead-in – to allow students to bring their own experience to a text/topic, to create interest in a
topic/text.
Exercise 3
4. B Guided discovery
5. F Test-teach-test
6. A Grammar-translation method
7. C Lexical approach
Key to Sample Task
1 E 2 G 3 A 4 C 5 B 6 D
TKT Module 1: Unit 16: Types of activities and tasks for language and skills development
Exercise 1
Choose one of the task types (A–K) for each of the activities below (1–11).
1. Students find out information from others by asking questions or using questionnaires in
order to practise speaking skills and/or specific language.
2. Students repeat a phrase, sentence, rhyme, verse, poem or song, usually with others, in
a regular rhythm.
3. An activity that a teacher uses at the beginning of a lesson to give the class more
energy.
4. A text is divided into two or more different parts. Students listen to or read their part
only, then share their information with other students so that in the end everyone knows all
the information.
5. Students think of ideas (usually quickly) about a topic (often noting these down). This is
often done as preparation before writing or speaking.
6. An activity where the teacher asks students to close their eyes and create the pictures
in their minds of the story she is telling them.
7. Students produce a text after a lot of preparation by the teacher. The teacher may give
the students a plan to follow, or ideas for the language to use.
8. A classroom activity in which students are given parts to act out in a given situation.
They usually work in pairs or groups.
9. Students are given a list of things to put in order of importance. It involves discussion,
agreeing/disagreeing and negotiating.
10. Students work in pairs or groups talking together to find the solution to a problem.
11. Students are given a text in which the paragraphs or sentences are not in the
correct order. The students put the paragraphs or sentences into the correct order.
Exercise 2
Look at the activities again. Is the activity a comprehension task or a production task? If it’s a
comprehension task, which skill? If it’s a production task, which skill?
TKT Module 1: Unit 16 Types of activities and tasks for language and skills development – TKT
Sample Task
For questions 1–7, match the classroom activities with the types of speaking practice listed
A, B or C.
Mark the correct letter (A, B or C) on your answer sheet. You need to use some options more than
once
Types of speaking practice
C neither
Classroom activities
1 At the beginning of the lesson, we got into groups and talked about an interesting newspaper
article we had read.
2 The teacher gave us word prompts such as ‘cinema’ and ‘friends’, and we had to say them in
sentences using the past simple, e.g. ‘We went to the cinema.’ ‘We visited some friends.’
3 We listened to a recording of two people talking about their hobbies, then did a gap-fill
comprehension task.
4 The teacher gave us roles such as ‘film star’ or ‘sports star’ and we had to role play a party in
which we chatted to each other.
The teacher read out some sentences, some of which were correct and some
6 incorrect. We had to shout out ‘Right’ or ‘Wrong’.
We had to ask our partner five questions about abilities, using ‘can’, e.g. ‘Can you
7 swim?’
Key to Exercises 1 and 2
Exercise 1 Exercise 2
speaking, controlled practice, less controlled practice and
1. D production free speaking.
2. F production speaking, controlled practice
3. H production speaking, free practice
4. K comprehension reading or listening
5. E production speaking, free practice
6. J comprehension listening
7. A production writing, controlled practice or less controlled practice
8. B production speaking, less controlled practice or free practice
9. I production speaking, free practice
10. C production speaking, free practice
11. G comprehension reading
Exercise 1. Discuss the teachers’ comments below on assessment. Do you agree or disagree?
Why/ Why not?
1. I think it’s important for students to assess themselves, so sometimes I record them when they are
doing a speaking activity and then get them to listen to themselves.
2. I don’t like giving my students tests and exams. I think they are demotivating, especially for young
learners.
3. I get students to mark each others’ written work and I tell them to just look at it and say what’s
wrong. I don’t ask them to check it against any criteria. I don’t think they can look for particular
mistakes like spelling mistakes or grammar mistakes.
4. When students are doing a speaking activity, I observe them, but I don’t make any notes and I
don’t give marks. Sometimes I talk to students about their strengths and weaknesses in tutorials
though.
5. My students choose pieces of their best work during the course and keep them in a file, which can
be looked at during the course. I know some teachers use this as the way they assess students at the
end of the course, but I’m not sure how that works.
Exercise 2. Choose the correct term from the box below for the types of test described.
1. This type of test is used during a course in order to assess the learning up to
a particular point in the course.
2. This type of test is used to see how well students have learned the language
and skills taught in class. These tests are often at the end of term or end of the
year and test the main points of what has been taught in that time.
4. This type of test is used to identify problems that students have with
language or skills. The teacher tries to find out what language problems
students have. It helps the teacher to plan what to teach in future.
5. This type of test is used to see how good students are at using the language.
The contents of this type of test are not chosen according to what has been
taught, but according to what is needed for a particular purpose.
TKT Module 1: Unit 17, Assessment Types and Tasks – exercise 3
Exercise 4 :
Which of
the
activities
and tasks
are
subjective
tests and
which are
objective
tests?
TKT Module 1: Unit 17: Assessment Types and Tasks - Sample Task
For Questions 1–5, match the descriptions of different tests with the types of test listed A–F.
Mark the correct letter (A–F) on your answer sheet. You need to use some options more than once
Types of test
A progress
B achievement
C subjective
D proficiency
E diagnostic
F placement
Descriptions
1 These tests are designed to test language taught on the whole course.
3 The purpose of these tests is to test language taught on part of the course.
4 These tests help teachers to put students in classes at the appropriate level.
Key to exercise 1
1. Self assessment
2. Formal assessment; summative assessment
3. Peer assessment.
4. Informal assessment; formative assessment; continuous assessment.
5. Portfolio assessment; informal assessment (could be formal if submitted at the end of a course
for evaluation); continuous assessment.
Key to exercise 2
1 C 2 E 3 A 4 B 5 D
Key to exercise 3
1. Cloze test/gap fill (in a cloze test the gaps are regular e.g. every seventh word, a gap fill is not
regular but selected by the teacher or assessor)
2. Comprehension task – open comprehension questions (students answer in their own words)
3. Matching task
4. Multiple-choice task
5. Sentence completion task
6. Sentence transformation task
7. Sentence ordering task/Jumbled sentence task
8. Odd one out task
9. Essay/letter writing task
10. Speaking task
Key to exercise 4
1 B 2 E 3 A 4 F 5 C
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ESOL EXAMINATIONS
Module 1
001
Sample Test
1 hour 20 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name, Centre number and candidate number on the answer sheet if they are not
already printed.
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. You will have no extra time for this, so you
must finish in one hour and twenty minutes.
At the end of the test, hand in both the question paper and the answer sheet.
L. Conditional
For questions 6-12, choose the correct option (A, B or C) to complete each definition of grammatical
items. Mark the correct letter on your answer sheet.
6. An interjection is
a. an exclamation which shows thoughts or feelings
b. a meaningless string of sounds
c. the same as an adjective
7. A verb that has a subject but no object is.
a. Transitive
b. Intransitive
c. Passive
a. Reflexive
b. Possessive
c. Relative
a. A clause
b. A statement
c. An idiom
10. A word that describes or gives more information about a noun or pronoun is.
a. An adjective
b. An adverb
c. An article
11. The words someone uses when they are telling someone what somebody else said or asked are,
12. A verb that does not take an auxiliary to negate or ask questions is called.
a. Active
b. Modal
c. Intransitive
For questions 13-16, choose the correct Word(s) to complete each definition of lexical terms, mark
the correct letter (A, B or C) on your answer sheet.
13. ………. Are any pair or group of words commonly found together or near one another.
A. phrasal verbs
B. collocations,
C. chunks
14. A word with the same spelling and pronunciation as another word, but which has a different
meaning,
A. Homonym
B. Antonym
C. homophone
15. A group of words or phrases that are about the same content topic or subject,
A. Lexical set
B. Synonym
C. Word family
16. A meaningful group of letters added to the end of a root or base word to make a new word
which can be a different part of speech from the original word,
A. Prefix
B. Particle
C. Suffix
For questions 17-21, match the example sentences with the functions listed A-F. Mark the correct
letter (A-F) on your answer sheet.
F. Expressing preferences
For questions 22-25 choose the correct Word(s) to complete each definition of phonology, mark the
correct letter (A, B or C) on your answer sheet.
22. Two words which are different from each other by only one meaningful sound are.
A. Minimal pairs
B. Homophones
C. Consonants
23. In the sentence “She gave the ring to John” it can be implied that.
24. The way the level of a speaker’s voice changes, to show meaning such as how they feel
about something is.
A. Linking
B. Stress
C. Intonation
25. Words that sound similar because they have the same ending.
A. Rhyme
B. Rhythm
C. Contraction
For questions 16-30, match the minimal pairs with the phonemic symbols listed A-F. Mark the correct
letter (A-F) on your answer sheet.
26. darling/dialling A.
27. cart/cut B.
28. tile/toil C.
29. pull/bull D.
30. worse/worth E.
F.
For questions 31-35, match what the writer does with the writing subskills listed A-G. Mark the correct
letter (A-F) on your answer sheet.
A. Edit
B. Proof-reading
C. Planning
D. Drafting
E. Brainstorming
F. Extracting
31. I change or correct the words or content of some parts of my text to make it clearer or easier to
understand.
35. Before I start, I try to imagine everything I can about the topic and start writing as many ideas
as I can without an specific order.
For questions 36-42 look at the following terms for language skills and three possible descriptors of
terms.
Choose the correct letter (A, B or C) on your answer sheet.
37. Accuracy is
A. The use of connected speech at a natural speed with little hesitation, repetition or self-
correction.
B. The use of connected speech without making mistakes.
C. The use of intonation to express feelings.
A. To read or listen to a text in order to identify the feelings of the writer or speaker.
B. To listen to or read a text in order to understand most of what it says or particular details.
C. To understand the general meaning of a text, without paying attention to specific details.
A. Acquisition
B. Focus on form
C. Ignore errors
D. Interference
E. Interlanguage
F. Learner autonomy
G. Language Awareness
Students` Comments
41.I feel quite confident because I am making less mistakes that those I used to make when I
was starting to study English
42.One of my most difficult problems when speaking English is that I make a lot of mistakes
because I unconsciously use grammatical items and vocabulary from my first language.
43.The teacher really likes paying attention to rules and how language is used rather than
letting us say what we want even though it is incorrect.
44.It is strange for me that the teacher just lets me talk and doesn`t really stop me when I
make mistakes, even if I can notice them.
45.I am learning English in a very particular way, the teacher just uses it in real life situations
avoiding grammar revision, I feel like a child learning in this way.
For questions 46-53, match the teaching methods description with the names listed A-G. mark the
correct letter (A-I) on your answer sheet.
Teaching Methods
46.A way of teaching in which the teacher gives learners meaningful tasks to do, but the main
focus for learners is on the task itself.
47. Teachers try to focus on meaningful communication, rather than focusing on accuracy and
correcting mistakes
48.An approach to language teaching in which the teacher uses techniques and activities
taken from different methods together in one lesson.
49.A way of teaching new language in which the teacher presents the language, gets learners
to practice it in exercises or other controlled practice activities and then asks learners to
use or produce the same language in a communicative and less controlled way
50.A way of teaching language that focuses on lexical items or chunks such as words.
51.A way of teaching in which learners study grammar and translate words and texts into their
own language or the target language.
52.A way of teaching which uses a syllabus based on functions
53.A way of learning by doing activities. The rules of language used in the activity are looked
at either after the activity or not at all
For questions 54-59, match the teachers` comments on the strategies described with the names
listed A-G. Mark the correct letter (A-G) on your answer sheet.
A.
B. S
C. T
r
a
D. R
t
e
E. F
F. R
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G. S
Teacher`s comments
54.I like asking targeted questions ahead of time to see whether my learners know what I am
going to teach them.
55.I like giving my learners a base sentence and then providing them with different words for
them to change in that sentence.
56.I think that less freer practice is very important because I can work on accuracy.
57.I think that every time I do fluency based activities my learners feel more confident to speak.
58.I like having my learners to put what they have learnt in context through real life exercises.
59.In my opinion using internet for my students to find information and then working based on it in
class is very motivating and encourages interaction.
For questions 60-67, match the practice activities and tasks listed A-I. with the course book
instructions, mark the correct letter (A-I) on your answer sheet.
A. Br
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tor
mi
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B. Se
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tra
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for
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C. Ju
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D. La
be
lin
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E. Ga
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fill
in
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F. Ma
tc
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G. Od
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H. Re
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for
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I. Li
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61.Read the paragraph and select the best heading for it.
62.Look at the list of words and underline the one which does not belong to the topic
63.Choose the correct verb in column A and the appropriate preposition in column B
66.Read the text and put all the paragraphs in the appropriate order.
67.Look at each sentence and use the words provided to re-write them.
For questions 68-73, match the aids and resources listed A-I. With the uses described, mark the
correct letter (A-I) on your answer sheet.
A. OHP
B. Realia
C. Puppets
D. Computer
E. Dictionary
F. Board
G. Skills practice book
H. Graded reader
I. OHT
68. This can be used by the teacher or learners to show what one or two people are talking about
by moving it and making it look real.
69. This can be used for a range of purposes by the teacher to show real meaning of concepts.
70. This can be used to display greater pictures on the wall or to work on group-reading.
71. This is an excellent tool for students to research information when working on a project; it
enables them to share what they find with other people.
72. This is a tool help learners enhance autonomy.
73. This is a tool used by the teacher to display grammatical structures, vocabulary items, etc.
74. This is a resource that enables the learner to extend his/her knowledge about a language
area.
75. This is an excellent tool to encourage extensive reading.
For questions 75-80, match the assessment types A-F With the definitions described by a teacher,
mark the correct letter (A-I) on your answer sheet.
A. Formal assessment
B. Informal assessment
C. Self assessment
D. Assessment criteria
E. Objective test
F. Subjective test
Teacher comments
76. I like giving my learners tests that make them reflect on their own progresses.
77.I like using software to evaluate what my learners learn in a neutral way, without interference
79.“The topics for next exam are the following; simple present, simple past and plurals”.
80.Put your name on the answer sheet and write all answers on it.
TKT MODULE 1 KEY
1H 41 E
2K 42 D
3L 43 B
4I 44 C
5J 45 A
6A 46 I
7B 47 B
8A 48 C
9A 49 H
10 A 50 G
11 C 51 F
12 B 52 D
13 B 53 A
14 A 54 A
15 A 55 B
16 C 56 D
17 F 57 E
18 A 58 F
19 E 59 G
20 D 60 I
21 C 61H
22 A 62 G
23 B 63 F
24 C 64 D
25 A 65 E
26 E 66 C
27 C 67 B
28 B 68 C
29 D 69 B
30 A 70 I
31 A 71 D
32 B 72 E
33 C 73 F
34 D 74 G
35 E 75 H
36 A 76 C
37 A 77 E
38 A 78 F
39 A 79 D
40 A 80 A