Cambridge TKT study guide
Cambridge TKT · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test) is a series of modular qualifications from Cambridge English that test knowledge in specific areas of English language teaching. It is aimed at both new and experienced teachers - including those working with primary, secondary or adult learners - who want to prove their professional knowledge with an internationally recognised certificate, and Cambridge states that candidates should have an English level of B1 or above. The Cambridge TKT study guide has 5 sections and about 1,706 words.
01Background to language learning and teaching
Candidates need secure metalanguage. Grammar : parts of speech, phrase and sentence structure, and the distinction between form (how it looks and sounds), meaning and use.
355 words, about 2 min02Lesson planning and use of resources for language teaching
A main aim states what learners will be able to do by the end of the lesson; subsidiary aims cover supporting language or skills work; personal aims are the teacher's own development targets. Objectives are more specific and observable than aims.
333 words, about 2 min03Managing the teaching and learning process
Candidates must distinguish teacher roles: controller , organiser , facilitator , participant , monitor , resource , tutor , prompter , diagnostician . Match each to what the teacher actually does in a stage – monitoring is observing and listening without intervening; participating means joining an activity as an equal.
314 words, about 2 min04TKT CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning
CLIL teaches curriculum content (science, history, geography, art) through an additional language, with a dual focus : subject learning and language development. It is not immersion, not a translation exercise and not a language lesson that happens to have a topic.
360 words, about 2 min05TKT YL: Young Learners
Young learners (broadly 5–12) are developing cognitively, physically and socially. They are typically concrete thinkers, learn holistically through doing, have short concentration spans, need routine and praise, and are still developing literacy and fine motor control.
344 words, about 2 min