This document provides information about the Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT), an international qualification for language teachers developed by Cambridge English. It discusses the aims of the TKT to increase teacher confidence and job prospects by focusing on core teaching knowledge. The document outlines the three TKT modules which cover language and language learning/teaching, lesson planning and use of resources, and managing the teaching/learning process. It provides details on test format, scoring bands, recommended resources, and contact information for the Cambridge ESOL Taiwan office.

1. Teach English around the World
「國際牌」老師必備的一張證書
Christina Chang

2. What motivates you to be here?
 To be up-to-date to recent developments
 To improve my teaching practice
 To get acquainted with other participants
 To share experiences, problems, & successes
You are seeking for a change and improvement.
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3. Development does not just happen with time,
it happens with awareness.
An awareness of a need to change
TEACHER DEVELOPMENT Awareness, reflection and sharing
The Weekly Column, By Graciela Miller de Arechaga
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4. Task 1:
 Let’s say you are a parent of a 7-year-old boy.
What are important to you when choosing an
English teacher for your son?
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5. Task 1:
 a good command of English
 a sound academic background
 good interpersonal relationship
 good communication skills
 motivating students to learn
 having a love for the art of teaching
 well-prepared, creative, and using various teaching
methods
 strict
 others :____________________________________
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6. Three core teacher characteristics
that help to create an effective learning
environment
Respect: Being positive and non judgmental in
regards to another person
Empathy: Being able to see things from another
person’s point of view
Authenticity: Being yourself without egoistic
barriers or hiding behind a job title
Carl Roger, an American psychologist
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7. Task 2:
What worries you
in your current working fields?
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8. Worries about:
Students:
 some negative attitudes
 some difficulties that students have in their
learning process
Ourselves:
 lack of confidence
 language proficiency
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9. When was the last time
you presented a New idea
for the First time?
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10. frustrated novice
teacher
routine expert
adaptive expert
Schwartz, Bransford, Sears, Efficiency and Innovation in Transfer, p29
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11. Task 3:
in five years?
Am I competitive enough?
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12. Task 4:
How do you improve your own practice?
Attend Discuss
seminars with
other
teachers
Teacher’s
development
Read some ideas
Observe others’ & try them out
lessons
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13. The Experiential Learning Cycle
Do
Prepare Recall
Conclude Reflect
Jim Scrivener, Learning Teaching, Chapter 1 Classrooms at work p20
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14. English Language Teaching Qualifications
Teachers who
a. have the required level of English proficiency
and
b. have a recognised language teaching
qualification
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15. Cambridge ESOL Exams & CEFR
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16. WHY A TEACHING
CERTIFICATE?
To teachers
To employers
To parents
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17. Teaching Awards
TKT (Teaching Knowledge
Test)
CELTA (Certificate in English
Language Teaching to Adults)
DELTA (Diploma in English
Language Teaching to Adults)
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18. An important stepping stone
in your career

19. What is TKT?
 It stands for the Teaching
Knowledge
Test
 It is developed by Cambridge ESOL, offered
international.
 It offers free-standing modules.
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20. Aims
 to increase teachers’ confidence and enhance
job prospects
 to focus on the core teaching knowledge
needed by teachers of primary, secondary or
adult learners, anywhere in the world
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21. TKT content outline
 TKT consists of three modules
 Task types: matching, sequencing, 3-option
multiple choice and odd one out
 For each module, 80 questions in 80 mins
 Each questions carries 1 mark
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22. Module 1 — Language and background to
language learning and teaching:
 3 parts
 describing language and language skills
 background to language learning
 background to language teaching
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23. Module 2 — Planning lessons and use of
resources for language teaching:
 2 parts
 planning and preparing a lesson or sequence of
lessons
 selection and use of resources and materials
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24. Module 3 — Managing the teaching and
learning process:
 2 parts
 teachers' and learners' language in the
classroom
 classroom management
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25. How are results reported?
Band A candidate at this level demonstrates
1 Limited knowledge of TKT content areas
2 Basic, but systematic knowledge of TKT content
areas
3 Breadth and depth of knowledge of TKT content
areas
4 Extensive knowledge of TKT content areas
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27. Resources

28. The Recommended Books
•Macmillan Books for Teachers
Title Author Module 1 Module 2 Module 3
Learning Teaching Jim Scrivener Ѵ Ѵ Ѵ
An A-Z of ELT Scott Thornbury Ѵ Ѵ Ѵ
Teaching Practice Roger Gower Ѵ Ѵ
Handbook Diane Phillips
Steven Walters
Children Learning Jayne Moon Ѵ Ѵ
English
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29. www.onestopenglish.com
The Recommended Websites
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30. www.cambridgeesol.com.tw
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31. www.teachers.cambridgeesol.org/ts/
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32. Contact us:
Cambridge ESOL Taiwan
劍橋大學ESOL考試院台灣辦事處
TEL: (02) 2311-9393
FAX: (02) 2311-9493
www.CambridgeESOL.org.tw
Email: info@CambridgeESOL.org.tw
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