TKT Element 3

1. UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DE AMBATO
LANGUAGES PROGRAM
Functions of learner’s language.
Lopez Ana Belen
Mendoza Valeria
Naranjo Tamara

2. Functions
• Purposes for which learners use language in the classroom.
• Agree
• Apologise
• Ask for clarification
• Ask for repetition
• Clarify
• Contribute
• Hesitate
• Use fillers

3. Exponents
• Words used to express
language functions.
• From formal to informal (Appropriacy)
• i.e. Situation: Apologising ( I am terribly sorry, I am sorry
for that, I am sorry)

4. Exponents: Teacher’s role
• Exponents can be learned by:
• Chunks.
• Modelling.

5. Bibliography:
• Spratt, Pulverness & Williams(2011). The TKT Teaching Knowledge
Test Course Modules 1, 2 and 3.( 2nd edition). Cambridge
Univeristy Press