Cambridge TKT Course 1
Module 1: Language and Background to language learning and teaching
Part 1: Describing language and language skills
1About the preparation
This is the first of six courses that will get you ready to obtain the 3 international Cambridge TKT certificates: Modules 1, 2 and 3. It is for English teachers (or want-to-be teachers) of children, adolescents and adults with or without experience. Accepted by the Ministry of Education, universities, schools, and businesses around the world.
In this course, you will:
- have extensive and guided practice in the different topics the 3 Cambridge exams: Modules 1, 2 and 3 are based on.
- learn idiomatic expressions, common uses and expressions frequently used in the teaching of English as a second language.
By the end of the six courses, you will:
- be ready to successfully take the 3 Cambridge TKT exams: Modules 1, 2 and 3 and obtain their respective international certificates, accepted by school, universities, ministries, and organisations around the world.
Course Curriculum
| Introduction to the Cambridge TKT Tests and Courses | |||
| What is the Teaching Knowledge Test (the TKT)? | 00:00:00 | ||
| What is The TKT Course Modules 1, 2 and 3? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Who is The Online TKT Course Modules 1, 2 and 3 written for? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Part 1 Describing Language and Language Skills | |||
| Unit 01 Grammar | |||
| What is grammar? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Parts of speech | 00:00:00 | ||
| Grammatical structure | 00:00:00 | ||
| Word building (affixes, prefixes, suffixes) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Grammatical Uses | 00:00:00 | ||
| Grammar and the language teaching classroom | 00:00:00 | ||
| TKT Grammar Practice Task | Unlimited | ||
| Unit 02 Lexis | |||
| What is Lexis? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Connotative, denotative and context meaning | 00:00:00 | ||
| Meaning from form | 00:00:00 | ||
| Collocations, fixed expressions, idioms and chunks | 00:00:00 | ||
| Word relationships: Synonyms, antonyms, lexical sets and word families | 00:00:00 | ||
| False friends, homophones, homonyms and varieties of English | 00:00:00 | ||
| Lexis and the language teaching classroom | 00:00:00 | ||
| TKT Lexis Practice Test | 00:06:00 | ||
| Unit 3 Phonology | |||
| What is phonology? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Phonemes and the International Phonemic Chart (IPA) | 00:00:00 | ||
| Word stress | 00:00:00 | ||
| Sentence stress | 00:00:00 | ||
| Connected speech: sentence stress, contractions, rhythm, linking, intonation, emphasis | 00:00:00 | ||
| Phonology key concepts and the language teaching classroom | 00:00:00 | ||
| Reflections on phonology | 00:00:00 | ||
| TKT phonology practice task | 00:00:00 | ||
| Unit 04 Function | |||
| What is a function? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Functions and exponents | 00:00:00 | ||
| Levels of formality | 00:00:00 | ||
| Appropriacy and register | 00:00:00 | ||
| Function key concepts and the language teaching classroom | 00:00:00 | ||
| Reflection on functions | 00:00:00 | ||
| TKT Functions Practice Task | 00:00:00 | ||
| Unit 5 Reading | |||
| What is reading? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Discourse, coherence and cohesion | 00:00:00 | ||
| Reading skills | 00:00:00 | ||
| Reading skills: scanning and skimming | 00:00:00 | ||
| Reading skill: Reading for details | 00:00:00 | ||
| Reading skill: Inferring | 00:00:00 | ||
| Reading skill: Deducing meaning | 00:00:00 | ||
| Reading skill: Predicting | 00:00:00 | ||
| Text structures | 00:00:00 | ||
| Ways of reading: Extensive and intensive | 00:00:00 | ||
| Text types | 00:00:00 | ||
| Reading and the language teaching classroom | 00:00:00 | ||
| TKT Reading Practice Task | 00:10:00 | ||
| Unit 6 Writing | |||
| What is writing? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Writing text types | 00:00:00 | ||
| Writing subskills | 00:00:00 | ||
| Writing key concepts and the language teaching classroom | 00:00:00 | ||
| Teachers’ reflections | 00:00:00 | ||
| TKT Writing practice task | Unlimited | ||
| Unit 7 Listening | |||
| What is listening? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Understanding spoken language | 00:00:00 | ||
| Listening-Spoken text types | 00:00:00 | ||
| Listening sub-skills | 00:00:00 | ||
| Listening key concepts and the language teaching classroom | 00:00:00 | ||
| Listening follow-up activities | 00:00:00 | ||
| TKT Listening Practice Task | Unlimited | ||
| Unit 8 Speaking | |||
| What is speaking? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Speaking subskills | 00:00:00 | ||
| Speaking key concepts and the language teaching classroom | 00:00:00 | ||
| Speaking follow-up activities | 00:00:00 | ||
| TKT Speaking Practice Task | 00:00:00 | ||
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