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 |
Course Reviews
196 STUDENTS ENROLLED
Great course!
Well explained and with lots of practice.