Course Details

Course Name: TKT Essentials Module 1

TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test) Essentials is a course developed by the British Council, based on the syllabus of the Cambridge ESOL TKT.  This online course, covering Module 1, includes the following -

	Grammar			Reading			Motivation			Learner characteristics
	Lexis			Writing			Exposure and focus on form			Learner needs
	Phonology			Listening			The role of error			Presentation techniques
	Functions			Speaking			Differences between L1 and L2 learning			Activities for language development

Course Name: TKT Essentials Module 2 and 3

TKT Essentials is a course developed by the British Council, based on the syllabus of the Cambridge ESOL TKT.  This online course, covering Modules 2 and 3, includes the following -

Module 2 - Lesson planning and use of resources for language teaching

	Identifying and selecting aims			b. Schemes of work			Selection, use of coursebook materials
	Identifying the different components of a lesson plan			Choosing assessment activities			Selection, use of supplementary materials
	a. Planning individual lessons			Consulting reference resources			Selection, use of teaching aids

Module 3 - Managing the teaching and learning process

	Classroom functions			Teacher roles			Correcting learners
	Identifying the functions of learner language			Grouping students			Giving feedback
	Categorising learner’s mistakes

N.B. Participants who successfully complete either of the TKT Essentials courses will receive a British Council certificate of completion for this course.  In order to receive an internationally recognised certificate from University of Cambridge ESOL, participants will have to apply separately for the Cambridge ESOL TKT and take the exam.

Course Name: Primary Essentials

Previously delivered by the British Council as English Teacher Training Online (ETTO), this course is aimed at professionals who teach English in primary (elementary) classes.  The course aims to help participants:

			identify some of the key issues associated with teaching English to children
			identify different techniques for using songs and games to enhance children's learning
			understand how different learning styles affect the way we learn and identify different techniques for exploiting different learning styles
			define how lesson planning is linked to syllabus and curriculum and explain how the curriculum can define what you teach and how you teach
			identify a variety of classroom management factors which affect the learning conditions of your classroom

The course focuses on the following topics:  

	First steps in teaching children
	Songs and games
	Learning styles
	Syllabus and lesson planning
	Classroom management

Course Name: Learning Technologies for the Classroom

This course focuses on using the potential of technology to improve learning outcomes for students.  It focuses on the following topics:

	An introduction to learning technologies			Copyright and copyright-friendly materials			Ideas for school links projects			Social networking for educational use
	Evaluating and selecting websites			Office applications for whole-class teaching			Using the interactive Web in the classroom			Practising listening and speaking with online audio
	Integrating the Web			Using office applications in a computer room			Collaborative online writing			Practising listening and speaking with online video
	Searching			Cyber well-being			Online writing for students and teachers			The future and the end

For more information please write to Lilit Bekaryan, ELT manager.

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Following the Equal Opportunities and Diversity policy adopted by the British Council globally, access to this initiative will be ensured for representatives of different communities and underprivileged groups. Special arrangements will be made for the disabled people.

The British Council believe that all children have potential and that every child matters – everywhere in the world. The British Council affirms the position that all children have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse as set out in article 19, UNCRC 1989.