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TEACHING AWARDS (TKT)

TKT tests professional knowledge of teachers of English to speakers of other languages. It aims to increase teachers' confidence and enhance job prospects by focusing on the core teaching knowledge needed by teachers of primary, secondary or adult learners, anywhere in the world. This flexible and accessible award will help you to understand:

  • different methodologies for teaching

  • the 'language of teaching'

  • the ways in which resources can be used

  • the key aspects of lesson planning

  • classroom management methods for different needs.

WHO IS TKT FOR?

TKT is ideal for all teachers, whatever your background and teaching experience, and is also suitable for people who would like to teach English but do not yet have a teaching position. It may be taken by:

  • trainee teachers who are getting reading to teach English for the first time or who have recently begun in the profession

  • teachers who wish to refresh their teaching knowledge

  • teachers who are moving to teaching English after teaching another subject
TKT

The TKT exams aim to increase teacher’s confidence and enhance job prospects by focusing on the core teaching knowledge needed by teachers of primary, secondary or adult learners anywhere in the world.

TKT: CLIL
TKT CLIL describes an evolving approach to teaching and learning where mainstream subjects are taught and studied through a non-native language.
TKT: KAL
TKT:KAL test the knowledge of the structures of the English language, the concepts behind language, teaching theory, and the framework and terminology used in teaching English.
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