TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test )

What is TKT?

Introduction
Why take TKT?
How do I prepare for it?
Candidate Feedback
TKT Dates
Article on the "Daily Telegraph"

TKT stands for Teaching Knowledge Test. This test verifies the teaching English abilities of those who speak other languages. It fulfils the international standards and assures the necessary knowledge that a candidate needs.

Why take TKT?

It is the ideal way of improving pedagogic skills and find out more information about background to language learning and teaching, planning lessons and use of resources for language teaching, and also about managing the teaching and learning process.

How do I prepare for it?

There are three modules which can be taken at the same time or separately. Each of them has a different grade of difficulty and targets different areas of English language. A test has 80 questions and the candidate must select and mark the correct answer on a computerised answer sheet.

The candidate does not need to have taken English language examinations or entry requirements. The candidate must have a level of English at least equivalent to the Preliminary English Test or level B1 of the Council of Europe's Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Candidate Feedback:

My TKT course has been interesting, useful and why not... relaxing!

I met other English teachers and compared ideas with them. I explored and discussed different and new ways of teaching.

I'm sure that at the end of the 3^rd and last module I'll be able to use my "professional tools" better than before!

Jessica our teacher was able to create a nice and friendly atmosphere and moreover she presented each unit and topic in a clear and efficient way.

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