TKT MODULE 3

All the students repeat something at the same time. This can help them with the pronunciation of a word or longer stretch of language.

In language teaching we talk about the four skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing. Speaking and writing are ___ skills

Activities where the students are all actively engaged and the focus is off the teacher.

An introductory speaking activity that a teacher uses at the start of a new course so that learners can get to know each other, e.g. a speaking activity which asks learners to find out about other learners’ hobbies.

The very first language that you learn as a baby, which is usually the language spoken to you by your parents. Also called L1 or first language.

To help learners think of ideas or to remember a word or phrase by giving them a part of it or by giving another kind of clue.

The different ways learners and the teacher work together in class, e.g. learner to learner in pairs or groups, or teacher to learner in open class, in plenary.

The role of the teacher when students are actively involved in a task. Teachers do this to see / hear how students are coping with a task. Often it involves walking around to listen to students' conversations but it can also be done sitting

To help learners think of ideas or to remember a word or phrase by giving them a part of it or by giving another kind of clue.

A classroom activity in which learners work in pairs or groups. Learners are given a task, but they are given different information and, to complete the task, they have to find out the missing information from each other.

To help learners think of ideas or to remember a word or phrase by giving them a part of it or by giving another kind of clue.

The way in which an individual learner naturally prefers to learn something.

Feedback given to a learner by another learner in the class; e.g. learners can give each other feedback on things that are good and things that can be corrected in a piece of written work.

Keeping students involved and talking. Instead giving answers you can ask question, ask for a definition...

To help learners think of ideas or to remember a word or phrase by giving them a part of it or by giving another kind of clue.

An approach to teaching new language in which the teacher presents the language using a situation, gets learners to practise it in exercises or other controlled practice activities, and then asks learners to use or produce the same language

A task-type in which learners are asked to pair things together, e.g. match two halves of a sentence, or match a word with a picture.

It refers to real objects. For example, a teacher can bring in a banana and apple to teach those words.

To say or write something that you have read or heard but using different words.