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Mary Spratt has taught EFL in Cyprus, Algeria, Italy, Portugal, Belgium and Hong Kong. She also has extensive experience in teacher training, teacher development and assessment. She worked at the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate for 5 years on the production of exams, including IELTS and the revision of FCE. She has written EFL course books and supplementary materials and is currently working freelance as an ELT writer and consultant.
Alan Pulverness has worked in Canada, Germany, Italy and the UK as an ELT teacher and teacher trainer. He has also acted as a consultant on materials writing and syllabus design projects in Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland. He was Joint Chief Examiner for CEELT (the Cambridge Examination in English for Language Teachers) and is a Chief Moderator for the Cambridge COTE and ICELT teachers' schemes, as well as a DELTA assessor and moderator. He is the author or co-author of a number of ELT textbooks and videos, and is a past recipient of the ESU/Duke of Edinburgh book award.
Melanie Williams specialises in the field of young learners and has worked in Malaysia, China, Bahrain, Mexico and the UK as a teacher and teacher trainer. She is a seminar presenter for Cambridge ESOL, has been closely involved in the development of CELTYL and ICELT, and is currently joint Chief Assessor for Young Learners and a Chief Moderator for ICELT. She has acted as a consultant for and authored a number of materials writing projects, including the writing of distance learning materials for teachers and the authoring of primary course books. She has recently completed two primary syllabus development consultancies.
The TKT Course is written in collaboration with Cambridge ESOL by a team of writers who share a wealth of experience in teacher training and materials writing. All three authors of The TKT Course have been closely involved in the development of the TKT with Cambridge ESOL.
Welcome to The TKT Course
To teach English to speakers of other languages, you need a variety of personal and practical skills as well as a great deal of knowledge - about the language itself, about learners and learning, about what makes a successful lesson and about how to manage the classroom. The TKT Course provides opportunities to develop this knowledge in preparation for taking the TKT test.
TKT, the Teaching Knowledge Test, is a new internationally available exam from Cambridge ESOL for teachers of English. TKT tests your knowledge about teaching in three modules:
The TKT Course offers thorough preparation for every aspect of the TKT test. We have organised the book to reflect each of TKT's three modules with each unit focusing on a separate syllabus topic. The TKT Course also includes three full exam-type practice tests plus answer keys.
The book provides an introduction to the principles and practice of English language teaching, which will be equally useful for teachers who are just starting out on their careers, teachers re-training to teach English or for more experienced teachers looking for an internationally recognised qualification. The book has also been designed for teachers studying on a course or independently, and, like TKT itself, for teachers of students at all levels.
Special features include:
If you're a teacher, The TKT Course will help to strengthen and extend your knowledge of language teaching, or to check up on what you already know, and thoroughly prepare you for taking the TKT test. If you're a trainer, The TKT Course should provide you with a rich set of materials, activities and strategies for working with trainees.
We hope you enjoy using the book and if you're taking the exam, we wish you good luck.
Mary Spratt, Alan Pulverness and Melanie Williams
