Cambridge TKT: Teaching Knowledge Test, Modules 1–3
Teachers' and learners' language in the classroom: practice questions
Our TKT Modules 1–3 bank has 50 questions on this topic. Here are 5 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.
Question 1
When might a teacher reasonably use the learners' L1 in a monolingual class?
- For every instruction throughout every lesson
- Never, under any circumstances, in any lesson
- To check understanding of a difficult concept quickly
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C. To check understanding of a difficult concept quickly — Using the L1 can be appropriate for some functions, such as checking understanding or explaining complex procedures, depending on the aim.
Question 2
The teacher shows a picture of people swimming and asks 'Do you like swimming in the sea?' The teacher is...
- personalising the topic
- correcting a mistake
- correcting a learner's mistake
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A. personalising the topic — Personalisation connects new words, topics or grammar to learners' own lives.
Question 3
'Well done! That's excellent.' The function is...
- praising
- correcting
- nominating
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A. praising — Praise tells someone they have done well.
Question 4
The teacher says the target sentence clearly a few times before the class repeats it. She is...
- eliciting a correction
- modelling the language
- nominating
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B. modelling the language — To model language is to give a clear example of the target language for learners to repeat.
Question 5
Learner: 'I goed to the park.' Teacher: 'Goed?' with rising intonation. This is...
- finger correction
- recasting
- echo correction
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C. echo correction — In echo correction the teacher repeats the mistake with rising intonation to encourage self-correction.