TKT Study Guide 2026

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📋 TKT Exam Format at a Glance

Questions

80 min

Time Limit

50%

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📚 TKT Topics to Study (40)

Practice Test (Module 1 Unit 1 Grammatical Terms) · 25 cards Teaching Reading Skills · 7 cards Teaching Reading Skills · 7 cards Teaching Reading Skills · 7 cards TKT Module 1 Language and Background to Language Learning · 7 cards TKT Module 1 Language and Background to Language Learning · 7 cards TKT Module 1 Language and Background to Language Learning · 7 cards Assessment and Testing Types · 6 cards Assessment and Testing Types · 6 cards Background to Language Learning · 6 cards Background to Language Learning · 6 cards Background to Language Teaching · 6 cards Background to Language Teaching · 6 cards Classroom Management Techniques · 6 cards Classroom Management Techniques · 6 cards Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) · 6 cards Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) · 6 cards Error Correction Strategies · 6 cards Error Correction Strategies · 6 cards Language and Skills Description · 6 cards Language and Skills Description · 6 cards Lesson Planning and Aims · 6 cards Lesson Planning and Aims · 6 cards Selection and Use of Resources · 6 cards Selection and Use of Resources · 6 cards Teachers' and Learners' Language · 6 cards Teachers' and Learners' Language · 6 cards Assessment and Testing Types · 6 cards Background to Language Learning · 6 cards Background to Language Teaching · 6 cards

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✍️ Sample TKT Questions & Answers

1. A teacher, noticing a student is struggling to answer a question, says, "What's that thing we use to cook eggs in...? It's round... a frying...?" What is the function of the teacher's language?

✓ Prompting

Prompting is when a teacher provides hints or clues to help a learner remember a word or produce a correct answer. By describing the object and providing the first part of the word, the teacher is prompting the student to say 'pan'.

2. A teacher is describing language use in a formal academic essay versus a casual text message. Which concept are they illustrating?

✓ Register

The teacher is illustrating 'register'—the variety of language used in a particular social situation, which varies according to factors like formality, purpose, and the relationship between participants.

3. What does the term 'connotation' refer to in vocabulary study?

✓ The emotional or cultural associations a word carries

Connotation refers to the emotional, cultural, or associative meaning a word carries beyond its literal definition. For example, 'home' connotes warmth and safety, while 'house' is more neutral.

4. What is the primary dual-focus of a Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach?

✓ Learning a subject topic and a foreign language simultaneously.

The core principle of CLIL is its dual-focused approach, where an additional language is used for learning and teaching both content (a curriculum subject like science or history) and the language itself. The other options are components of language learning but do not represent the central, defining feature of CLIL.

5. In the context of language learning, what is 'comprehensible input'?

✓ Language that is slightly above the learner's current level but still understandable

Krashen's concept of comprehensible input (i+1) refers to language just beyond the learner's current level — challenging but understandable with context clues.

6. What is 'teacher talk' or 'teacher language' in the context of ELT?

✓ The modified, simplified language and interaction patterns a teacher uses when addressing language learners to facilitate comprehension

Teacher talk refers to the language teachers use with learners — typically modified for clarity, using slower speech, clear pronunciation, simpler vocabulary, and repetition to aid comprehension.

🎯 Free TKT Practice Tests

Practice Test (Module 1 Unit 1 Grammatical Terms) · 25 questions Teaching Reading Skills · 7 questions Teaching Reading Skills · 7 questions TKT Module 1 Language and Background to Language Learning · 7 questions TKT Module 1 Language and Background to Language Learning · 7 questions TKT Module 1 Language and Background to Language Learning · 7 questions Teaching Reading Skills · 7 questions Selection and Use of Resources · 6 questions Teachers' and Learners' Language · 6 questions Error Correction Strategies · 6 questions

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