Part 1 Understanding TKT Young Learners 1 ………………………………………………………………….1 Chapter 1 Knowledge of young learners and principles of teaching English to young learners …………….2 Section 1 Children’s characteristics as language learners ………………………………………………………….2 Section 2 Developing children’s learning strategies through language learning……………………………….… 10 Section 3 Developing children’s cognitive strategies through language learning …………………………���……18 Section 4 Developing children’s communication strategies through language learning……………………………25 Chapter 2 Planning lessons for young learners………………………………………………………………….33 Section 1 What goes in a lesson plan? ………………………………………………………………………………33 Section 2 Providing support and challenge when selecting and using coursebooks and supplementary materials...43 Section 3 Additional resources—selecting, adapting and supplementing ………………………………………… 50 Chapter 3 Teaching young learners………………………………………………………………………………59 Section 1 Scaffolding children’s understanding of language and use of language through teacher language ………59 Section 2 Scaffolding through teaching strategies…………………………………………………………………. 67 Section 3 Using practice activities to consolidate children’s language learning…………………………………… 76 Section 4 Managing young learners in class………………………………………………………………………… 87 Chapter 4 Assessing young learner learning through classroom-based assessment……………………………94 Section 1 Purposes of assessing learning …………………………………………………………………………….94 Section 2 Focuses of assessing learning ………………………………………………………………………….…102 Section 3 Acting on assessment evidence……………………………………………………………………………109 Part 2 TKT Young Learners Practice Tests……………………………………………………………………… 115 TKT Young Learners Practice Test 1 ……………………………………………………………………………….116 TKT Young Learners Practice Test 2 ……………………………………………………………………………….132 TKT Young Learners Practice Test 3 ……………………………………………………………………………….150 Answer key to TKT Young Learners Practice Test 1 ……………………………………………………………….169 Answer key to TKT Young Learners Practice Test 2 ……………………………………………………………….176 Answer key to TKT Young Learners Practice Test 3………………………………………………………………. 184 Glossary ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………191 Cambridge English Teaching Qualifications…………………………………………………………………… 205