Kelly Jennings-Robinson

National Geographic Learning| Cengage Learning

We designs learning programs to bring the world

to the classroom and the classroom to life, and to

reflect the mission and tradition of the National

Geographic Society: to inspire people to care

about the planet. We have a specific focus on

English Language Teaching and Learning.

15 million English

teachers worldwide

(David Graddol)

Need for teachers who can teach English in English

No scalable way to train teachers fast enough

Demand for

Improving the

Quality of English

Teaching

So, how are ministries looking to

address this problem?

Teachers need to have

the language and

professional knowledge

necessary to implement

their national English

curriculum successfully

and confidently and

teach English in English.

A Global Solution

The worlds largest assessment

organization, which develops,

administers and scores more than

50 million tests annually in more

than 180 countries, at 9,000+

locations worldwide.

Designs learning programs to

bring the world to the classroom

and the classroom to life, and to

reflect the mission and tradition of

the National Geographic Society:

to inspire people to care about

the planet.

ELTeach is an online, integrated Professional Development, Assessment and Certificate Program,

supporting teachers of English through coursework

and assessments in:

Supports teachers to

teach English in English

Builds teachers

confidence

Is online, scalable, and

cost-effective

Provides comprehensive coursework

and assessment

Has measurable outcomes

ELTeach

International Panel of Experts

Led by Professors Donald Freeman, Anne Burns, and Anne Katz,

panelists from 13 countries shared their insights and experience to help

shape the ELTeach course content and ensure that it is both globally

and locally relevant.

Includes approximately 50-60 hours of self-paced, online

instruction, giving teachers the specific classroom language

they need to teach confidently in English.

Teaches language for:

Classroom Management

Understanding and Communicating Lesson Content

Assessing Student Work

Giving Feedback

English-for-Teaching:

Includes 50-60 hours of self-paced, online instruction

covering the essential knowledge needed for teachers

to make decisions about their work in and out of the

classroom, including:

Foundations of Language Learning and

Language Teaching

Essentials of English

Teaching Vocabulary, Grammar, Speaking, Listening,

Reading, and Writing

Professional Knowledge for ELT:

TEFT Assessment

(Test of English-for-Teaching)

2.5-hour, online

Determines whether the test taker

has the language to prepare and

teach lessons in English, based upon

the coursework

TPK Assessment

(Test of Professional Knowledge for

ELT)

1.5-hour, online

Measures understanding of the

professional knowledge concepts

covered in the coursework

Test Taker: Meera, Jacob T.Last (Family/Surname) Name, First (Given) Name Middle Initial.

---ID # : AccesCode 1

Test Date: 30/05/2013

Institution: ICPCName 2

(DD/MM/YYYY)

Country: BrazilLocal ID: Buffer Field 1

Total Scaled Score

Your score of 270 is within Band Three. The descriptor for Band Three provides information about the meaning

of your score.BAND DESCRIPTORS:

Band One (Range 155-195): A typical test taker in Band One demonstrates knowledge of some of the content areas in the curriculum.

The test taker in Band One sometimes identifies concepts and occasionally connects them to English-language teaching classroom situations

presented in the Professional Knowledge program.

Test takers in Band One may have

some understanding of the application of concepts presented in the curriculum and

more knowledge of some areas of the curriculum than others.

Band Three (Range 260-280): A typical test taker in Band Three demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of all content areas in the curriculum.

The test taker in Band Three consistently identifies concepts and connects them to examples of English-language teaching classroom situations

presented in the Professional Knowledge program.

In addition to the demonstrated knowledge of test takers in Bands One and Two, test takers in Band Three may have

more knowledge about the application of concepts presented in the curriculum and

more knowledge about teaching techniques, classroom activities, and assessment.

Band Two (Range 215-245): A typical test taker in Band Two demonstrates substantial knowledge of all content areas in the curriculum.

The test taker in Band Two usually identifies concepts and often connects them to examples of English-language teaching classroom situations

presented in the Professional Knowledge program.

In addition to the demonstrated knowledge of test takers in Band One, test takers in Band Two may have

more knowledge of the application of concepts presented in the curriculum and

additional knowledge in some other areas of the curriculum.

100

300

270_ 6

Additional Score Information

The graphs below provide additional information about how you performed on two categories of questions on the test. "Number correct" shows how many of these questions you answered correctly. The

percentile information shows how your performance on these questions compares to test takers at the 25th percentile and the 75th percentile for this administration. These scores can be used to guide

your professional development.

75th

Foundations of Professional Knowledge

Percentile

24

30

0

25th

The Professional Knowledge curriculum covers the following content:

Foundational English language teaching theories

Basic knowledge of planning and assessment

Knowledge of the English language to support student learning

Factors influencing student learning

Understanding professional development

Key concepts in English teaching methodologies

Core Teaching Practices

test questions focus on connecting the concepts

presented in the curriculum

to teaching practices.

Foundations of Professional Knowledge

test questions focus on understanding the concepts presented in the curriculum.

75th

Core Teaching Practices

Percentile

25th

30

32

0

TEFT and TPK Assessments 2013 by Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.

ETS and the ETS logo are registered trademarks of Educational Testing Service (ETS). TEFT and TPK are trademarks of ETS.

Copyright 2013 National Geographic Learning, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. ELTeach is a trademark of Cengage Learning.

For more details, visit www.ELTeach.com.

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The TPK Assessment (Test of Professional Knowledge for ELT) Test Taker Score Report

Test Take

r: Meera, J

acob M.

Last (Fam

ily/Surnam

e) Name, F

irst (Given)

Name Mid

dle Initial.

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ID # : Acc

esCode 11

Test Date

: 30/05/201

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Institution

: ICPCNam

e 3

(DD/MM/YY

YY)

Country: B

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Local ID:

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BAND DE

SCRIPTO

RS

The TEFT

assesses

test taker

s

command o

f English t

o complete

three type

s of essen

tial tasks i

n

English-f

or-Teachin

g:

Band One

(Range 40

5-440): Ty

pically, tes

t

takers in B

and One c

an do som

e of these

essential

tasks. For

example, t

hey can:

Band Two

(Range 46

5-500):

Typically, t

est takers

in Band Tw

o can

do a rang

e of these

essential

tasks.

For examp

le, they ca

n:

Band Thre

e (Range 5

65-645): T

ypically,

test takers

in Band Th

ree can do

a wide

range of t

hese esse

ntial tasks

. For

example, t

hey can:

Managing

the classr

oom

complete

some cla

ssroom ma

nagement

tasks

(though th

ey demons

trate relati

vely limite

d command

of the man

aging-the-c

lassroom

vocabular

y and

phrases pr

esent in th

e English-f

or-Teachin

g program

)

complete

a range of

classroom

managem

ent

tasks and

demonstra

te a good c

ommand o

f

most of th

e managin

g-the-clas

sroom

vocabular

y and phra

ses presen

t in the

English-fo

r-Teaching

program

complete

a wide ran

ge of class

room

manageme

nt tasks an

d demonstr

ate a very

good

command o

f all of the

managing-

the-classr

oom

vocabular

y and phra

ses presen

t in the Eng

lish-for-

Teaching

program

Understan

ding and

communica

ting lesso

n content

for

students

as include

d in

instructio

nal materi

als

understa

nd short, w

ritten, and

spoken in

structions

for classro

om activiti

es (though

they may

have

difficulty ide

ntifying key

informatio

n at times

)

locate so

me key in

formation i

n reading

and listen

ing

texts

combine

and copy l

anguage t

o create n

ew, simple

written and

spoken ex

amples of

lesson con

tent

give som

e short, ve

ry simple in

structions

for

classroom

activities

read instr

uctional m

aterials alo

ud intelligi

bly

understa

nd some le

sson goal

s and a ran

ge

of multistep

written an

d spoken i

nstruction

s

for classro

om activiti

es

locate mo

st of the k

ey informa

tion in rea

ding

and listen

ing texts

combine

and produc

e languag

e to create

a

range of ne

w written a

nd spoken

examples

of

lesson con

tent

give a va

riety of ac

tivity instru

ctions

understa

nd a wide

range of le

sson goal

s and

multistep

written and

spoken in

structions

for

classroom

activities

locate all

of the key

informatio

n in readin

g and

listening te

xts

consisten

tly combin

e and prod

uce langu

age to

create a b

road range

of new wri

tten and sp

oken

examples

of lesson c

ontent

give a wid

e variety o

f activity in

structions

accurately

and intelli

gibly

Providing

oral and

written

feedback

identify st

udents wr

itten error

s and corre

ct them

when clea

r reference

models a

re provided

identify a

relatively

limited ran

ge of spok

en errors i

n

order to pr

ovide appr

opriate, es

sential ora

l and

written fee

dback

identify a

range of s

tudents sp

oken and

written erro

rs in order

to provide

appropria

te,

essential

oral and w

ritten feed

back

identify a

wide rang

e of studen

ts spoken

and

written erro

rs in order

to consiste

ntly provid

e

appropriate

, essentia

l oral and

written fee

dback

Total Sca

led Score

400

700

550_ 5

Your scor

e of 550 is

between B

and Two

and Band

Three. Th

is score ind

icates tha

t your per

formance s

hares

the charac

teristics of

Band Tw

o and may

have one

or more of

the charac

teristics of

Band Th

ree.

Additiona

l Score In

formation

: Using L

anguage

The graphs

below pro

vide addit

ional infor

mation abo

ut how you

performed

on questi

ons from t

he three c

ontent area

s. The num

ber of sco

re points a

chieved sh

ows how m

any score

points you

earned ou

t

of the total

available

in each co

ntent cate

gory. The

percentile

information

shows how

your perfo

rmance on

these que

stions com

pares to te

st takers a

t the 25th

percentile

and the 75

th percent

ile for this

administra

tion. Thes

e scores c

an be used

to guide y

our profes

sional dev

elopment.

Managing

the Classr

oom

33

0

35

25th75th

Percentile

Understan

ding and

Commun

icating Les

son Conte

nt

76

0

100

Percentile

25th75th

Providing

Feedback

45

0

54

75th

25th

Percentile

Additiona

l Score In

formation

: Languag

e Skills fo

r English-f

or-Teachin

g

The scores

below are

intended a

s additiona

l informati

on to guid

e your prof

essional d

evelopmen

t. These sc

ores refer

to listening

, speaking

, reading, a

nd writing

skills only

as used t

o complete

essential

tasks in EL

T presente

d in the En

glish-for-T

eaching p

rogram. Th

ey do not p

rovide info

rmation on

your gene

ral proficie

ncy in thes

e languag

e skill area

s. Addition

ally, these

scores sh

ould not b

e compared

to scores

from other

administr

ations.

Listening

Speaking

40

70

40

70

46

52

40

70

40

70

52

62

Reading

Writing

TEFT and

TPK Asse

ssments

2013 by

Education

al Testing

Service. A

ll rights res

erved.

ETS and t

he ETS log

o are regis

tered trade

marks of E

ducationa

l Testing S

ervice (ET

S). TEFT

and TPK a

re tradema

rks of ETS

.

Copyright

2013 N

ational Ge

ographic L

earning, a

part of Ce

ngage Lea

rning. All r

ights rese

rved. ELT

each is a

trademark

of Cenga

ge Learnin

g.

For more d

etails, visit

www.ELT

each.com

.

The TEFT

Assessme

nt (Test of

English-fo

r-Teaching

)

Test Take

r Score Re

port

Score Reports

Global Reach

10,000+ teachers

14 ministries *as of March 24th 2014

Average time

spent on

coursework

English-for-Teaching

52:25:09

Professional Knowledge for ELT

42:02:05

Global: Feedback

How would you describe the

location of your school?

Large City 38.6%

Small City 35.7%

Rural Area 22.2%Other

3.5%

Do you teach at public or private school?

Global: Feedback

Public 87%

Private 13%

Which level do you teach?

Global: Feedback

Elementary

School

49.4%

Middle School

31.6%

High School

8%

Other

8%

University

3%

How useful do you think the course

content will be for your teaching in the

future?

Global: Feedback

Useful

40.4%

Very Useful

46.2%

Not Useful

1.7% Somewhat

Useful

11.7%

Would you recommend the course to a colleague or friend?

Global: Feedback

Yes

87.6%

No

12.4%