Certificate for International Teachers of English

What is CITE?
CITE is Anglia Examinations' Certificate for International Teachers of English.

It is designed to give competent teachers of English, who may or may not have any other English teaching quallfications, a chance to obtain ínternational recognition for their language skills, knowledge and experience.

There are no entry qualifications for the CITE test. Although you may well have previous qualifications in English, none are compulsory requirements. The CITE test is not in itself a teaching qualification, but recognition of your competence in the relevant English language skills needed for teaching. It can, therefore, equally be taken by teachers who are currently teaching English, or students who are planning to, and have gained knowledge of classroom language and practice through study. It may, for example, be taken by High School mathematics teachers who find themselves timetabled with two lessons of English a week, by Primary school teachers who have been co-opted into teaching English under a government initiative, or English teachers whose original qualification concentrated on 19th Century literature and who want to have a focus for updating their classroom language skills.

The CITE test recognises that teaching young learners and teaching higher level, older, learners may require different language levels, theory and practice. For this reason, candidates are offered two versions of the test: CITE (Young learners) and CITE (General Training) . An examination of the sample papers should help a candidate or their representative decide which is the most appropriate. Primary school teachers are not obliged to take the Young learner version but the opportunity is available.

What level of English do you need?

You need the level of English required to be a competent teacher. If you think you have this, it is likely that you are at the right level for the CITE test. For the CITE (Yl) it is likely that your level of English will be at least at B2 on the Common European Framework for languages. For CITE (GT) your level is likely to be at C1. In the Anglia Examinations suite of General English examinations this means you will be at Advanced or Proficiency level. It isn't easy to relate the level required to any general English test, however, as the English required in the CITE test is also related to knowledge of grammatical terms and functions in English, together with classroom language in English.

When and how can you take the CITE test?

If you are interested in taking a CITE test then go to the Anglia Worldwide section. There you can find details of your local representative who will tell you how to register, and give you the time and place of the next test session most local to you. If you don't know who your local representative is, do not have one, or would like to find out more information about CITE contact Anglia Examinations.

What preparation is necessary?

To a certain extent you must make your own judgement on this by looking at the overview of the test, test specifications and sample papers. Although your representative may be able to indicate where you can find a suitable local course or study group, there is no set course either in English or in teaching which leads to the CITE test.

However, below is a list of books which would help you to prepare for the test and which, if you do not know them already, we recommend you read for your own professional development as an English teacher.

• Brown, H. Douglas. 2000. Principies of Language Learning and Teaching. Prentice Hall Regents.
• Brown, Douglas H. 2001. Teaching by Principies: An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy. Prentice Hall Regents.
• Harmer, Jeremy. 1983. The Practice of English Language Teaching. Harlow: Longman.
• Hewings, Martin. 2005. Advanced Grammar in Use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press loannou-Georgiou, Sophie and Pavlos Pavlou. 2003. Assessing Young Learners. Oxford: Oxford University.
• Slattery, Mary and Jane Willis. 2001. English for Primary Teachers. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Vale, D. and A. Feunteun. 1995. Teaching Children English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

You are also able to download sample examinations to give you an idea of what to expect for the CITE (YL) and CITE (GT) at www.anglia.org and/ or www.angliaexams.com

CITE Test Specification

Part One: Grammatical awareness.
-20 marks Grammatical Terms: vnames and examples

1 mark for each correct grammatical term matched with the examples given on the paper.
1 mark for each correct example given by the candidate.

Part Two: Functional awareness.
-20 marks Functional/ Communicative Terms: descriptions and examples

1 mark for each correct functional term matched with the examples given on the paper. 1 mark for each correct example given by the candidate.

Part Three: Language variety
-15 marks

YL: Language skills: reduction, adaptation and accommodation for the classroom context. One text is given and the candidate must write one text in response.

GT: The marks will be awarded for successful rephrasing, (5) accurate and appropriate questions (5) and answers (5)

Part Four: Error correction -15 marks

One authentic learner text is given and the candidate must correct it and comment on it.

Candidates may use their own notation for the corrections and provide a key for these at the end of the passage.

Candidates will be awarded marks for clearly identifying and correcting learner errors and for their comments on the passage given.

Part Five: Classroom language -10 marks

10 multiple-choice questions. The questions test knowledge of classroom language through collocation.

Part Six: Essay - 20 marks

Candidates are offered a choice of two titles. A maximum of one of these requires specific theoretical knowledge of the teaching of English.

Word length: CITE YL 200-250 words/ CITE GT 300-350 words. Marks will be awarded from a holistic scale under the following headings: organisation, structural accuracy, vocabulary, clarity, style, content.

Sample Papers

Level	Files 2007	Files 2008	Files 2009
Young Learners	CITE Young Learners CITE Young Learners Key	CITE Young Learners CITE Young Learners Key	CITE Young Learners CITE Young Learners Key
General Training	CITE Senior CITE Senior Key	CITE Senior CITE Senior Key	CITE Senior CITE Senior Key