Teacher Information

As we mentioned on our home page we are more than happy to visit schools and talk to teachers and students about TIE and we can also organise workshops on the various components of the test on request. If you are preparing students for the exam and you – or they – have any questions or difficulties we are just a phone-call or e-mail away and welcome your queries.

Some teachers find the idea of preparing for the test without specific materials a little daunting. However, we would like to emphasise that the absence of a defined syllabus means that TIE preparation can easily be incorporated into an existing course of study and the tasks presented in the test reflect the kind of authentic task featured in communicative language classrooms.

Full details of all of the components of the examination and ideas to help you in preparing your students are available in our Teachers’ Handbook. This is available free of charge from TIE Examinations Limited. To order a copy, simply send your name and full postal address to us. Alternatively, if you would like to receive a downloadable version please e-mail your request to info@tie.ie.

We also present workshops and talks at conferences in Ireland and abroad. Recent and upcoming papers include:

From time to time we are also invited to submit articles on testing and assessment issues to ELT publications, details of which will be included on this page. Sue and Miriam are both members of the IATEFL SIG (special interest group) on Testing, Evaluation and Assessment and Sue is on the committee. We will keep you updated on any interesting developments.