Delta Modules

This module focuses on the background to teaching and learning English in a range of contexts.

Content areas

1. Theoretical perspectives on language acquisition and language teaching

2. Different approaches and methodologies including current developments

3. Language systems and learners’ linguistic problems

4. Language skills and learners' problems

5. Knowledge of resources, materials and reference sources for language learning

6. Key concepts and terminology related to assessment

It is not essential to do a course to enter for Module One. Candidates may either follow a course at a centre or prepare for the examination independently.

Handbook and Past Papers:

http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/teaching-english/teaching-qualifications/delta/prepare-for-delta/

This module tests knowledge of the elements of planning and preparing a lesson or a sequence of lessons and how to select and use resources and materials.

Content areas

1. The language learner and the language learning context

2. Preparation for teaching adult learners of English

3. Evaluating, selecting and using resources and materials for teaching purposes

4. Managing and supporting learning

5. Evaluation of lesson preparation and teaching

6. Observation/evaluation of other teachers’ lessons

7. Professionalism and opportunities for professional development

Assessment

Module Two requires course attendance at an approved Delta centre so that teaching can be supported and assessed.

Module Two is assessed through a portfolio of coursework, including observed lessons, background written assignments, and an externally-assessed lesson observation.

Please note that, as Module two is assessed by coursework, there are no practice papers associated with this Module.

This module tests knowledge of classroom management and what happens in the classroom in terms of the language used by the teacher or learners, the roles of the teacher can fulfil and the ways in which the teacher can manage classroom events and interaction.

Content areas:

1. Research into specialist areas

2. Principles of syllabus design and implications for specific learning contexts

3. Designing syllabus and teaching programmes to meet the needs of learners in the specific context of the selected specialism

4. Course design and development in the specific context of the selected specialism

5. The principles and practice of testing and assessment and application to the candidate’s specialist area

6. Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness and quality of courses and programmes of study

Assessment

Module Three is assessed through an extended written assignment.

Please note that, as Module Three is assessed by written assignment; there are no practice papers associated with this Module.

It is not essential to do a course to enter for Module Three. Candidates may either follow a course at a centre or prepare for the extended assignment independently.

Yes, you can take Delta Modules One and Three. To apply for Module Two course to our Centre you are expected to have an international TEFL certificate (CELTA, Trinity CertTESOL etc) and a minimum of two years of full-time post-CELTA/Trinity CertTESOL/IHC teaching experience.

No. You can choose to enter for a single module or any combination of modules. Each module is separately certificated so you receive credit for each module successfully completed.

While you can choose to take the modules in any order, Modules Two and Three assume you have the knowledge and competences gained in the previous module(s) so for most candidates the most practical order will be from Module One through to Module Three.

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Yes. Some centres may deliver Delta as a single course (all three modules being run concurrently by a centre). However, the distribution of content across the three modules allows centres the flexibility of offering individual modules or combinations of modules if you do not want or need to complete them all.

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No. There is no time limit for completion of all three modules.

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Yes. There is no limit on the number of times you can take a module. For Module Three, there is an option to resubmit an assignment. If it fails again a new topic needs to be chosen.

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Attendance on a course is only necessary for Module Two so that practice can be directly assessed. You can enter for Modules One and Three without taking a course.

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Yes. You are awarded a certificate for each Delta module you pass. Achievement of a Pass in all three modules confers the status of a full Delta qualification. An overall Delta certificate will be awarded if you submit evidence of a Pass in all three modules.

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