This is the aim of our Module Two Preparatory Programme - to make sure that when you start your full Module Two course you hit the ground running. All the materials have been tried and tested on our Module Two candidates since the Delta Modules Scheme started in 2008, and now that we're no longer running courses, we want to use them to continue helping people. That's why we're offering them for a donation to a charity of your choice (see the final section) of only €50,00 - or a rough equivalent in your own currency. You're free to choose any charity that you like to support, whether local or international, but if you don't have any ideas we would suggest one of the following:
Water Aid The Malalala Fund Greenpeace
Save the Children Médecins Sans Frontières
However, before enrolling, please read the following information carefully and make sure you know what you will and won't get from the course.
What the programme does and doesn't provide
1. This is not a full Module Two course which can only be taken at a centre with face to face or on-line tutor contact.
2. This is a self-access course and there will be no tutor contact or feedback - but it's structured in such a way that you won't need any. Feedback and comments on common problems are built into the materials, allowing you easily to self-evaluate your understanding. If anything is not clear, you'll be able to contact Sue for explanation, but once you start your full course, you'll be able to consult the tutors there about anything that crops up.
3. The course does not cover the syllabus contents for Module Two. Most of the topics on the syllabus will have been covered in your Module One course, while the "new" bits will be included in your full course, at whichever centre you decide to take it. This course aims only to prepare you for the assignments you will need to complete during your full course, making sure you fully understand the requirements and assessment criteria for each part, and the dos and don'ts for meeting them. You'll find...
- input in the form of Powerpoint presentations and reading available on the web
- references to various Cambridge documents which discuss the assessment criteria and analyse candidate performance in past sessions. Some of these are available on the Cambridge website, but you'll also be given access to others which you'll need to consult
- examples of assignments, or extracts from assignments, written by past candidates (always used with their permission), or by Sue.
- recordings of two "LSA type" lessons (one on systems and the other on skills) taught by Sue together with documents such as the accompanying lesson plan, materials, PLE etc, exemplifying sections in the format you'll need to use for your own assignments.
- recommended reading from the web
2. After you enrol, you will have access to the materials up to December 2024. This should give you time to work on the materials...
- before you start your full course. This will give you a "head start" and will mean that during the course you don't have to waste time trying to work out what you are supposed to include in each assignment.
- during your full course. If you want to review the requirements and suggestions for each section of the assignments you'll have them all easily to hand. Page numbers from the different documents you need to consult will always be given, again saving you time.
- presuming an initial submission for the assessment session after your course. If you don't pass first time round, you'll be able to consult the course sections while you work on your referral assignment. If this should happen, and the referral is due to the result of the external assessment, we strongly recommend that (through your centre) you get a report from Cambridge on the exact reasons you were referred. That will show you exactly which sections of the programme you need to work on in order to improve.
- Section One: Pre- and In-Course Reading
- Section Two: Preparing for Module Two - An Overview
- Section Three: The PDA - Stages 1 and 2
- Section Four: The LSAs - Writing the Background Essay (1) Academic Style
- Section Five: The LSAs - Writing the Background Essay (2) Choosing a title and writing the Introduction
- Section Six: The LSAs - Writing the Background Essay (3) The Analysis and Issues sections
- Section Seven: The LSAs - Writing the Background Essay (4) Suggestions for teaching
- Section Eight: The LSAs - Preparing the Lesson Plan (1) What should you include?
- Section Nine: The LSAs - Preparing the Lesson Plan (2) Ensuring your plan is coherent, structured and realistic
- Section Ten: The LSAs - Teaching and Evaluating the Lesson
- Section Eleven: The LSAs - Writing the Post-Lesson Evaluation
- Section Twelve: Finishing off the Course - the remaining stages of the PDA and your External Assessment
- Lessons To Look At
- Proof of your donation to a charity. If you donate online, just take a screenshot of the page which confirms receipt of your donation and attach it to the message.
- The email address which you want us to use to register you on the main site for the programme and to allow you to access documents stored in Google Drive. These include eg some of the Cambridge documents and the film clips for the lessons taught by Sue. It must be the email address linked to your Google account.
- A clear statement of the name of the course you wish to enrol for - here, The Module Two Preparation Programme (just to make sure we don't put you into the wrong course by mistake!)
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