tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30033678206959641842024-03-11T07:38:02.039+01:00The DELTA CourseSue Swifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003367820695964184.post-20342149517851734912024-03-07T08:51:00.005+01:002024-03-10T16:37:28.804+01:00What's on the site?<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">We are no longer running full Delta courses, but this site will be used for materials which will help you if:</span></b></span></p><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="clear: left; color: #3d85c6; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="211" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgc_okxkKsuRZJJ111bMrV5nwb1BlxWoOo4p2UoTyaEY5W160dUpNDOkabj7Vgq2qWe2-K8Q-IeNPFiTdTOwIq2ky3jLGLhOoY3gx0DppcTtmUC6ewYixN0geekhJqPlevW4zr78qQTg_b0PmQUW8egurKO7DCEJAgyt_UJTHo0hEymWRUqGxMb0v1u=w131-h200" width="131" /></span></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">- you have done a Module One course previously but need some "refresher" input or practice before taking the Module One exam </span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> - you are self preparing for Modules One or Three </span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> - you are preparing for any of the modules and need extra help with a specific area</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">or...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">- if you have been referred in or failed any of the modules and need to retake. If this is your case click on the following links to see why you may have failed <a href="https://thedeltacourse.blogspot.com/2023/08/why-might-you-have-failed-module-one.html" target="_blank"><b>Module One</b></a> or been referred in <a href="https://thedeltacourse.blogspot.com/2023/08/were-you-referred-in-module-two.html" target="_blank"><b>Module Two </b></a>or Three </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">(link to be added soon).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">- If you passed <a href="https://thedeltacourse.blogspot.com/2023/08/did-you-pass-module-two-but-were.html" target="_blank"><b>Module Two</b></a> but think you should have received a Merit or Distinction grade, click on the link above for details of how the result can be queried.</span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>The Module One Exam Preparation Programme</b> - this programme is on a website of its own. You can gain access up to December 2024 in return for a small donation to charity. See<b> <a href="https://thedeltacourse.blogspot.com/2023/03/delta-module-one-exam-preparation.html" target="_blank">here</a></b> for full details and<b> <a href="https://thedeltacourse.blogspot.com/2024/03/would-you-like-preview-of-our-courses.html" target="_blank">here</a> </b>for how you can preview the course.</span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>The Module One Weekly Preparation:</b> In the six weeks before the exam session you're aiming for, you need to be ramping up your preparation. In this period, a question relevant to each of the tasks on the Module One exam (plus the suggested answer) will be posted every Wednesday. Could you answer them? The series leading to the June 2024 session starts on Wednesday 24th April. See here (link to be added on 24th April).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><b>The Module Two</b> <b>Preparatory Programme -</b></span><span><span> Again, this programme is on </span></span></span></span><span> a website of its own. You can access the course up to December 2024 for a small donation to charity. Full details can be found <a href="https://thedeltacourse.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-module-two-preparatory-course.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>, while you can find out how you can preview the course <a href="https://thedeltacourse.blogspot.com/2024/03/would-you-like-preview-of-our-courses.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b><span>The Module Three</span></b><span><span> <b>Course</b> </span><span>- We're currently working on transferring the course </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">to a website of its own which, like those above, will be available for a donation to charity. Details will be added when the course is ready. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Also relevant are the new materials included on our companion site</b> </span><b><i><a href="https://eltnotebook.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">An ELT Notebook</a></i>.</b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">New articles and activities</span></b><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b> are added at roughly weekly intervals, and are all mostly adapted from materials used on our Delta courses. Every week or so you'll find one or two (sometimes more) new articles or practical activities focusing on language and/or methodology. They supplement the work in the Exam Preparation Programmes by covering the syllabus areas you need to have worked on for the three modules. Check them out weekly.</b></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Sue Swifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003367820695964184.post-18688141380443657222024-03-07T08:47:00.001+01:002024-03-07T09:06:22.115+01:00Would you like a preview of our courses?<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXf6fs3o1Jchk8Za7C8L-kiqxJUbMzXECa2UJTlbwwYFn_1C0oLb9ix0zMQ4EDLEDpXR7ietV-hdtKvdF-FyegDlA6Gls2LRikXhGeIOCfS9KkZX8sQqJ__vwPSaHvMWLSPUbzouwHzrpuWMD7huDPkJYBOAbrshgEY-keRZ6WvmPiY4f3mtmpgd5xMUc/s640/never-stop-learning-3653430_640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="640" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXf6fs3o1Jchk8Za7C8L-kiqxJUbMzXECa2UJTlbwwYFn_1C0oLb9ix0zMQ4EDLEDpXR7ietV-hdtKvdF-FyegDlA6Gls2LRikXhGeIOCfS9KkZX8sQqJ__vwPSaHvMWLSPUbzouwHzrpuWMD7huDPkJYBOAbrshgEY-keRZ6WvmPiY4f3mtmpgd5xMUc/w244-h139/never-stop-learning-3653430_640.jpg" width="244" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you're considering doing either the <a href="https://thedeltacourse.blogspot.com/2023/03/delta-module-one-exam-preparation.html" target="_blank"><b>Delta Module One Exam Preparation programme</b></a> or the <b><a href="https://thedeltacourse.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-module-two-preparatory-course.html" target="_blank">Delta Module Two Preparatory</a></b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://thedeltacourse.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-module-two-preparatory-course.html" target="_blank"> Course</a></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">, you might be wondering what exactly you'd get for your €50 donation to charity. Up to March 21st, we're offering a 24-hour preview.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Just choose a day when you have enough time to look through the course and, if you like it, to make your donation. Send me an email (the address is on the pages I've linked to above giving the course information) headed with the name of the course and <i>Preview</i>, and in the message tell me the date you are interested in. At around 9 or 10 am <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20240307T080000&p1=tz_cet" target="_blank">Central European Time</a> on that day, you'll be sent the details of how to register on the course website. You'll be left in for 24 hours or, if you send me proof of your donation during that time, permanently. If I don't hear from you and you're taken out of the course, you can always donate and re-register at a later date. Remember that the email address you use must be the one linked to your Google account</span></p>Sue Swifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003367820695964184.post-58642356609092172482024-03-05T08:28:00.002+01:002024-03-10T08:53:06.591+01:00Preparing for Delta Module One<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In the twelve weeks before the exam, you need to spend some time preparing every day. On this page, you'll find a daily question relevant to one or more of the tasks on the two papers, some suggested reading for the day and, if you scroll down, the suggested answer to the question.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This will change every day, and any that you miss will not be available afterwards. Schedule a specific time each day to deal with them and if you have a particularly busy day, just take a couple of minutes to copy them so that you can catch up later.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>WEEK ONE DAY ONE</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Today's Question</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Describe the
difference in attitude to fluency practice between the audiolingual method and
the communicative approach. What attitude does each take towards it and why? <i>(Relevant
to Paper 2/2 and 2/3 - Assumptions and beliefs)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Today's Reading and Viewing - Methodology</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.professorjackrichards.com/difference-between-an-approach-and-a-method/"><b>Jack Richards on the difference between a method and an approach</b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/m-is-for-method/"><b>Scott Thornbury on Methods</b></a> <b>Video 4 mins<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/a-trip-down-memory-lane-methodology" target="_blank"><span style="background: white;">A Trip down the Memory Lane of Methodology</span></a></span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #2b0c03;"> (British Council Webinar approx 61 mins). A great review of all the methodologies you need to know about. Make time for it.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Today's Question - Suggested Answer</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>AL</b> = It was to be
avoided. Fluency work would inevitably lead to error/mistakes which would
reinforce incorrect habits and therefore be detrimental to learning.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>CA</b> = It is necessary.
Learners need practice in communicating with all the language at their
disposal if they are to become proficient users.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p>Sue Swifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003367820695964184.post-41250839460129057282023-08-13T08:57:00.005+02:002023-11-01T08:09:23.716+01:00Why might you have failed the Module One exam?<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Delta Module One is tough - and nearly 30% of candidates fail. However, the Module One exam is, in my opinion, very fair and reliable, and does a good job of distinguishing which candidates are and aren't at Delta standard (Pass and Fail candidates) and which are slightly or considerably above average (Merit and Distinction candidates). Of course, there's always the possibility of bad luck - if you go down with a migraine in the middle of the exam, it's obviously going to affect your result. And Cambridge do occasionally make mistakes - if you think this is true for you you can ask (through your centre) for an admin check (to make sure it wasn't a clerical error and the correct result was registered) and, if you're still not satisfied, for a complete remark. There is a charge for these checks but it is refunded if your query was correct. See the <a href="https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/help/enquiries-and-appeals/teaching-qualifications/" target="_blank">Enquiries and Appeals</a> page on the Cambridge website. But generally, if you haven't achieved the result you wanted, there will be a good reason. What are these reasons?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1.</b> You may simply not have a deep enough understanding of the items on the Module One syllabus. If you've done a course, these should have been covered - but no course has the time to cover everything in detail. You need to have done a considerable amount of background reading (from the books on the Cambridge reading list or, if you don't have access to them, from reliable sources on the web) and/or have viewed the most important videos available on the web in order to consolidate and extend what was discussed in the course sessions. If you've been self-preparing, this reading and viewing is even more important. This weakness could be a problem for example if you haven't researched sufficiently into the topic that comes up in Paper 2/3.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>2.</b> You may have a good grasp of the theory but not have considered how it needs to be applied differently for different learner types or in different learning contexts. This is a particular problem for candidates whose experience is limited to only a few different contexts. You need to be able to draw on your knowledge of and refer to a wide range of contexts in the exam - different L1 groups, different group sizes, different age groups, different course types, etc.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>3.</b> You may be weak in a specific syllabus area. For example, </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">if your problem is a weak understanding of the language systems, this will</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">affect your performance on Paper 1/5. But as this question carries 50 marks - ie 25% of the marks for the whole exam, doing badly on it could easily bring down your overall marks radically. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>4. </b>You may have done the reading but have misunderstood what is being said. There are two remedies for this. First of all, you need to go over things again - probably changing the study skills you use. And secondly, you need to do a lot more practice activities with suggested answers. And it's no use "cheating" and just looking at the suggested answers. You <u><i>must</i></u> do the task yourself first and then compare your answer with the SAs - looking for inaccuracies, for information you left out, and information you included which was not needed or irrelevant. You should then do some follow-up reading to work more on the area. You'll find a lot of help for this in the articles included in the <a href="https://eltnotebook.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">ELT Notebook </a>- a lot of which come from our Module One course. They may be practice activities for Paper 2/3 (you'll find the questions at the top - write your own answers before looking at the suggested answers in the article itself), or for Paper 1/5 - see the <i>Language Matters</i> section and the <i>Tasks and Input</i> sub-section. Again, make sure you do the tasks first before looking at the suggested answers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>5.</b> You may not have a clear understanding of "what Cambridge wants" in the answers for each question, causing you either to omit the information which carries marks, or to waste time adding information which doesn't - and in the exam you don't have time to waste. This also means that you may do more badly than you might have done if...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>6.</b> ...you don't know how much time you can afford to devote to each task, or you haven't practised answering the tasks to the time available. If you don't finish answering all the tasks on each paper, you're obviously going to lose marks which will bring down your marks.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There are 200 marks available over the two papers, and the marks you need to achieve for each grade are:</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Pass: approximately 100 </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Pass with Merit: approximately 130 </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Pass with Distinction: approximately 150</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Why "approximately"? This allows Cambridge to consider factors such as:</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">the quality of your answers. See p 11 of the <a href="https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/Images/181161-delta-handbook-for-tutors-and-candidates-document.pdf" target="_blank">Handbook for Tutors and Candidates</a></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/Images/181161-delta-handbook-for-tutors-and-candidates-document.pdf" target="_blank"> t</a>o see what is meant by "quality". So let's imagine you were a borderline candidate because you didn't manage to finish all the tasks on each paper in the time allowed and only achieved 99 marks. However, the answers you<i> did</i> give actually matched the description of the quality of a Merit grade. That would allow Cambridge to give you the benefit of the doubt and award you a pass grade.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">How the results overall compared with results in previous exams. For example, if it was clear from the number of candidates receiving each grade that this session's exam had been more difficult than usual, the marks needed might be lowered slightly. Again, see p. 11 of the <i>Handbook</i>.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So unless you did develop that migraine halfway through, you can probably trust that your result is an accurate reflection of your current ability - which means that if you want to retake the exam to gain a higher grade, you have more work to do.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The most usual mistake that people make at this point is to think that they have plenty of time and to leave everything to the last few weeks before the following exam - finding that they then gain exactly the same result. You can't do everything in a few weeks. You need to start <u>immediately</u> you receive your result and work steadily and systematically to ensure you improve radically in whichever of the six weaknesses listed above brought your mark down - and this may be just one of the areas, more than one or all six.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And this is where our <b>exam preparation course</b> can help. It contains ample work to allow you to improve your performance over the three months before the exam if you work steadily and consistently. And it's available for just a <b>€50</b> donation to any charity of your choice. What does it contain?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Three diagnostic activities which will show you exactly where you need to improve. Is it your general knowledge and understanding of the syllabus areas which is the problem, or are you weak on specific tasks? When you've done the task you'll receive the suggested answers, feedback on common problems, and suggested follow-up reading if you need to work more on the topic. Once you know what your weaknesses are, you also know which areas you need to focus on most thoroughly.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Guided reading and viewing (all from the web, so no extra costs involved) which allow you to work steadily through all or any of the syllabus areas to improve your understanding, reading three or four articles at a time on the same topic.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A thorough analysis of the requirements for each of the tasks on the two papers, with reference to Cambridge documents intended for candidates but not available on their website (these will be sent to you by email)...</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">... each followed by a number of exam preparation and practice activities, with suggested answers, feedback on common problems and suggested follow-up reading, to allow you to check your understanding and to do both general and timed practice of individual tasks.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Mock exams which allow you to do timed practice of each paper - as always with suggested answers and feedback.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Exam tips to improve your general approach to revising for and dealing with the exam papers.</span></li></ul><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Want to know more? See <a href="https://thedeltacourse.blogspot.com/2023/03/delta-module-one-exam-preparation.html" target="_blank">here</a> for information on how to enrol.</b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></div><p></p>Sue Swifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003367820695964184.post-15772932196499133822023-08-12T12:04:00.004+02:002024-02-20T09:42:14.825+01:00 Were you referred in Module Two?<p><br /></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVaTe0vhGMkxPnbvNnEMvxMPJVMpjAUvlSRiE012PjZSKGlkjK9r_SHJuzTJaae9ON3dR7a_r2YVW8LCdYAgMmcsAB6YN3Wd39uJ0jyBCbcpHCDivHLL_8GHMQwon5V-XmAwNIIDR_XOXKQilgKXaptjEDp2CWPHnmqBVhhF5M3aibEgmf1duq6uGTXpw/s640/Don't%20Panic.webp" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="640" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVaTe0vhGMkxPnbvNnEMvxMPJVMpjAUvlSRiE012PjZSKGlkjK9r_SHJuzTJaae9ON3dR7a_r2YVW8LCdYAgMmcsAB6YN3Wd39uJ0jyBCbcpHCDivHLL_8GHMQwon5V-XmAwNIIDR_XOXKQilgKXaptjEDp2CWPHnmqBVhhF5M3aibEgmf1duq6uGTXpw/w199-h142/Don't%20Panic.webp" width="199" /></a></span></span></div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you have taken Delta Module Two and
have been referred, you need to act as soon as you get your result if you want
to increase your chances of passing on the retake. The following sections
include extracts from the Cambridge Module Two Manual (in italics) explaining
reasons for referral, and the referral timing and procedure.<o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Why were you referred? </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">In order to pass Delta
Module Two, the candidate has to complete a coursework portfolio and pass an
internal coursework assignment as well as the externally assessed assignment.
The candidate is referred if the external assessment has not passed. The
assessor’s judgments have been checked by an external moderator.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Candidates cannot be
referred if the original coursework was incomplete, or if they have not met the
course requirements, e.g. they did not complete the Professional Development
Assignment, or have failed two internal systems or skills assignments. In these
cases the overall result for the coursework will be a Fail.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So a referral
result means that your centre passed the coursework, but you didn't pass the external
assessment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What does the referral
procedure involve?</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">The candidate has to
have another external assessment which provides a further opportunity for the
candidate to demonstrate sound teaching based on a clear understanding of
underlying principles and their practical application.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The
components of the referral assignment are identical to those of all the
previous LSAs : a background essay, lesson plan, assessed lesson and post
lesson evaluation, plus the signed candidate declaration form. The assessment
will be arranged by your centre. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When will it happen? </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Candidates who are
referred have two opportunities to re-enter for Delta Module Two within a
one-year period following the issue of results. So for example a candidate who
is initially referred in June may enter for reassessment in any two of the
following sessions: October and/or December in the same year and/or June the
following year. A candidate who is initially referred in December may enter for
reassessment in any two of the June, October or December sessions of the
following year. Referred candidates do not have to re-take a course.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Candidates must enter
through their original centre.</i><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So what should you do next?</span></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It's unlikely that you were referred in LSA4 because
of "bad luck on the day". There will be specific weaknesses in your
writing, your background knowledge and/or your teaching that you need to work
on, and you need to find out what these are.<span style="color: #333333;"> How?</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; line-height: 107%;">1.</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Contact
your centre and ask them to start the process of applying for a report on the
reasons you failed LSA4. There are two stages in this process. The Cambridge
manual states:</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">The following
services/stages are available for candidates receiving a Referred or Fail
grade: </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">• Stage 1: Detailed Report </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">• Stage 2: Re-mark/Re-moderation of external
assignment/whole portfolio.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Please note that the
re-marking service does not apply to the practical element of the assessed
lesson, but the documents (Background essay and assessor’s comments) provided
to Cambridge English will be reviewed. All candidates wishing to request a
re-mark must have completed Stage 1 (..report request..) before requesting a
re-mark (Stage 2). <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Where an enquiry leads
to a change of grade, any results enquiry fee paid will be reimbursed.</i><b><i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Stage One Report is an
invaluable guide to the areas which you need to improve before retaking the
external assessment, and you’ll probably recognise them as areas you already
knew were weaknesses. If you have any doubts, you might want to ask your tutors
to have a look at the BE, LP and PLE to see if they agree with the assessor’s
conclusions. If they don’t, it may be worthwhile going on to Stage Two.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;">2.</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;"> Ask
your centre to send you the Cambridge document <i>Information for Referred Candidates</i>. This four-page document explains
exactly what the referral procedure entails in much more detail than is
possible here (including eg whether you should do a systems or skills lesson,
the centre’s responsibilities, where you can do the referral lesson etc).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;">3.</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;"> Find
out from your centre what support they offer (if any) in terms of further
training and development for referred candidates. Do they run seminars (F2F or
online?) on areas of weakness that are relevant to you? Can they provide a
reading list and/or list of videos that will specifically target the weak areas
identified in the report? etc. Note that this is not compulsory, and if the
centre provides such support, there may be an additional fee. If nothing is offered, consider
following our <a href="https://thedeltacourse.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-module-two-preparatory-course.html" target="_blank"><b>Module Two Preparatory Programme</b></a>. Although it covers all the
components of the M2 course, you’ll see that all but two of the thirteen
sections focus specifically on the LSAs, including the External Assessment. You’ll
find detailed guidance on the do’s and don’ts of each part of the assignment, an
analysis of examples of assignments or parts of assignments written by past
candidates, two recorded lessons (one systems and one skills) to watch, and
much more. The cost? A €50 (or rough equivalent in your own currency) donation
to a charity of your choice. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; line-height: 107%;">So as soon as you receive the Report
on your performance in LSA4, start working on the weak areas that were
identified – whether with help from your original centre or from us. Delta
Module Two is a developmental course - and development takes time. Once you’ve
seen the report, you'll probably find you need to work steadily over at least 12
weeks (possibly more, depending on how much time per week you can spend and how
many problems you find you need to resolve.) So don't put it off - start now. That will let you get an overview of the course contents before you start working intensively on specific areas after seeing the Report. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;">However,
</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; line-height: 107%;">don't rush the resubmission. As it says above, it is not essential to
resubmit immediately in the following session. By the time you have received
your result and waited for the Cambridge report, there may be very little time
left to carry out the work needed to bring the assignment up to pass level. If
you do it too quickly and again do not pass, this time you’ll fail – which
means you will need to retake the entire course. Much better therefore to take
your time and be completely sure that you resubmit an assignment that is at
pass standard. </span></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Sue Swifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003367820695964184.post-77615674637419020142023-08-12T09:01:00.002+02:002023-08-23T09:34:30.301+02:00 Did you pass Module Two but were expecting a merit or distinction grade?<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">The grade you received for Module Two is
decided based on the evidence provided by the External Examiner’s report on
LSA4, and your centre’s report (the Delta 5C) on your performance on the
course. If the External Examiner points to a specific weakness, the Cambridge
Moderators will look at the 5c to see whether this has been a problem before.
If the centre has flagged a particular criterion as problematic, the Moderators
will look to see if it had improved by LSA4 or remained weak.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Therefore, if you passed Module Two
but your centre reports (the three Delta 5As for the internal LSAs, the Delta
5B for the PDA, and the Delta 5C) suggested you were a merit or distinction candidate,
you may want to query the result. The procedure is outlined in the Cambridge
Delta Module Two manual and is as follows:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">The following services/stages are
available for candidates receiving a Passing grade: </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">• Stage 1: Full clerical
check of all papers </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">• Stage 2: Re-mark/Re-moderation of external
assignment/whole portfolio. Please note that the re-marking service does not
apply to the practical element of the assessed lesson, but the documents
(Background essay and assessor’s comments) provided to Cambridge English will
be reviewed. </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">All candidates wishing to request a re-mark must have completed
Stage 1 (…clerical check) before requesting a re-mark (Stage 2). Where an
enquiry leads to a change of grade, any results enquiry fee paid will be
reimbursed.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 4.8pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 4.8pt;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Requests must be made through your
centre. Cambridge will not accept requests from individual candidates – so get
on to your tutors immediately. If you don’t know what grade they recommended in
the 5C, find out. If you are sure they recommended a merit or distinction
grade and feel that LSA4 went well (ask your tutors if they'll have a look at the BE and LP first and give you their opinions), you can then decide whether or not to proceed with a results query.</span><o:p style="font-size: 14pt;"></o:p></span></p>Sue Swifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003367820695964184.post-5118565514249562042023-04-03T09:38:00.014+02:002024-02-18T08:59:35.142+01:00The Module Two Preparatory Programme<p> </p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6KnLXUpZJSnp0bjO3xIXLF4yHgDD9AFUJjY5Jw-b_MFOYCyMkWvzjrygHto4yg5t7DNRRy98wQmSAXHB1uIkdkYcxZYGg8tvOvbhU8WmBIHs60v92rfcCVHMzbT6qHfsJxSRvjQGRSOm28luctQ1nT0IgdOHnurw3OfGWzDaTGN3WtU4k8rU5tW4mXCE/s640/young-man-4053324_640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6KnLXUpZJSnp0bjO3xIXLF4yHgDD9AFUJjY5Jw-b_MFOYCyMkWvzjrygHto4yg5t7DNRRy98wQmSAXHB1uIkdkYcxZYGg8tvOvbhU8WmBIHs60v92rfcCVHMzbT6qHfsJxSRvjQGRSOm28luctQ1nT0IgdOHnurw3OfGWzDaTGN3WtU4k8rU5tW4mXCE/w256-h171/young-man-4053324_640.jpg" width="256" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Module Two is hard </b>- whether you are doing an intensive, full-time course or a longer part-time course but working at the same time, you'll find your biggest enemy is time. The assignments you need to write are long and complex, and each one will have deadlines you have to meet. There's therefore no time to waste - and the more you know in advance about how to tackle each section of each assignment in order to meet the assessment criteria, the more time you'll have to work on the content of the assignments themselves.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">This is the aim of our <b>Module Two Preparatory Programme</b> - 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:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span><a href="https://www.wateraid.org/donate" target="_blank">Water Aid</a> <a href="https://malala.org/donate" target="_blank">The Malalala Fund</a> <a href="https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/donate/" target="_blank">Greenpeace</a> </span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span> <a href="https://www.savethechildren.it/dona-ora?utm_campaign=sci-website-redirect&utm_source=sci&utm_medium=display&utm_content=donate-link" target="_blank">Save the Children</a> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.msf.org/donate" target="_blank">Médecins Sans Frontières</a></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">However, before enrolling, please read the following information carefully and make sure you know what you will and won't get from the course. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">What the programme does and doesn't provide</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>1. This is not a full Module Two course</b> which can only be taken at a centre with face to face or on-line tutor contact. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>2. T</b></span><b style="font-family: helvetica;">his is a self-access course and there will be no tutor contact or feedback</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> - 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.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: helvetica;">3. The course does not cover the syllabus contents for Module Two</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">. 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. <b>This course aims only to prepare you for the assignments </b>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...</span></span></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">input in the form of Powerpoint presentations and reading available on the web</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">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</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">examples of assignments, or extracts from assignments, written by past candidates (always used with their permission), or by Sue.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">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.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">recommended reading from the web</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>2. After you enrol, you will have access to the materials up to December 2024.</b> This should give you time to work on the materials...</span></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">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.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">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.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">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.</span></li></ul><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>3. Note also that the website won't be "glossy" or interactive. </b>Because we are not earning anything from the courses we can't use "state of the art" platforms but need to depend on free sites. The course is housed on Blogger, and the site will look much like this one. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>4. The sections you'll find in the programme cover the following topics:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Section One:</b> Pre- and In-Course Reading</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Section Two:</b> Preparing for Module Two - An Overview</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Section Three: </b>The PDA - Stages 1 and 2</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Section Four: </b>The LSAs - Writing the Background Essay (1) Academic Style</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Section Five: </b>The LSAs - Writing the Background Essay (2) Choosing a title and writing the Introduction</span><b style="font-family: helvetica;"> </b></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Section Six:</b> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The LSAs - Writing the Background Essay (3) The Analysis and Issues sections</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Section Seven: </b></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The LSAs - Writing the Background Essay (4) Suggestions for teaching</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Section Eight: </b></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The LSAs - Preparing the Lesson Plan (1) What should you include?</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Section Nine: </b></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The LSAs - Preparing the Lesson Plan (2) Ensuring your plan is coherent, structured and realistic</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Section Ten:</b> The LSAs - Teaching and Evaluating the Lesson</span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Section Eleven:</b> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The LSAs - Writing the Post-Lesson Evaluation</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Section Twelve:</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Finishing off the Course - the remaining stages of the PDA and your External Assessment</span></span></li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Lessons To Look At</span></b></li></ul></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>How do you enrol?</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b style="color: black; font-size: large;"><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>To enrol on the course you need to send the following in an email</b> to the following <i>@gmail.com</i> address: <i>deltacoursesvarious</i> (I haven't written it in the normal order to try and avoid the automatic spam bots).</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Proof of your donation to a charity. </b>If you donate online, just take a screenshot of the page which confirms receipt of your donation and attach it to the message.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>The email address </b>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.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>A clear statement of the name of the course you wish to enrol for</b> - here, <b>The Module Two Preparation Programme</b> (just to make sure we don't put you into the wrong course by mistake!)</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">As soon as we receive your message, you'll be registered on the website for the programme and you'll have full access to all the materials. If you haven't heard within two working days, please contact Sue in a private message on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sue.swift.35" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sueswift/" target="_blank">Linked In</a></span></div></div>Sue Swifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003367820695964184.post-91100763888182485122023-03-22T14:53:00.020+01:002024-03-09T10:58:41.860+01:00Delta Module One Exam Preparation Programme<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVLrads-JrnApYH-pN9l2IQrLAfl-8RH5Hum-fZhJrFjXCXL3xt3A2xDf_L1OoAVFmprKwg1B5wyj9LrjgsAWRA0OUiYKzGLv1x2Nrk2gCC_nJG6AzSf8HdQRDFtQkP1mzvweqKyAiiKR880m66Wil_wuZtAgJ5VApFPACCbNCjGF5CvSWuQXTSP56lk/s1280/telework-6795505_1280.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVLrads-JrnApYH-pN9l2IQrLAfl-8RH5Hum-fZhJrFjXCXL3xt3A2xDf_L1OoAVFmprKwg1B5wyj9LrjgsAWRA0OUiYKzGLv1x2Nrk2gCC_nJG6AzSf8HdQRDFtQkP1mzvweqKyAiiKR880m66Wil_wuZtAgJ5VApFPACCbNCjGF5CvSWuQXTSP56lk/w216-h144/telework-6795505_1280.jpg" width="216" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you are taking the Module One exam in June 2024, you now need to be working intensively on preparing for the exam. Our <i>Exam Preparation Programme</i> gives you all the information and practice you need for this, and is ideal if :</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">you've been self-preparing, and want help in covering the syllabus items and understanding how to apply what you've studied to the exam tasks</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">you took a Module One course earlier in the year but now need a "refresher" before the exam</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">you took the exam before, but didn't pass - see <a href="https://thedeltacourse.blogspot.com/2023/08/why-might-you-have-failed-module-one.html" target="_blank">here</a> for what might have caused you to fail.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">you took the exam before and passed - but want to try again to get a higher grade!</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You can now gain access to the whole programme lasting up to December 2024.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: helvetica;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">All the materials included have been tried and tested on our Module One 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:</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.wateraid.org/donate" style="color: #2d6e89;" target="_blank">Water Aid</a> <a href="https://malala.org/donate" style="color: #2d6e89;" target="_blank">The Malalala Fund</a> <a href="https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/donate/" style="color: #2d6e89;" target="_blank">Greenpeace</a> </span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://www.savethechildren.it/dona-ora?utm_campaign=sci-website-redirect&utm_source=sci&utm_medium=display&utm_content=donate-link" style="color: #2d6e89;" target="_blank">Save the Children</a> <a href="https://www.msf.org/donate" style="color: #2d6e89;" target="_blank">Médecins Sans Frontières</a></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">However, before enrolling, please read the following information carefully and make sure you know what you will and won't get from the course. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What the programme does and doesn't provide</span></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>1. This is not a full Module One course. In particular...</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>2. It</b><b> is a self-access course and there will be no tutor contact or feedback. </b>The exception to this is if there is a problem with the course itself - eg links not working - in which case please let us know immediately. However, see section 4 below - feedback is provided for each task you do, in enough detail to allow you to self-assess, find further information on any points you missed, and check that you didn't make the most common mistakes for that question.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>3. There are no specific units on the syllabus areas for Module One. </b>However<b>, </b> guidance is given to help candidates who are self-preparing to organise their work. This includes guided reading and viewing from the web, organised topic by topic, in manageable chunks to do on a daily basis, allowing you to create your own "units". <b> </b> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>4.</b> <b>The main aim of the course is to prepare you for the eight tasks included in the exam,</b> making sure you fully understand the requirements for each task, and the dos and don'ts for answering the questions. You'll find...</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">input in the form of detailed analysis of each task (usually recorded presentations).</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">practice activities to check that you have understood the requirements, and the dos and don'ts and that you can apply them to specific questions. All of these activities have suggested answers, and explanations of common mistakes, which will help you self-assess your performance.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">references to various Cambridge documents which discuss the task requirements 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</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Past papers and Examiner's Reports on each of them which you can use as mock exams.</span></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>2. You will have access to the materials from the time you enrol up to December 2024.</b> This should give you time to work on course intensively if you are aiming for the June exam or to take it more slowly if you are aiming for next December.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>3. Note that the website won't be "glossy" or interactive. </b>Because we are not earning anything from the courses we can't use "state of the art" platforms but need to depend on free sites. The programme is housed on Blogger, and will look much like this one.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here's a screenshot of the first half of a typical unit. Notice that it focuses on one specific task, and starts with input on the format and requirements of the task - in the form of a recorded presentation, plus references to advice on the web and in various Cambridge documents not available on their website but which you'll be sent once you've enrolled. Then there are a number of exam preparation activities - six in this section, though you can only see the first two in this screenshot. They all have suggested answers and feedback on common mistakes made by candidates which you need to avoid. You'll also be directed to further reading which will help if your answers were incorrect or not detailed enough. Click on the image to see the extract more clearly.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7BNO_Bn-GwG5ap2E53tzfCPgqvTmy7bfXZqzjvkyY1MNIUWzlW2pywz_7fq8FhVkkaSMlw-G_iOqeS2QS87VynP7K1WlWXkz5hc4Thu6iTh2fNWmDCf5kwvrDKHv7GdryPyeeZY3-BVSybR-ahJgSRzmSoHBVBnkg577APB4n447m7jjhk6Lh7BM5iqo/s1049/Delta%20website.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="1049" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7BNO_Bn-GwG5ap2E53tzfCPgqvTmy7bfXZqzjvkyY1MNIUWzlW2pywz_7fq8FhVkkaSMlw-G_iOqeS2QS87VynP7K1WlWXkz5hc4Thu6iTh2fNWmDCf5kwvrDKHv7GdryPyeeZY3-BVSybR-ahJgSRzmSoHBVBnkg577APB4n447m7jjhk6Lh7BM5iqo/s320/Delta%20website.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">How do you enrol?</span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>To enrol on the course you need to send the following in an email</b> to the following <i>@gmail.com</i> address: <i>deltacoursesvarious</i> (I haven't written it in the normal order to try and avoid the automatic spam bots).</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Proof of your donation to a charity. </b>If you donate online, just take a screenshot of the page which confirms receipt of your donation and attach it to the message.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>The email address </b>which you want us to use to register you on the main site for the programme and to send you the Cambridge documents not available on their website. It must be the address "attached" to the Google account you want to use to access the programme.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>A clear statement of the name of the course you wish to enrol for</b> - here, <b>The Module One Exam Preparation Programme</b> (just to make sure we don't put you into the wrong course by mistake!)</span></li></ul><div style="line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As soon as we receive your message, you'll be registered on the website for the programme and you'll have full access to all the materials. If you haven't heard within two working days, please contact Sue in a private message on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sue.swift.35" style="color: #2d6e89;" target="_blank"><b>Facebook</b></a> or<b> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sueswift/" style="color: #2d6e89;" target="_blank">Linked In</a></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><b>Also relevant are the new materials included on our companion site</b> </span><b style="font-size: medium;"><i><a href="https://eltnotebook.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2d6e89;" target="_blank">An ELT Notebook</a></i>.</b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"> </span><b style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">New articles and activities</span></b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><b> are added at roughly weekly intervals, and are mostly adapted from materials used on our Delta courses. Every week or so you'll find one or two (sometimes more) new articles or practical activities focusing on language and/or methodology. They supplement the work in the Exam Preparation Programmes by covering the syllabus areas you need to have worked on for each of the three modules and applying them to exam tasks. Check them out weekly.</b></span></span></div></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Sue Swifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.com