Delta Tips 7: PDA Part A
This is the seventh in a series of blog posts I’m doing in response to the number of Delta-related searches that bring visitors to my blog. Each post in this Delta Tips series will deal with a...
View ArticleDelta Tips 8: Experimental Practice
This is the eighth in a series of blog posts I’m doing in response to the number of Delta-related searches that bring visitors to my blog. Each post in this Delta Tips series will deal with a different...
View ArticleMy DELTA-related posts *aren’t* a load of rubbish after all… :-)
I got my Delta results on Friday and they turned out to be a triple distinction. I still can’t quite believe it, it seems rather flukey! Nevertheless, here I am now fully Delta-qualified. And, since I...
View ArticleAn annotated list of resources I found useful in preparing for and doing the...
I read a colossal amount both in the run up to and during my Delta course at Leeds Met, so have decided to blog about (some of!) what I read in that time, for prospective Delta students (and any other...
View ArticleDelta Notes 1: Error Correction
This Delta Notes series has come about because I am packing up all my stuff to move out of my flat and have found my Delta notebooks. I don’t want to put them in a box (got plenty to store as it is...
View ArticleDelta Notes 2: Teaching Listening
This Delta Notes series has come about because I am packing up all my stuff to move out of my flat and have found my Delta notebooks. I don’t want to put them in a box (got plenty to store as it is...
View ArticleLeeds Met Delta/M.A. ELT Induction Day (aka Delta FAQs)
A year ago last week, I attended the induction for my course at Leeds Metropolitan University, and last week I attended (some of it) again! But this time, rather than being one of the students,...
View ArticleDoing the Cambridge Delta: A Guide
To quote from the official Cambridge assessment website, The Delta (Diploma of English Language Teaching to Speakers of Other Languages) is: “one of the best-known and most popular advanced TEFL/TESOL...
View ArticleDelta Notes 3: Issues in teaching lexis
This Delta Notes series came about because I was packing up all my stuff to move out of my flat and found my Delta notebooks. I didn’t want to put them in a box (got plenty to store as it is plus it’s...
View ArticleDelta Notes 3: Module 2 – My LSA1 Reading and Feedback
Title/Focus There are 4 systems (Grammar, Pronunciation, Discourse, Lexis) and 4 skills (Reading, Listening, Speaking Writing), of which you must choose two systems and two skills to focus on over the...
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