Cambridge DELTA Assignments
In 2007, I did my Cambridge University DELTA (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults) course and took the exam. This was the logical step after having done the CELTA in 2003.
I started preparing for the DELTA long before the actual course by doing research on the Internet, reading about various topics and taking an online teacher development course. What I found most difficult was to find insider information about the DELTA course. There were very few personal accounts. There are also no exam preparation books on the market for the DELTA as there are for all the other Cambridge exams. There was some information scattered on the Internet but it was difficult to get a real picture of what the course really was like.
This gave me the idea to create the Project DELTA Wiki as a platform for information about the DELTA. So far, there hasn’t been much participation but I hope this will change with time. So, if you are about to take the DELTA, you have the diploma already or you are a DELTA tutor, you are very welcome to contribute to the Wiki with your personal experience, your knowledge or with your questions.
One of the things that helped me a lot during the DELTA was to see sample assignments by former DELTA candidates. This is why I have decided to publish my DELTA assignments online on my website. On the Wiki you can find a link to more sample assignments by other former candidates.
Hi,
I think it is a great idea for online help. I hope to take my DELTA in March 2009, five years after I did the Trinity TESOL Cert. I think it will be incredibly valuable in my career, and I am looking forward to any comments, hints and useful tips I may find here.
Well done
Regards
John Oxley
Nice one. I just hope that all the lovely people who post their work online don’t get plagiarised. Obviously we all know how secure and well organised Cambridge Tefl testing procedures are and that all the worldwide centres who run Delta courses regularly share information so that trainees can’t just submit copies of other people’s assignments. Furthermore, don’t all assignments have to go to Cambridge for checking? (Er, no) Therefore plagiarism is well monitored. Yeah right. Module 2, take assignment from internet, change slightly, hand in to tutor, pass. Cynical? Yes, but…
@ John Thanks. I’m happy someone finds this useful.
@ namerequired If we were all afraid of our work being plagiarised, we wouldn’t have any valuable content on the Internet. Today, many journals publish research articles online. I published my assignments to help others get an idea of how to go about writing these papers. I thought after so much hard work it would be a pity to store them away. That would also mean that I only wrote those papers for a grade. Wouldn’t that be a shame?
As far as I know, all papers are sent to Cambridge. I know ours were packed in a box and sent there. Keep also in mind that for the DELTA you not only write a paper but you have to make a lesson plan and conduct a lesson based on your paper and what you have learned while doing research for it. Of course, there’s never a 100% guarantee that some candidates won’t plagiarise without being caught. But how will they feel about “their success”?
Dear Nergiz,
I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for this lovely and valuable blog. Your Delta assignments do deserve distinction. I have benifited a lot from them. I am just starting the Delta Course and I have only a faint idea at what is required. We are starting with the extended assignment of Module 3 so I opend up yours and things started making sense, There is only one thing missing.. your appendixes for the extended assignment. If you could post it to my e-mail I WILL surely appreciate it,You are a wonderful person and thank you again.
Tara
I’m doing my Delta in Greece, centre based not online. Does ur tutor give u feedback? R tutors supposed to help and guide Delta trainees or r we supposed to do everyhting on our own?
Congratulations for having started your DELTA, Dora! It is very hard work but also very rewarding. I did my DELTA back in 2007. My tutors’ guidance and feedback was invaluable and contributed to my development as a teacher besides helping me to succeed in the DELTA course.
Nice work. I have just started my DELTA course in China. I would really appreciate it if you can send me the appendixes of your extended assignment to provide sample and guide for me especially that my tutor is not of a great help. I feel overwhelmed!! If possible, send it to my e-mail. Best regards.
Ester
@Tara @ Ester Thank you for your kind words!
I have added the Bibliography for the Extended Assignment as PDF.
Good luck with your DELTA course.
Nergiz
Hi, Nergiz. To begin with let me congratulaye you on your initiative and DELTA results. Well done!
I did the CELTA in 2006, and after 2.5 years teaching full-time at a language school I’m thinking about doing the DELTA. I believe I’d benefit a lot from an online teacher development course before I get started. Could you let me know more about what/where you did yours? The fact that there’s so much on offer these days doesn’t make it easy to pick what suits one best! I’d appreciate if you could give me some tips.
Thanks for your time and attention.
once more CONGRATULATIONS!
Kind regards,
Erika
Thanks, Erika!
Here is more information about my preparations for the DELTA with a link to the teacher development course provider. I can highly recommend them.
Good luck with your course!
Nergiz
Hi, Nergiz
Thanks for your response. Sorry to trouble you, but I’m afraid I can’t see the link. Could you send the url again?
Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Erika
Sorry, Erika!
Here it is http://snurl.com/h3y2y
Nergiz
Thanks a lot!!
Erika
What an amazing site! I’m just under half-way through the new Modular Delta and have been trying to find a site like this for a while.
Congrats on your fantastic results! You must be really proud. I was suprised to read what you said about the externally assessed lesson. I didn’t realise you don’t get feedback on that. So you never really know how you went on it?
Unfortunately I don’t seem to be able to open the PDF files. Not sure if it’s a problem with my computer or with the links themselves. Would appreciate any help you can give me.
Thanks
Julie
Thanks for your comments, Julie!
It is true that you don’t get any feedback from the external assessor. Under certain circumstances, the school can ask to see the assessor’s report but you have to pay for it. I think this is really something they need to change.
Sorry about the PDF files. I have moved my website to a new host and some links don’t seem to work anymore. When I find time, I will fix it. If you need something urgently, let me know.
Nergiz
Thanks Nergiz
It must be really nerve-wracking waiting for your results after that last lesson then! So far I’ve done 2 of the assessed lessons and have 2 to go. The next one is coming up in July so I’m starting to prepare for that now.
If there’s anyone out there who did the exam 2 weeks ago, I’d be interested to hear how you found it. I thought it was harder than the December 2008 one which we did as the practice exam.
Keep up the great work with the site Nergiz, and if you do have a chance to sort out those links, that’d be great!
Julie
Hi Nergiz
I’m planning to do the Distance DELTA
I’m sure your site is going to be of great help!
Tara
Hi Nergiz,
It is really nice to have the opportunity to know you. And congratulations on your success of the DELTA course.
I am Susan. I did my CELTA course in Year 2007. I am currently thinking of taking the DELTA course.
As you know, those courses are very stressful. But I do not care about that only if I can learn something valuable. I wonder:
Which is better, full time DELTA or part-time DELTA?
Which is a better place to take the course as far as trainers are concerned and tuition as well.
Sure, I need to prepare myself before I do the course. And the past assignment will be of great help as you said.
I am looking forward to your advice on DELTA courses!
Best wishes,
Susan
Hi,
i am planning to study TKT,CELTA and DELTA in the coming years.
I only hold a CAMBRIDGE HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE.
I want to have a change in my career- would like to take a language teaching job.
will u advise if these three exams can help me to teach English in a private school and state school?Or should i accept to work as a freelance tutor?
Pls advise with any suggestions.
Thanks so much for placing your work online, it has been an invaluable help to me during the DELTA. It helps just to have ’scaffolding’!!!
Thanks again,
Miriam
Hi Nergiz,
I am in the middle of doing my DELTA Mod.3 and about to start my extended assignment, so happy to have found this site as there seems to be indeed little info out there about the course and especially the assignment. Thank you so much Nergiz and all the others!
Anna
@Miriam @ Anna Thanks for your kind comments! I am always happy to hear that my assignments help others and did not only serve as a means to be graded.
Miriam, it sounds as if you have finished your DELTA course. Congratulations!
Good luck with yours, Anna!
If you’d like to share your work and maybe tell about your experience with the DELTA and give tips to others, consider joining the Project-DELTA wiki: http://project-delta.pbworks.com/
@Mahendra (comment 19)
I can’t say anything about the TKT but with the CELTA and DELTA you can definitely teach at private school and also some state schools (depending on the country). With the DELTA, many universities will also accept you as a teacher.
You can find more information about all three here: http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/teaching-awards/
I hope this helps.
Good luck!
Hello!
This website is a great idea!!!
Am aiming to do Delta exam in Dec ( the ‘old version’ one i.e pre-module based ) and need support. I would appreciate any advice as I have already tried it twice and ( dare I say it ) FAILED arghhhh what a horrible word
Any help, advice, guidance would be much, much appreciated!
Hi Sandra
I’m not a tutor but I think in order to give advice it would help to know why you “failed” so that you can work on improving those areas.
If I were you, I’d probably take a short teacher training course before the actual DELTA course. I can recommend the one offered here: http://www.developingteachers.com/
Hi,
I’m so glad I’ve found this. I’m due to start a Delta early next year and look forward to getting some advice before I start and to share my experiences.
Thanks!
hey can you please tell me how i can view the assignments as everytime I click on ‘assignments’ i always end up on the previous page….
Sorry for my late reply. I was on holiday.
Try this link: http://edurizon.com/about-2/my-delta-assignments/ or click on “My DELTA assignments” in the sidebar on the left.
This site is v useful, but the Cambridge DELTA is now different from the case-study type, right? Certainly the one I’m enrolled on. I was hoping to see what the new extended assignment should look like. If you can recommend any other sites, I’d be v grateful.
Thanks and Happy Halloween
Mark
Hi Mark
I was one of the last who did the DELTA the “old way” and what you see here is only my work.
Maybe you can find some newer assignments on this website http://developingteachers.com/ -> Resources -> Articles (some of these are DELTA assignments).
Good luck!
Nergiz