DELTA - ICD Pakistan

Duration

Fee

Mode

Awarding body

Assessment

Start Date

2 to 3 months

£ 500

Online learning

Cambridge Assessment English

Paper Based Exam

2nd Dec 2020

Test only

£ 250

Paper Based exam

Cambridge Assessment English

Paper Based Exam

22nd July 2020

2nd Dec 2020

About the Course:

Delta- Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Delta is an advanced blend of theory and practice that will help candidates to develop professionally. It gives them skills and techniques that will help them throughout their career.

Delta consists of following three modules:

All three modules include a focus on theory and practice.

Module One	Understanding Language, Methodology and Resources for Teaching
Module Two	Developing Professional Practice
Module Three	Option 1: Extending Practice and ELT Specialism Option 2: English Language Teaching Management

Module One

Understanding Language, Methodology and Resources for Teaching

Module Two

Developing Professional Practice

Module Three

Option 1: Extending Practice and ELT Specialism

Option 2: English Language Teaching Management

Please note that we are only offering Module 1 at the moment.

Who is this course for?

Delta is for teachers with at least one year’s experience. It’s suitable for teachers in any context, working with any age range – young learners, teenagers or adults. Candidates have the opportunity to focus on a specialist area of study.

Course Requirements:

Candidates should be:

Proficient English language user (between CEFR Level C1 and C2 or above)
At least one year’s previous teaching experience recommended.
Preliminary Teaching Qualification

Admission Process:

Please fill in the online form and attach your fee receipt to register for the course. The fee can be submitted in cash at our office, in Faysal bank or in Meezan bank.

Please note that your registration will not be considered complete until we receive both your online form and the payment.

What will you learn?

Module 1 focuses on extending and developing candidates’ knowledge and understanding of teaching and learning English in a range of contexts.

The table below gives a brief summary of the content. See the Delta syllabus for full details.

Topics	Content
1. Theoretical perspectives on language acquisition and language teaching	Historical and current theories of first and second language acquisition How these theories influence teaching methodologies.
2. Different teaching approaches and methodologies, including current developments	Teaching methodologies, both mainstream and experimental The effectiveness of these methodologies in different learning environments.
3. Language systems and learners’ linguistic problems	Features of language systems (e.g. meaning, form, pronunciation and use) Teaching methodology choices in language systems.
4. Language skills and learners’ problems	Features of language skills (e.g. the sub skills and strategies needed by learners) Teaching methodology choices in language skills.
5. Knowledge of resources, materials and reference sources for language learning	The practical use of variety of resources in teaching contexts.
6. Key assessment concepts and terminology	How to apply key assessment principles, such as validity and reliability, to classroom-based assessment.

Exam and course dates:

Online course is also offered to all candidates registered for DELTA Module 1 exam at ICD. There are 8 modules outlining what is required for each task in the exam. Each module consists of 5 or 6 exercises beginning with revising essential terminologies, followed by a discussion, then exploring each question in detail. Candidates are advised on how to answer the questions and exemplified with what constitutes a pass answer. They can also try out each task in full. Note that these online classes are exclusive with the DETA fee (£500).

If you just want to appear in DELTA Module 1 exam without preparation course fee will be £250

This online course will be offered at following date:

3rd Oct 2020 – 5th Dec 2020

Registration deadlines and final Exam dates for DELTA Module 1 in 2019-2020 at ICD are as following:

Exam	Exam date	Exam registration deadline	Results issue	Certificate dispatch starts
Delta Module One	02-12-2020	02-11-2020	08-02-2021 19-02-2021	15-02-2021

Recommended resource material:

Online resource material will be provided by ICD during the course.

To see the sample tests kindly visit at https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/teaching-english/teaching-qualifications/delta/prepare-for-delta/

Awarding body:

When you complete the module 1, you receive a Cambridge Assessment English certificate of completion.

Find out more about the Cambridge Assessment English Delta program at:

https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/teaching-english/teaching-qualifications/delta/

About Cambridge:

Note that Cambridge English is part of University of Cambridge UK which is world 7^th ranked institution as per QS World Ranking which is followed by HEC Pakistan and in International education community.