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APPLICATION FORM FOR DELTA COURSE(University of Cambridge ESOL Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults) Please complete the application form and pre-interview task by hand and keep a copy for yourself. Please do not send any money with this application

Full-time 10-week intensive course starting date __________________________________

1. PERSONAL DETAILS

Surname (Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms) ____________________________________

First name(s) _________________________________ Nationality ______________________

Date of birth ________________________ Place of birth _____________________________

First language ________________________________

Present address _______________________________________________________________

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Permanent address (if different from above) ________________________________________

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Tel: _________________________ e-mail:_________________________________

Name and address of place of work _______________________________________________

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Work phone number __________________ Name of Director/DoS_______________________

General health ______________________

2. EDUCATION

Secondary School Qualifications __________________________________________________

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Higher Education ______________________________________________________________

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Other relevant qualifications _____________________________________________________

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Other languages ( please state your level of proficiency) ______________________________

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3 ELT TRAINING/EXPERIENCE

a. What formal training do you have as an ELT teacher ?

Type of award

Name of institution

Dates

Grade

Number of hours

Number of hours Teaching PracticeNumber of hours of observation of experienced teachers

b. Total number of years’ ELT experience _________________Please list details of your English Language Teaching experience, starting with your most recent position. (You may attach an extra sheet if you wish_

Name and address of school

Dates Age ranges Levels and types of courses

c What other relevant ELT experience do you have? (eg attendance at talks, seminars, conferences, responsibilities at work, courses taken etc)

d What published ELT materials are you familiar with?

4. REASONS FOR APPLICATION

Why do you think you want to apply for this course?

5. REFEREES

Please give the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of two referees who would be prepared to give relevant support to this application. (At least one person should work in ELT and ideally should have observed you teach)

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How did you hear about the IH Dublin DELTA course ? ________________________________

Do you need help with accommodation? Yes No

Signature ______________________________________ Date ________________________

Important: please note that a place cannot be reserved for you on a course until you have been offered a place and a deposit has been paid. In order to reserve a place on the course, successful applicants must pay a deposit of €500, plus a registration fee of €50. The balance of €2,450 must be paid two weeks before the course start date.

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APPLICATION TASKS Cambridge ESOL DELTA Preparation Course

Please complete the following tasks carefully, as applicants are selected for interview based on successful completion of these tasks. Please submit the hand-written originals and keep a copy for yourself, as you will be asked questions about the tasks if you are selected for interview.

1 Written Assignment

(i) Think of a group of learners that you are currently working with or have worked with. Identify some of their main learning difficulties in one of the following areas:

Phonology (specify which area) Listening Reading Writing Language (specify one area)

(ii) Outline how you tried to deal with these problems in the classroom. Give specific examples of materials and activities you have used to help this group of students in your specified area.

(750 words approx)

2 Lesson plan

Please send us a lesson plan of a recent lesson you have taught. The lesson can be at any student level and can be a monolingual or multilingual group. The lesson should be 60-90 minutes’ long. You should include:

context, level and L1 mix of learners the main aim(s) of the lesson the subsidiary aim(s) stages and aims for each stage procedure – please be as detailed as possible to enable us to imagine the lesson copies of the materials used evaluation of how the lesson went and a description of what you believe to be your

strengths and weaknesse as a teacher

3 Exam task (DELTA June 2004 Question 3)There is one extract from published material for the question. It is reproduced below, by permission of Pearson Education Ltd..

Extract: First Certificate Gold Coursebook (New Edition), Acklam, R. © Pearson Education Ltd 2000 (pages 133-134 plus tapescript and answers from pages 99-100 of Teacher's Book).

Task One (20 minutes)

(a) Look at the following sentences from exercise 3 of the extract on page 4 [ie the first page of the material, below].

Q1 If I will come to the party, will you give me a lift home?

Q3 I had have a couple of days in bed if I were you. You look awful!

Q7 He might has stayed if you hadn't shouted at him.

(i) Correct the error in each sentence.

(ii) Briefly explain why students might make each of these errors.

(b) Comment on the difference in meaning and use between the following pairs of sentences: 1a and 1c, 2a and 2b, 6b and 6c from exercise 8 of the extract on page 5.

1 If you don't know, a) you should ask. c) ask.

2 When I see him,

a) I might tell him what you said. b) I am going to tell him what you said.

6 If I hadn't eaten the fish, b) I wouldn't have been ill. c) I wouldn't be ill now.

Task Two (20 minutes)What assumptions about teaching and learning are implicit in the sequence of activities in exercises 1 to 6 on page 4?

Task Three (20 minutes)Evaluate the usefulness of all the material on pages 4 and 5 in relation to a teaching context or a class that you are familiar with. Briefly describe that context/class, mentioning the reasons why they are learning English and their strengths and weaknesses.

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7. Look at this cartoon. What do you notice about the grammatical form of the last sentence?

8. Decide which two of the clauses in Column B are most likely to follow the clause in Column A.

A B

1 If you don't know, a) you should askb) you would have to askc) ask.

2 When I see him, a) I might tell him what you saidb) I am going to tell him what you saidc) I will be telling him what you said

3 If the wanted the house, a) they will phoneb) they would have phoned by nowc) the would phone

4 Do your homework, a) unless you want to be in trouble with your teacherb) provided that you want to be in trouble with your teacherc) if you don't want to be in trouble with your teacher

5 If he hadn't been so stupid, a) he might not have gone to prisonb) he would not be in prison nowc) he can't be in prison

6 If I hadn't eaten the fish, a) I won't be illb) I wouldn't have been illc) I wouldn't be ill now

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Answers for exercise 1Grammar: conditionals pp 133-134ANSWERS

1. If I had the money, I'd sleep in a coffin and drive a hearse.2. If I didn't have to work, I'd sleep all day and get up at night.3. If we'd realised how many people were interested, we would've started the Society much sooner.4. I can't bear sunlight - it gives me headaches if I stay out too long.5. She is sick if she eats flesh.6. If I manage to save enough money, I'll go on a trip to Transylvania next year.

Exercise 6 [tapescript for exercise 6]