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DELTA Application Form Part Two

Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults - Pre-Interview Task

Please complete the following task and return it with your application. An offer of an interview will be based on your qualifications, the details of your experience and the successful completion of this task.

Please indicate your first choice:

   Full Name
   Email
   Selected Course
   Selected Date

1. Some useful terminology

Choose from the grammatical terms given to label the parts of speech in the sentence below:

Usually candidates don't have any time for shopping, so buy all your stationery before the course starts.

Example

determiner = any

Usually		candidates
don't		have
any		time
for		shopping
so		buy
all		your
stationery		before
the		course
starts

2. Tense and Aspect

What do you understand by the term "aspect"?

How many tenses are there in English?

3. Form and use

Define the term form:

Define the term use:

Below are examples of requests:

1. Lock the door, will you?

2. Can you close the windows?

3. Could you get me some coffee while you're out?

4. Would you mind lending me your car?

5. I wonder if you'd mind driving me to the airport?

Are all the above ways of making requests exact equivalents?

What are the factors that help you decide which one is more appropriate?

4. Phonology

a) Integrated Phonology

1) How do you incorporate Phonology into your teaching?

2) Identify the phonological features you would focus on when presenting the following sentence:

If I’d known, I’d have told him.

b) Word Stress

1) Mark the syllable that is stressed in the following words.

2) Put the word category (part of speech) for each one.

Example: develop = oOo noun

photograph photography photographic		economy economics economical

advertisement advert to advertise		to extract an extract extraction

to record a record a recording

c) Sounds

The spelling of an unknown word in English often does not help a student when it comes to pronouncing it. Therefore the phonemic chart is a useful "tool". As experienced teachers you will be expected to know the phonemic chart. Type the letter of the alternative you think is correct in each box.

1) world =

2) biscuit =

3) idea =

4) leisure =

5) teacher =

6) doesn’t =

7) noise =

8) judge =

Now put these words back into normal script.

5. Lesson Planning

Please send in a lesson plan from an actual lesson you have given recently (you can do the plan retrospectively, but do not make up an entirely new lesson plan just for the purpose of this task).

You can attach this plan to an email, fax it to +44 (0)1202 309662 or send it to:

ITTC Europe Ltd
Nortoft Road, Charminster, Bournemouth, Dorset
BH8 8PY

Thank you for taking the time to complete this pre-interview task.