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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:





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 =
imfon9.gif (2284 bytes)
=
2) biscuit =
imfon10.gif (2216 bytes)
=
3) idea =
imfon11.gif (2216 bytes)
=
4) leisure =
imfon12.gif (2073 bytes)
=
5) teacher =
imfon13.gif (2028 bytes)
=
6) doesn’t =
imfon14.gif (2205 bytes)
=
7) noise =
imfon15.gif (1929 bytes)
=
8) judge =
imfon16.gif (2199 bytes)
=
Now put these words back into normal script.
1)
imfon1.gif (372 bytes)

 

2)
imfon2.gif (783 bytes)

 

3)
imfon2.gif (783 bytes)

 

 
4)
imfon2.gif (783 bytes) 

 

5)
imfon2.gif (783 bytes)

 

6)
imfon2.gif (783 bytes)

 

7)
imfon2.gif (783 bytes)

 

8)
imfon2.gif (783 bytes)

 


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