Category Archives: Cambridge Delta

Beyond the pale in the Cambridge DELTA

Posted on 28/09/2010 by alexcase

… but perfectly okay in real life? After putting a poor DELTA candidate through the torture of being observed by me when I was a Regional DELTA Tutor last term, I had my own formal observation to go through last … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge Delta, TEFL | 1 Comment

Guides to Cambridge Delta Module 2

Posted on 25/09/2010 by alexcase

I feel slightly less guilty than usual putting links to my own stuff first, as almost everything I could find not from a course provider on the topic was by, well, me. Top two are new this week: An A … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge Delta, Cambridge ESOL, TEFL | 6 Comments

Being a Bell Regional Delta Tutor

Posted on 22/09/2010 by alexcase

What is a Regional DELTA Tutor? Bell is one of various providers of the online Cambridge Delta, and have their own way of supporting candidates which is similar to other providers but with slightly different roles and titles. During Delta Module … Continue reading →

Posted in becoming a teacher trainer, Bell, Cambridge Delta, Cambridge ESOL | 9 Comments

Cambridge DELTA questions- answers please!

Posted on 13/08/2010 by alexcase

“Dear Alex, I recently read your reflection on the Delta course on Tefl.net and as a prospective Delta trainee I was quite inspired by what you’d written. I have some doubts about the course so I’d like to ask your … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge Delta, Cambridge ESOL, TEFL | 8 Comments

Experimental lessons

Posted on 03/03/2010 by alexcase

Was hoping some of you could help me brainstorm things that could be done for the Cambridge DELTA experimental practice lesson, as well as any other advice on being experimental that they may have. The main difficulty in the DELTA is that you need … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge Delta, CLIL, Community language learning, Dogme, Humanistic language teaching, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), Suggestopedia, TEFL, The Callam Method, The Silent Way, Using L1 in class | 16 Comments

(Proper) writing and blogging

Posted on 26/02/2010 by alexcase

I’ve finally finished the long ago promised Theory and Practice in the Cambridge DELTA Module 2. I did a lot of reading (a lot by my standards, anyway) and a fair bit of pondering, but all the best words on … Continue reading →

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Rod Ellis on theory and practice

Posted on 01/02/2010 by alexcase

“SLA research is not capable of providing teachers with recipes for successful practice. It should be treated as providing teachers with ‘insights’ which they can use to build their own explicit theory. It is on the basis of this theory- … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge Delta, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, MA Applied Linguistics, MA TESOL, Rod Ellis | 7 Comments

Evidence-based teaching?

Posted on 24/01/2010 by alexcase

Evidence-based medicine is all the rage at the moment. While not lacking in critics and almost certainly leading to the dismissal of some brilliant mavericks and their ideas alongside the control of crackpots and incompetents, all the evidence seems to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge Delta, Cambridge ESOL, TEFL Heroes- Michael Lewis, TEFL heroes- Michael Swan | 51 Comments

Development, blogs, books and Japan- An interview with Darren Elliott of Lives of Teachers blog

Posted on 09/01/2010 by alexcase

We all seem to be seeing your name around a lot recently. A masterplan to become the next Thornbury/ trying to keep yourself busy while your wife watches Japanese television/ sleep disorder/ other? I think it takes more than a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge Delta, CELTA, Critical Mass ELT, Eikaiwa, Experience of Language Teaching, first TEFL job, MA TESOL, Teacher training, Teaching English in Japan, TEFL, TEFL blogs, TEFL conferences, TEFL heroes- Rose M Senior, TEFL heroes- Scott Thornbury, TEFL qualifications, TEFL reviews, TEFL villains- Jennifer Jenkins, TEFL workshops | Tagged | 8 Comments

The most overrated things in TEFL Part Two

Posted on 02/11/2009 by alexcase

-Explaining everything you do This a classic example of the limitations of the philosophy of Diploma-level teaching: write your lesson plan on the board (language and human interactions are unpredictable, but your lessons obviously shouldn’t be), explain why you are … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge Delta, Diploma in TESOL, Lesson planning | 11 Comments