DELTA

Everything in this vault that bears directly on the DELTA modules. The other topic hubs supply Module 1 content and Module 2 LSA background.

Where the sources disagree

• ⚠️ Most of Millin’s exam-technique material predates the 2015 format change. Verify every structural detail against the current Cambridge handbook.
• Module 1 task numbering conflicts: Swift (2012), Pinard (2013) and Gordyshevskaya (2018) describe different task orders, timings and mark splits, and Millin’s layout is pre-2015. Treat all three as method sources, never as format sources.

Preparation

• Before DELTA - rest, phonemics, Word skills, reading
• DELTA resource map - module by module links

Module 1

• DELTA Module 1 - exam technique by task (old format)
• Topic - SLA Theories Map

Module 2

• DELTA Module 2 - why LSAs fail and how to pass
• The PDA on intensive DELTA - six fixes

Module 3

• DELTA Module 3 reading list - exam classes specialism

LSA-ready notes

• Bottom-up listening instruction alone is not enough
• Teach grammar in processability order (Pienemann)
• Fluency rests on memorised word-groups
• The Lexical Approach - grammaticalised lexis, read critically

More notes (by source)

An ELT Notebook (Sue Swift)

• DELTA Module 1 Paper 1 - task-by-task technique
• DELTA Module 1 Paper 2 - task-by-task technique
• DELTA Module 2 example - multiword verbs background essay
  Barefoot TEFL Teacher (David Weller)
• TBL, TBLT and TSLT - use the right label
  Geoff Jordan (applingtesol)
• Check trainers’ SLA claims against primary sources
• Interlanguage - teaching changes the rate, not the route
• Schmidt’s Noticing Hypothesis - strong and weak versions
  Lizzie Pinard
• DELTA Module 1 Paper 1 - packaging answers for the marker
• DELTA Module 3 - writing the needs analysis section
• Writing an LSA background essay
• Writing an LSA lesson plan that coheres with the essay
  Sam Shepherd (ESOL, Learning, and FE)
• Justify every teaching decision - why, with references
  Sandy Millin
• DELTA grade statistics - Module 1 is the hardest to pass
• DELTA routes - what successful candidates would do again
  Side Notes on ELT (Lina Gordyshevskaya)
• DELTA Module 1 - a study plan and task-timing strategy
  Steve Smith (Language Teacher Toolkit)
• Rod Ellis’s eight principles of task-based teaching
  The TEFL Zone (Rachel Tsateri)
• Grammar teaching options - be eclectic (Thornbury)

From my books (highlights)

• Source - Book - About Language (Scott Thornbury)

Key terms (DELTA M1)

LSA · background essay · PDA · experimental practice · needs analysis · course design · specialism · guideline answers

Already in my vault

• Learning Teaching - Jim Scrivener (notes)
• How to Teach English - Jeremy Harmer (notes)
• 100 Teaching Tips - Penny Ur (notes)
• CELTA
• Teaching methods