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External assessment

You know it’s week 5 of the Delta Module Two course when you see candidates proof-reading their own and each other’s assignments for the external assessment for the tenth time. Two candidates have already had theirs and so far, everything seems to have gone very smoothly!

Delta trainees bonding with the practice students

Who knew our practice students would have to negotiate (in English!) how to build the tallest freestanding structure in 18 minutes using 20 sticks of spaghetti, one yard tape, one yard string and one marshmallow. Fun lessons ahead!

 

DELTA summer course

Our latest DELTA module two course started yesterday. As usual, every summer, the course is full. Yesterday, we had a number of input sessions designed to get the candidates off to a good start on the course. Today, they meet the students they’ll be teaching for the first time. All the candidates seem very enthusiastic and motivated and we’re all looking forward to a productive and rewarding five weeks.

 

Today's input session

Our CELTA trainees are half-way through the course and getting a feel for different aspects of pronunciation and how to help their students with it! In input today, we looked at word stress, the greater emphasis of some syllable over others.

New group of CELTA trainees

Our new group of CELTA trainees have just started the course this week and are already gaining some teaching practice with students of Pre-Intermediate and Upper Intermediate level!