Part-Time TEFL Courses Sydney, Australia

Cambridge DELTA Part Time

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Important Information

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Candidates must have a profile of experience, skills and awareness in ELT that enables them to complete the course and all the assessed elements. A candidate will normally:

-have a minimum of two years full time (1,200 hours) teaching experience of ELT to adults within the past five years

-have a range of teaching experience involving work in different teaching contexts and experience of teaching adults at different levels

-be graduates or have undertaken some formal course of training in ELT to adults.

Please note that the deadline for enrollments is 15th August 2006

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Course Details

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Course Description

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The Cambridge Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults (DELTA) is designed to answer these questions and equip you with the knowledge, rationale and broad practical skills base you need to become an effective ELT professional, teacher or manager.

The DELTA offers candidates who have substantial experience of teaching English to adult speakers of other languages the opportunity to:·

acquire new insights into this area and a deeper understanding of the principles and practice of ELT to adults

examine their current practices and beliefs

apply the results of their learning and reflection to their current professional lives and to circumstances beyond their present and previous teaching experience.

Course description

The course draws heavily on your classroom experience, knowledge of materials and resources, and on extensive reading that you will undertake as part of the course. It is highly reflective. You will be encouraged to examine your current practices and beliefs and apply the results of your learning and reflection to your current professional life.

For this reason it is suitable for teachers with a minimum of two year’s full time teaching experience to adults at different levels and in different contexts, and who have already undertaken some formal course of training in teaching EFL to adults.

The Cambridge DELTA represents a dramatic shift from the old DTEFLA in its incorporation of continuous internal assessment of both written work and of teaching, its use of a written exam of pre-determined format and focus, and the greater emphasis on research in the preparation of written work.

The AIMS of the DELTA, briefly summarised, are to improve candidates’ understanding of:

the English language and its description
practices and principles of teaching
resources and materials
procedures for formal/informal assessment of students, courses, self
and to further their development as teachers.


Course structure

120 contact hours between candidates and course tutors, primarily “input” - seminars and workshops on different aspects of language and language learning
10 hours teaching, 7 of which are assessed by a course tutor or examiner
10 hours directed observation
150 hours reading, research and assignments


Assessment

Component 1: Coursework

During the course, candidates gradually build up a portfolio of their work, the guidelines for which are provided at the beginning of the course. Altogether there are 7 assignments:


Four Language Systems/Language Skills assignments submitted in two parts - a background essay summarising the candidate’s research in the given area; and a lesson plan, observed lesson, and post-lesson analysis. The LSAs vary in their focus: 2 look at separate aspects of language systems, and 2 at separate aspects of language skills. Three of these are assessed by course tutors, while one is assessed by an external assessor; a candidate needs to pass both parts of at least one language systems and one language skills assignment, and the second part (the lesson) of one of the remaining two internally assessed assignments; a candidate normally needs to pass the externally assessed assignment as well.


Three Practice & Principle “exploratory” assignments, one focusing on resources and materials, one on a new or alternative (for the candidate) approach, the third on course planning. These are internally assessed, and you need to pass the course planning assignment and either of the other two assignments.


Component 2: The extended assignment

Separate from the coursework above, there is also an extended assignment, a case study of a particular learner; this is assessed by an external moderator (in Cambridge) and you must obtain a pass in this component of the course.


Component 3: The written exam

This element remains an essential component, and preparation for the exam is part of the course. As the exam is offered in December and June every year, you might do some preparation after the course ends, by correspondence with us if you are not based in Sydney. The exam can be taken in Sydney or at any of a number of Cambridge approved examination centres around the world.

The format and focus for the 3-½ hour exam are pre-set.
There are 3 questions, each with 3 tasks based around:

Student written text(s)
Authentic written text(s)
ELT material


A pass standard is required in 5 of 9 tasks. The fact that the nature of the questions are known facilitates preparation. However, you don’t know in advance what the material will be, but you do know that you will be looking at and evaluating the three types of material listed above, from the standpoint of language content and methodology.


Teaching practice

We provide teaching practice groups to address all practical needs of the course - supervised (developmental) teaching, assessed teaching, learner for the case study, as well as a context simply to try out new ideas.

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School Details - IH Sydney

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International House Sydney – Teacher Training & Professional Centre (TTPC)
IH Sydney – TTPC is the specialist TESOL teacher training centre of the International House World Organisation (IHWO). IHWO is the oldest and largest network of independent language schools in the world, consisting of 110 schools in 42 countries.
Built as a specific purpose centre IH Sydney - TTPC offers a truly unique TESOL environment. Its trainee teachers get a superior level of tuition. All IH Sydney – TTPC trainers are at the top of their field. Each has a minimum of 12 years teaching / training experience, they have achieved the highest teaching qualification within the Cambridge system and are post graduate university qualified. They bring international experience to the centre, having worked in over 26 countries, and are enthusiastic about passing their knowledge onto their trainees.

Training over 450 teachers a year, IH Sydney – TTPC is one of the largest TESOL institutes in the world. It is the only TESOL centre accredited by Cambridge University, VETAB (Australian Government) and NEAS (National ELT Accreditation Scheme). Its quality is guaranteed.

IH Sydney – TTPC works with individuals, schools, universities and governments to provide TESOL services locally and abroad. Its commitment to quality training and customised approach to syllabus design and delivery are central to its goal of raising the standards of English language teaching (ELT) worldwide. It is able to provide a broader range of TESOL products and services than an independent language school and a more specialised focus than a multi disciplinary university.


Sydney
Sydney really does have it all. The gleaming city centre with its futuristic skyline is connected across the winding bay by the arc of the Harbour bridge. The city boasts some of the world's best city beaches in Bondi and Manly, and the city centre has a nightlife that rivals any in the world. Despite a population of almost 2 million you can travel an hour inland and find yourself in the Blue Mountains stretching, unbroken, out of sight. Travel north or south along the coast and find yourself on miles of deserted white sandy beach. Rest assured, you will never want to leave!

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Timetable

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Tuesday and Thursday, 6pm - 9pm

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How to Apply

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