DELTA Module Three
Orientation
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Stages
• Researching a chosen specialism and identifying key
issues for course design
• Analysing the needs of a specific group of learners and
collecting results
• Designing a course for the specific group of learners
based on the results of the needs analysis process
• Planning how the course will be assessed and evaluated
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ELT Specialisms
• Business English (BE) • Teaching in a non-English-speaking
• Teaching young learners/young environment (NESE)
adults (YL)
• Teaching learners online/through
• English for Specific Purposes (ESP) distance/blended learning (DL)
• English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
• Teaching English to learners with special
• Teaching examination classes (EX) requirements, e.g. visual/hearing
• Teaching one-to-one (1to1) impairment, dyslexia, ASD (SR)
• ESOL learners with literacy needs • Language development for teachers (LDT)
(ESOLLIT)
• CLIL/Embedded ESOL (CLIL) • Language support (e.g. on mainstream
• Teaching monolingual classes teaching programmes, specialist skills
(MON) support, such as supporting writing needs)
(LS).
• Teaching multilingual classes (MUL)
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Module 3 Syllabus Areas
• specialism related input
• approaches to needs analysis
• testing and evaluation
• curriculum and syllabus design principles
• course evaluation
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Structure of the Assignment
• Introduction: Review and Key Issues
• review the relevant literature of your chosen topic area and identify key issues
• Needs analysis
• explain how you identified the needs of a chosen group of learners, and how
you used diagnostic tests to establish learning priorities
• Course proposal
• design a course of at least 20 hours and provide a rationale for the objectives,
organisation, methodology and materials
• Assessment proposal
• explain how the course will be assessed and evaluated
• Conclusion
• outline how the proposed course design relates to the issues identified in the
introduction.
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Word limits
The assignment must not exceed 4500 words. The recommended
length of the component parts is as follows:
• Introduction: Review and Key Issues 1100
• Needs analysis 900
• Course proposal 1100
• Assessment proposal 1000
• Conclusion 400
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Appendices
Basic Appendices
• Appendix 1: Course Plan
• Appendix 2: Collated Needs Analysis and Diagnostic Test results.
Other Appendices
• sample of analyses/tests used
• sample materials or summary of materials
• sample draft assessments
• course evaluation materials and/or outline of procedure
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Module 3 Assessment
• Grasp of topic – 35 marks
• Needs Analysis – 28 marks
• Course proposal – 35 marks
• Assessment – 28 marks
• Presentation and organisation – 14 marks
• Pass: >80 out of 140
• Merit: >100 out of 140
• Distinction: >120 out of 140
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Organising your Module 3 work
• Input sessions will focus on each area in turn.
• Your tutor will then help you plan your work and draft each section
of the assignment.
• Your tutor will review your work and give you feedback on each
section, so that you can redraft it.
• At the end, you will have a couple more meetings with your tutor
to review the whole assignment.
• Module 3 Assignments are submitted to Cambridge at the
beginning of June or at the beginning of December each year.
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