International House Newcastle

DELTA Application Form

N.B. In addition to completing this form, please send to tt@ihnewcastle.com a lesson plan (for a class you have taught, stating level and aims, and including lesson materials where relevant) and a brief statement (minimum 200 words) about your teaching experience, why you want to follow the course including what you expect to gain from following the course.

Surname *
First Name(s) *
Address *
Post Code *
Email *
Telephone (Home) *
Mobile *
Date of Birth *
General Health *
are there any health related issues that may mean you cannot complete the course
High School Qualifications *
College/University Qualifications *
What languages do you speak? *
Please comment on your level of proficiency
What initial training do you have in teaching English? *
Do you have any formal training as a teacher of other subjects? *
Do you have any experience of teaching other subjects? *
What other work or professional training do you have? *
Is there any other information you think is relevant to this application? *
Please acknowledge that you have to include a lesson plan, stating aims, and level of students with any lesson materials (where relevant)with this application. *
Please give the names and contact details of two referees *
These must be prepared to give relevant support to the application
How did you hear about our course? *
Date of course applied for


Read this dialogue:
A: The baby's woken up.
B: Has she?
A: Look, I'm busy with these clothes.
B: OK then. *
In this space comment on the difference between what is actually said and the intended meaning. *
Now write a dialogue of your own in which there is a difference between what is said and the intended meaning.




Look at the capitalised verbs in the following incorrect sentences.
In each:
a. correct the tense
b. name the correct tense
c. say what the meaning of the correct tense is

E.G.
1. I READ a book at the moment
a. I'm reading a book at the moment
b. present continuous
c. used here to describe an action happening now or around this time. *
2. Where are you from? I'M COMING from Egypt *
3. How are things? I DIDN'T SEE you for ages. *
4. Look at those clouds. It WILL RAIN. *
5. There's the phone. OK I'M GOING TO ANSWER it. *
6. I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING German. *
7. I'M NOT usually GOING to school on Saturdays. *
8. She'S BEEN to the bank yesterday *
9. I QUEUED for the bus when the car crashed.





Look at these two exchanges in particular the capitalised verbs. What tense do they use?
1. Speaker A: Coming to the pictures tomorrow?
Speaker B: No, sorry, I'M WORKING

2. Speaker A: Can I speak to Thomas?
Speaker B: I'll get him. He'S WORKING in the kitchen I think. *
The form is the same but the meaning is different
Explain the difference in meaning

Look at the following sentences. Describe the meaning of the capitalised words without using the same words. The first two have been done for you
1. I USED TO go to to church regularly.
A habit in the past which has changed in some way or ceased

2. She STUMBLED at the kerb
Put her foot down badly when walking and nearly fell *
3. She MANAGED to climb the mountain.

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4. I HAD my television REPAIRED *
You NEEDN'T wear a crash helmet *
He SHOULD HAVE finished by now *
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO seeing her *
You have a group of adult beginner students. You want to teach them 'i've got' / 'Have you got?' ( as in I've got a cold/flu). You know they have never met this structure before. Describe what you would do.


Language can be described grammatically but also by function. What are the following functions of the language on the left. The first has been done for you

1. Would you like whisky? - Offering *
2. I wish I hadn't missed that train *
You really ought to see a doctor *
Do you mind if I open the window? *
Could you pass me the salt? *
Let's have a drink.


Look at the sentences below.
Describe the difference in meaning between them.
The first one has been done for you.
1a. I like going to the movies - means I like it in general and describes someone's habits
1b I'd like to go to the movies - Implies on a specific occasion e.g. tonight *
2a. She stopped to say hello *
2b. She stopped saying hello. *
3a. If they offer you the job, will you take it? *
3b. If they offered you the job would you take it? *
4a. I have cleaned the room *
4b. I've been cleaning the room *
5a. She can't have left yet *
5b. She hasn't left yet. *
6a. I needn't have done it *
6b. I don't need to do it. *
7a. I don't really like beetroot. *
7b. I really don't like beetroot.


Say the following words aloud and then mark the syllables as in the example below, giving the main stress a large symbol

1. interesting Oooo *
2. advertisement *
3. October *
4. History *
5. Hotel *
6. Leicester *
7. Application *
8. Acrimony *
9. Colleague *
10. Cardboard *
11. Photographic *
12. Contract (verb)


Complete these sentences with a word or phrase. Capitalised words or parts of words means they are stressed in the sentence. Make sure you capitalise the words/syllables which are stressed in your sentence ending.
e.g.
1. Why don't you take JACK to the party instead of......your friend JEREMY? *
2. I know WHY he stole the money......... *
3. I said it was INSignificant, not...... *
4. Is it HALF past? No its........ *
5. I saw him go INTO the shop, but....... *
6a. How was the concert?
6b. Well the BACH was good, but...... *
Pair and group work is a very common feature in language classrooms. What advantages are there likely in pair and group work for student studying in their own countries? Are there any problems you can foresee? Please write a minimum of 200 words and email it to tt@ihnewcastle.com
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