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DELTA Module Three study plan

DELTA Module Three · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Specialist option: teaching young learners & Specialist option: teaching adults

  • Map the Module Three assignment requirements (Part A rationale, Part B course design, Part C evaluation) onto a personal checklist and identify which evidence types each part demands

  • Draft a one-page profile of a chosen young-learner teaching context (age band, class size, contact hours, institutional constraints) that will anchor the Part B course design

  • Draft a parallel one-page profile of an adult-learner context (motivation types, learner needs, scheduling constraints) for comparison

  • Annotate two published course descriptions for young learners and adults, labelling how each handles needs analysis, syllabus type and assessment

Your checkpoint

A two-page context profile document (one page per context) plus a completed requirements checklist with each Part A/B/C sub-criterion ticked or flagged

Week 2

Specialist option: teaching young learners

  • Explain how cognitive and linguistic development stages in young learners constrain task choice, using at least three concrete classroom examples

  • Design three short activities that integrate movement, repetition and multisensory input for learners aged 5-8, and justify each in 60 words

  • Differentiate one activity for mixed-ability young learners at two proficiency levels and record the modifications

  • Write a 250-word rationale linking your young-learner course decisions to stated principles of child development

Your checkpoint

A three-activity lesson sequence for young learners with written justifications and a differentiation table

Week 3

Specialist option: teaching adults

  • Classify the learners in your adult context by motivation orientation and learning history, and state the teaching implication of each classification

  • Design a needs-analysis instrument (questionnaire or interview schedule) with at least eight items and a scoring or coding plan

  • Compare two syllabus types (e.g. linear versus cyclical, or skills-based versus task-based) for the adult context and defend a choice

  • Draft an assessment plan for the adult course specifying two formative and one summative instrument with success criteria

Your checkpoint

A needs-analysis instrument plus a one-page syllabus and assessment plan for the adult course

Week 4

Specialist option: teaching English for specific purposes (ESP)

  • Conduct a target-situation analysis for a named ESP setting, listing the communicative events, genres and tasks the learners must perform

  • Distinguish the ESP course from a general English course in a 200-word written justification citing learner needs and authenticity of materials

  • Adapt one authentic workplace text into a scaffolded classroom task at two difficulty levels

  • Identify five specialist lexical items and design a recycling plan across three lessons

Your checkpoint

A target-situation analysis grid plus one adapted authentic ESP task with a vocabulary recycling plan

Week 5

Specialist option: teaching in a digital world & Specialist option: teaching English in a multilingual context

  • Design one blended or fully online lesson sequence that specifies the technology, the learner interaction pattern and the rationale for each digital choice

  • Evaluate two digital tools against criteria of pedagogical fit, accessibility and data privacy, and record a reasoned recommendation

  • Analyse a multilingual classroom scenario and plan how to exploit learners' other languages as a resource rather than suppressing them

  • Write a 200-word statement on how language policy and status of English in a chosen multilingual setting shape classroom decisions

Your checkpoint

A blended lesson plan with a tool-evaluation table and a short multilingual-context position statement

Week 6

Specialist option: teaching young learners & Specialist option: teaching adults & Specialist option: teaching English for specific purposes (ESP) & Specialist option: teaching in a digital world & Specialist option: teaching English in a multilingual context

  • Synthesise your domain notes into a single annotated bibliography of at least ten sources, grouped by domain and tagged to the Part A criteria they support

  • Draft the Part A rationale (approximately 1,000 words) arguing for your course decisions with in-text citation of your sources

  • Cross-check every claim in the draft against a source or your own context evidence, and delete or support any unsupported assertion

  • Apply the assignment word-count and referencing conventions and log the changes made

Your checkpoint

A complete first draft of the Part A rationale with an annotated bibliography attached

Week 7

Specialist option: teaching young learners & Specialist option: teaching adults & Specialist option: teaching English for specific purposes (ESP) & Specialist option: teaching in a digital world & Specialist option: teaching English in a multilingual context

  • Assemble the Part B course design so that every element (syllabus, materials, assessment) traces back to a claim made in Part A

  • Write the Part C evaluation section, justifying two design choices and honestly acknowledging one limitation with a proposed alternative

  • Verify that the young-learner, adult, ESP, digital and multilingual strands are each explicitly evidenced somewhere in the submission

  • Reduce the draft to the required word limit without losing any criterion coverage, and record what was cut

Your checkpoint

A full draft submission (Parts A, B and C) at or under the word limit, with a coverage matrix mapping each domain to where it is evidenced

Week 8

Specialist option: teaching young learners & Specialist option: teaching adults & Specialist option: teaching English for specific purposes (ESP) & Specialist option: teaching in a digital world & Specialist option: teaching English in a multilingual context

  • Self-assess the draft against the assessment criteria and produce a numbered list of weaknesses with a fix for each

  • Proofread for referencing accuracy, consistent terminology and clarity, correcting at least ten specific issues

  • Rehearse a five-minute spoken defence of your course design and record it for self-review

  • Submit the final assignment and file a personal reflection on which domain you would strengthen next

Your checkpoint

Final submitted assignment plus a completed self-assessment checklist and a recorded five-minute defence

Milestones

Week 2: You can state, in writing and without notes, three developmentally grounded reasons for a specific young-learner task choice, each tied to a named principle.

Week 4: You hold a needs-analysis instrument, an adult syllabus plan, a target-situation analysis and one adapted authentic ESP task, each of which could be dropped into the Part B design with minimal editing.

Week 6: A complete Part A rationale draft exists, every claim in it is either cited or evidenced from your own context, and the annotated bibliography covers all five domains.

Week 8: The final submission is within the word limit, every domain is explicitly evidenced in the coverage matrix, and the self-assessment checklist shows no unresolved criterion gap.