The Diploma – Status & Recognition The Diploma – Status & RecognitionThe Cambridge DELTA Diploma is a professional qualification at level 7 as regulated by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) on the Qualifications and Credit Framework; it has also received premium product endorsement by NEAS in Australia.
It is postgraduate in level and although it is not a Masters on its own as some other centres falsely claim, most Βritish and Commonwealth universities recognise it and will give Delta holders exemptions & credits on MA courses related to the subject of teaching English, Linguistics or Applied Linguistics.
After the CELTA, the Cambridge Delta is one of the most sought after and well-respected qualifications internationally. It is fast becoming a prerequisite for some of the most interesting jobs in our field all over the world. DELTA holders find themselves eligible for more interesting careers including positions as Directors of Studies, Level Coordinators, Materials and Syllabus Designers and Teacher Trainers.
We offer all-modules courses and courses for candidates who prefer to study one module at a time. Download details of the modules from this link and/or read the Cambridge DELTA Handbook for all three Modules and the DELTA Syllabus on this page .
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The content of our course is delivered synchronously via Zoom. It is part-time and includes live sessions on two days week a.m. or p.m. and for 3 hours each time. The days and times vary from course to course, but usually fall on one weekday and one weekend day.
- 24 weeks of bi-weekly online interactive seminars on Zoom covering input on all three modules
- An additional 3-week Module 1 Exam Primer course for revision prior to the Module 1 exam in June or December
- Tutorial support beyond the taught part of the course to support the writing of the Module 3 assignment,
There is a great amount of overlap in the topics covered for each module, especially Modules 1 & 2. During the 24 weeks of our online course, we teach the content areas in our online classroom offering full preparation. Nearer the Module 1 exams, a special Exam Primer course for revision and practice is offered free of charge to our candidates.
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This is a part time course and the assignments and teaching assessments workload is spread over several months - in fact, from 6 months for Modules 1 & 2 with an additional 2-3 months to research and write the Module 3 assignment. Apart from attending input sessions online, you must calculate an average of an additional 10 hours a week, at times more when writing essays or lesson planning.
Teaching Assessments can be done online or offline - the system is very flexible. See below how. You can be assessed teaching
To participate you need a reasonably fast connection and a laptop or desktop with a web camera. You also need a noise-cancelling headset with a microphone. Our online/virtual classroom allows participants audio, video, text chat and screen sharing (standard tools in all live classrooms) as well as other great functionalities, such as dividing students into separate rooms in order to do group work.
Candidates on this fully online course option may need a certain level of comfort with teaching and learning online - to help those who are less experienced in this area, we offer them an add-on completely free course on Teaching Languages Online
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Our online live classroom is fully interactive with audio and video available for every single trainee, not just for the tutor. In our live classroom, you can talk, chat and interact, do group work and collaborative activities just as if you were in our physical classroom.
There is variety and flexibility in the assessment of teaching on the DELTA - see below:
All internal assessed observations are conducted by CELT tutors except, of course, for the final one which will be observed by a Cambridge approved external assessor.
The online course is a part-time one and covers input for Modules 2 for candidates who have, ideally, either taken and passed Module 1 or are about to take the exam for Module 1. The course Input is taught via webinars in our online classroom. Every week, two 90-minute sessions are delivered over one or two days. Times vary from course to course depending on participants’ time zones. There are three exam sessions for Module 2 in any one calendar year: in June, October and December.
Who Can Apply
If you have some recent and varied classroom teaching experience, related degrees and an initial training qualification such as the Cambridge CELTA, you are welcome to apply.
Each application is reviewed on its own merit, so if you think you are eligible because of experience and continuous professional development but have no formal qualifications, you may still be accepted on the course.
The selection process is rigorous and aims to ensure your potential for success. A language analysis and teaching methods pre-course assessment is used as part of the selection process. For more details, please send us an email and book an appointment with the Course Tutor.
If offered a place on the course, you will be invited to pay in your deposit, join our learning platforms to begin your study and preparation for the course.
Each application is reviewed on its own merit, so if you think you are eligible because of experience and continuous professional development but have no formal qualifications, you may still be accepted on the course.
The selection process is rigorous and aims to ensure your potential for success. A language analysis and teaching methods pre-course assessment is used as part of the selection process. For more details, please complete the email form below to book an appointment with the Course Tutor.
The course is delivered fully online and input sessions take place Zoom where you can interact live with tutor and fellow participants from around the world.
The course is supported with a multitude of online resources. To see more about what the online platforms we use can do and what they are intended for, please click on this link to watch a short video of an online presentation
The Module One Written Exam consists of two 90-minute papers, with a 30-minute break in between (3 hours 30 minutes in total). The written exam can be taken in Athens at our centre. Candidates who live in other countries can take the exam at the nearest Cambridge Authorised Examination centre.
CELT Athens administers the Module 1 examination for all our internal candidates who wish to take it in Athens. In that case, we take care of all the paperwork, entries. payment of exam fees and invigilation of the exam.
Our international candidates take the exam in their own county.
You can sit for the written examination anywhere near your location where CELTA or Delta courses are offered – but you will be an external candidate in which case you will have to approach that institution on your own and make your own arrangements with them. Our tutors will help you select and notify host centres in advance of an exam date.
Who Can Apply
If you have some recent and varied classroom teaching experience, related degrees and an initial training qualification such as the Cambridge CELTA, you are welcome to apply.
Each application is reviewed on its own merit, so if you think you are eligible because of experience and continuous professional development but have no formal qualifications, you may still be accepted on the course.
The selection process is rigorous and aims to ensure your potential for success. A language analysis and teaching methods pre-course assessment is used as part of the selection process. For more details, please send us an email and book an appointment with the Course Tutor.
If offered a place on the course, you will be invited to pay in your tuition, join our learning platforms to begin your study and preparation for the course.
Each application is reviewed on its own merit, so if you think you are eligible because of experience and continuous professional development but have no formal qualifications, you may still be accepted on the course.
- June 10 - November 16 2024 (16 weeks)
- 07 Sep 2024 - 21 Dec 2024 (13 weeks)
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Our online live classroom is fully interactive with audio and video available for every single trainee, not just for the tutor. In our live classroom, you can talk, chat and interact, do group work and collaborative activities just as if you were in our physical classroom. All sessions are recorded and made available to our trainees
Teaching assessments are carried our by own own tutors online, not someone who is not a fully authorised DELTA tutor as it happens in some distance courses. There is variety and flexibility in the assessment of teaching on the DELTA - see below
There is variety and flexibility in the assessment of teaching
Teaching Assessments can be done online or offline - the system is very flexible. See below how. You can be assessed teaching
N.B. A class should include a minimum of 5 students. One-to-one classes are not allowed.
This last option involves travelling to Athens for your assessments if you do not already live there or in a nearby area. Overseas candidates can complete their three internal assessments over a stay of 2-4 weeks. You can be assessed with
DELTA trainees from around the globe
All internal observations (three in number) are conducted by CELT tutors except, of course, for the final one which is observed by a Cambridge approved external assessor .
The course content is taught via webinars in our online classroom. Every week, you will attend one or two 180-minute sessions. Times vary from course to course depending on participants’ time zones but, usually, with working teachers we tend to offer sessions on weekends. There are three exam sessions for Module 2 in any one calendar year: in June, October and December.
The part time online course is demanding but doable even by working teachers. It does involve hard work, especially when you are writing one of the 5 assignments, but over the 6 months of attendance this is in no way an impossible task .
Who can apply
If you have some recent and varied classroom teaching experience, related degrees and an initial training qualification such as the Cambridge CELTA, you are welcome to apply. Each application is reviewed on its own merit, so if you think you are eligible because of experience and continuous professional development but have no formal qualifications, you may still be accepted on the course.
The selection process is rigorous and aims to ensure your potential for success. A language analysis and teaching methods pre-course assessment is used as part of the selection process. For more details, please send us an email and book an appointment with the Course Tutor.
Applicants for Module 2 only courses should have taken and passed Module 1 or be about to take the exam.
Please complete and return the attached application if interested - this will start the application process which includes
Tuition for Module 2 online is 1600 euros and can be paid in a number of instalments (up to 4) - tuition quoted does not include Cambridge assessment fees (approx 180 euros) which are paid close to the external assessment.
Taught & assessed in Athens
This is a great option for people who
Our centre is spacious and provides all that is needed for the course, from IWB’s, laptops, Wifi and a great library with more than 2000 titles on our shelves plus a rich online resource for materials and readings. Membership is extended to at least two years after the course is finished.
All teaching assessments can be done in one of two ways:
All internal observations (three in number) are conducted by CELT tutors except, of course, for the final one which will be observed by a Cambridge approved external assessor.
In person/Face-to-face course for 8 weeks
The course Input is taught via seminars and workshops at CELT in Athens. During the course, all the basic/core input will be covered and candidates are expected to complete their background assignments in preparation for their teaching assessments which will be assessed internally an d externally during these 8 weeks . The last assignment to be assessed externally takes place at the end of their course.
Who can apply
If you have some recent and varied classroom teaching experience, related degrees and an initial training qualification such as the Cambridge CELTA, you are welcome to apply. Each application is reviewed on its own merit, so if you think you are eligible because of experience and continuous professional development but have no formal qualifications, you may still be accepted on the course.
The selection process is rigorous and aims to ensure your potential for success. A language analysis and teaching methods pre-course assessment is used as part of the selection process. For more details, please send us an email and book an appointment with the Course Tutor.
Applicants for Module 2 only courses should have taken and passed Module 1 or be about to take the exam.
If offered a place on the course, you will be invited to pay in your deposit, join our learning platforms to begin your study and preparation for the course.
Each application is reviewed on its own merit, so if you think you are eligible because of experience and continuous professional development but have no formal qualifications, you may still be accepted on the course.
The selection process is rigorous and aims to ensure your potential for success. A language analysis and teaching methods pre-course assessment is used as part of the selection process. For more details, please complete the email form below to book an appointment with the Course Tutor.
Tuition for Module 2 is 1800 euros and must be paid in advance of the course, at least one month before the course start date. Tuition quoted does not include Cambridge assessment fees (approx 180 euros) which are paid close to the external assessment.
Candidates attendance is Monday to Friday from 09:00-17:00.
There are three exam sessions for Module 2 in any one calendar year: in June, October and December.
Module 3 is part of the overall Delta Modular Diploma and allows candidates to do some independent research into areas of special interest to them, e.g. Business English, Young Learners, Exam Classes and more. This module focuses on needs analysis, syllabus design, course planning and assessment. You will carry out an independent investigation, leading to the design of a short - 20-25 hours - syllabus for a specific group of learners you are currently teaching.
This course plan must be related to one of the following specialisms:
Here is a list of the specialisms Cambridgeincludes in the Module 3 Handbook pages.
CELT Athens tutors are able to support most of the Option 1 specialisms and deliver input related to them during online or face-to-face courses or support through individual or group tutorials.
If you are interested in applying only for this module, you should contact us with a description of your area of interest and we will immediately let you know if we support the particular specialism.
Specialisms are selected on the basis of a class which is available to the candidate and not on the basis of personal interest in a particular topic. For example, if you are interested in the Young Learners Specialism but you are currently teaching Academic English, your proposal will not be accepted without young learners whose level and needs you are required to research and describe in your assignment.
Trainees who take this course option will receive input on their chosen specialism as well as
They are also given extra tutorial support and feedback on drafts of their Module 3 assignment.
Candidates for this specialism are given access to the rich CELT Athens resources where they will be able to find some related reading but they should also be prepared to purchase some books themselves, especially if they are studying for this course by distance and do not have access to the CELT Athens library.
Module 3 is an individual research assignment and, often, candidates select options suited to their individual teaching contexts, so attending a group course is not possible for all specialisms. In that case, they follow an individual course and attend individual tutorials with their personal tutor.
In that case, support for Module 3 is done by individual inputs and tutorials rather than by attending a group course.
Candidates who pass Module 3 Assignment gain a Cambridge Delta Module 3 Certificate which is part of the overall Cambridge Delta Diploma. Assignments are supported by the centre but marked at Cambridge.
The course is self-paced and is taught via Moodle, a learning management system familiar to many candidates and contains units on all the sub- specialisms below as well as units related to conducting an investigation in their LTO (Language Teaching Operation) in order to obtain data for their assignment, which is essentially an innovation & change assignment for that LTO.
N.B. During the self-paced course, the course leader invites candidates to individual or group tutorials on Zoom to keep in touch, check progress, give feedback on drafts and connect with other colleagues following the programme.
The content of the course is expected to be completed over 8-10 weeks maximum after which candidates begin their assignment writing.
The purpose of this 30-hour programme is to provide educational management skills training for acting or prospective managers of foreign language institutions, senior teachers who are, or will soon be, in positions of responsibility. Here’s what this course will do for you:
This is a great course which opens a good number of career opportunities to Delta holders interested in developing their career as administrators, or who run their own Language Teaching Operation already. It’s also a course you can do even before you have done the other two Delta Modules as its content is independent of the main Module 1 & 2 syllabuses.
A caution – to attend the course you must be in a position to access data from a Language Teaching Operation related to your focus area.
The ELT Management course consists of an introductory module and eight content modules. You can read more about the course topic areas by downloading the course details here . Follow the links below if you the interested in reading the detailed syllabus as specified by Cambridge ESOL and the handbook for tutors and candidates
Assignments for Module 3 are 4,500 words in length and must be submitted to the centre in their final draft form before the end of May or November each year in electronic form. All details about the assignment can be found in the handbooks linked in the previous paragraph.
A course specifically addressed to acting or prospective managers who would like to learn more about running a Language Teaching Operation and at the same time acquire a prestigious Cambridge Delta Certificate on this topic.
To attend the course you must be in a position to access data from a Language Teaching Operation related to your focus area and you must be have a level of education that would allow you to follow the related readings and produce an academic assignment.
No special equipment is necessary to follow the course on Moodle and candidates do not need to download any programmes. They are required to participate in webinars their tutor organises and for this a fast internet connection and a headset are needed – a webcam is not obligatory but desirable as it enhances contact amongst participants and course tutor.
Candidates for this specialism will be given access to the CELT Athens DELTA wiki where they will be able to find some related reading but they should also be prepared to purchase some books themselves, especially if they do not have access to the CELT Athens library.
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