UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ESOL EXAMINATIONS English for Speakers of Other Languages DELTA MODULE ONE D031/2

Understanding language, methodology and resources for teaching

PAPER 2 Wednesday 6 JUNE 2012 Morning 1 hour 30 minutes Additional materials: Answer booklet

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Time 1 hour 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so.

Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on your answer booklet and on any separate answer paper used.

Complete all tasks.

Write your answer in the separate answer booklet. Use a pen.

You may write on the question paper, but you must write your answer in pen in the answer booklet. You will have no extra time for this, so you must finish in one hour and thirty minutes.

At the end of the test, hand in both the question paper and the answer booklet.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

This paper consists of four tasks.

Suggested timings are indicated for each task.

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© UCLES 2012 Delta Module One

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Task One (20 minutes) The text for this task is reproduced on the opposite page. It is being used in the following situation.

S is a Sales Representative for a Travel company. He is at Intermediate (CEFR B1) level and his company has booked him on a short one-to-one English course to help him improve his speaking skills. The teacher administered this test to help her plan S�s course.

Using your knowledge of relevant testing concepts, evaluate the effectiveness of the test for this learner in this situation. Make a total of six points. You must include both positive and negative points. Write your answer in your answer booklet.

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BULATS English Speaking Test EN40 Sample Question Paper, Cambridge ESOL, 2007

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The text for Tasks Two and Three is reproduced on pages 5, 6 and 7. Task Two (25 minutes) The purpose of the extract as a whole is to review and extend learners� language for asking and talking about plans. a Identify the purpose of the exercises listed in the box below in relation to the purpose of the

extract as a whole. Do not refer to the pronunciation box on p 54 or the �Did you notice� box on p 55.

Exercises for Task Two Listening Exercise 1 Listening Exercise 2 English in Use Exercise 1

b Identify a total of six key assumptions about language learning that are evident in the exercises

listed in the box above and explain why the authors might consider these assumptions to be important for language learning. State which exercise or exercises each assumption refers to.

Task Three (10 minutes) Comment on the ways in which Speak for Yourself and Speak out (Exercise 1) combine with the exercises discussed in Task Two. Do not refer to the �Remember� box on p 55. Write your answers in your answer booklet.

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Clockwise Advanced, Amanda Jeffries, Oxford University Press, 2001, pages 54, 55 and 116

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Task Four (35 minutes) Below are two selections of language items for teaching an intermediate (CEFR level B1) lesson:

Selection A Selection B • be in debt • pay off a credit card • get a pay rise • take out a loan • save up for a holiday

• That�ll be £30. • How would you like to

pay? • I don�t have cash on me. • No problem.

a Identify (i) the similarities (ii) the differences in the approaches informing the selections. b What criticisms could be made of each approach to language selection? Write your answer in your answer booklet.