UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ESOL EXAMINATIONS

English for Speakers of Other Languages

DELTA MODULE ONE
D031/1




Understanding language, methodology and resources
for teaching


PAPER 1

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 five tasks.
Suggested timings are indicated for each task.








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UCLES 2012 Delta Module One


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For examples of Task One and Task Two please refer to earlier past papers also available on this
website.
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Task Three (15 minutes)

The extract for this task is a writing activity for intermediate (CEFR level B1) learners.



Identify a total of five key language features learners at this level would need in order to complete
the activity successfully. Provide an example specific to this activity to support each choice.

Phrases for beginning and ending a story are provided in the extract. Do not write about phrases for
beginning and ending a story in your answer.





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The extract is taken from New Headway Intermediate Students Book, Liz and J ohn Soars, Oxford
University Press, 2003, page 107.
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Task Four (30 minutes)

The text for this task is reproduced on the opposite page.



a The text is a celebrity interview in a popular magazine. Identify five features of the text that are
characteristic of its genre. Give one example of each feature you identify.

Do not include more than one feature of layout.




b Look at the extracts from the text.

i. Comment on the question forms in bold.
ii. Comment on the features of connected speech in the phrases in bold.

Do you enjoy cooking? (line 5)
its all showbiz isnt it? (line 8)
What food reminds you of your childhood? (lines 59-60)




c Comment on the form and use of the phrases in bold as they are used in the text.

Its a bit artistic (line 6)
Im a pretty good dessert guy (line 25)
Its really kinda weird (lines 28-29)




d Look at the three relative clauses in bold in the following sentences from the text. Comment on
the use of the relative pronoun and the relative clause in each case.

There are desserts that my mum used to make that take me back, like tapioca pudding, which
is yummy. (lines 61-64)

The first thing I think when I have guests is What can I fix them? (lines 74-76)




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Text is based on Jimmy Osmond, Somerfield Magazine, Feb 09, PSP Rare Publishing, p73.










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Task Five (25 minutes)

The text (245 words) for this task is reproduced on the opposite page. It was written by a learner in an
upper-intermediate (CEFR level B2) class in response to the following task:




Write an essay for the class magazine describing a person you particularly admire.
Say why you particularly admire them.




a Identify three key strengths and three key weaknesses of the text. Provide an example of each
strength and each weakness.


Your answer should focus on some or all of the areas listed below:


Organisation
Accuracy of grammar
Accuracy and range of lexis
Punctuation
Task achievement






b Which one of the weaknesses identified above would you choose to prioritise to help this learner?
Give three reasons for your choice.






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