DELTA M1: Over and Out

First of all, I have to start off with an apology! My DELTA blogs died out after Week 8 as things started to get on top of me. Now when I look back at my journey, I have no idea how I managed to keep up with those blogs as consistently as I did for

DELTA Week 8: Pedal to the Metal

This week, after the quieter week last week, felt a lot more intense. The exam is only 4 weeks away now so any mistakes I make are starting to feel a lot more real and problematic. I’ve fretting a little more over gaps in my knowledge and writing long to-do lists of books I’m sure

DELTA Week 7: Sorry, not sorry

This week was a week of contrast. Week 6 was definitely a hectic one with a considerable amount of study hours, almost 200 pages of reading and the usual stress that DELTA brings. However, this week was quite a different one. I was initially expecting it to be equally as heavy but to my pleasant

DELTA Week 6: The Penny Dropped

This week was a week of oh’s and gotcha’s. It was the week when all of this DELTA stuff finally started to click, especially in terms of phonology. I dare to say that phonological terms are starting to make sense to me and my use of phonemic script is starting to improve. Obviously this week

DELTA Week 5: A Real Page-Turner

This week was Reading Week, a week free from assignments and endless stress, but not away from preparation. Instead, we had a week to catch up on missed reading from previous weeks, get ahead with reading for next week and finally take some time to do our first full mock exam. How was my feedback

DELTA Week 4: Slow and Steady Wins the Race

I’m a month in and a third of the way through my 12 week intensive course with NILE. I’m feeling really happy with what I’ve achieved so far. Despite the slightly negative blog post today, I am pleased I am making gradual progress. I keep having to remind myself; Rome wasn’t built in a day.

DELTA Week 3: A Fish in Troubled Waters

How was my feedback from Week 2? My feedback for Week 2 was really positive. Of course, there was constructive criticism in each of the tasks I submitted. There were certain comments which went along the lines of “Jordan, you didn’t read the question properly here” or “Did you proofread this?” which I totally appreciated

DELTA Week 2: The Early Bird Catches the Worm

How was my feedback from Week 1? Generally, I was very pleased with my feedback on my work from Week 1. The essence of my comments was that I do not need to write in long, extended prose in the exam and I should avoid lengthy explanations (basically explaining something to the examiner which they

DELTA Week 1: The Baptism by Fire

Hello, again. Week 1 is completed (and I’m now in Week 2) and it was a whirlwind of nerves and slight abject panic. It was a big shock to the system after being out of academic study for nearly 3 years but it has been a pleasant distraction all things considered. Today, I wanted to

DELTA: The Calm before the Storm

First of all, just before we start, I wanted to say thank you so much to everyone who viewed my last post. It had over a 100 views and I also had a few people message me about it, saying they were looking forward to following my journey. My course starts shortly on March 8th