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chickyabroad · Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 33 Location: Turkey

I'm kind of contemplating doing the DELTA soon, but I'm wondering if it's still possible to do it full time with the new module system? And if so, where? It seems that a lot of the centers only offer one module or if they offer all three, it's only part time. For example here in Istanbul, one center has it part time, one day a week, so the first module alone takes a few months. That just seems too long to me.

So if anyone has any information or especially a center they'd recommend, I'd appreciate it!

Englishish · Joined: 01 Oct 2009 Posts: 78

Yes, the intensive course is still available but I don't know which places do it off the top of my head apart from Bristol (UK).

Here's a list of places worldwide which do the DELTA modules but no indication if the intensive course is available. (Oddly enough, you can only search for module 1 so I assume modules 2 and 3 will also be available!) Unfortunately, it gives a long list of countries with contact details including websites to work through which could take some time. I'll let you know if I find a list together in one place.

http://cambridgeesol-centres.org/centres/search.do?source=candidateexam&country=ALL&qualification=80&=Search

chickyabroad · Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Posts: 33 Location: Turkey

Thanks, yes this is exactly the problem I'm running into. I've looked at a few and they were all part time, but there's a long list to go through. I was hoping someone on here might have done it recently or be doing it now and have a recommendation. So far the only threads I can find that mention doing it full time recently talk about IH Sevilla. That's a possibility, but I'd like to get more opinions, and maybe find somewhere it would be cheaper to live.

Englishish · Joined: 01 Oct 2009 Posts: 78

I've just noticed the website I gave doesn't even mention Bristol and that's the only place I know for sure does the intensive course! At a guess, the centres listed as 'Internal Centre's would be more likely to do the intensive course as it says they 'are authorised to run examinations only for students who are enrolled as students at the institution that runs the centre' but that's a guess at best.

There is an another list of DELTA providers here which I guess you might already have as they mention Seville and Moscow. I think I'd start trawling through the list while you're waiting for people to reply if I were you!

http://www.eslbase.com/courses/delta