NILE‘s accredited face-to-face teacher development courses take place in in in July and August every year. Since 1995 we have trained thousands of teachers in the small, friendly city of Norwich.
A wide range of courses, expert trainers and a dedicated student services team make participants come back year after year, and we look forward to welcome new and old participants back in the summer of 2023.
Most courses are two weeks long with 25 hours teaching per week in our state-of-the-art teaching buildings a five-minute walk from Norwich Market.
NILE’s experienced trainers are specialists in their chosen fields of ELT and, using a combination of theory and practical application, they work hard to offer training sessions that meet yours and your colleagues’ specific needs and priorities. They also support you in considering how to adapt the content to your own professional context and creating a strategy for putting your ideas into practice, getting the most out of your course for both you and your colleagues back home.
You’ll have access to excellent resources including NILE's specialist ELT library, a digital platform with every course and free wifi throughout the premises.
Many of our open-enrolment courses also offer you the opportunity to work towards the Trinity Certificate for Practising Teachers as an extension to your 2-week programme.
All NILE’s accredited courses involve a significant element of English language improvement and/or the development of language awareness.
Our Accommodation and Welfare team is always on hand, and throughout your time in Norwich you will have the chance to meet, talk to and share experiences with international colleagues. You will also be treated to a rich and varied social and cultural programme, leaving you with life-long memories to go alongside the skills and practices you develop during your stay.
Download Summer courses and Dates 2023
Materials Development for Language Education
Develop your critical awareness of language acquisition and pedagogy, and how they are put to use in the design of language learning materials, as well as the criteria for evaluation and adaptation of published materials.
Location: Norwich
Course dates: July 2023
Teaching Young Learners
Examine principles and practices of Teaching English to Young Learners and evaluate and create materials suitable for young learners ages 6 to 12. Design communicative materials to teach language skills, develop effective classroom management skills, and explore art, drama, music, children´s books and other authentic materials.
Location: Norwich
Course dates: July, August 2023
Technology Assisted Language Learning
Raise your awareness of the possibilities and challenges offered by digital technologies now and over the coming years, and equip yourself with the academic, technical and practical skills to use technology to optimum benefit in and out of your classroom.
Location: Norwich
Course dates: July 2023
Testing, Evaluation and Assessment
Raise your awareness of key principles in language assessment, by looking at the full range of formative and summative purposes of testing and assessment in language education and applying them to test design, construction and evaluation.
Location: Norwich
Course dates: August 2023
Trainer Development: a Course for Teacher Educators
Familiarise yourself with the skills and qualities needed by teacher educators and raise your awareness of different models and practices in the area of Continuing Professional Development. Evaluate and design your own materials as well as a short, in-service or pre-service training course for a specific context.
Location: Norwich
Course dates: July 2023
Video, Image and Story in Language Education
Explore how human beings create and interact with video narratives and practice designing communicative language teaching ideas to make the most of video in and out of your classroom – including online contexts.
Location: Norwich
Course dates: August 2023
The Trinity Certificate for Practising Teachers with NILE
The Trinity Certificate for Practising Teachers (CertPT) is an in-service vocational teaching qualification at Level 6 on Ofqual’s Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF). It is defined around pedagogical outcomes and requires the completion of four practical teaching activities related to the teacher’s professional context.
Location: Distance Supervision
Course dates: Year-round, post online and face-to-face courses
