NILE‘s accredited face-to-face teacher development courses run 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 welcoming new and old participants back in the summer of 2025.
Most courses are two weeks long with 25 hours' teaching per week. Courses take place in our state-of-the-art teaching building a five-minute walk from Norwich Market, and at peak times also at our sister organisation INTO's premises at the UEA Campus.
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 your group's 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 and a digital platform with every course.
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 2025
British Culture and Contemporary English
Explore the varieties of English used around the world, and specifically in the UK, and the factors that influence language change. Discover and examine the changes in British social and cultural life, literature, music, film and television.
Location: Norwich
Course dates: August 2025
Language Improvement for Teachers
Develop your own personal and professional language skills, enabling you to be confident in teaching and interacting with English inside and outside the classroom, and develop strategies for effectively improving your language ability independently.
Location: Norwich
Course dates: July, August 2025
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: August 2025
Video, Image and Story in Language Education
Explore how human beings create and interact with video narratives and practise designing communicative language teaching ideas to make the most of video in and out of your classroom – including online contexts.
Location: Norwich
Course dates: July 2025
Management in Language Education
Gain insights into key components, skills and competencies of effective management in language education, and develop principled approaches for all aspects of educational management.
Location: Norwich
Course dates: August 2025
Learning Differences and Inclusion in Language Teaching
Identify support needs for students with learning differences in language learning and explore a range of neurodiversity types and some of the practical strategies you can put in place to make your teaching more accessible to all.
Location: Norwich
Course dates: July 2025
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: Available online only in 2025
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. The qualification is defined around outcomes directly linked to pedagogy and requires the completion of four practical materials/teaching assignments which demonstrate your use and understanding of teaching/training resources in your professional context.
Location: Distance Supervision
Course dates: Year-round, post online and face-to-face courses
