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Uzbek University Teachers

With sponsorship from the El-Yurt Umidi Foundation, we were very pleased to welcome a group of teachers from universities across Uzbekistan for a 4-week professional development course in August. The teaching was divided into two-week blocks and teachers worked on three different areas: Teaching English for Specific Purposes; Teaching and Assessing Spoken English; and...Read more...

0 comments | 17 September 2019 | Tailor-made Courses | Susi Pearson
Project-Based Programme for Italian Students

We were delighted to host a large group of Italian students organised by the London School of English in Thiene, Italy - a NILE Language Teacher Education Partner, whose director, Julie Wallis, is a long-time NILE friend and visiting trainer.

The students were here for a two-week project-based programme designed aroundRead more...

0 comments | 17 September 2019 | Courses and Tailor-made Courses | Susi Pearson
Tunisians take the British Council Professional Award for Teacher Educators

We were delighted to host our first closed group to complete the Professional Award for Teacher Educatiors - a group of newly-appointed teacher trainers from Tunisia. They were a hardworking group, who were really committed to developing as professionals and were very keen to learn about and try out techniques and practices in teacher developmentRead more...

0 comments | 08 March 2019 | Courses and Tailor-made Courses | Hanna K. Furre
Madrid Primary and Secondary Teachers

In July, we welcomed a group of 40 primary and secondary teachers as part of our long-running partnership with the Comunidad de Madrid. This four-week course was intended to improve the participants’ own language skills; develop their teaching methodology and competences related to the bilingual context and gain knowledge and first-hand experience of the English education system.Read more...

0 comments | 01 November 2018 | Courses and Tailor-made Courses | Susi Pearson
German Engineering Students

In June, we hosted a group of 25 German Engineering students from Memmingen for the third year running, for a programme of English language improvement and engineering-related visits. Designed for the specific requirements of the group who were preparing to take national English proficiency exams and subsequently work in a business environmentRead more...

0 comments | 07 October 2018 | Courses and Tailor-made Courses | Susi Pearson
Swiss Primary Teacher Trainees 2018

For the fifth year running, we welcomed a group of trainee primary teachers from the Schwyz University of Teacher Education in Switzerland in June for a programme focussed on experiencing the British primary education system first-hand. As well as doing some methodology options at NILE, they also spent 6 days in primary schools and visitedRead more...

0 comments | 01 August 2018 | Courses and Tailor-made Courses | Susi Pearson
Russian IELTS Trainers

In our first running of the new 'Course for IELTS Trainers' we were joined by 9 teachers from Russia, for a one-week intensive IELTS training course...Read more...

0 comments | 11 July 2018 | Tailor-made Courses | Thom Kiddle
Chilean English and Subject Teachers

We were delighted to hst a group of 36 Chilean English and Subject teachers via a programme in partnership with the British Council. They forfeited the sunshine of South AmericaRead more...

0 comments | 21 February 2018 | Tailor-made Courses | Susi Pearson
Georgian teachers

We were delighted to host a group of 22 English teachers from across Georgia in January for a 5-day course focussing on developing communicative language teaching and learner centred lessons. The course aimed to combine input that challenged established teacher-centred practices,Read more...

0 comments | 16 February 2018 | Tailor-made Courses | Susi Pearson
Brazilian ELT teachers

In January, we also had the pleasure of welcoming a group of ELT teachers from the Cultura Inglesa language institute in Brazil for a one-week methodology course. They took part in sessions onRead more...

0 comments | 16 February 2018 | Tailor-made Courses | Susi