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 2024
Teaching Teenagers
Explore what motivates teenagers' learning and the implications in the 21st Century classroom. Add ideas and activities to your own bank of resources and consider assessment, homework and digital tools as well as diversity, equity and inclusion in your classroom.
Location: Norwich
Course dates: July, August 2024
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 2024
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
Develop the essential skills for CLIL teachers,and explore materials and methodologies appropriate to CLIL. Raise your language awareness and linguistic competences while looking at key issues in course design, and testing and assessment procedures in CLIL contexts.
Location: Norwich
Course dates: July 2024
Advanced Language, Materials and Methodology
Explore the principles and practices of English language teaching and look at recent developments in teaching methodology by examining the relationship between language, materials and methodology, reviewing a wide range of recent materials and re-examining your own teaching.
Location: Norwich
Course dates: July, August 2024
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 2024
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 2024
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 2024
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 2024
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 2024
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 2024
