Sam PepperNILE Consultant Trainer

Sam is a language learner, teacher, trainer and translator. He has worked in several quality assurance roles in the Adult Learning and FE sector and is an ESOL specialist and teacher trainer - training teachers on both online and in-person CELTA courses.

He works as a CPD training consultant for NATECLA and provides bespoke professional development for ESOL departments around the UK. He has also worked as a syllabus writer and content creator for BBC Learning English and British Council.

Sam has led on a number of innovative projects such as the ESOL Participatory Podcast, Peer Mentoring in ESOL and Bell Foundation ESOL for Work research initiative. Sam has written for ELT publications and platforms including IATEFL ESOL Special Interest Group blog, FE Week and the Ascentis blog on innovative ESOL.