The course will enable you to develop your English proficiency and improve your awareness of current methodology. This will involve reviewing the principles and practices of English language teaching and looking at recent developments in teaching methodology.
As a course participant, you will have the opportunity to share your experience of teaching, examining the relationship between language and methodology and reflecting on your practice.
" The trainers have provided us with new teaching approaches, great ideas, thoughts, materials. I have really enjoyed sharing teaching aspects with my partners and our trainers, which is really enriching. "
Monica, 2023
Is this course for you?
Teachers wishing to improve their understanding and command of contemporary written and spoken English and raise their awareness of how language and methodology interact in the teaching of English
6 - 17 July 2026
3 - 14 August 2026
2 weeks or join us for the first week only
Registration fee: £150 £115
Course fee: 2 weeks: £1170 £878
1 week: £598 £448
Trinity CertPT qualification (optional): £325
Homestay (half-board): £301
Residential (half-board): £357
Residential (self-catering): £301
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Course content
This course will extend your understanding and critical awareness of how English is used both inside and outside the classroom and the principles and practice of teaching English as a second or foreign language.
You will explore recent developments in methodology and the analysis of language for teaching and how to examine the relationship between language and methodology
" I’m taking away an incredible range of activities and reflections for my job and an incredible personal experience "
Participant - 2023
" I feel very well prepared and highly motivated to start a new school year "
Natasha - 2023
Timetable
This course consists of 50 hours of tuition, delivered between 09:00 and 15:30, Monday - Friday. You will also take part in cross-curricular workshops on a variety of topics, and each course includes a free evening and weekend programme of social and cultural activities and trips.
Further Information
Specific course content comes from feedback you and other participants give us through pre-course questionnaires, identifying your needs and priorities.
Time will be built into the course for reflection and for you to consider how to adapt ideas from the course to your classroom in your own professional contexts.
NILE offers various accommodation options, including homestay with carefully selected hosts and residential accommodation at the University of East Anglia. NILE’s dedicated student welfare team can be reached 24 hours a day.
All NILE courses involve a significant element of English language improvement and/or the development of language awareness.
Meet a Tutor: Chris Rose
Chris is a teacher, writer and trainer with over twenty years of experience. For a long time he worked for the British Council in Italy, integrating English language teaching with arts and cultural projects. He has worked widely throughout Europe, and also in the Middle East, North Africa, Russia, and China.
He has taken part in several educational materials development projects and written ELT readers. Chris holds a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing and specialises in teaching literature, creative writing, and cultural studies. He has worked with NILE for fifteen years, and also taught at a number of universities in the UK.
Under the name ‘C.D. Rose’ he has published five books. The most recent, the novel We Live Here Now, was published in 2025 and won the Goldsmith's Prize.
He is a fellow of the Royal Literary Fund.
Available dates:
| Course dates | Location | Course length | |
| 6 - 10 July 2026 (First week only) | Norwich | 1 week | |
| 6 - 17 July 2026 | Norwich | 2 weeks | |
| 3 - 7 August 2026 (First week only) | Norwich | 1 week | |
| 3 - 14 August 2026 | Norwich | 2 weeks |
