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In this course you will explore the key features of Academic English, looking at how to apply these to teaching and learning, course design and assessment. The course will enable you to evaluate existing materials, to adapt them to your context and to design them for your learners. You will complete the course with a clearer idea of how to make your teaching more efficient and effective, with contextually-relevant and useful ideas for preparation, marking and giving feedback. Apply
Is this course for you?Location: Online
Experience: Teacher with some teaching experience
Language Level: B2 or higher
Course dates:
12 January - 18 March 2026 13 April - 17 June 2026 14 September - 18 November 2026 Course Length: 8 weeks
Minimum age: 18
Max class size: 18
Tutor-led and highly interactive
Live and asynchronous eLearning platforms
Specialist ELT eLibrary
Accredited by AQUEDUTO
Course contentThe influence of culture on EAP
Identifying student needs and adapting to contextual constraints
Fundamentals of EAP assessment
Key features of EAP
Materials evaluation, adaptation & design
Content in the EAP classroom and designing ESAP courses
Discourse and Genre Analysis
Integrated teaching and learning
Incorporating technology into the EAP classroom
Teaching study skills
This course aims to help you to understand the key issues involved in the design and delivery of EAP and will help you not only develop skills in the practical aspects of EAP instruction, but also gain critical awareness of the theory behind it.
Further InformationNILE Online courses are highly interactive and learning takes place through varied and engaging multimedia content and the collaboration between participants from different contexts. All participants work on the same unit in the same week but there is a high level of flexibility within that time period to help you fit studying around your life and work. The interaction, via forums and other collaborative tools built into the platform, helps and encourages you to share ideas, ask questions, explore concepts and build up a community. You need a computer, a headset (with microphone) and an Internet connection. Much of the course can be done on a mobile device, but a computer is needed for certain activities and tasks. Participants have access to NILE's extensive ELT e-library and an innovative social and cultural programme. All NILE Online courses include an element of professional language development, i.e. language related to course content and/or the classroom. Meet a Course Tutor: Erkan Arkin
Erkan holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics, specialising in English Medium Instruction in higher education. He previously worked as a lecturer at the TESOL teacher education programme of Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), North Cyprus, where he also had various other roles, including head of professional development at the School of Languages and academic coordinator at the Rector’s Office. He currently works as a part-time lecturer at EMU. Erkan comes from an educational background with over twenty years' teaching experience in the university context. He has a strong interest in contributing to the education and development of pre-service and in-service teachers, thanks to his dual role as faculty staff and professional development specialist at the university’s Foreign Languages and English preparatory school. After completing his doctoral study, Erkan became interested in supporting university lecturers to improve their educational practices, specifically focussing on maximising learning in English-taught programmes. His latest presentations and publications have covered topics on EMI in higher education and EMI teacher training, including chapter contributions in three edited books: English-Medium Instruction in European Higher Education: English in Europe (2015); English as the Medium of Instruction in Turkish Higher Education: Policy, Practice and Progress (2022); and Multilingualism & EMI in North Cyprus: Policies and Practices (in progress). Available dates:
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