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. Participants on the course will leave with a clearer idea of how to make their teaching more efficient and effective with less time spent on preparation, on marking and on giving feedback.

Is this course for you?

 
Location: Norwich
 
Experience:
Teachers working on pre-sessional and in-sessional English courses at tertiary level, either in the UK or overseas
 
Language Level: B2/C1 or higher
 
Course dates:
Available online only in 2024
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Certification:
NILE Certificate
Option for Trinity CertTP
 
Course Length: 2 weeks
 
Course fees:
Registration fee: £175
Course fee: £1125
Trinity CertPT qualification (optional): £325
 
Accommodation (2 weeks):
Homestay (half-board): £546
Residential (half-board): £616
Residential (self-catering): £546
 
Minimum age: 18
 
Max class size: 16
 
Free social and cultural programme
 
Cross-curricular and cultural workshops
 
Specialist ELT Library
 
Complementary eLearning platform

Course content

 
Recognising the 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 will familiarise you with current approaches and methods in teaching English for Academic Purposes. You will become familiar with the main principles in EAP course and develop key skills for materials design.

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Timetable

This course consists of 50 hours of tuition, delivered between 09:15 and 16:00, 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.

Sample Timetable

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 homestay accommodation 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: Tom Sarney

Tom Sarney NILE

Tom Sarney has over 25 years working in education. He has worked in a variety of different countries and contexts as a teacher, trainer, teacher educator, materials and course designer, academic manager, and trainer of trainers.

Tom has a passion for learning and education, especially within the areas of tertiary EMI provision and in designing and implementing innovative approaches to teacher development. Tom is also an advocate of evidence-based teaching, and how evidence-based practice can be used to improve teacher efficacy and student learning.