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?
Teachers working on pre-sessional and in-sessional English courses at tertiary level, either in the UK or overseas
Available online only in 2026
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See also Teaching English for Specific Academic Purposes
Homestay (half-board): £560
Residential (self-catering): £560
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Course content
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.
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 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).
