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This course will further your understanding of teenagers and the implications for teaching and learning in the 21st Century classroom.
You will explore aspects of ‘the teenage brain’, teenage motivation and behaviour and their impact on lesson planning and delivery.
You will observe and evaluate lessons with teenagers, create activities for working with language and also design tasks for developing skills. Towards the end of the course, you will consider the assessment of progress, homework and how to encourage learner autonomy. There will also be space to explore diversity, equity, and inclusion.
An ideal course for any teacher who would welcome the opportunity to re-evaluate their own teaching of teenagers and add ideas and activities to their bank of resources, all while sharing and collaborating with others.
Is this course for you?
Teachers, academic managers and trainers who work in the area of teaching languages to secondary school-aged children (11 to 16-year-olds)
30 June - 11 July
4 - 15 August
2 weeks or join us for the first week only
Registration fee: £150 £100
Course fee: £597.50 £418 per week
Trinity CertPT qualification (optional): £325
Homestay (half-board): £280 £196
Residential (half-board): £336 £235
Residential (self-catering): £280 £196
More information
Course content
" Outstanding trainer, extremely useful resources and fantastic peers who I have learnt a lot from. "
Julia - 2023
"The trainer was an incredibly inspiring tutor. She extracted the best from each of us in a positive and enriching atmosphere. "
Participant - 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.
Course Leader: Emma Heyderman
Emma has been in ELT since 1989. She has worked for several well-known language schools, most recently as Director of Education for Lacunza – International House, San Sebastian where she was responsible for the academic programme and professional development.
Now freelance, Emma is a published author for Macmillan (Interface and Get Involved) and Cambridge (Compact Key and Complete Preliminary). She also runs workshops for secondary school teachers and is a regular speaker at national and international events.
Available dates:
| Course dates | Location | Course length | |
| 30 June - 11 July 2025 First week only | Norwich | 1 week | |
| 30 June - 11 July 2025 | Norwich | 2 weeks | |
| 30 June - 12 July 2025 with Trinity CertPT | Norwich | 2 weeks | |
| 4 August - 15 August 2025 First week only | Norwich | 1 week | |
| 4 August - 15 August 2025 | Norwich | 2 weeks | |
| 4 August - 15 August 2025 with Trinity CertPT | Norwich | 2 weeks |
