What is it about video? Why do we feel the need to turn to sites like YouTube as a source of material and inspiration? The answer is simple. Like all human beings, language learners need narrative. As teachers, we intuitively know this. And video provides us with a constant stream of visual stories to engage them.
This course will show you how to use video narratives to engage students and get them listening, thinking, speaking, collaborating, problem solving and more. By participating in the course, you will learn fundamental principles and techniques for using video and story.
" Great organisation, helpful staff and an excellent teacher! I would definitely come back to NILE in the future. "
Maria Teresa, 2022
Is this course for you?
Teachers of English and subject teachers using English in class at all levels
20 - 31 July 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
On Video, Image and Story in Language Education you will explore how human beings create and interact with video narratives. You will see how to design communicative language teaching ideas based on a few simple principles.
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: Jamie Keddie
Jamie studied Biochemistry at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. That was followed by a degree in music at Leeds College of Music in England. But he found his true passion in life as an English teacher in Barcelona. Since then, Jamie has become known for his work on image, video and storytelling in language education. As a teacher trainer and storyteller, he has shared his ideas in over 40 different countries.
Jamie is the founder of LessonStream – an online community of language teachers united in a passion for using story and storytelling to engage students. He is the author of ‘Images’ (Oxford University Press, 2009), ‘Bringing Online Video into the Classroom’ (Oxford University Press, 2014) and ‘Videotelling: YouTube Stories for the Classroom’ (Lessonstream Books, 2016).
You can find out more about Jamie’s work at https://lessonstream.com.
Available dates:
| Course dates | Location | Course length | |
| 20 - 24 July 2026 (First week only) | Norwich | 1 week | |
| 20 - 31 July 2026 | Norwich | 2 weeks |
