Johanna StirlingNILE Consultant Trainer

Johanna Stirling is a NILE Affiliate Trainer who teaches, trains teachers, writes materials and gives presentations about English language teaching. As well as having taught students, teachers and materials writers from all over the world, she was the NILE Online Academic Manager from the start of the programme until 2022, and she continues to be a tutor and supervisor on NILE / Chichester University's MA in Professional Development for Language Education, where she teaches on the Materials Development module.

She has written teaching materials for Cambridge University Press and self-published “Teaching Spelling to English Language Learners” (British Council Award for ELT Writing – Special Commendation and nominated for an ELTon Award for Innovation in Teacher Resources). She also wrote three of the NILE Online courses and advised on many others.

Jo has an MA in Professional Development for Language Education from NILE/Leeds Metropolitan University. Her professional special interests are teaching spelling, materials development, green ELT and working with teachers. She is an active member of Green Action ELT, a voluntary group that aims to support language schools to become more environmentally sustainable. In her free time, you’ll find Jo tending her garden, performing Improv (improvisational theatre/comedy) or Nordic Walking.