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.

This course is eligible for Erasmus+ funding. Please contact us for further details.
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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.

Lacunza NILE

Is this course for you?

 
Location: San Sebastian, Spain
 
Experience:
Teachers, academic managers and trainers who work in the area of teaching languages to secondary school-aged children (11 to 16-year-olds)
 
Language Level: B2
 
Course dates: 
14 - 25 July 2025
 
Certification:
NILE Certificate
 
Course Length: 2 weeks
 
Course fees:
Registration fee: €150
Course fee: €975
 
Accommodation (2 weeks):
Various as offered by Lacunza
 
Minimum age: 18
 
Max class size: 16
 
Free social and cultural programme
 
Cross-cultural activities
 
Specialist ELT Library
 
Complementary eLearning platform

Course content

 
Key differences between teaching teenagers and other age groups
 
The ‘teenage brain’, motivation and behaviour and implications for the classroom
 
Identifying inappropriate behaviour; prevention and/or strategies to manage it
 
Different approaches to teaching teenagers (e.g. CLIL, TBL, the flipped classroom)
 
Designing lesson objectives and planning successful lessons
 
Presenting and practising language in the teenager classroom
 
Evaluating digital tools which present and practise language
 
Helping learners develop the necessary skills for the 21st Century
 
Bringing the ‘real world’ into the classroom
 
Evaluating progress through homework, tests and self-reflection
 
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Does everyone have a voice?
 
Reflecting on work completed on the course and identifying areas for continuing professional development

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Timetable

This course consists of 50 hours of tuition, usually delivered between 09:00 and 16:00, Monday - Friday. Each course includes an 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.

All NILE courses involve a significant element of English language improvement and/or the development of language awareness.

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Course Leader: Emma Heyderman

Emma Heyderman NILE 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.

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