In this course you will explore aspects relevant to teaching English for Specific Academic Purposes.

The course will give you the chance to develop your knowledge of relevant teaching practice, exploring student, teacher and faculty expectations and roles. You will have opportunities to discuss and reflect on course and materials design, and contemporary approaches to assessment.

A personal project will give you the opportunity to develop and receive feedback on an aspect of teaching English for Specific Academic Purposes that particularly interests you.

 

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Location: Norwich
 
Experience:
Tertiary or foundation level teachers wanting to familiarise themselves with or update their knowledge and awareness of English for Specific Academic Purposes
 
Language Level: B2/C1 or higher
 
Course dates:
18 - 29 August
 
Certification: NILE Certificate
 
Course Length: 2 weeks
 
Course fees:
Registration fee: £150
Course fee: £1195
 
Accommodation (2 weeks):
Homestay (half-board): £560
Residential (half-board): £672
Residential (self-catering): £560
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Minimum age: 18
 
Max class size: 16
 
Free social and cultural programme
 
Cross-curricular and cultural workshops
 
Specialist ELT library
 
Complementary eLearning platform

Course content

 
Conducting needs analyses and establishing meaningful ESAP objectives
 
Understanding disciplinary expectations and faculty requirements
 
Integrating emerging technologies in academic writing instruction
 
Designing and adapting materials for effective ESAP teaching
 
Implementing contemporary assessment and feedback strategies
 
Exploring pathways to effective cross-cultural communication
 
Utilising corpus linguistics to identify discipline-specific language patterns
 
Completing a personal project in an ESAP area of your choice

 

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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.

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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 Tutor: Lisa Mann

Lisa Mann NILE

Lisa has enjoyed a long career in the provision of language services in countries all over the world. During her time in Peru, she worked with the Ministry of Education to develop the national curriculum for English for adult basic education under the country’s ‘English, Gateway to the World’ initiative. She has collaborated in the development and delivery of the TESOL International Association’s certification programmes in Uzbekistan and India and has had the absolute privilege to work with English language professionals on several different projects in Tajikistan.

Lisa currently gives short courses on research writing, presentation skills and the use of AI in teaching and conducting research at universities throughout Catalonia while continuing her work as a training consultant, translator, and academic editor from her home office in Spain.

She holds two master’s degrees: one in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and another in Translation and Localisation.


Available dates:

Course dates Location Course length
18 August - 29 August 2025 Norwich 2 weeks

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