Here you can find out about upcoming webinars and recorded talks from experts in the field of English Language Teaching. Our webinars are held monthly and are completely free. Certificates are available for all attendees.

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July webinar with Fiona Mauchline: In a world of pure imagination

Teaching teenagers is a lot more than just methodology and materials. Helping them to overcome some of the difficulties that can affect...

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Jo Budden - LearnEnglish Teens: a global online learning community for teenagers

Recorded on 12 June 2014, this webinar with Jo Budden takes a look behind the scenes of the LearnEnglish Teens website and focuses on...

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Ceri Jones - Micro-writing: small things make a big difference

Recorded on 6 May 2014, this webinar with Ceri Jones explores how a range of micro writing tasks can activate language, encourage...

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February 2014: Lizzie Pinard - Learner autonomy

This webinar looks at the topic of learner autonomy and suggests practical methods that we can use to encourage our learners to move...

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Keith Kelly - Ingredients for successful CLIL

Recorded in March 2014, this webinar by Keith Kelly looked at the successful implementation of CLIL. During the webinar he shared...

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January 2014: Sylvia Guinan - Social and emotional approaches to teaching with technology

Recorded in January 2014, this webinar by Sylvia Guinan looked at helping teachers to think for themselves about creative applications...

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December 2013: Dave Dodgson - Using games to engage, motivate and educate language learners

Video games are a long established part of many people’s recreational habits, and have the power to engage and motivate players.
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November 2013: David Petrie - Writing skills for exam practice

Theme: Practising writing for exams can be challenging for many students and it is often difficult for teachers to find ways to make...

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October 2013: Adam Simpson - Encouraging learners to explore language through creative activities

Encouraging learners to explore the language through creative activities in class is not as difficult as it may at first appear. This...

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What do ESP teachers need to know about word lists for language learning and teaching?

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This webinar focuses on the key points English for...

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Kishore Roy: The IELTS speaking test

Date: 13 June 2013

Watch a recording of the webinar: http://britishcouncil.adobeconnect.com/p4npg389ds8/

Theme: IELTS is...

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Adam Simpson - Engaging GenerationY with technology

Watch a recording of this engaging webinar with Adam Simpson.
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Carol Read - The secret of working with children

This is a recording of Carol Read's live talk in Poland from February 2012.
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Suzanne Mordue: Finding the plot - Early story writing for YLs

Date: 27 February 2013

Theme: Story writing gives children the opportunity to be creative and enthusiastic about using English....

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Willy Cardoso: Classroom based teacher development

Date: 16th January 2013

Theme: In our January webinar, Willy Cardoso looked at several aspects of classroom-based teacher...

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Fiona Mauchline: Teenage kicks (for grown-ups)

Date: 18th October 2012 

Theme: Current coursebooks have moved away from the 'describe your house/last holiday format of earlier...

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A trip down the memory lane of methodology

Watch a recording of this talk by Chia Suan Chong from November 2012.
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Kyle Mawer: Computer games and language aims

Date: Wednesday 18th July

Theme: Many teachers are beginning to experience the benefits of using Computer games in the classroom...

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Anthony Gaughan: What makes a lesson GREAT?

Date: 28th June 2012

Theme: Every teacher - and every learner - can probably recognise a great lesson when they experience one,...

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Simon Shephard - A box of tricks: warmers, coolers and fillers

Date: 26 April 2012

Theme: A series of short activities to help consolidate – challenge – and enhance...

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Fitch O'Connell: Using literature for language learning

Date: 28 February 2012

Theme: Using literature - in particular short stories and poetry - as a tool for language learning has...

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Ann Foreman: Using social networks and media to support our continuing professional development

Date: 19 January 2012

Theme: Many teachers have found that social networks and media can provide valuable support for their...

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Sue Sheerin: The learner-centred classroom

Date: 25 October 2011

Theme: This webinar will explore different aspects of learner-centred teaching. What does it mean to be '...

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Rob Lewis: Ten ideas for mobile learning

Date: 29 November 2011

Theme: What is m-learning? There is lots of discussion about this, but what most teachers want is practical...

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CLIL for secondary schools

Date: 15 December 2011

Theme: In this session we will explore what works in CLIL. We will stress the final L in CLIL. Learning...

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Marie Delaney: Dealing with challenging learners

Date: 14 February 2012

Theme: What is a challenging learner? Why do some learners challenge us more than others? How can we...

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Rod Bolitho: Thinking skills

Date: 21 February 2012

Theme: Most people think of a language as having four main skills: listening, speaking, reading and...

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Hania Kryszewska: Spoken grammar/lexical approach

Date: 15 March 2012

Theme: Lexical Chunking is a way of thinking about language which puts lexis in the centre of our attention...

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