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Welcome to TeachingEnglish
Be part of the world’s largest online English teaching community. TeachingEnglish is a global programme for English teachers and teacher educators, drawing on UK and local expertise, and the unique insight and experience of the British Council. Build your professional network, share ideas and knowhow, and stay up to date with the latest research and innovations in teaching. You’ll find lesson plans, events and learning resources to support your practice, as well as new opportunities to help your career grow – whether you’re taking your first steps as an English language teacher, or your next steps as a teacher educator.
Practical classroom material
Get free lesson plans and activities to use with primary, secondary and adult English language learners
Latest events and opportunities
Professional development
You can find hundreds of resources to support your professional development as a teacher or a teacher educator or top up your professional development with our podcasts. All of our resources are mapped to the unique professional practices from our Continuing Professional Development frameworks. Explore our three featured professional practices below.
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Using digital technologies
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Assessing learning
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Managing teacher learning
Research and insight
Browse fascinating case studies, research papers, publications and books by researchers and ELT experts from around the world.