Call for speakers 2026–2027

TeachingEnglish webinar speakers 2026–27

TeachingEnglish is looking for talented teachers and teacher educators from all over the world to give webinars and participate in panel discussion events from April 2026 to March 2027.

How to apply

If you are interested in applying, read the information below carefully for tips about how to plan your webinar and write your proposal. Once you are ready to apply, you will need to submit your application using the link below and include:

• a link to a short webinar proposal video recorded following the guidance in the proposal video guide
• brief biodata for each speaker (max. 100 words)
• your webinar abstract (max. 200 words).

If you are interested in applying for both a teacher AND teacher educator webinar, please submit a separate proposal for each one.

The deadline for applications is 7 January 2026. We look forward to hearing from you!

About TeachingEnglish webinars

TeachingEnglish live online events

TeachingEnglish webinars for teachers  offer opportunities for our global audience of English teachers to learn from experienced ELT practitioners. The aim is for participants to gain knowledge and skills that they can use in their day-to-day teaching and to advance their careers in English language teaching. The emphasis is on motivation, inspiration and practical ideas for teachers' classrooms and career development. Our live events also offer the chance to share expertise across different countries and regions, and help people stay up to date with the latest research and innovations in English language teaching.  

Find out more about TeachingEnglish webinars for teachers

TeachingEnglish webinars for teacher educators offer opportunities for our global community of professionals who support teacher learning – including mentors, trainers, supervisors, researchers, inspectors, materials writers and CoP leaders – to learn from experienced practitioners in teacher education and ELT. The aim is to help participants deepen their knowledge of teacher development, strengthen their mentoring, facilitation and training practices, and gain new strategies that they can apply directly in the teacher-education context.

Find out more about TeachingEnglish webinars for teacher educators

The TeachingEnglish audience

Teachers

The TeachingEnglish audience is mainly English language teachers working in primary and secondary state schools all over the world. We have smaller numbers working in private or semi-private institutions and EFL language schools. Our biggest audience is secondary English teachers, followed by primary teachers and some teachers of adults. We try to reflect this in our programming, so please state if your webinar is aimed at primary or secondary teachers and/or teachers of adults.

Teacher educators

We also have a significant teacher educator audience, including teacher trainers, researchers, managers, materials writers, etc., and a number of pre-service teachers. 

Why participate?

• This is a unique opportunity to collaborate with the British Council, showcasing your expertise on a global platform that reaches six million English teachers and teacher educators a year. 

• You will receive a TeachingEnglish presenter's certificate and benefit from our feedback on your presentation. 

• You will also have the opportunity to connect with colleagues who are authorities in English language teaching and who may offer you further development opportunities. We are committed to giving a global platform to diverse voices, especially those of practising teachers and teacher educators from different contexts around the world.

Planning your webinar – webinars for teachers

Planning your webinar

You can apply as an individual presenter or as a collaboration of two people. Please only submit ONE form per webinar proposal.

Webinar format

Each webinar is one hour in total, including 40–45 minutes for the speaker presentation and 10–15 minutes for audience questions. At the end, the host will come back on camera for an informal chat with the presenter and to answer a selection of audience questions.

Platform features

Our online events use a 3,000-capacity Zoom Events platform. Within Zoom Events, there is no option for breakout rooms, and participants have cameras and microphones switched off. We engage the audience as much as possible using the chat, poll and reaction features. Participants' questions for the presenter will be saved for the end using the Q&A function. We also stream webinar events via Facebook and share the recordings of sessions on YouTube and the TeachingEnglish website.

Copyright and safeguarding

Please note the following to ensure that your proposed webinar can be broadcast, recorded and shared publicly. 

• All content shared must follow copyright laws and intellectual property rights.
• Do not use any images or videos of your students or colleagues or other people in your slides.
• Consent must be obtained from adults whose persona or stories are going to be shared. Please keep this in mind when planning the content of your webinar.

Planning a successful webinar

Our most important aim is to help our webinar participants in their day-to-day teaching or teacher-training work. Consequently, we ask all presenters to ensure that their sessions share classroom examples to illustrate theory in practice. We're looking for practical sessions with ideas and strategies that teachers and teacher educators can apply to their own teaching context. Successful proposals will also include plenty of opportunities for interaction and participation within the webinar. This year, we're looking for webinars that fit the following themes:

• Understanding my context

• Knowing the subject (understanding English language systems and how to teach them)

• Understanding my professional identity (evaluating your professional needs and interests, defining career goals and finding opportunities to learn, develop and apply that learning in the classroom)

• Assessing learning

• Using digital technologies

• Using multilingual approaches

• Using inclusive practices

• Climate action in language teaching

• 21st-century/core skills.

For a more detailed understanding of these themes, visit our Professional development for teachers page.

Inspiration!

Below are links to watch three of our favourite webinars from last year. We highly recommend watching these before you write your proposal to see what a high-quality, interactive webinar looks like.

• 'The how and why of learning based on evidence' by André Hedlund 

• 'Making primary assessment work' by Anju Moses and Udani de Silva 

• 'How storytelling transforms learning' by Claudia Tumba 

Alternative opportunities

Speakers with strong proposals but who have less experience of conference or online speaking may be selected for our webinar speaker mentoring scheme. If you apply, you will be considered for global TeachingEnglish events as well as regional ones. With your permission, we may contact you for related opportunities such as social media lives, poster presentations and video creation projects.

Biodata

Please provide brief biodata for each speaker (max. 100 words) on the form. Please write in the third person and mention where you are from and where you teach. Note that these descriptions will be used to promote your event if you are selected. (See the bottom of any event page in Webinars for teachers for examples.)

Webinar abstract

Participants will read this abstract to decide whether to attend your talk, so please write in English and please include information about what they will learn. Example sentences:

This workshop will start by taking a look at ...; I will show you how to ...

The next stage of the workshop will look at ...; You will learn how to ...; Finally, we will ...

This workshop will give you practical ideas to help you ...

(See 'Session information' on any event page in Webinars for teachers for examples.)

Planning your webinar – webinars for teacher educators

Planning your webinar

You can apply as an individual presenter or as a collaboration of two people. Please only submit ONE form per webinar proposal.

Webinar format

Each webinar is one hour and fifteen minutes in total, including 60 minutes for the speaker presentation and 10–15 minutes for audience questions, which are interspersed during the talk. In some cases, proposals may be better suited to a panel format. Where appropriate, we may invite applicants to join a panel discussion instead of delivering an individual webinar. The final format will be confirmed after reviewing the applications.

Platform features

Our online events use a 3,000-capacity Zoom Events platform. Within Zoom Events, there is no option for breakout rooms, and participants have cameras and microphones switched off. We engage the audience as much as possible using the chat, poll and reaction features. Participants' questions for the presenter will be saved for the end using the Q&A function. We also stream webinar events via Facebook and share the recordings of sessions on YouTube and the TeachingEnglish website.

Copyright and safeguarding

Please note the following to ensure that your proposed webinar can be broadcast, recorded and shared publicly. 

• All content shared must follow copyright laws and intellectual property rights.
• Do not use any images or videos of your students or colleagues or other people in your slides.
• Consent must be obtained from adults whose persona or stories are going to be shared. Please keep this in mind when planning the content of your webinar.

Planning a successful webinar

Our most important aim is to help our webinar participants in their day-to-day teaching or teacher-training work. Consequently, we ask all presenters to ensure that their sessions share classroom examples to illustrate theory in practice. We're looking for practical sessions with ideas and strategies that teachers and teacher educators can apply to their own teaching context. Successful proposals will also include plenty of opportunities for interaction and participation within the webinar. This year, we're looking for webinars that fit the following themes:

• Planning teacher learning

• Knowing the subject

• Contributing to the profession

• Supporting remote learning. 

For a more detailed understanding of these themes, visit our Professional development for teacher educators page 

Inspiration!

Below are links to watch three of our favourite webinars from last year. We highly recommend watching these before you write your proposal to see what a high-quality, interactive webinar looks like.

• 'Becoming an e-moderator: skills for the future' with Gilly Salmon 

• Place of English panel 

• 'How can teacher educators encourage teachers to engage with research?' with Daniel Xerri 

Biodata

Please provide brief biodata for each speaker (max. 100 words) on the form. Please write in the third person and mention where you are from and where you teach. Note that these descriptions will be used to promote your event if you are selected. (See the bottom of any event page in Webinars for teacher educators for examples.)

Webinar abstract

Participants will read this abstract to decide whether to attend your talk, so please write in English and please include information about what they will learn. Example sentences:

This workshop will start by taking a look at ...; I will show you how to ...

The next stage of the workshop will look at ...; You will learn how to ...; Finally, we will ...

This workshop will give you practical ideas to help you ...

(See 'Session information' on any event page in Webinars for teacher educators for examples.)

Apply for a webinar