Seminars

Here you can watch recordings of seminars held by the British Council. A number of the recorded seminars include material for use in training sessions and workshops. These can be used by teachers for self-access professional development, or by teacher educators in training and development programmes.

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Can continuing professional development change lives?

Watch edited highlights of the global British Council publication launch of Innovations in Continuing Professional Development for English Language Teachers. We discuss the question 'Can continuing professional development change lives?' with speaker sessions by Amol Padwad and Tessa Woodward and a panel discussion broadcast from London and Delhi.

Creative ESOL: The power of participatory arts in English language learning

Eleanor Cocks and Theah Dix focus on Rewrite's pioneering Creative ESOL model of practice, a participatory arts approach to language learning for newly arrived young migrants and refugees. May 2014, Leeds.

Teaching Humans

Johanna Stirling presents some common human characteristics and how they affect learning and classroom behaviour. January 2014, London.

Inspiring teachers: State school teachers of English in China and Indonesia who generate long term motivation

Dr Martin Lamb discusses the features of inspiring teaching and presents results from a research project funded by the British Council. May 2013, Manchester.

mLearning: From theory to practice

In this seminar, Gavin Dudeney gives a short history of the use of technology in education, followed by how the use of mobile devices, such as smart phones and tablets, can be used for English language learning.

Rachael Roberts - How to write effective classroom materials

So, you want to put your creative talents to good use by designing excellent and engaging materials for your English lessons but you don’t know how to get started.

Jim Scrivener - Demand High for teachers and learners

Are you challenging your students enough to learn English? How do you know if tangible learning is taking place in your English language classroom?

Creativity in teaching and learning: what, why, how?

In this seminar, Alan Maley, Marisa Constantinides, Phuong Lee, Nik Peachey and Malu Sciamarelli discuss activities and ideas for introducing creativity into the classroom. The event took place in London in June 2015 and celebrated the launch of a new British Council publication, 'Creativity in the English language classroom'.

Michael Swan - Some things that matter in grammar teaching and some things that don't

Do you feel like you teach too much or too little grammar in the classroom?

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