Teaching for equality
Watch the recordings of three interactive sessions designed to help you promote equality through your English language teaching. Explore practical strategies to bridge the divide in tech-challenged classrooms, overcome barriers in under-resourced settings and equip your learners to succeed, whatever their circumstances. The live event took place on Friday 20 February 2026.
About the sessions
Session 1: Transform your language teaching with low-cost tech tools
Speaker
Elsie Enanga
Session information
How can we bridge the digital divide when teaching in resource-constrained settings? In this webinar, we explore some simple, low-cost digital tools that can be easily integrated into your English language classes. You will learn practical techniques including how to use smartphones for recording and analysing learner speech and how you can leverage laptops for data analysis and to create personalised learning experiences. Watch to find out how readily available and affordable tech tools can bridge the digital divide in language education and create a positive, engaging learning environment.
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Session 2: Bringing social justice into diverse English classrooms
Speaker
Yasmin Chaudhuri
Session information
How can we bring social justice themes like equity, diversity and inclusion into our English language lessons? And how can the inclusion of these themes help with the specific challenges faced by secondary and adult learners? In this webinar, we explore how integrating real-world issues like gender equality, environmental justice and human rights can make your lessons more meaningful. You'll also learn techniques for assessing the impact of your approach and discover how your teaching can inspire confidence, empathy and action in your learners.
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Session 3: Teachers share: Resources for social change
Speakers
Carlos Caballero, Gopika Jayachandran, Urbashi Raha
Session information
Three expert teachers from around the world share practical ideas for resources that you can use in your classroom for social change.
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About our speakers
Elsie Enanga has over 16 years' experience as a teacher and examiner in Cameroon. Also, in Cameroon she provides recorded lessons for the Ministry of Secondary Education. In 2021 she contributed to the British Council English Connects CPD video series supporting EFL teachers. Elsie's work is focused on low-resource contexts and on how to provide accessible, quality education for all.
Yasmin Chaudhuri, from Kolkata, India, has extensive experience as an English teacher to young adults in rural and semi-rural areas. She is also an assistant professor in English with the West Bengal Higher Education Department, Government of West Bengal. Her teaching focuses on building strong communication skills and linguistic confidence, tailored to meet the diverse needs of her learners.
Carlos Caballero is an English teacher and teacher educator from Colombia, who has also previously served as the head of an English department at a secondary school. Carlos will share practical activities that promote Global Citizenship Education.
Gopika Jayachandran is a teacher and researcher at the National Institute of Technology Warangal, Telangana, India. Gopika will talk about visual literacy in the language classroom and how it promotes social change.
Urbashi Raha is an English teacher from India with over ten years of teaching experience. Currently based in Canada, she works on decolonial and land-based pedagogies. Urbashi will suggest practical activities for class that make use of translanguaging.
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