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Pathways

This series provides ready-made pathways of professional development resources for English teachers. Choose a pathway to help you develop your knowledge and skills in a particular area of English language teaching.    

The topics are based on the practices in the British Council’s Continuing Professional Development framework.

How can you use our professional development pathways? 

For each pathway, we’ve given you eight to ten resources designed to deepen your knowledge and develop your skills in this area. You will find a variety of content types including videos, podcast episodes and articles. Each pathway also includes a workbook to help you reflect on your practice and develop further in this area. 

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Pathway
Course duration 2 hours
Planning lessons and courses

Pathways: Planning lessons and courses

Develop your skills in planning lessons and courses with this ready-made pathway of resources for English teachers.

Diverse group of younger learners having a discussion and listening to each other
Knowing the subject

Pathways: Teaching listening

Use this ready-made pathway of resources to gain the knowledge, skills and confidence you need to help your learners develop their listening skills.

Three multiracial school boys talk together at a desk in a primary classroom
Knowing the subject

Pathways: Teaching speaking

Use this ready-made pathway of resources to gain the knowledge, skills and confidence you need to help your learners develop their speaking skills.

A diverse group of young learners clap along to music in a classroom
Pathway
Understanding my context

Pathways: Understanding your context

Explore free tools and resources carefully chosen to help you understand your context and make your teaching relevant and appropriate for your classroom, your learners and your education system.

A group of diverse young learners, including a girl with Down's Syndrome read together in class
Pathway
Using inclusive practices

Pathways: Using inclusive practices

Explore this ready-made pathway of free tools and resources to help you use inclusive practices in your teaching.

A group of Black Tanzanian older primary learners and their teacher sitting around a laptop, smiling. There are male and female learners and the female learners are wearing headscarves.
Pathway
Managing the lesson

Pathways: Managing the lesson

Explore this ready-made pathway of free tools and resources to help you in managing the lesson. 

A teacher sits at her desk listening to a group of diverse learners in class
Pathway
Assessing learning

Pathways: Assessing learning

Explore this ready-made pathway of free tools and resources to help you in assessing your learners.