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Professional development for teachers

Here you’ll find a wide range of free, self-access training and resources designed to help you build the skills and knowledge you need as an English teacher.

All TeachingEnglish professional development resources are aligned with the British Council Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Framework for teachers, to help you plan your learning and develop the areas most relevant to your professional growth.

You can explore resources in a way that suits your goals:
- by professional practices – to focus on specific areas of teaching where you want to deepen your skills and expertise
- by professional development levels – to find resources matched to your training and experience and see how they can help you progress within each area.

Each resource includes a timer icon to show how much time you’ll need, helping you plan your learning effectively.

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Planning lessons and courses
Using inclusive practices

How can we use the creative arts to teach English?

In episode 9 of the TeachingEnglish podcast, Chris and We’am are joined by Chrysa Papalazarou and Dr Sirhajwan Idek to explore how to use the creative arts to teach English.

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Understanding my learners

How can we motivate our students?

In episode 8 of the TeachingEnglish podcast, Chris and We’am are joined by Liam Printer and Azadeh Moladoost to discuss motivation for learners and teachers.

group of learners from diverse backgrounds practising writing
Planning lessons and courses
Knowing the subject

Teaching the four skills – mini-event

Watch the recordings of practical sessions focusing on how to teach reading, writing, speaking and listening in the English language classroom.

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Using digital technologies

AI for learning – mini-event

Watch the recordings of three practical sessions on using AI for personalised, creative and engaging learning. 

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Using digital technologies

Multimodal classrooms – mini-event

Watch the recordings of two webinars and a panel discussion with experts in using different modes of communication for effective and engaging language learning. 

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Article
Using digital technologies

Generative AI and the language classroom

AI is turning the education world upside down. What do we need to know about generative AI and what are the challenges and benefits for language teaching?