Teaching resources
Here you can find a wide range of practical resources to use in your classroom, whether you are teaching English to primary, secondary or adult learners. There are over 400 full lesson plans to choose from, covering different topics and themes, all organised according to the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR).
You'll also find shorter activities and ideas for using songs, poems and stories to help your learners improve their English in engaging and motivating ways.
Resource books include books, self-access guides and collections of lesson plans for you to download in pdf format. We also have several practical activity books full of ideas and photocopiable material.
All of our teaching resources are written by experts in English language teaching and are free to download.
Starting a new school
In this lesson, learners practise and improve their listening skills as they listen to different teenagers talking about their experiences of starting a new school.
Challenges at school
In this lesson, learners practise and improve their listening skills as they listen to a conversation between two teenagers talking about the challenges they face at school.
Families
In this lesson, learners practise and improve their listening skills as they listen to a conversation between two teenagers describing and comparing their families.
AI activities and resources for English language teachers
This resource pack equips English language teachers with a robust toolkit to integrate AI-based activities into both classroom instruction and continuing professional development (CPD).
My AI teacher
This lesson looks at how AI can be used by learners to help develop the level of their English.
What is AI?
In this lesson, learners will find out more about different types of AI and discuss how it might change their lives in the future.
Tusk Tusk
This lesson plan for A1 level primary learners aged 9 to 10 years old explores racism, prejudice and tolerance.
Weird museums
This lesson plan for teachers of teenage students at level B2 practises word building. Students will become aware of word families that will help them with the FCE exam.
A Child's Christmas in Wales
This unit is designed to explore Dylan Thomas’ childhood account of a Christmas Day experience and give learners the opportunity to develop their creative writing skills by incorporating some of the linguistic features present in Dylan Thomas’ prose.
The creation of Under Milk Wood
This is one of four lessons designed to explore the videos produced by the British Council for the birth centenary of Dylan Thomas. In this video, the speakers talk about how the idea for the play developed in Dylan Thomas’ mind and also about its first production. Learners will practise listening and creative writing.
Do not go gentle into that good night
This lesson is designed to introduce students to Dylan Thomas’ poems which focus on the theme of death. We recommend you use it with older learners and consider if your students are mature enough to deal with the topic. The subject is likely to bring religious issues and beliefs to the surface and it is important that students are aware that they should keep an open mind, and that differences in opinion should be expressed respectfully.
Fern Hill
This unit is designed to introduce students to one of Dylan Thomas’ most celebrated poems. It gives students the opportunity to gradually engage with the language in the poem and to promote awareness of how poets use language to describe scenes and embed complex ideas in their descriptions. It also gives learners the opportunity to try to employ similar techniques and develop their creative writing.