Training

Take part in a variety of free training courses on our teacher development platform. Explore a range of topics, from assessing learners to planning a great lesson. Study at your own pace and join our Facebook community to share your learning with other teachers and get feedback and guidance from our experienced tutors.

Find out about all our courses running from April 2024 - March 2025 by downloading our training courses calendar.

Planning courses

Discover how to plan learner-centred courses based on your learners, their context and curriculum requirements. Explore techniques for analysing learner needs and involving them as active participants in the assessment process. Access Planning courses now – enrol until 24 March 2025.

TeachingEnglish: How to teach reading

Boost your learners' reading skills by learning what effective readers do and develop these skills with engaging classroom activities. Access How to teach reading now – enrol until 24 March 2025.

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TeachingEnglish: Assessing learning

Help all your learners benefit from and get actively involved in assessment in the language classroom. Access Assessing learning now – enrol until 24 March 2025.

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Climate action in language education

Learn to integrate environmental issues in English language teaching and develop the skills you need to take and sustain meaningful and impactful action to protect the environment in your local context. Access Climate action in language education now – enrol until 24 March 2025.

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Motivating activities for primary

Engage your primary learners with songs, games, chants and vocabulary activities that will make learning memorable. Motivating activities for primary will open again on 1 April 2025, and will open for enrolment soon.

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TeachingEnglish: Motivating learners

Get learners actively involved in your lessons with effective, engaging learning activities they want to do. Motivating learners will open again on 1 April 2025, and will open for enrolment soon.

Teaching English: Classroom research

Discover how to reflect on and explore issues in your teaching context, plan and carry out a small-scale classroom research project and communicate your findings effectively. Classroom research will open again on 1 April 2025 and will open for enrolment soon.

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Integrating digital technologies

Learn how to use digital tools, including AI, to find, evaluate and create digital content and resources that foster inclusion and support learners' collaboration, information literacy and problem-solving skills. This new course will open on 2 April, and will open for enrolment soon.

Research and insight

Browse fascinating case studies, research papers, publications and books by researchers and ELT experts from around the world.

See our publications, research and insight