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Courses

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 in 2026 by downloading our 2026 training courses calendar.

TeachingEnglish: Including learners' languages

Use your learners' existing languages to support their learning of English, and discover how valuing and celebrating home languages in the classroom enhances learning while promoting inclusion and equity. This new course will open on 2 October 2026, and will open for enrolment soon.

TeachingEnglish: Including learners' languages

Certificate

Online community

Workbook

Start: 02/10/26
End: 31/03/27

9–12 hours

Group of primary-aged children hugging each other. The group has learners of different genders and ethnic backgrounds.

Digital competences for teaching English

Discover how to integrate digital tools to support language learning, collaboration, formative assessment and effective feedback. Improve your digital communication skills and teamwork in your professional context and learn about online continuing professional development. Digital competences for teaching English will open on 2 October 2026, and will open for enrolment soon.

Digital competences for teaching English

Certificate

Online community

Workbook

Start: 02/10/26
End: 31/03/27

9–12 hours

Two Black primary-aged learners from Mali looking at a laptop. One of the learners is pointing at the screen and smiling.

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. This updated course will open on 2 October 2026, and will open for enrolment soon.

Climate action in language education

Certificate

Online community

Workbook

Start: 02/10/26
End: 31/03/27

9–12 hours

Male Japanese primary learner holding up a poster with an image of a smiling Earth.

TeachingEnglish: Feedback and error correction

Identify why learners make errors and respond to them effectively in the classroom. Develop the skills to give meaningful feedback that supports learning and confidently apply a range of feedback and error correction techniques. This new course will open on 5 October 2026, and will open for enrolment soon.

TeachingEnglish: Feedback and error correction

Certificate

Online community

Workbook

Start: 05/10/26
End: 31/12/26

9–12 hours

A Black female teacher gives a Black male learner feedback in a classroom in Malealea, Lesotho.

TeachingEnglish: How to teach reading

Boost your learners' reading skills by learning what effective readers do and develop these skills with engaging classroom activities. How to teach reading will open on 5 October 2026, and will open for enrolment soon.

TeachingEnglish: How to teach reading

Certificate

Online community

Workbook

Start: 05/10/26
End: 31/03/27

9–12 hours

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TeachingEnglish: Project-based learning

Design and assess engaging projects by identifying key thinking skills and following the stages of successful project-based learning. This new course will open on 4 January 2027 and will open for enrolment soon.

TeachingEnglish: Project-based learning

Certificate

Online community

Workbook

Start: 04/01/27
End: 31/03/27

9–12 hours

Primary-aged girl of Asian descent using a magnifying glass to look at a flower.

TeachingEnglish: 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 on 4 January 2027, and will open for enrolment soon.

TeachingEnglish: Motivating activities for primary

Certificate

Online community

Workbook

Start: 04/01/27
End: 31/03/27

9–12 hours

A group of primary-aged children sitting on the floor of a classroom, smiling and laughing. The group has learners of different genders and ethnic backgrounds.

TeachingEnglish: Digital citizenship and online skills

Enhance your understanding of digital citizenship and your ability to help learners protect themselves online, be kind to others and assess information they find. Digital citizenship and online skills will open on 4 January 2027, and will open for enrolment soon.

TeachingEnglish: Digital citizenship and online skills

Certificate

Online community

Workbook

Start: 04/01/27
End: 31/03/27

9–12 hours

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TeachingEnglish: 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. Enrolment for Planning courses is closed. Find resources connected to the course contents on this page, and sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date on when our courses open.

TeachingEnglish: Planning courses

Certificate

Online community

Workbook

Start: 01/10/25
End: 31/12/25

9–12 hours

A group of teachers around a big table, looking at different notebooks and tablets. There are teachers of different genders and ethnic backgrounds sitting at the same table.

English language teaching and education research in Thailand

Explore our research on English language teaching and education in Thailand, covering teacher education, higher education, and inclusion.

English language teaching and education research in Thailand

Publication

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New video series: Teach for change

Explore ways to help your learners think critically, listen with empathy and take positive action on real-world issues with our new video series for teachers.

New video series: Teach for change

Videos

Plastic in the ocean: What can we do?

This lesson explores how single-use plastics can end up in the ocean, how they harm animals and people, and how we can reduce plastic waste.

Plastic in the ocean: What can we do?

9 - 12

120 minutes (or two 60-minute lessons)

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