Professional development
Professional development is vital for all. TeachingEnglish supports your growth in English language teaching, whether you are a teacher, teacher educator, academic manager, researcher or materials writer.
Here you will find free, self-access, online training and resources designed to develop the skills and knowledge you need as an English language professional.
Our professional development resources are organised by audience (teachers or teacher educators), professional practices and professional development level. The professional practices and professional development levels align with the British Council’s Continuing Professional Development Frameworks for teachers and teacher educators. These two unique frameworks, and the professional practices within them, address the skills and knowledge English language professionals need in their day-to-day working lives and throughout their careers.
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Using multilingual practices
Understanding my context
Moving between languages: Translanguaging pedagogy with picturebooks
Discover how moving between languages in class can benefit your learners, and learn strategies for translanguaging with picturebooks.
Webinar
Using digital technologies
Understanding my professional identity
World Teachers' Day 2025 Thursday 9 October
Watch recordings of the opening day of our three-day World Teachers’ Day conference. Cecilia Nobre’s plenary explores how teachers can connect, reflect and grow, followed by interactive and inspiring webinars on the themes of CPD and digital technology. The live event took place on Thursday 9 October 2025.
Webinar
Understanding my professional identity
Using multilingual practices
Using 21C skills or core skills
World Teachers' Day 2025 Friday 10 October
Watch recordings from day two of our World Teachers’ Day conference. Watch our panel of experts discuss multilingual approaches in the language classroom and watch practical webinars on the themes of multilingualism and 21st-century skills. The live event took place on Friday 10 October 2025.
Webinar
Knowing the subject
Using 21C skills or core skills
World Teachers' Day 2025 Saturday 11 October
Watch the recordings from the final day of our World Teachers’ Day conference. Christopher Graham inspires you to teach for a world that cares for the environment and society, and expert teachers from around the world focus on two themes: climate action and how to improve your learners’ speaking and vocabulary skills. The live event took place on Saturday 11 October 2025.
Webinar
Professional development for teachers
MENA online conference 2025
Watch recordings of the sessions from this year’s MENA online conference. The live event took place on 24 and 25 October 2025.
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Understanding
9–12 hours
Planning lessons and courses
Understanding my learners
Understanding my context
TeachingEnglish: How to adapt resources
Learn how to evaluate resources, select and adapt relevant lesson plans for your context and explore how your learners can be powerful resources in the classroom. This new course is open now – enrol until 24 March 2027.
Course
Engagement
9–12 hours
Understanding my learners
Managing the lesson
Using inclusive practices
Teaching English to refugees and displaced learners
Make your classroom a trauma-sensitive learning environment. Help your learners to shine by working creatively with limited resources and by managing challenging behaviour positively. This course is open now – enrol until 24 March 2027.
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Integration
9–12 hours
9–12 hours
Using digital technologies
Using inclusive practices
TeachingEnglish: 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. Integrating digital technologies is open now – enrol until 23 September 2026.
Course
Engagement
9–12 hours
9–12 hours
Understanding my learners
Using inclusive practices
Gender in language education
Learn to recognise different kinds of gender bias and stereotypes, some of the barriers learners face in gender equality and equity, and how to help overcome them in your context. This updated course is open now – enrol until 23 September 2026.
Course
Engagement
9–12 hours
Understanding my learners
Using inclusive practices
TeachingEnglish: Inclusive classrooms
Make your classes inclusive learning spaces by identifying barriers that can affect learning and practical strategies to overcome them. Inclusive classrooms is open now – enrol until 23 September 2026.