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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Your learners as a resource

Cecilia Nobre explains why your learners can be your most valuable teaching resource and how to include more learner-generated content in your classes.

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Pathways: Knowing the subject

Develop your knowledge of the English language and how to teach it with this ready-made pathway of resources for English teachers.

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World Teachers' Day 2024 Thursday 3 October

Thursday 3rd October was the first day of our three-day World Teachers’ Day 2024 conference. Watch recordings of the opening plenary from Michael Connolly, Director of English and School Education, as well as five interactive webinars from expert teachers from around the world.

World Teachers' Day 2024 Friday 4 October

Friday 4 October 2024 was the second day of our World Teachers’ Day conference 2024. Watch recordings of the plenary from Aleksandra Popovski, the current IATEFL president, and five interactive webinars with expert teachers from all over the world.

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World Teachers' Day 2024 Saturday 5 October

Saturday 5 October 2024 was the third and last day of our World Teachers’ Day conference. Watch the recordings here of interactive webinars with expert teachers from all over the world, and a closing plenary session from two of our Courses for Teachers Facebook tutors.

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Course closed

TeachingEnglish: Key digital skills

Develop beginner digital skills and learn how to use documents, worksheets, search, presentations and videoconferencing to enhance your teaching. Enrolment for Key digital skills 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.

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What do you want to ask us?

Welcome to this special last episode of series 3! Chris and We’am are joined by IATEFL vice president Chris Graham, PhD researcher Silvia Nassar and university professor Lina Mukhopadhyay. Our expert guests answer your questions about teaching English.

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Teaching resources