Professional development for teachers
Here you’ll find a wide range of free, self-access training and resources designed to help you build the skills and knowledge you need as an English teacher.
All TeachingEnglish professional development resources are aligned with the British Council Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Framework for teachers, to help you plan your learning and develop the areas most relevant to your professional growth.
You can explore resources in a way that suits your goals:
- by professional practices – to focus on specific areas of teaching where you want to deepen your skills and expertise
- by professional development levels – to find resources matched to your training and experience and see how they can help you progress within each area.
Each resource includes a timer icon to show how much time you’ll need, helping you plan your learning effectively.
Subjective test
A subjective test is evaluated by giving an opinion.
Subordinate clause
A subordinate - or dependent - clause is a clause which adds more information to a sentence but is incomplete and not a sentence on its own.
Substitution drill
A substitution drill is a classroom technique used to practise new language.
Summative assessment
Summative assessment evaluates a learner’s progress up to that point and provides a summary of where they are.
Syllable-timed languages
A syllable-timed language is a language whose syllables take approximately equal amounts of time to pronounce.
Syllabus
A syllabus is a document that describes what the contents of a language course will be and the order in which they will be taught.
Synchronous learning
Synchronous learning occurs when the learner and the teacher are in the same place at the same time.
Synonym
Synonyms are words that mean the same or almost the same.
Syntax
Syntax is the study of the rules that control how language is structured first into clauses and then sentences.
Systems
Language is made up of systems and skills.