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.
Knowing the subject
Register
Learn what register is why it’s important in the classroom.
Relative clause
A relative clause is a clause which tells us more about a noun or a noun phrase.
Restricted use
Restricted use is a stage where learners do controlled practice of the target language.
Retention
Retention is remembering new language rather than forgetting it.
Retrieval
Retrieval is the action of recalling and using language stored in long-term memory.
Rubric
Rubric refers to the written instructions for a task.
Scanning
Scanning is reading a text quickly in order to find specific information, e.g. figures or names.
Scheme of work
A scheme of work is a plan that defines work to be done in the classroom.
Schwa
The schwa is an unstressed vowel sound which occurs in many words of two syllables or more and in connected speech.
Script
A term from cognitive psychology; a script is a sequence of events and actions that are related to specific situations.