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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.

Business English teacher in Sudan in front of digital whiteboard

ICT

Information and Communication Technology, or ICT, refers to technological tools that are used to communicate and to manage information.

Woman talking to a man in Ireland

Idioms

Idioms are expressions whose meanings are different from the words that make them.

Adult students in the UK, sitting on stairs talking

Immersion programme

In immersion programmes learners are fully immersed in the target language for a certain period of time, both in and outside the class.

Teacher walking between students in a classroom

Inductive approach

An inductive approach to teaching language starts with examples and asks learners to find rules.

Student listening on headphones on a computer

Inference

Inference is the technique of finding answers from clues and from prior knowledge rather than directly.

Students in India reading texts

Informal assessment

Informal assessment involves observing the learners as they learn and evaluating them from the data gathered.

Two students in Singapore comparing notes

What is an information gap activity?

An information gap activity is an activity where learners are missing the information they need to complete a task and need to talk to each other to find it.

Teacher in Dubai talking to class

Input

Input refers to the exposure learners have to authentic language in use.

Asian student writing on a notepad next to a laptop

Intensifier

Intensifiers are words that make the meaning of other words stronger.