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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.

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Linguistic intelligence

Linguistic intelligence - also known as verbal-linguistic - is one of the many types of intelligence described in multiple intelligence theory.

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Linking

Linking is when sounds are joined together or when a sound is inserted between two others to make them easier to say.

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Long vowels

Long vowels are vowel sounds that are longer than normal, or short, vowels.

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Marker sentence

Marker or model sentences are sentences that are clear examples of the target language of the lesson.

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Maze

A maze is a task where learners have to make decisions about what to do at certain points, in order to continue towards a final goal.

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Mechanical activities

Mechanical activities are activities learners do which are not meaningful but which may be necessary in order to have the tools to use language.

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Metacognitive awareness

Metacognitive awareness means being aware of how you think. In the ELT classroom, it means being aware of how you learn.

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Metaphors

Metaphors are words and phrases that are not used in their literal meaning, but are used to describe something else.