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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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Understanding my learners

Learning styles discussion forum

This webinar, with discussion and three presentations by Carol Lethaby, Phil Dexter and Philip Kerr, looks to address and explore some of the current issues surrounding the concept of ‘learning styles’ and their appropriateness in a language teaching context.

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Taking responsibility for your own professional development
Supporting ongoing teacher professional development
Understanding my professional identity

Action Research: as easy as 1, 2, 3

This article by David Petrie looks at three simple steps involved in action research.