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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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EAP

English for Academic Purposes, or EAP, refers to learning English in order to use it to study another subject.

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Eclectic approach

In the move away from teachers following one specific methodology, the eclectic approach is the label given to a teacher’s use of techniques and activities from a range of language teaching approaches and methodologies.

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Editing stage

In process writing, the editing stage is where the writer and peers edit the written work.

Students learning English in Saudi Arabia

EFL

English as a Foreign Language, or EFL, refers to learning and using English as an additional language in a non-English speaking country.

Teacher in India talking to young learners

Elicitation

Elicitation is a technique by which the teacher gets the learners to give information rather than giving it to them.

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Elision

Elision is the omission of sounds, syllables or words in speech.

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Ellipsis

Ellipsis is the omission of one or more words from a sentence, where they are unnecessary because they have already been mentioned.

Man teaching English to students in Mexico

ELT

ELT refers to the activity and industry of teaching English to speakers of other languages.

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Embedding

Embedding refers to the process of inserting one sentence into another sentence.

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Emoticons

Emoticons, a form of paralanguage, are symbols made up of characters available on a keyboard.