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.
Extensive reading
Extensive reading involves learners reading texts for enjoyment and to develop general reading skills.
Extrinsic
Extrinsic motivation is a motivation to learn caused by external pressures such as work, because a parent has sent a learner to class, or the need to gain a qualification in the language.
Face validity
If a test has face validity then it looks like a valid test to those who use it.
Facilitation
Facilitation is a term used to describe a possible role of the teacher.
False friends
False friends are words that look or sound the same as words in the learner’s first language but in fact are not so, causing the learner to make a mistake.
Feedback
Feedback is information a teacher or another speaker, including another learner, gives to learners on how well they are doing, either to help the learner improve specific points, or to help plan their learning.
Field-dependent learners
In the field-dependent/independent model of cognitive or learning style, a field-dependent learning style is defined by a relative inability to distinguish detail from other information around it.
Field-independent learners
In the field-dependent/independent model of cognitive or learning style, a field-independent learning style is defined by a tendency to separate details from the surrounding context.
Find someone who activity
A ‘find someone who’ activity is a speaking activity which involves learners trying to find someone in the group who matches a description.
Flashcards
Flashcards are pictures or photographs mounted on small cards.