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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.

Student in Vietnam listening to headphones in class

Global comprehension

Global comprehension means understanding the general meaning of what you are listening to or reading.

Two students reading texts

Gloss

Glosses are summaries of the meanings of words, usually found as notes in the margin or between the lines of a text.

man giving a talk

Glottal stop

The glottal stop is a consonant sound produced when the flow of air is stopped by the glottis closing, and then released.

Smiling student in Kenya

Goal

Goals are the targets that learners and teachers have in language learning.

Students looking at teacher in classroom

Gradable adjectives

Gradable adjectives are adjectives which have different degrees and so can be graded.

students in Singapore working from a coursebook

Graded language

Graded language is classroom language that is adapted to the level of the learners in some way.

Student in Mexico reading in a library

Graded readers

Graded readers are reading books that contain language adjusted to the level of the learner rather than authentic language.

Teacher pointing to a whiteboard

Grammatical syllabus

A grammatical syllabus is based on the structures of a language. It can be compared to other types of syllabi based around tasks, vocabulary, functions or topics.

Teacher sitting on desk talking to adult learners

Group dynamics

Group dynamics refer to the relationships between learners in a group and the impact that this has on the way they work.

Group of young learners in Egypt working together

Group work

Group work is when the learners work together on a task or activity in groups.