Webinars for teachers

Find out about upcoming webinars and watch recordings of talks for English language teachers. Our webinars are given by experts working in English language classrooms all over the world. Our webinars for teachers are usually held monthly and are completely free. Certificates are available for all attendees. Download a printable poster of our Webinars for teachers calendar 2024-5.

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Engaging ears, eyes, brains and minds: Authentic listening at every level

Lewis Lansford, co-author of Keynote, winner of the 2016 British Council ELTon award for Excellence in Course Innovation, looks at how teachers can help students at every level to engage with authentic input. Using TED Talks, he’ll look at brain science related to listening and offer practical tips for creating success-oriented lessons at any level.

Group of young learners working together at a table in classroom

Lizzie Pinard - Fostering learner autonomy

Watch a recording of Lizzie Pinard's talk from March 2016 talking about how we can foster learner autonomy by helping our students negotiate real and virtual environments outside of the classroom to develop their English.

Briony Beaven - Teacher stories

Telling stories of professional experience can be a powerful form of development for teachers and teacher educators, benefiting not only individual teachers but their educational institutions.

Tracy Dumais - Children's apps you can trust

This webinar uses lessons learned while developing of the British Council’s LearnEnglish Kids Playtime app to reflect on the issue of trust in Young Learner app design, marketing and use.

Research and insight

Browse fascinating case studies, research papers, publications and books by researchers and ELT experts from around the world.

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