Professional development for English teachers — Integrating ICT
If you want to boost your skills in Integrating ICT, this is the perfect place to get started.
The free tools and resources below have been specially selected to help you:
- develop your skills with the increasing range of technologies that can be used to support teaching and learning.
- understand issues of reliability, ethics, safety, data protection and bias in relation to digital technologies.
- apply effective teaching strategies for developing your learners’ understanding of those same issues.
There is no set order for the resources below. Choose what to do according to the time you have and the topics that are most interesting for you.
- Video: Using ICT to develop language and digital skills (4 minutes)
In this short video, Nik Peachey shares how integrating ICT can help develop student's language and digital literacy skills. Find out how to achieve maximum impact with minimum resources.
- Video: How to use apps to support student learning (4 minutes)
How can we choose apps that really benefit student learning? Watch this short video by Nik Peachey to find out.
- Article: Generative AI and the language classroom (10 minutes)
AI is turning the education world upside down. What do we need to know about generative AI and what are the challenges and benefits for language teaching? Read this article to find out.
- Publication: Artificial intelligence and English language teaching: preparing for the future (15 minutes)
How is artificial intelligence (AI) being used for English language teaching and learning (ELT/L) worldwide? What are the opportunities, issues, and challenges? Educational technology experts working with the British Council looked at the current literature and consulted a range of people to understand their views on this subject.
- Podcast: What is the impact of artificial intelligence on ELT? (35 minutes)
In this episode of the TeachingEnglish podcast, We'am and Chris talk to Svetlana Kandybovich about the impact of artificial intelligence on English language teaching and get expert tips from Raquel Ribeiro on how we can integrate AI into our teaching.
- Webinar: How to transform your teaching using basic technology (60 minutes)
This webinar with Chris Roland looks at how desktop voice recorders and cameras that come already installed on your devices, PCs and laptops, can save you time, improve your teaching and create a sense of variety in your lessons.
Chris covers key areas such as providing students with feedback and correction, helping them learn vocabulary, giving instructions, consolidation of classroom tasks and providing listening practice.
The session is orientated towards the teaching of teens but these ideas can also be used with younger learners and adults. There is example footage and anecdotes from Chris’ own lessons. Suitable for new teachers, seasoned English-teaching veterans and trainers alike.
- Webinar: How to maximise interaction in the online classroom (60 minutes)
This webinar with Lauren Perkins explores how to maximise interaction in synchronous online lessons. Lauren identifies the challenges of managing online interaction, and looks at how online interactions are typically characterised by longer teacher turns, shorter student responses and silences. She then identifies some practical ideas for maximising interaction, such as how to use particular questioning techniques, breakout room tasks and a flipped classroom approach to increase student talking time.
- Lesson plans (45-60 minutes)
How the internet has changed our lives
This primary level 2 lesson learners to reflect on how the internet has changed their lives and practises speaking skills and vocabulary related to the internet.
How the internet has changed our lives teaching materials
My AI teacher
This lesson plan for secondary lesson plan at A1+ level looks at how AI can be used by learners to help develop their level of English.
What is AI?
In this lesson plan for secondary and adult learners at B1+ level, learners will find out more about different type of AI and how it might change their lives in the future.
Fake news
This secondary lesson plan at B1 level looks at strategies for identifying fake news and fake websites online. It encourages critical thinking from learners as they read about and discuss fake news and work on vocabulary related to news and media.
International Literacy Day
This secondary lesson plan at B1 level is a reading, speaking and writing lesson focusing on developing digital literacy and raising awareness of the importance of equal opportunities.
International Literacy Day teaching materials
The risks and benefits of AI
In this lesson for secondary and adult learners at B2 level, learners discuss the benefits and risks of AI for society in general, as well as for learning English.
AI and ethics in education
This lesson is aimed at secondary and adult learners at B2+/ C1 level. Learners will discuss the use of AI in education and some of the ethical issues involved.
- Workbook: Integrating ICT
If you want to develop further in Integrating ICT, this workbook will help you take your skills to the next level. It is designed to help you create a regular learning habit and apply what you've learned in the classroom. You'll find an overview of the theme and recommended learning materials. You will also find support to reflect and personalise your learning. You can use the workbook in different ways – do what works for you! We hope you find it beneficial.
Which of the ideas that you have learned will be most useful in your classroom? Why?