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TeachingEnglish: How to teach reading

Boost your learners' reading skills by learning what effective readers do and develop these skills with engaging classroom activities. Enrolment is now closed, but if you're already enrolled, you can access and work on the course until 31 March 2025.

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In the three modules, you will learn:

Module 1 — Understanding reading

This module will help you recognise features of texts, explore some key concepts relating to reading and identify strategies for developing reading skills.

Module 2 — Understanding teaching reading

The aim of this module is to consider why learners read, and how to identify their specific needs in relation to reading. You'll look at strategies that develop reading skills, as well as practical activities that use these strategies. The module also provides practice in planning an effective reading lesson.

Module 3 — Engaging with reading skills

The aim of this module is to identify effective strategies that will help you develop reading skills in your learners. The module examines beliefs about reading and why learners read. It clarifies features of text and the most important concepts of reading.

What else does the course include?

How to teach reading is a free self-study training course, which is divided into three-hour modules. It also includes:

  • A dedicated Facebook community of course participants with up-to-date insight, resources and innovative ideas for you to try out.
  • Engaging discussions taking place in the Facebook community
  • Live events with your course tutor and language teaching experts.
  • A free workbook with extra learning content and resources.

When is the course?

Enrolment is now closed, but if you're already enrolled, you can access and work on the course until 31 March 2025. 

How much does the course cost?

The course is free.

How can you get a certificate?

You will receive a certificate if you successfully complete all self-study modules.

What level of English do you need?

Minimum CEFR B1

Having problems accessing the course?

Please see our FAQs if you are having problems accessing the course.

What can you do next?

If you're interested in learning more about teaching reading, you can:

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Hi

Thanks for your question!

Names on certificates are taken from your personal details in your free TeachingEnglish account. To change your name, click or tap on your name to edit your profile. Update the details on your profile page and save the new details. On the course platform where you access your training, please use the 'Help' button to request a new certificate. 

To find out more, you can check our FAQs page here: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/training/training-courses-faqs

Hope that helps,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by WAQAR AHMAD on Fri, 02/28/2025 - 19:08

Can we do more than one course at the same time specially teaching reading and teaching grammar? Or at the same time we can only enroll on one course

Hi Waqar,

Thanks for your question - yes, you can enrol in more than one course at the same time and work on them simultaneously. You can see an overview of which courses are running in our course calendar here: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/2025-03/2025-2026_TeachingEnglish_training_course_calendar_QR.pdf

You can also find out more about training courses on our FAQ page, here: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/training/training-courses-faqs

Finally, you can sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date with all our latest courses, events and resources: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/subscribe-our-newsletter

Hope that's useful,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by faarah73 on Tue, 08/20/2024 - 12:25

Hi! I missed this opportunity to learn as a teacher that how to make my student read. However I want to seize the next opportunity for your next session in February 2025. How would I know that when the new session will begin, is there any reminder facility?

Hi farrah73, there's no reminder feature at the moment. But thank you for the suggestion! :)

You might like to sign up to our TeachingEnglish newsletter to hear about upcoming courses and live events.

You can also find information on the homepage or join our Facebook community to find out more about our current themes, courses and live events.

Best wishes

Jo

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Mon, 06/10/2024 - 07:42

Hi Raha


Thanks for your message. Enrolment for this course is not open yet, as it doesn't start until February 2025. All of our courses are only available for a limited time, and you can check the course dates on each course page.

In the meantime, you can also access the course workbooks (in the downloads section on this page), which has lots of links an resources related to the content of the course.

Hope that helps,


Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Jo Gore on Tue, 08/20/2024 - 16:41

Hi Raha

Thanks for your interest. This course is not currently open for registration, I'm sorry. You can check our training courses calendar to see upcoming courses and find further information about course dates on our training pages.

Best wishes

Jo

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Sbzahra on Wed, 05/22/2024 - 06:14

Will we receive a certificate in hard copy upon completion?
& what is the criteria for getting a certificate?

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Wed, 05/22/2024 - 07:10

Hi Sbzahra

Thanks for your comment. You will receive a certificate in PDF which you can download and save or print when you complete any of our courses. Please note that this course won't start until February 2025, but you can download the participant workbook above any time.

Best wishes,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

HI enatalem

Thanks for your comment - we hope you enjoyed the course! 

Remember once you have successfully completed all modules, you can download your certificate by going to 'My Portfolio - My awards'.

Hope you will continue to enjoy our training courses.

Cath
TeachingEnglish team

Hi Molykaur

We don't have a definite date yet, but it is likely to be early next year. In the meantime you can download the course participant workbook, which contains resources related to the course.

You can also sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date with our latest courses, news and resources here: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/subscribe-our-newsletter

Thanks,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Rakshanda on Fri, 10/20/2023 - 06:42

I have completed my course ,after completing my certificate was shown. But unfortunately I didn't download it. Kindly guide me how can I get it.

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Mon, 10/23/2023 - 09:34

Hi Rakshanda

You can find and download your certificate by logging on to the course platform (through "MY PORTFOLIO - My courses") and then clicking on the "My awards" tab. Your certificate is there for you to download.

Thanks,
Cath
TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Noura1982 on Thu, 07/06/2023 - 15:24

Hello,
I had enrolled for the course (How to teach reading) but i wasn't able to go online to do it, is there a way to access it after end date or should i wait once it's up on the courses again?

Submitted by AliciaC on Wed, 07/05/2023 - 13:28

Is this course suitable for Secondary education settings and when will it next be run?

Hi AliciaC

Yes, the course is suitable for secondary education settings. We don't currently have a fixed date for when this course will next run - you can sign up for our newsletter to keep up to date with all our latest courses, resources and events here: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/subscribe-our-newsletter

Thanks

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Hi Rossylisan

I'm afraid this course is now closed, but you might find the following resources useful:

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional-development/teachers/understanding-learners/articles/motivating-pupils-read

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional-development/teachers/knowing-subject/articles/making-reading-communicative

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional-development/teachers/knowing-subject/articles/theories-reading

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teenagers-and-reading-0

Best wishes,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Hi,

If you have successfully completed the course, you can find your downloadable certificate on the courses platform - log in as usual, and then click on "My awards" - scroll down to "My certificates", where you should see the PDF document.

If you have any problems, please use the orange "help" button to contact the courses team.

Thanks,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Hi Nguyen 

I've just checked your account and can see that you are enrolled successfully - can you let me know if you are still having problems and what exactly the issue is?

Thanks,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Ibtisam77 on Mon, 06/12/2023 - 06:18

I registered and started doing the tasks, but since 3 days I can't reach the modules. It gives me a note that the time and date is not accurate. I checked it and there is no problem in my phone

Hi 

Apologies for this - there is a technical issue with the site which we are working to resolve as soon as possible. Thanks for letting us know, and sorry for the inconvenience. We hope to have this sorted out very soon so that you can access your course again normally.

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Hi Ignacia

This course starts on 5th June, but you can register online now. You just need to follow the instructions (step 1-4) above.

Hope you enjoy the course!
 

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

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