If you are an English language teacher or English language teaching professional, we have a range of free resources to support your work:
- download free lesson plans and classroom materials
- get tips, articles and information about professional development, conferences and qualifications
- join discussion groups and access training materials.
Find out more on our TeachingEnglish website or see below for an overview of the different sections.
Lesson Plans
Our lesson plans give you a series of activities to use in your classroom, including procedure and worksheets to download. If you are an English language teacher looking for materials, the British Council can help you with regularly updated lesson plans and classroom materials. Go to TeachingEnglish – Lesson Plans.
Classroom activity
If you are an English language teacher looking for materials, we can help you with our regularly updated classroom activities. Go to TeachingEnglish - Activities.
Teacher training
We offer a range of teacher training courses covering areas such as primary and secondary teaching, learning technologies and many other subjects. Go to TeachingEnglish – Teacher training.
Using literature in English Language Teaching
If you are looking for literature-based materials, we can help you with texts, activities and listening materials. Find out more about our TeachingEnglish – BritLit resources to help teachers use literature in the classroom.