Upcoming events
Let's talk about...
Each week we'll set a topic to discuss and have a very informal chat in three parts:
1. Question of the week
2. Let's talk about...(topic nominated by Teacher Portal)
3. Any questions about your classes, teaching, career advice, student management or just life in general. (Though we might not be able to answer the life questions, we'll give it a go.)
1. Question of the week
2. Let's talk about...(topic nominated by Teacher Portal)
3. Any questions about your classes, teaching, career advice, student management or just life in general. (Though we might not be able to answer the life questions, we'll give it a go.)
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Communicative tasks your learners will love
Shaun Sweeney
May 14th 2025, 4.30pm UK time
Great lessons start with great tasks! In this webinar, we’ll explore how to select, design, and implement engaging tasks that drive learning. You’ll discover: easy, low-prep ways to assess learners’ needs, structure lessons using a task→ teach→ task approach, and how to get the most out of tasks in your classroom.
Whether you're teaching General English, specific purposes or exam prep, you’ll leave with some practical strategies to make your lessons more dynamic and learner-centred.
Same but different
Katy Kelly
June 11th 2025, 4.30pm UK time
In this interactive webinar we’ll explore what we mean by mixed level classes and how “being a mix” plays out between learners. We’ll consider the challenges for us and them, by sharing our experiences and talking about how we’ve tried to overcome these. In order to explore the options available to us when working with mixed level classes, we’ll evaluate some common practices. Together we’ll share what we have tried and what’s worked and what has worked less well and consider why. Through practical examples and by focusing on specific activities we’ll consider some possible simple tricks and tweaks we can make to our activity choices, set-up and outcomes. By the end of the webinar, it is hoped that we will have a better understanding of how we can support mixed level classes and maximise participation and learning.
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NEW!
Live lesson planning
Our new monthly live event is designed to support you in your lesson planning.
Watch our latest 'Top tip for lesson planning' and see how this could benefit you.
Then choose the time that works best for you and bring along questions, materials, ideas and experiments to share with colleagues and trainers.
This is free to all members of the Teacher Portal.
Watch our latest 'Top tip for lesson planning' and see how this could benefit you.
Then choose the time that works best for you and bring along questions, materials, ideas and experiments to share with colleagues and trainers.
This is free to all members of the Teacher Portal.
Live session help
If you're having problems with our live lessons, don't worry, we've put together some advice to make sure you have the best experience possible.
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