Online development courses and resources to teach English

British Council Lebanon- Online resources for teachers — TC Teacher Training

If you are an English language teacher or English Language Teaching (ELT) professional, we have lots of free resources to support your work.

You can:

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.

Teaching resources

If you are a busy English language teacher or trainer looking for support and development materials for your classroom, we can help you with the collection of free materials on the British Council’s website for teachers.  Find out more about our teaching resources.

Lesson plans

Our lesson plans give you a series of activities to use in your classroom, including procedures 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.  Learn more about lesson plans.

Classroom activity

If you are an English language teacher looking for materials, we can help you with our regularly updated classroom activities.  Learn more about classroom 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.  Learn more about teacher training.

Teaching methodology and practice

If you are an English language teacher and want to develop your understanding of teaching methodology and practice, the TeachingEnglish articles offer regularly updated pieces by experienced teachers and ELT professionals.  Read our teaching English articles.

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 resources to help teachers use literature in the classroom. 