Free resources for teachers

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.

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.

Help your students hear and understand the sounds of English using the British Council Phonemic Chart tool. Find out more about how the 'Phonemic Chart' can help develop students' English listening skills.

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. Learn more about lesson plans.

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.

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 TeachingEnglish articles.

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.

LearnEnglish Kids: Phonics Stories (School Edition) is a phonics-based story app which helps children learn to read and speak English. Each story practises phonics sounds and includes a game and dictionary. A teachers guide offers expert advice on how to use the app in the classroom.

Download from the Apple App Store (iPad only).