We understand the needs of teachers and learners of English and the challenges they face, and recognise that qualifications may not be all that is needed in today’s competitive job market.
To help both teachers and learners further develop their skills, we offer a wide variety of free seminars, workshops, webinars and other training opportunities, all designed and delivered by highly qualified and experienced British Council presenters.
The seminars, workshops and webinars are free but you should contact us in advance in order to reserve a place.
Seminars and webinars for teachers of English
The aim of our seminars and webinars for teachers of English is to share our considerable knowledge, skills and expertise in teaching, provide information, clarify grey areas, introduce new approaches to the teaching of English and give teachers the opportunity to come together to discuss issues around preparing students for exams. Both new and experienced teachers are welcome to take part.
Given the level and speed of changes taking place in exams, these seminars and webinars will be even more important in future and will enable teachers to plan and prepare students for very different qualifications.
Pedagogical seminars and webinars
Planning lessons for children
Join us to find out more about dividing lessons into coherent stages with realistic timings and planning for differentiated learning.
Recognising and valuing diversity: using inclusive strategies in the classroom
Join us to find out about ways of developing positive attitudes towards diversity in your learners and involving parents, learners and other relevant individuals in creating an inclusive learning environment.
Managing the language classroom
Join us to find out about ways of explaining learning aims and content appropriately, setting up classroom activities that include a variety of interaction patterns, checking understanding and establishing and maintaining classroom discipline.
Promoting 21st Century Skills in the language classroom
Join us to find out about ways of teaching collaboration and communication, critical thinking and problem solving, citizenship and student leadership and personal development.
Top tips article writing
Join us to find more about how your learners can improve their article writing skills.
Top tips for review writing
Join us to find more about how your learners can improve their review writing skills.
Top tips for Speaking Tests
Join us to find more about how your learners can succeed in speaking tests.
Top tips for essay writing
Join us to find more about how your learners can improve their essay writing skills.
Understanding learners’ needs and motivations
Join us to find out about understanding learner characteristics such as attainment, age, motivation to learn and autonomy and their impact on the learning environment.
Assessing learning
Join us to find out more about using assessment to monitor your learners’ understanding and inform subsequent teaching, defining appropriate assessment criteria and/or applying assessment criteria consistently and engaging your learners in self-and peer assessment and developing their self- and peer assessment skills.
Presenter: Cliff Parry, British Council Teaching Operations Manager
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Friday 26 September 2025
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Friday 24 October 2025
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Friday 31 October 2025
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Friday 07 November 2025
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Friday 05 December 2025
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IELTS seminars and webinars
Every year we organise seminars and webinars to support IELTS teachers. Our topics vary and may cover any of the four test components – Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing. They provide teachers with:
- key strategies for success in IELTS
- practical ideas for classroom teaching
- guidelines on marking and assessing candidate performance
- information on the content of the IELTS exam.
IELTS for beginners – an overview of the test
Join us to find out more about the IELTS test and our online resources to help your learners achieve the results they need.
IELTS Speaking
Join us to find more about the format of the IELTS Speaking module and how you can prepare candidates for success.
IELTS – the assessment of writing
Join us to find more about the format of the IELTS Writing module and how you can prepare candidates for success.
Presenter: Cliff Parry, British Council Teaching Operations Manager
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Friday 10 October 2025
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Friday 21 November 2025
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Cambridge English webinars
We have scheduled a series of Cambridge Assessment English webinars in order to support both teachers who have experience of teaching towards these exams as well as those who wish to start preparing students for these exams in the future.
The webinars are organised by Cambridge Assessment English and the materials are designed by Cambridge Assessment English exams experts. Their aim is to:
- familiarise teachers with the content of the particular papers in these exams
- increase teachers’ awareness of the skills required by candidates taking these exams
- help teachers improve candidate performance.
Programme
The programme of Cambridge Assessment English webinars is constantly updated. For detailed information visit www.cambridgeenglish.org/gr/events.
For detailed information about Cambridge English full programme of events for teachers in Greece, visit www.cambridgeenglish.org/gr/events.
Webinars for learners of English
In an effort to broaden the scope of our seminar programme, we offer student seminars to candidates who register for the Cambridge English exams through the British Council.
Candidates receive their invitations about two weeks before their written exams.
The webinars provide candidates with practical advice to help boost their confidence on the day of the exam and tips on how to tackle a variety of tasks in the Reading, Writing, Listening, Use of English and Speaking papers. They will be invited to take part in activities designed to demonstrate how they can improve their test performance by utilising effective strategies such as skimming and scanning texts, recognising paraphrase (Reading), identifying and addressing key content points appropriately (Writing), and responding with extended and relevant contributions (Speaking).
We can also provide tailor-made student seminars based on the needs of our Advantage partner schools on request.
Programme
| When | Where | Title |
| To be announced | Webinar | Tips for Cambridge English: B2 First (FCE) for Schools |
| To be announced | Webinar | Tips for Cambridge English: C2 Proficiency (CPE) |
Seminars, workshops and webinars for Advantage Member Schools
Face-to-face or online seminars and workshops
Advantage members are invited to the British Council’s seminars and workshops for teachers of English in Greece.
We offer a wide range of topics for teachers with different levels of experience of teaching English and preparing students for English language exams. Our experienced and professional teacher trainers will focus on the following topics in the 2020–21 academic year:
| When/Where | To be announced |
| Programme | To be announced |
| How to register | To be announced |
Further information
- Advantage and Teachers' Club members will receive invitations with the detailed programme
- Each seminar, workshop and webinar is designed to last one to two hours
- As the face-to-face seminars and workshops are often popular, we recommended registering as soon as possible as places are allocated on a first come, first served basis
- There is no limit on the number of participants in a webinar
- All seminars, workshops and webinars are free of charge
- Face-to-face seminar and workshop times may differ slightly from venue to venue. Please refer to your invitation for the exact schedule.
For additional information about our seminars, workshops and webinars please contact us.
For additional information about the Advantage member scheme, please contact our Advantage Manager Andy Papadimitriou by email at Andy.Papadimitriou@britishcouncil.gr or by phone on 2310 378 316.
If you're interested in receiving updates about our seminars, webinars and events you can join our British Council Teachers' Club.