ESOL Teacher Training

Upcoming training dates

November 2025

• 07 Nov 25

  How to Embed Work Skills into ESOL Classes- Lauren Saunders

  This webinar will explore some of the common challenges in delivering ESOL for Work programmes and provide practical ideas for addressing them. Participants will be able to share their own experiences and see example schemes of work and materials in action. We’ll also look at how authentic workplace materials can be used effectively in lessons. By the end of the session, you’ll feel more confident and equipped with strategies to embed work-related topics into your ESOL classes.
  Go to link NATECLA
• 11 Nov 25

  Unboxed: Unboxed: Board Games and Sanctuary Seekers

  Join for a special Being Human Festival event offering a first look at a new board game co-created with sanctuary seekers in Bradford. The project explores what it means to build home, community, and futures in the city, following a two-day creative workshop with participants who have sought sanctuary. This public event invites the wider community to join the conversation and preview the game in progress. A collaboration between the University of Bradford, Åbo Akademi University, and SBC Theatre, the UK’s first Theatre Company of Sanctuary, this event is part of the Being Human Festival (6–15 November 2025), the UK’s national celebration of the humanities.
  Go to link University of Bradford
• 21 Nov 25

  Unlock learning: AI Escape Activities for Engaged Learners

  This interactive webinar explores how AI-enhanced escape activities can bring immersion and excitement into the online classroom. Participants will experience how digital clues and collaborative challenges can spark curiosity, build language skills, and promote teamwork; all within a virtual setting. You’ll come away with practical strategies and adaptable tools to design engaging, game-based experiences that integrate technology and pedagogy to transform your ESOL teaching toolkit.
  Go to link NATECLA

December 2025

• 04 Dec 25

  International Organization for Migration UK Kurdish Information: Experiences in Conflict and Displacement, Cultural Norms and Family Life

  This session’s content will focus primarily on experiences that Kurdish communities may face in different conflicts in the different countries where they live. It will also discuss the experiences Kurds may face in displacement within and outside their countries of origin. Finally, this session will focus on the cultural norms that may be common in the Kurdish community across Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. This session will be participatory and rely heavily on participant engagement through case studies and discussion, therefore we highly encourage participants to come prepared to have their cameras on during the session. Time: 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
  Go to link IOM
• 05 Dec 25

  Quick and Easy Pre-entry Prep!

  Do you find yourself spending ages looking for material and planning your lessons for the week? This session will focus on approaches, strategies and material for teachers to draw upon in order to make planning lessons for pre-entry as fast and effortless as possible! I will use material from my pre-entry series, ‘Read and Write every day’ , but will also look at how to create your own resources (esolbooks.com for more details).
  Go to link NATECLA
• 18 Dec 25

  AI Prompt Craft

  This session explores how ESOL teachers can harness generative AI to create tailored resources that reflect their own professional expertise. Rather than replacing teachers, AI can act as a flexible tool to support planning, adapt materials for different levels, and generate bespoke activities that respond to learners’ needs. Together we’ll look at practical strategies for prompt writing, ways to maintain control over the output, and examples of how AI can complement – not compete with – the creativity and knowledge teachers already bring to their classrooms
  Go to link NATECLA