Daily schedule
Sunday 26 July - Saturday 8 August 2026
This two-week programme provides over 40 hours of tuition, comprising:
- 8 x 90-minute lectures/seminars
- 30 hours of workshop meetings (7.5 hours per course)
Timetable
Monday - Friday (both weeks 1 and 2):
09:15 - 10:45 Workshop
10:45 - 11:15 Tea/coffee break
11:15 - 12:45 Workshop
13:00 - 13:45 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Lecture/Seminar
Workshops
As the workshop sessions incorporate a large amount of interaction with colleagues, all teachers are invited to contribute proactively to group discussions.
Morning workshops are highly interactive, encouraging active participation and exchange of ideas. Each week you’ll select two workshops of your choice (allocated on a first-come, first-served basis).
Week 1 workshops (27 - 31 July 2026)
Week 2 workshops (3 - 7 August 2026)
Lectures and ELT book display
Afternoon lectures feature dynamic speakers addressing the latest trends and challenges in English Language Teaching.
Representatives from leading ELT publishers will also be on hand to present their newest resources.
Beyond the classroom
This programme is not only about professional growth – it’s about connection, culture and experience.
- Meals and receptions: Enjoy shared meals in Harris Manchester College’s dining hall, plus opening and closing receptions and a gala farewell dinner.
- Social programme: Take part in optional evening activities such as Scottish country dancing, a cultural exchange, and a lively quiz night.
- Explore Oxford: With plenty of free time built in, you’ll have the chance to experience the city’s world-famous landmarks, culture and atmosphere at your own pace.
Course Director
Assistant Director of the Department (Professional and Open Access Courses)
Tutors
Principal tutor - Adrian Underhill
Adrian Underhill is series editor of the Macmillan Books for Teachers and author of Sound Foundations: Learning and Teaching Pronunciation, and its associated phonemic chart. He was trainer and director of the International Teacher Training Institute at International House in Hastings until 1999, since then he has worked internationally as an independent ELT consultant with a focus on teacher training, professional and organisational development, and school leadership. He is a past president of IATEFL and is principal tutor on the Oxford University ELT Summer Seminar.
Jon Hird
Jon Hird is a teacher, teacher trainer and ELT materials writer based in Oxford. He teaches at the University of Oxford and frequently gives teacher-training talks and workshops in the UK and overseas. He has written and contributed to many ELT publications for a number of publishers. His most recent publications include the newly published Spoken Grammar (Pavilion ELT), Oxford Learner’s Pocket Verbs and Tenses (OUP) and components of the Language Hub, Outcomes, Roadmap, Navigate, Keynote, Oxford EAP and Life course book series. He has also written and adapted a range of materials for learners with dyslexia.
Robert McLarty
Robert is an experienced teacher and trainer who has worked in the UK, France and New Zealand. Editor of Modern English Teacher, he is interested in materials writing and developing speaking skills. In his spare time he plays golf, paints and walks.
Hanna Kryszewska
Hanna Kryszewska is a teacher, teacher trainer, trainer of trainers and mentors, author of resource books and course books and former senior lecturer at the University of Gdańsk, Poland. She has co-authored: Options for English (PWSiP, 1991), Learner-based Teaching (OUP, 1992), Reading on Your Own (PWN, 1995), Towards Teaching, (Heinemann, 1995), Stand-by Book, S. Lindstromberg, Ed. (CUP, 1996), Observing English Lessons - A Video Teacher Training Course, and The Company Words Keep (DELTA, 2012).Since February 2006, she has been the editor of website magazine Humanising Language Teaching.
Shaun Wilden
Shaun is an education technologist who teaches on both face-to-face and online courses. In the Department for Continuing Education he teaches digital literacy, as well as short courses in mobile learning and teaching online. His latest book, Mobile Learning, was published by Oxford University Press.
He is the academic director for online courses for the International House World Organisation overseeing their suite of asynchronous teacher development courses and is a consultant to a number of educational organisations to assist them in their synchronous and asynchronous course provision. His current area of interest and research is learner expectations in peer to peer social presence within asynchronous courses.
Anna Hasper
Anna Hasper is a writer, course designer and teacher educator. She is DELTA & CELTA tutor and assessor for Cambridge English Assessment and delivers both online and face-to-face teacher training courses around the world. Anna holds a DELTA and a Masters in Education and is currently researching teacher motivation for her PhD. She has worked with pre- and in-service teachers in over 30 countries for organisations such as the British Council, International House, NILE, local ministries and leading publishers and is a regular speaker at global ELT conferences. She is a writer and a resident blogger for Modern English Teacher and the author of Supplementary activities for English Language teaching: large classes and low resource contexts and most recently Activities for Social-Emotional Learning: Developing social-emotional competences in the ELT classroom.
Vanessa Reis
Vanessa has been a passionate EFL teacher for the past 30 years and counting. She has taught English language learners from the ages of 3 to 60+. She currently teaches at Escola Superior de Educação in Porto, Portugal, where she teaches English language, literature and various subjects related to the methodology & didactics of teaching English. Vanessa divides her time between writing coursebooks, giving teacher training sessions around the world, teaching English and has recently completed her PhD in the field of coursebook design, one of her many interests.
Ben Beaumont
Dr Ben Beaumont is an educator, editor and researcher who specialises in ELT teacher development and lecturer support in English-medium instruction contexts. Having worked in teaching, assessment and training roles in a variety of educational sectors, Ben is keen to share emergent good practice with peers, helping support a balanced, localised and contextual approach to teacher development. As Head of Teacher Education and Pedagogy at Trinity College London, Ben’s work allows him to critically engage with, and research, teachers’ professional development practices, with the ultimate goal of building teacher agency in order to maximise opportunities for effective learning.
Angela Buckingham
Angela Buckingham is an academic developer working in Higher Education in the UK, with over twenty-five years of experience in ELT as a classroom teacher, teacher trainer and writer in a variety of educational contexts. She has written many classroom textbooks for OUP including the best-selling Passport series for Japan, and teacher training materials for the Oxford Teacher’s Academy (OTA) online modules. Her current areas of interest include the international student experience and internationalisation of the curriculum. Angela has an MA in TEFL. She is a University Teaching Fellow and Programme Director for the Academic Practice Programme at the University of Reading.
