ELT Week Brazil 2025

The national online meeting of English language teachers in Brazil.

Connecting Brazil and the United Kingdom for innovation, diversity, and quality teaching in Brazilian schools

About the event

From 29 September to 4 October, the British Council will host the 2025 edition of ELT Week Brazil. Teachers from across the country will be able to take part in a series of free online activities focused on continuing professional development.

Building on the success of previous editions, this year’s event brings essential topics for teaching practice in Brazil, focusing on:

Sustainability and Global Citizenship
Digital Education and Technologies in English Language Teaching
Inclusion, Diversity, and Anti-Racist Education
Classroom Management and Techniques
Language Learning and Educational Contexts
English Teacher Training and Development

What can you expect from ELT Week 2025?

Practical and theoretical sessions with Brazilian and international experts
Current topics connected to the realities of Brazilian schools
Inclusive training, with accessibility and simultaneous translation into Libras
Certificate of participation for attendees who complete the event evaluation
Mini courses for School leaders

The virtual sessions will take place at varying times to ensure maximum engagement with the target audience.

In total, over 20 hours of training will be offered, with a certificate awarded to those who complete the event evaluation. For the English sessions, participants can choose to watch the broadcast in the original language or in Portuguese, with subtitles or simultaneous translation. All sessions will be translated into Libras (Brazilian Sign Language).

Check the ELT Week 2025 schedule

Partial Schedule

Theme: Sustainability and Environmental Education

09:00 – 09:30 | Opening – Alessandra Moura, Tom Birtwistle and Ministry of Education
09:30 – 12:30 | Mini-course: Resilient Schools – Magali Nascimento (British Council)
16:30 – 17:00 | Degenerative Society x Regenerative Education: Possible Dialogues – Paulo Klingelhoefer de Sá & Ana Lúcia Oliveira de Souza Leite
17:15 – 17:45 | Greener English Classrooms in Brazil: Integrating Climate Skills into ELT – Emilio Abularach
18:00-18:30 - Education for Riverside Communities (Ribeirinhos): English as a Second Language - Said Mauricio Franco
18:45 – 19:15 | Young people and Climate Change: what does the CIESPI/RIO research published this year tell us? – Irene Rizzini and Raiana Ribeiro

Theme: Digital Education and Technologies in English Teaching

09:00 – 09:30 | Opening Day 2 – Diana Daste and Ministry of Education
09:30 – 12:00 | Mini-course: Mission, Vision, and Values of the school in the face of digital changes – Magali Nascimento
12:45 – 13:15 | Student Use of Artificial Intelligence: What to Fight and What to Surrender – Junior Codi
16:15 – 16:45 | 6-Step Model to Integrate AI into Teaching, Learning and Assessment – Pilar Capaul
17:00 – 17:30 | Beyond the Hype: Pedagogical Integration of GenAI in Teacher Development – Raquel Ribeiro
17:45 – 18:15 | AI and English Teaching: Critical Insights and Hands-On Tools – Danytiele Fernandes & Guilherme Louzada
18:30 – 19:00 | From Planning to Feedback: Practical AI Tools for the English Classroom – Tamires Gama
19:15 – 19:45 | Pros & Cons about AI in English Education – Ursula Fernal

Theme: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

09:00 – 09:30 | English with Brazilian roots: Designing culturally relevant lessons – Tamires Gama
09:45 – 10:15 | Assessing Inclusively: UDL as a Framework for Fair and Flexible Evaluation - Taíla Gimenez
17:00 – 17:30 | Diversity & Inclusion – Is it always a case of pathology? – Cintia Rodrigues
17:45 – 18:15 | English Teaching and Accessibility through Audiodescription – Milena Schneid Eich & Lara Souto
18:30 – 19:00 | The school territory in the development of the PPP and curriculum: an opportunity for convergence between climate emergency and anti-racist education - Lia Salomão & Fernando Mendes

Theme: Global Citizenship and 21st-Century Skills

09:00 – 09:30 | Teach for the Present, not the Future: Re-humanize your Classroom – Macarena Quintana
09:45 – 10:15 | Doodle Art – A Playful and Therapeutic Approach to Learning English through Drawing – Poliana Tassini
16:00 – 16:30 | Lessons Learned from Learning Mandarin: Action Research, ELT and SoL - André Hedlund
16:45 – 17:45 | From grammar to culture: transculturality as a pathway to meaningful language learning in elementary education - Camilo dos Santos Ramos
18:00 – 18:30 PM | Comprehensive Education, Equity and English Teaching: Convergences and Opportunity - Fernando Mendes & Joyce Dias

Theme: Pedagogical Practices and Teaching Resources

09:00 – 09:30 | Effective English Learning in Full-Time Education through CLIL – Thays Ribeiro
09:45 – 10:15 | From Paper to Pixels: How Format Shapes Understanding – Cíntia Andrade Nogueira
10:30 – 11:00 | Designing Impactful Teacher Education with Learning Experience Design and Flipped Learning – Caio Albernaz Siqueira
17:00 – 17:30 | Empowering English Teachers: Building Confidence and Resilience – Marianna Lourenço
17:45 – 18:15 | Gamification in the Classroom – Fostering Engagement and Collaboration – Poliana Tassini
18:30 – 19:00 | The Role of Attention in (Language) Learning – Rodolfo Mattiello

Theme: CPD for Teachers and Teacher Educators

09:30 – 10:30 | New British Council CPD Framework – Graham Stanley

The national online meeting of English language teachers in Brazil.

Connecting Brazil and the United Kingdom for innovation, diversity, and quality teaching in Brazilian schools

About the event

What can you expect from ELT Week 2025?

Check the ELT Week 2025 schedule

Monday, 29 SeptemberClick to expand. More information available.

Tuesday, 30 September Click to expand. More information available.

Wednesday, 1 October Click to expand. More information available.

Thursday, 2 October Click to expand. More information available.

Friday, 3 OctoberClick to expand. More information available.

Saturday, 4 OctoberClick to expand. More information available.