January 2026 Professional Development and Personal Growth : Advanced Use of English

Welcome to our sixth programme of summer professional development and support for teachers, educational leaders and administrators. These single-topic Use of English sessions (Vocabulary, Structures and Usages) have been developed from the needs and requests of Chilean Advanced English users. teachers and students.

Click on the session title(s) for more information. Complete the Contact Us form to the right for registration information. In no particular order ...

Advanced Vocabulary : Counting Uncountables  Monday 5 January 4.30 - 5.30pm 

Advanced Grammar : the the  Tuesday 6 January 4.00 - 5.00pm

Advanced Grammar : gerunds and infinitives  Wednesday 7 January 4.30 - 5.30pm

Advanced Grammar : 'Ats off to at  Thursday 8 January 4.00 - 5.00pm 

Advanced Grammar : transitive and intransitive  Friday 9 January 4.30 - 5.30pm

Advanced Vocabulary : er, who does that?  Monday 12 January 4.30 - 5.30pm

Advanced Vocabulary : agree (or not)  Tuesday 13 January 4.00 - 5.00pm

Advanced Vocabulary : what makes a house a home?  Wednesday 14 January 4.30 - 5.30pm

Advanced Vocabulary : Be a good sport  Thursday 15 January 4.00 - 5.00pm 

Advanced Vocabulary : relations or relationships, it's relative  Friday 16 January 4.30 - 5.30pm 

Advanced Vocabulary, Structures and Usages - modals of deduction  Monday 19 January 4.30 - 5.30pm 

Advanced Vocabulary, Structures and Usages - modals of obligation  Tuesday 20 January 4.00 - 5.00pm

Advanced Use of English Vocabulary, Structures and Usages : Dates  Wednesday 21 January 4.30 - 5.30pm :

Advanced Use of English Vocabulary, Structures and Usages : Times Thursday 22 January 4.00 - 5.00pm

Advanced Vocabulary, Structures and Usages : inversions  Friday 23 January 4.30 - 5.30pm

Advanced Vocabulary : F-bombs  Monday 26 January 4.30 - 5.30pm

Advanced Vocabulary : talking about the not-so-smart  Tuesday 27 January 4.00 - 5.00pm

Advanced Vocabulary : death and dying  Wednesday 28 January  4.30 - 5.30pm 

Advanced Vocabulary - On Yer Bike!  Thursday 29 January 4.00 - 5.00pm

Advanced Vocabulary : light, light, lightning, lightening  Friday 30 January 4.30 - 5.30pm

Each session $6000 with discounts for 5, 10, 20 etc sessions. Complete the Contact Us form to the right for registration information, for institutional and group rates, and to ask about our February 2026 programme.

• These one-hour, synchronous, online, video-conferencing open-enrolment group sessions are limited in size to allow for participation and questions. Minimum group-sizes apply. Ask us about closed programmes where you choose who, what, where and when. A C1 or higher level of English is assumed.

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• Complete the "Contact Us" form on the right

• if the date and time of any sessions are not convenient, to ask about an "on demand" session on a different date and at a different time.
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• to ask about a private one-to-one or small-group closed session on any of these topics, or on any other Advanced English and English teaching & learning and evaluation concerns you have.
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• with any queries about any of our programmes.

Ask us about programmes of support for you and your colleagues during the academic year where you choose who, what, where and when. Simply complete the "Contact Us" form to the right to start the conversation.

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