January 2026 Professional Development and Personal Growth : Essays You Need to Read

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 ...

"The Stream" - author unknown  Monday 5 January 6.30 - 7.00pm

"Indian Camp" - Ernest Hemingway  Tuesday 6 January 5.30 - 6.30pm 

"Death of the Moth" - Virginia Moth  Wednesday 7 January 6.30 - 7.00pm

"A Hanging" - George Orwell  Thursday 8 January 5.30 - 6.30pm

"Ha'penny" - Alan Paton  Friday 9 January 6.30 - 7.00pm

"My Periodic Table" - Oliver Sacks  Monday 26 January  6.30 - 7.00pm 

"Professions for Women" - Virginia Woolf  Tuesday 27 January 5.30 - 6.30pm 

"This is Water" - David Foster Wallace  Wednesday 28 January 6.30 - 7.00pm 

"Against Interpretation" - Susan Sontag  Thursday 29 January 5.30 - 6.30pm 

"There’s no such thing as a fish" - Mathew Ingram  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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