The courses are aimed at practising teachers of English who wish to develop their language and teaching skills further. Four teachers of English, teaching in junior and/or senior secondary schoool are going to participate in the project. The aim of the project is the methodology of teaching English, the culture of English speaking countries (history, geography, education system, music, theatre, tourism, customs), cooperation and exchange of experiences with teachers from other countries. The detailed programme of the chosen training courses are listed below. Methodology The courses include: developing command of written and spoken English and building confidence in using the language in the classroom grammar clinics extending vocabulary and pronunciation developing reading, writing, listening and speaking skills managing classroom activities using games, drama and music in the classroom planning and using effective methods of teaching using resources and media (e.g. video, newspapers, computers, the internet) Culture Language is a part of culture, and plays a very important role in the development of the culture. Some sociologists consider it as the keystone of culture. They believe, without language, culture would not be available. At the same time, language is influenced and shaped by culture, it reflects culture. Therefore, culture plays a very important part in language teaching. This thesis depicts the relationship between culture and language. As a result, the gap of cultural differences is one of the most important barriers in English teaching and study. Among the students, lacking of cultural background knowledge can, to a great extent, hold up the improvement of English teaching and become a noticeable problem. At present, the objective of English teaching has broken free from the traditional listening, speaking, reading and writing, and the demand for cultural background knowledge in language learning has been gradually concerned. Presentation of history of the country which has the target language, cultural background knowledge and customs is the proposed solution to the problem. The courses will fill this gap and solve the problems caused by cultural differences, help teachers grasp the crux of the language and develop their comprehensive English ability.