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The work synthesizes research on communities of practice (CoPs), outlining definitions, effectiveness features, benefits, and challenges, then examines how TAGs are implemented through their structure, facilitator roles, delivered content, and online components. It analyzes evaluation outcomes covering TAG quality and impacts on teachers, teaching, and learning, and reports TAG-related challenges.","TeachingEnglish  \nProfessional development through Teacher Activity Groups  \nA review of evidence from international projects  \nSimon Borg, Amy Lightfoot and Radhika Gholkar  \nISBN: 978-0-86355-979-2  \n© British Council 2020  \n10 Spring Gardens London SW1A 2BN, UK  \n[www.britishcouncil.org](www.britishcouncil.org)  \nCover photo: a Teacher Activity Group session in Maharahstra, India All photos © British Council unless otherwise marked  \nTeachingEnglish  \nProfessional development through Teacher Activity Groups  \nA review of evidence from international projects  \nSimon Borg, Amy Lightfoot and Radhika Gholkar  \nAbout the authors  \nSimon Borg has been involved in language teaching and teacher education for over 30 years. As an educational consultant, he specialises in the design, implementation and evaluation of teacher professional development programmes and policies in a range of international contexts. Details of his work (and his blog) are available at [http://simon-borg.co.uk/](http://simon-borg.co.uk/).  \nAmy Lightfoot is the Regional Education and English Academic Lead for the British Council in South Asia.  \nShe leads on the academic strategy and quality assurance of English and school-based education projects and related research activities. She has been working in the field of education for more than  \n20 years, with over a decade of specialising in South Asian contexts. She has special interests and expertise in alternative models for teacher professional development, the monitoring and evaluation of teacher competence and performance, multilingual education and the use of digital platforms, with a variety of published work exploring these areas.  \nRadhika Gholkar is a Senior Academic Manager with the British Council in India. She manages teacher development projects in partnership with state governments across the education sectors, and has substantial experience of teaching English both face-to-face and online. She is particularly interested in the potential of using technology for teachers’professional growth, for example looking at how this can be supported through online communities of practice using WhatsApp.  \nAbout the authors 4  \nContents  \nAcknowledgements.............................................................................................................................................................. 6  \n1. 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Literature review ............................................................................................................................................................ 9  \n2.1 Defining communities of practice (CoPs) ..................................................................................................................................9  \n2.2 Features of effective CoPs ........................................................................................................................................................... 10  \n2.3 Benefits of CoPs ................................................................................................................................................................................ 10  \n2.4 Challenges to CoPs .......................................................................................................................................................................... 10  \n2.5 Impact of teacher CoPs .................................................................................................................................................................. 11  \n3. 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