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Climate action in language education

Learn to integrate environmental issues in English language teaching and develop the skills you need to take and sustain meaningful and impactful action to protect the environment in your local context. This course is open now – enrol until 24 March 2026.

A learner holding his climate action poster titled Lets Make A Change
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9–12 hours
Start: 02/10/25
End: 31/03/26
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How will the course help you?

By the end of Climate action in language education, you'll be able to:

  • evaluate the importance of including environmental issues in your classes
  • plan lessons with a focus on environmental issues
  • plan different methods to help fight the climate emergency beyond the classroom.

How can you enrol on the course?

Register for a free TeachingEnglish account or log in to your account.

Enrol on this free course

What does the course include?

  • Self-study modules that you can access at any time before the course closes
  • A certificate of achievement on successful completion of the self-study modules
  • A free workbook with extra learning content and resources connected to the course contents
  • A dedicated Facebook community of course participants with up-to-date insight, resources and innovative teaching ideas for you to try out (Facebook account required)
  • Learning content related to our courses on Facebook and YouTube
  • Live events and recordings with course tutors and language teaching experts on Facebook and YouTube

What are the self-study modules?

Module 1 – Introducing environmental issues

The aim of this module is to explore why environmental issues should be a constant topic in your language classes and what benefits learners can get from discussing these topics. You will explain why it's important to include environmental issues in your classes, research and prioritise subject-specific terms and concepts according to your context and analyse how to include environmental issues in your classes.

Module 2 – Lessons with a sustainability focus

In this module, you'll look at the barriers that stop you focusing on environmental issues, ways to overcome them and how to plan lessons with a focus on environmental issues. You will identify opportunities for language practice in lessons with a sustainability focus, consider principles for planning lessons that include sustainability and evaluate techniques used in part of a lesson that includes environmental issues.

Module 3 – Making sustainability part of your learners' lives

The aim of this module is to understand the different methods that you as a language teacher can use to help fight the climate emergency in ways that go beyond the classroom and to provide you with some of the tools you'll need to act. You will explain different levels of community action, design a local environmentally themed community project with your learners and join and participate in your own professional development community.

Course reviews

What have other teachers said about how Climate action in language education helped them?

"I've started to include discussions about environmental issues in almost all of my language lessons because I've learned how to do this. My students are very interested and take part in the discussions and activities although they are young (7-11 years old)."

Course participant, North Macedonia (Republic of)

"My students and I went tree planting. We [collaborated with local organisations] for tree planting at our school. It was a fun outdoor event. We planted 300 wood trees and 300 fruit trees. Every student who planted a tree had the tree mapped to their name. It was interesting. This even gave them more enthusiasm to grow the trees. We wrote poems, essays, and students gave speeches. I really met the language goals."

Course participant, Uganda

"The course was full of new and informative ideas that widened my thoughts and opened my thoughts to a new strategies i can apply at my classroom since the climate crisis is a main part of their educational process"

Course participant, Jordan

Do you have more questions?

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Comments

Submitted by ateiaua on Mon, 11/17/2025 - 01:58

I'm delighted to join this course. I'm Ane from Kiribati. I'm a teacher educator.

AT.

Hi Jatin

Thanks for the feedback, and we are glad you are enjoying the course so far!

Cath
TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Aynura Rahimova on Sun, 01/08/2023 - 05:19

Such courses are very beneficial for us!I'm eager to participate all such courses.Hope I'll have opportunities to take part incoming courses.Thank you very much!

Submitted by Tran Thi Diem Quynh on Tue, 12/06/2022 - 15:03

Hi.
I've enrolled on this course and completed the 2 first modules about 2 days ago. But today when I click on my portfolio, I couldn't find any courses.
Can you help me with this? Thanks.

Hi Cindy Tran

I'm afraid that this course, like all our courses, only runs for a limited time, and the course has now finished. We are not able to reopen the course after the final course date. We expect to run the course again in 2023, so you will be able to complete the modules then. I would recommend subscribing to our newsletter to keep up to date with all our latest events, courses and resources. You can do that here: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/subscribe-our-newsletter

Thanks,

Cath

TeachingEnglish Team

Submitted by Nirmaladevi Ka… on Sun, 12/04/2022 - 14:04

Hi, I can't see any icon to start the course. I managed to see "MY Portfolio" and courses but I am unable to see any button to start this course. Thank you.

Hi Nirmaladevi,

Unfortunately this course has now finished, so you won't be able to register. We hope to offer it again some time next year, so please check back to our training page, or sign up for our newsletter, so you can keep up to date with all our latest courses and events. You can subscribe to the newsletter here: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/subscribe-our-newsletter

Thanks,
Cath
TeachingEnglish Team

 

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Thu, 11/14/2024 - 11:25

Hi Takele

Thanks for your message. Can you log out of your account, then log back in again. Click on the 'My Portfolio - My courses' tab and then 'View all courses'. You should see that you are now enrolled on this course.

Please let us know if you have any other problems and enjoy the course!

Thanks,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by waleed mohamed… on Fri, 12/02/2022 - 22:10

It will help us in our community and helping us to practice English language more and connect it with environmental pollution to protect it

Hi Safaa El nagar

Have you enrolled in the course following the steps above?

If you have correctly enrolled, you should see the "My Portfolio" tab at the top of the page. If you click on that, you will see a drop-down menu which says "My Courses", which takes you to the courses page. If this doesn't work, please log out and log back in again to be able to access your courses page.You can also check the Troubleshooting steps above.

Let us know if you are still having problems.

Thanks,

Cath

TeachingEnglish Team

 

HI LailaHusseinIbrahim Youssef

Have you followed the instructions for enrolling on the course:

If you have done this, when you log in you should see the "My Portfolio" tab in the top left of the screen. Click on that, and you will see a drop-down menu "My Courses" - if you click on that you will be able to access the course page and start learning.

Hope that helps!

Cath

TeachingEnglish Team

Here is my account at the right corner of this page, but when I click on it I do not find my portfolio. I am not sure if I have already registered or not yet. Please tell me if I am already registered. If not show me how to do it. Thanks

Submitted by changtong on Tue, 11/15/2022 - 14:58

Hi staff，I can get access to the course and its materias. I tried the link provided.what should I do？

Hi changtong

Have you enrolled in the course following the instructions above:

If you are logged into the site, you should be able to access the courses homepage here:https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/MyProgrammes or by clicking on the "My Portfolio - My courses" tab at the top of the page. If you don't see this, you will need to log out and log back into your account.

Hope that helps!

Cath

TeachingEnglish Team

Submitted by Sandar Nu Nu Lin on Tue, 11/15/2022 - 13:17

How l participants successfully complete all tasks .l don't find the tasks to answer

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Wed, 11/16/2022 - 15:56

Hi Sandar Nu Nu Lin

As this is a self-access course, you can work through the activities at your own pace. You can click "Finish" after each activity to check your answers. 

Hope that helps,

Cath

TeachingEnglish Team

Hi Batth

To change the name on your certificate, you first need to change your name on your TeachingEnglish profile (when you are logged on, click on "Edit Profile") Then you can use the "Help" button on the course page to request a new certificate with the new name.

Hope that helps!

Cath
TeachingEnglish Team

Hi Batth

Have you used the "Help" button on the course page? Please try doing that again so that the new certificate can be generated.

Thanks,
Cath

TeachingEnglish Team

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 11/19/2021 - 10:03

Hello,

I would love to enroll on this course. Is there some specific time for it? Is it possible to do now?

 

Best wishes,

Kristina

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Mon, 11/22/2021 - 11:25

Hi Kristina,

I'm afraid the course has just finished, but it will be available again in 2022. Please check back for exact dates.

Thanks,

Cath

TE Team

Hi Teni

The course has now ended, but it will run again in 2022, so keep checking our website.

Thanks,

Cath

TE Team

Submitted by Maha Sobhy Nou… on Tue, 11/16/2021 - 05:56

I completed the whole course but I have not gotten my certificate yet

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Thu, 11/18/2021 - 14:04

Hi Maha

Can you click the "help" button on the bottom right of the screen to resolve this issue?
 

Thanks,

Cath
TE Team

Submitted by Ruqkyyah on Sat, 11/13/2021 - 05:56

Just finished the course, I am wondering how can I get the certificate. 
shukran

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Thu, 11/18/2021 - 14:09

Hello

If you haven't received your certificate, can you click on the "Help" button in the bottom right corner of the screen, to report this issue?

Thanks

Cath
TE Team

Submitted by Marina Nikolova on Tue, 11/09/2021 - 10:00

I successfully completed the online exercises for the course yesterday, yet I didn't receive a certificate as mentioned above. How can I download it a d where from? 

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Mon, 11/15/2021 - 11:07

Can you click on the "Help" button on the bottom right of the screen?

Cath
TE Team

Submitted by profclaudia on Fri, 11/05/2021 - 07:38

Hi, I just found out about this very interesting course and I enrolled straight away. Do I need to complete all the tasks by the end of next week or do I have extra time since I've only enrolled now? Thank you!

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Thu, 11/11/2021 - 14:41

Hello profclaudia

The course content is only available until the end of the course, so you will only have access to the material until the final course date.

Hope you find the course useful!

Cath

TE Team

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 11/02/2021 - 19:22

I have enrolled for the course and completed all 3 modules, but still, I am not able to download the certificate. it is showing 0% progress in the resource section 

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Thu, 11/04/2021 - 14:23

Hi Ashfan

If you have completed all the modules but this is not reflected in the course progress, try contacting technical support by clicking on the yellow "Help" button in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. 

Thanks,
Cath

TE Team

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 10/23/2021 - 16:58

I am writing to thank you for giving us an opportunity to keep learning on Teaching English Teachers Educators

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 10/21/2021 - 05:32

I feel truly happy that I have created my account today. 

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 10/18/2021 - 16:04

Where can I see the schedule of class meetings? I have a synchronous class every Tuesday here in the Phippines. I want to adjust my schedule

Hi Dante

This is a self-access course, meaning you can access the materials online at any time - there is no fixed schedule for the course.

Thanks

Cath
TE Team

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