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Gender in language education

Learn to recognise different kinds of gender bias and stereotypes, some of the barriers learners face in gender equality and equity, and how to help overcome them in your context. This course has been updated and will open on 7 April 2026 – enrol now.

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9–12 hours
Start: 07/04/26
End: 30/09/26
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How will the course help you?

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

  • recognise and evaluate gender bias and stereotypes in language education
  • evaluate common assumptions in education about gender differences
  • develop strategies to promote gender equality.

How can you enrol on the course?

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What resources can you access any time?

  • 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)
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What are the self-study modules?

Module 1 – Understanding gender equality in education

The aim of this module is to help you understand the key ideas related to gender equality in education and to reflect on gender issues globally and in your classroom.

Module 2 – Analysing gender in teaching practice and materials

The aim of this module is to help you explore how ideas about gender in classroom practice and learning materials can influence your learners and their learning experience.

Module 3 – Creating gender-inclusive classrooms and schools

The aim of this module is to help you notice and understand gender patterns in the classroom and wider school, and to explore ways teachers can make learning more inclusive and fair for all learners.

Course reviews

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

"The course content shows how important it is to consider each individual in my classroom as a student before everything. The acquired knowledge is helpful for me to consider:
- paying attention in all learners regardless of their gender;
- getting rid off stereotypes;
- creating a conducive learning environment where everyone feels comfortable and valued."

Course participant, Comoros

"In one of my recent classes, I noticed that the male students were dominating group discussions. Using strategies from the course, I rearranged the seating to encourage mixed-gender group work and set clear guidelines to ensure everyone had equal speaking time. This helped create a more balanced and inclusive environment where the female students felt more confident to participate."

Course participant, Bangladesh

"Similar to one of the video of the classroom situation, I asked my students about the usual "who plays the role" if the profession or job is like this. Then, I let them realize that, women can also play the role like men do. For instance in air force etc."

Course participant, Philippines

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Comments

Submitted by kuntalscroll on Tue, 07/15/2025 - 18:06

Societal concept of gender and politics around it have become a landscape of new ideas and it has a great impact on our everyday living experiences.Language as a system is changing with the changing perception of gender, and it is necessary for a language teacher to be aware of about the paradigm shift in the use of
language happening around us.

Hi wassa

Sorry you are having problems. Have you tried clicking the 'refresh' button or the back button and clicking on 'view' again? If this is still not working for you, please write to us at TeachingEnglish@britishcouncil.org

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Cath

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Submitted by Janeth_sn on Fri, 09/06/2024 - 17:32

I'm more than ready to take this course. I just wonder if the hours invested will appear in the certificate and if so how many does the course consists of.

Thanks in advance

Submitted by RPChalco on Wed, 05/22/2024 - 23:58

Hello! I finished the course, but I didn't receive any certificate....I can't open my portfolio, is it anything wrong with the webpage? Could you explain me please?? thanks in advanced.

Hi RPChalco,

Thanks for your comment. We are sorry that there are technical difficulties and some users are unable to access our courses at the moment, so you won't be able to access the certificate just now. Our technical team is working on it and we hope to solve it soon. 

Thanks for your patience,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by ArianneCee on Mon, 04/03/2023 - 03:47

I have already finished the course. How can I download the certificate? I have received a notification but it has no link or icon to suggest that it can be downloaded... Thank you for the course. I love it.

Hi ArianneCee,

Sorry to hear you are having problems with this. Please can you use the orange "Help" button on the courses platform to report this issue to the course team, who should be able to help you.

Thanks,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by vandanunes on Sat, 03/25/2023 - 08:42

Hello. I've completed 100% of the course material. However, the certificate is not available. Although all the tasks are done, the progress % on modules 1 and 2 is not 100%. Sadly, it's not possible to send you screenshots of the course... I kindly ask you to check what's wrong and not give a generic response like "If you have completed 100% of the course, your certificate should be available to download." because, clearly, the results of the progress are not matching with the results presented at the end of each module.

Hi vandanunes

Sorry to hear you are having problems with this. Please can you use the orange "Help" button on the courses page to report this issue to the course team, who should be able to help you.

Thanks,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by ecerquoni on Sun, 03/12/2023 - 15:59

Hi there,
I created an account but I can't enrol for the course on Gender in Language and Education. I followed instructions but I can't see anywhere any option to enrol on teh course page. Can you help?
Thanks,
Best,
Enrica

Hi,

Can you follow the troubleshooting steps here:

1. Log out, then close any windows where 'https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/' is open. 

2. Clear your browser’s cache or use 'private mode’ before going to https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/  

3. Log in.

4. Go to: https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/ExploreProgrammes find the course and select 'Enrol in activity' (if you don’t see the course here, don’t worry, just skip ahead to step 5). 

5. Go to https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/MyProgrammes, find your course and select 'Start course' 

6. Select the module you want to work on, go down the page and select 'Start task', then 'Start'. 

If you are still having problems, please let us know.

Thanks

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Hi,

Can you follow the troubleshooting steps here:

1. Log out, then close any windows where 'https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/' is open. 

2. Clear your browser’s cache or use 'private mode’ before going to https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/  

3. Log in.

4. Go to: https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/ExploreProgrammes find the course and select 'Enrol in activity' (if you don’t see the course here, don’t worry, just skip ahead to step 5). 

5. Go to https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/MyProgrammes, find your course and select 'Start course' 

6. Select the module you want to work on, go down the page and select 'Start task', then 'Start'. 

If you are still having problems, please let us know, and tell us which stage of the process you are getting stuck.

Thanks

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Hi Youmna97

You can find a link to the workbook here: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/2023-03/Workbook_Gender_in_language_education.pdf

Thanks,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

I took the course on Gender in language Education.Iam Ngozi Egonu from Nigeria. I can't find the workbook. Please guide me through.

Submitted by marymaldonado81 on Thu, 03/09/2023 - 01:10

Hellow! Until yesterday I was able to access to my training in two courses. Today I can't see anything about them, I have tapped on ‘My courses’ but I can't, no information exists. I would be very pleased if you could help me

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Thu, 03/09/2023 - 09:29

Hello 

Sorry to hear you are having problems. Please try the following troubleshooting steps to access your course:

1. Log out, then close any windows where 'https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/' is open. 

2. Clear your browser’s cache or use 'private mode’ before going to https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/  

3. Log in.

4. Go to: https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/ExploreProgrammes find the course and select 'Enrol in activity' (if you don’t see the course here, don’t worry, just skip ahead to step 5). 

5. Go to https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/MyProgrammes, find your course and select 'Start course' 

6. Select the module you want to work on, go down the page and select 'Start task', then 'Start'. 

Thanks

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Ghado on Wed, 03/08/2023 - 14:33

I enrolled the course ,but when i click my course it take me back to my profile I'm not logged in from any other devices

Hi Ghado

Please can you follow the following troubleshooting steps to access the course:

1. Log out, then close any windows where 'https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/' is open. 

2. Clear your browser’s cache or use 'private mode’ before going to https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/  

3. Log in.

4. Go to: https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/ExploreProgrammes find the course and select 'Enrol in activity' (if you don’t see the course here, don’t worry, just skip ahead to step 5). 

5. Go to https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/MyProgrammes, find your course and select 'Start course' 

6. Select the module you want to work on, go down the page and select 'Start task', then 'Start'. 

If you are still having problems, please let us know.

Thanks

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Josephine1 on Wed, 03/08/2023 - 12:55

I am having difficulty accessing the course I enrolled for. please I need assistance

Hi Josephine1

If you are having problems accessing your course, please try the following troubleshooting steps:

1. Log out, then close any windows where 'https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/' is open. 

2. Clear your browser’s cache or use 'private mode’ before going to https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/  

3. Log in.

4. Go to: https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/ExploreProgrammes find the course and select 'Enrol in activity' (if you don’t see the course here, don’t worry, just skip ahead to step 5). 

5. Go to https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/MyProgrammes, find your course and select 'Start course' 

6. Select the module you want to work on, go down the page and select 'Start task', then 'Start'. 

Thanks

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Wed, 03/15/2023 - 08:46

Hi kate53

I've just checked your account, and you are registered successfully for the course. If you are having problems with course access, please follow these instructions:

1. Log out, then close any windows where 'https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/' is open. 

2. Clear your browser’s cache or use 'private mode’ before going to https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/  

3. Log in.

4. Go to: https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/ExploreProgrammes find the course and select 'Enrol in activity' (if you don’t see the course here, don’t worry, just skip ahead to step 5). 

5. Go to https://open.teachingenglish.org.uk/Home/MyProgrammes, find your course and select 'Start course' 

6. Select the module you want to work on, go down the page and select 'Start task', then 'Start'. 

If you are still having problems please let us know -  you can send an e-mail to teachingenglish@britishcouncil.org

Thanks,
Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Muhammed shaher on Wed, 03/08/2023 - 00:40

There is view on certificate instead of download, so I cannot download my certificate after I finish my course

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Wed, 03/08/2023 - 09:50

Hi Muhammed,

Can you use the orange "Help" button on the course website to report this issue to the course team? 

Thanks,

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by clarianalucas on Tue, 03/07/2023 - 07:59

I've read about this course just yesterday and I'm beyond excited to join you!
I'm looking forward to all the activities, and most of all, to talking to you and learning about your experiences.
Thanks British Council for this valuable opportunity.

Submitted by jabedster on Sun, 01/22/2023 - 03:27

I am excited to have the news of starting the modules soon. See you.

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Tue, 01/24/2023 - 15:52

Hi jabedster

Just a reminder that this course starts on 7th March. You can sign up before then though.

Thanks

Cath

TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 01/05/2022 - 08:28

Many thanks to the organization of British Council for the trainings of Teacher Development and I hope many more to come. I believe now that we, teachers are getting well aware of gender representations in the coursebooks and applying some strategies to promote gender equality and remove barriers in the classrooms after taking this course. Thanks again for the resources.

Submitted by Tamari.Abdaladze on Sun, 01/02/2022 - 17:42

good

Submitted by ALMUDENA SANTOS on Sat, 01/01/2022 - 18:26

This is my first time doing a course on British Council web and I would like to express how glad I feel. Now I can notice gender differences in English classes ( exercises, comments, texts) as a volunteer teacher for Spanish students. Very good to share opinions with other teachers. And what about LGTBI students? Maybe a module dedicated would be one idea. However, it would be a good idea to find time spent doing this course on the certificate  

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/31/2021 - 04:03

I'm glad I got to enroll in such a helpful course! However, there are some technical problems with the scoring and marking. Somehow the system keeps on showing that I'm at 0% and incomplete when I have done all the questions in the task. I'd be great if it's fixed so I won't be marked as 0% anymore...

Submitted by editor_rachael on Tue, 01/04/2022 - 13:28

Hi Tammie Le,

 

We're sorry you're experiencing problems. Can you report this using the 'help' button in the bottom right corner of the course website? Then the technical team will be able to help you.

 

Best wishes,

 

Rachael
TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 12/28/2021 - 16:13

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen It's a great pleasure for me to a member of this challenge training to improve my knowledge and experiences.

Amadu Lamarana Bah from Guinea Conakry. 

Once more thank you very much British Council 

Submitted by Awkward Linguist on Tue, 12/28/2021 - 15:24

Hello! I've just finished this course and I'm so happy that I participated in it. The course raises a lot of difficult questions about gender equality and gender equity in language teaching. I really liked this course and I'm going to change my way of teaching. Thank you for this opportunity.

Submitted by iram on Mon, 12/27/2021 - 20:42

I am trying to enrol on the "Gender in Language Education" course but I am unable to see the option to enrol on the course page. Also I cannot see " My courses" section in my account. Kindly help. 

Submitted by editor_rachael on Thu, 12/30/2021 - 14:19

Hi iram,

 

First you have to be on the course website. You can find 'My courses' in the 'My learning' tab at the top.

 

After you go to the 'My courses' page, if the you can see the course there then you are enrolled.

 

If not, you need to click on the 'Home' tab then the green 'Explore all courses' button. Then you can click 'Enrol in activity' for this course.

 

Best wishes,

 

Rachael
TeachingEnglish team

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/24/2021 - 14:34

It's my pleasure to participate in this exciting course .

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