The field of Gender and ELT studies has grown in the last decade through research on teacher education and student identities. It has sought to address issues of sexual inequalities, particularly those related to discourse, linguistic usage and speakers, material design and beliefs. Unfortunately, it has been neglected by English language curricula in teacher education courses as regards the issue of diversity, as well as the way in which teachers might deal with this issue in the ELT classroom. This bilingual volume attempts to bring this discussion to the fore based on research initiatives carried out in the Global South.

The first and second chapters, “Género & ELT/Gender & ELT”, by Harold Castañeda-Peña, present the main themes of gender research (pedagogies and practices, materials, beliefs, rights and identities) in ELT classrooms in Colombia.

The third and fourth chapters, “Generolectos y enseñanza-aprendizaje del inglés como lengua extranjera/Genderlects and English language teaching and learning”, by Carolina Camacho, draw on literary analysis and sociolinguistics to discuss how the concept of gender can impact language for women and men.