The following sub-sections present a selection of empirical studies which were carried out in the context of GCED in ELT in the past 20 years. The section starts with empirical studies on teachers’ attitudes towards dealing with global issues and discusses the emerging themes from these reports (2.2.1). Then, it presents empirical studies on students’ attitudes towards dealing with issues of global significance in their English classes and its pedagogical implications (2.2.2). It goes on to showcase studies on teachers’ understanding of global citizenship education and global competence development (2.2.3). Finally, it presents some good practices of global competence development from secondary school EFL and university teacher training contexts alike (2.2.4).