Welcome Message

English Across the Curriculum (EAC) includes but extends the acquisition and use of English in formal English courses to other discipline-specific subjects. It is about i) collaboration, ii) the setting up of communities of practice, iii) the enhancement of students’ academic literacy, and iv) joint ownership of language education between language and subject teachers.

This beautiful picture was first painted by an inter-institutional EAC project entitled “Professional Development in English Across the Curriculum”, which was funded by UGC (2014–2016). At The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), this EAC initiative has been met with relative success – thanks to the support of our project collaborators and the University Senior Management. With substantial funding support (2016–2019 & 2019–2022), institutionalizing EAC at CUHK has become one of the main goals of the English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) in recent years. Since 2022, our EAC work has been supported by an ear-marked grant.

It is with great excitement that I present this website to you. Here, you will meet the ELTU EAC project team, and get to know more about our ongoing collaborative projects with different content teachers. I sincerely hope that you will share our vision and set up more communities of practice with us.

Best regards,

Dr Allen Ho

Person-in-charge