Nurturing Global Ciitzenship Through English (NGCE) is an English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course that puts language learning and practice in the context of global themes such as climate change and environment, diversity and communication, equity in education and consumerism and consumption. As an ESP course , it focuses on the pragmatic demands of language and multimodal critical texts for global citizenship education using critical ESL (English as a Second Language) pedagogies. It, therefore, simultaneously develops learners' understanding of issues and challenges facing humanity today, enhances their English communicative competencies and promotes their ability to develop a critical awareness of the world and take action to improve it. Through this course, it is expected that students will become more open to differences, more receptive to diversity and more motivated to take action to make the world a better place.

This course aligns with HKBU's institutional strategic goal of Whole Person Education. With NGCE as a framework for learning and the belief that young people can all make a difference, through themed collaborative learning activities under three major categories: cognitive, social-emotional and behavioural according to UNESCO's global citizenship education framework (2015), the course aims to encourage students to embrace their social responsibility and act for the benefit of all societies while developing their knowledge, language skills and values they need to engage with the world. ESP skills including English for data presentation and communication, English for persuaion and advocacy and English for narrative construction will be emphasised.