Enhancing English through Global Citizenship (EEGC) is an English enhancement course designed to develop students’ English language proficiency and learning skills in response to pressing global themes according to UNESCO’s global citizenship education framework (2015). Enhancing English focuses on the pragmatic demands of English in academic and professional contexts, equipping students with the skills to engage critically with multimodal texts and global issues. Using transformative ESL (English as a Second Language) pedagogies, the course simultaneously enhances learners’ English communicative competencies, critical thinking skills, and understanding of the complex challenges facing humanity today. More importantly, it increases students’ willingness to make positive changes.

This course equips students with academic discourse skills for analysing global issues through listening and reading tasks. They will produce point-of-view writing, and deliver persuasive speeches to advocate for positive changes. Artificial Intelligence tools will support students in addressing specific language issues to ensure that they are able to manage their studies in an English-medium university.