English Language Centre -

The design and delivery of the ELC Open Online Courses aim to support our efforts in achieving our objectives:

To enhance students' communication skills so that they can pursue academic and professional excellence, we have developed

To foster students' independent, life-long English language learning and whole-person development, we have developed

To support the pursuit of English language excellence within the PolyU and in the wider Hong Kong community, we have developed

Anyone can access our online courses anywhere and anytime as long as they have an Internet connection.

Where are the courses?

edX is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) provider that offers free online courses and classes. The PolyU is using edX to host its MOOCs. You can find out more about the PolyU on edX here.

KEEP stands for Knowledge & Education Exchange Platform. It is hosted by The Chinese University of Hong Kong and is another provider which the PolyU is using to host its Open Online Courses.

You can find out more about the PolyU on KEEP here.

What are the ELC Open Online Courses?

The ELC has created a series of Massive Open Online Courses: English@Work.

The ELC is also creating a range of other open online courses.

What are they about?

The English@Work MOOCs get YOUR foot in the door and help YOU impress your interviewer! Join the courses and get professional tips from industry experts and English language input from language professionals.

Learning4Life helps YOU become an independent learner and improves YOUR language skills! Log-on, laugh, like and learn!

Upgrading Your Grammar helps YOU improve the grammar that YOU need to successfully complete your university studies! Join this course to master the language skills you need to succeed.

Read to Know! is for YOU to read more and know more! Join the course and increase YOUR knowledge and develop YOUR critical thinking skills.

Academic Skills for Independent Learners (ASIL) helps YOU improve the academic English that YOU need to successfully complete YOUR university studies! Join this course to self-study, practise and master academic English.

Serving the Community through Teaching English is a fusion of face-to-face and online learning experience developed for the subject ELC2S02 Serving the Community through Teaching English. This blended learning initiative provides flexible and engaging online lectures followed up by in-class discussions and practice.

How do I register?

Click on the logos below to go to the registration page.

What videos are there?

Industry professionals with worldwide experience have been interviewed on camera for English@Work in Asia. New videos specially created for the ELC are found in the other courses. Click on the social media links below for some sneak previews.