Integrating Language and Content Learning in the EFL Classroom: Classroom Exploration

Language Across the Curriculum (LAC) is a pedagogical approach which promotes cross-curriculum learning and it is gaining popularity across different countries. In Hong Kong, the latest English Language curriculum guide has also encouraged the integration between English learning and content learning of other key learning areas. LAC can help students comprehend and express their ideas effectively through activities that address a wide range of learners’ needs including various themes, genres, grammatical structures and academic vocabulary that are used in other subjects. Different from the common immersion model or English as medium of instruction model, this paper discusses practical classroom explorations on how LAC elements can also be incorporated in EFL classrooms in order to develop students’ language and raise students’ motivation in learning.