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This study investigated the effects of linking a curricular college English course with extracurricular English programs for facilitating low-achieving EFL university students’ learning of grammar and vocabulary. To enhance students’ learning, three effective strategies were employed in this program: testing, morphological analysis, and spaced repetition. Accordingly, this program consists of (1) a curricular college English course including grammar instruction and weekly grammar quizzes and (2) extracurricular programs including online vocabulary lectures on morphological analysis via an LMS, three online vocabulary quizzes at one-week intervals via Google Forms, and one-on-one tutoring via Zoom. The scores of the online vocabulary quizzes that were part of the extracurricular programs were included in the assignments that were part of the curricular course. This was done to strengthen the connection between extracurricular programs and the curricular course and to thereby promote students’ participation in the former. The data from 43 students who completed the pre-, post-, and delayed post-tests as well as the post-survey questionnaires were analyzed. The results revealed that the linked programs had significantly positive effects on low-achieving students’ learning of grammar and vocabulary. This study provides a model of linking a curricular course with extracurricular programs for low-achieving learners in a level-based curriculum.