ELIS Podcast

Engaging Students in Poetry Discussions Using Socratic Circles

In this episode, English Language Teacher Ms Zalena Aman from Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Secondary) talks to Dr Jeanne Ho, Deputy Director Special Projects (ELIS), about her classroom inquiry project which explored the use of Socratic Circles to engage students in poetry discussions. 
 
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Reporting What Others Say - Looking for a Job

Listen to Dr Paul Doyle, Deputy Director, Research, talk about how we can report what others say in this episode of Grammar Matters. 
 
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Understanding Subject Literacy

In this episode of Effective Communication for Learning, your host Darren Nonis, talks with Dr Alison Tan, Lead Specialist, ELIS, about subject literacy – what it is and the important implications it has for teaching and learning.
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Effective Communication for Learning

In this episode of Effective Communication, your host Darren Nonis, talks with Dr Paul Doyle, Deputy Director, Research, about effective communication for learning across the curriculum and what this means for the English medium subject classroom.
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Building Multiliteracies in EL Classrooms (Episode 2)

In this episode, we feature Csilla Weninger, Associate Professor and Head of the English Language and Literature Academic Group at the National Institute of Education. Csilla speaks with Tay May Yin, Principal Master Teacher about the building of Multiliteracies, one of the key Pedagogical Emphases in ELS2020. They discuss why it is important to build multiliteracies in EL classrooms; the relationship between multiliteracies and digital literacy; and how teachers can incorporate digital literacy into  the building of multiliteracies in EL classrooms to nurture future-ready learners. 
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Building Multiliteracies in EL Classrooms (Episode 1)

In this episode, we feature Victor Lim Fei, Associate Professor at the National Institute of Education, English Language and Literature Academic Group, and Grace Yang, Subject Head/Educational Support at Yio Chu Kang Primary School. Victor and Grace speak with Tay May Yin, Principal Master Teacher about the building of multiliteracies in students. Multiliteracies is one of the key Pedagogical Emphases in ELS2020. They discuss the value of multiliteracies on students’ learning, the challenges of building multiliteracies and how teachers can enact the practice of multiliteracies in their classrooms.
 
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Use of Tenses When Linking Ideas and Clauses – A Visit to Australia

Listen to Dr Paul Doyle, Deputy Director, Research, talk about the use of tenses when linking ideas and clauses in this episode of Grammar Matters. 
 
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Subordinating Conjunctions – Going Abroad

Listen to Dr Paul Doyle, Deputy Director, Research, talk about the use of subordinating conjunctions in this episode of Grammar Matters. 
 
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Coordinating Conjunctions – Overseas and Overworked

Listen to Dr Paul Doyle, Deputy Director, Research, talk about the use of coordinating conjunctions in this episode of Grammar Matters. 
 
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Inquiry Through Dialogue in Teaching Oracy

In this episode, we feature James Koh, Master Teacher and Stephanie Hua, Head of Department. They are Teacher Leaders who are deeply interested in the practice of Inquiry through Dialogue (ItD) in their classrooms. James and Stephanie speak with Tay May Yin, Principal Master Teacher about why they value ItD, how they enact ItD in their lessons, and the impact ItD has on their students’ learning.