ELIS Podcast

Using Drama Techniques to Improve Student Writing

In this episode, English Language teacher Miss Malinda Lim talks about her classroom inquiry project looking into using drama techniques to improve student writing.
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Active and Stative Verbs - The Voicemail

Listen to Dr Paul Doyle, Deputy Director, Research, talk about the use of active and stative verbs in this episode of Grammar Matters. 
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Learning from Inquiry as a Zonal Networked Learning Community (Part 3)

In this episode, two Teacher Leaders, Mdm Nora Misnari and Mdm Yusnita Mohamed Taib, reflect on their classroom inquiry looking into the teaching of reading and viewing. They discuss collecting data to study the effect of reading strategy instruction on students and describe the impact of the classroom inquiry on their learning and practice.
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Learning from Inquiry as a Zonal Networked Learning Community (Part 2)

In this episode, two Teacher Leaders, Mr Peter Chutatape and Mdm Sanmuga Malar, reflect on their classroom inquiry looking into the teaching of oracy. They discuss their insights into teachers’ use of talk moves during classroom discussions.
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Learning from Inquiry as a Zonal Networked Learning Community (Part 1)

In this episode, four Teacher Leaders, Mdm Nora Misnari, Mr Peter Chutatape, Mdm Sanmuga Malar and Mdm Yusnita Mohamed Taib, recount how they started a classroom inquiry by identifying the learning needs of the teacher colleagues and their students.
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Teacher as Leader: Leading from the Classroom

Listen to the alumni of the Singapore Writing Institute, Sudhesh Vasu Dash and Khoo Lilin, speak about their experiences as teacher leaders and how they have led and inspired their colleagues in the teaching of Writing and Representing.  You will also listen to Tay May Yin and Darren Nonis from ELIS, who together with Sudhesh and Lilin, discuss how teacher leaders can build a community of shared practice and support others in improving the teaching, learning and assessment of Writing and Representing. 
 
 

Transitive and Intransitive Verbs - The Cruise

Listen to Dr Paul Doyle, Deputy Director, Research, talk about the use of transitive and intransitive verbs in this episode of Grammar Matters. 
 
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Using Annotation to Develop Inferencing Skills for Critical Reading (Part 2)

In this episode, English Language teacher Mr Fabriz Tong talks about broadening the scope of his data collection to include qualitative data, to better understand his students’ thinking.
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Multiliteracies in Teaching Grammar and Vocabulary

In this episode, we feature Bernice Xu, who teaches English Language and Literature. Together with Cedric Leong, Principal Master Teacher, Bernice offers perspectives on why Multiliteracies is important for student learning and how Multiliteracies to teach grammar and vocabulary can be enacted in English Language classrooms. 
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Using Annotation to Develop Inferencing Skills for Critical Reading (Part 1)

In this episode, English Language teacher Mr Fabriz Tong talks about starting a classroom inquiry project on the use of annotation to enhance students’ critical reading and inference skills.
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