ELIS Podcast

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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The Teaching and Learning of Critical Reading

We feature Yasila Vetri, Lead Teacher, who has been in service for almost 30 years. Yasila speaks with Tay May Yin, Principal Master Teacher, and Florence Lee, Master Teacher, about what the teaching of critical reading involves and why developing critical reading skills is important for our learners.
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Exploring Fluency in Oral Communication (Part 2)

In this episode, English Language teacher Miss Sharon Ng talks about how she collected and analysed the data for her classroom inquiry project on fluency in oral communication.
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Exploring Fluency in Oral Communication (Part 1)

In this episode, English Language teacher Miss Sharon Ng talks about starting a classroom inquiry on fluency in oral communication.
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Teacher of Writers: How to move our student writers forward

Listen to the alumni of the Singapore Writing Institute, Rafeah Yahya and Angelina Tang, speak about their experiences as teacher writers and how their experiences influenced their teaching of writing.  You will also listen to Audrey Lee and Eunice Lim from ELIS, who together with Rafeah and Angelina, discuss how teachers can move student writers forward in their writing. 
 
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