ELIS Podcast

Definite and Indefinite Articles – A Letter of Complaint

Listen to Dr Paul Doyle, Deputy Director, Research, talk about the use of the definite and indefinite articles in this episode of Grammar Matters.
 
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Developments in English Language Teaching and Learning in Singapore (Episode 1)

Tay May Yin, Principal Master Teacher, gives an overview of the key focus and emphases in the teaching and learning of English Language in Singapore from the 1950s to the present.
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Singular and Plural: Countable and Uncountable Nouns - At the Supermarket

Listen to Dr Paul Doyle, Deputy Director, Research, talk about the use of singular and plural nouns, and countable and uncountable nouns in this episode of Grammar Matters.
 
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Multiliteracies in Teaching Writing and Representing

Serene Lai, Master Teacher, discusses the place of Multiliteracies in the context of teaching writing and representing in English Language classrooms.
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Teacher as Inquirer: Nurturing Voice in Students’ Writing

Listen to the alumni of the Singapore Writing Institute, Choo Ruofei and Grace Wang, speak about their experiences as teacher inquirers and how their experiences influenced their teaching of writing.  You will also listen to Serene Lai and Audrey Ang from ELIS, who together with Grace and Ruofei, discuss why nurturing voice in students’ writing is important.
 
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Metacognition in Teaching Writing and Representing

We feature Dorothy Chua, Lead Teacher, who has had 22 years of experience teaching General Paper. In this episode, Tay May Yin, Principal Master Teacher, and Dorothy Chua talk about how teachers can enable their students to think about their own thinking in the process of writing and representing.
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Multiliteracies in Teaching Reading and Viewing

Master Teacher Jeyalaxmy Ayaduray discusses the meaning of Multiliteracies in the context of teaching reading and viewing in English Language classrooms.
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Teacher as Writer: Why Writing with your Students is Important

Listen to the alumni of the Singapore Writing Institute, Shanti Prakash and Richard Koh, speak about their experiences as a teacher writer and how their experiences influenced their teaching of writing.  You will also listen to Rita Pillai and Victoria Ong discuss why writing with your students is important.
 
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Inquiry Through Dialogue in English Language Teaching and Learning

Principal Master Teacher Tay May Yin gives an overview of Inquiry Through Dialogue in the English Language Classroom. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast
To read the ‘Monograph on 50 Years of Developments in English Language Teaching and Learning in Singapore’ mentioned in this episode, please visit http://go.gov.sg/elis-monographs 

Classroom Inquiry – Inquiring into Reading Strategies: Our Learning Experience

In this episode, English Language teachers Mrs Crescendra Chong-Tan, Miss Lydia Teo and Mdm Shanni Kaur, talk about conducting a classroom inquiry to investigate their students’ reading strategies.
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