ELIS Podcast

Metacognition in Teaching Reading and Viewing

Master Teacher Kalpana talks about how English Language teachers can enable their students to think about their own thinking in the process of reading and viewing.
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Research Summary — The Role of Vocabulary in Reading Comprehension

Listen to this summary of the paper entitled ‘The role of vocabulary in reading comprehension: The case of secondary school students learning English in Singapore’. This paper was written by Lawrence Jun Zhang and Suaini Bin Anual and was published in 2008 in the RELC Journal. To find out more about the ELIS Podcast, visit go.gov.sg/elispodcast

Research Summary ― The Impact of Classroom Goal Structures on Students’ Learning of English

Listen to this summary of the paper entitled ‘Predicting Singapore students’ achievement goals in their English study: Self-construal and classroom goal structure’. This paper was written by Wenshu Luo, David Hogan and Scott Paris, and was published in 2011 in the Learning and Individual Differences Journal. To find out more about the ELIS Podcast, visit go.gov.sg/elispodcast

Research Summary ― Singaporean Students’ Awareness of Listening and Speaking Strategies

Listen to this summary of the paper entitled ‘Strategy knowledge and perceived strategy use: Singaporean students’ awareness of listening and speaking strategies’. This paper was written by Donglan Zhang and Christine Goh and was published in 2006 in the Language Awareness Journal.
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Research Summary ― Academic Conversations: Classroom Talk that Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understandings

Listen to this summary of the book entitled ‘Academic conversations: Classroom talk that fosters critical thinking and content understandings’. This book was written by Jeff Zwiers and Marie Crawford and was published in 2011 by Stenhouse Publishers.
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Research Summary ― Children’s Talk and the Development of Reasoning in the Classroom

Listen to this summary of the paper entitled ‘Children’s talk and the development of reasoning in the classroom’. This paper was written by Neil Mercer, Rupert Wegerif and Lyn Dawes, and was published in 1999 in the British Educational Research Journal.
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Classroom Inquiry — Developing Motivation to Write Through Journaling (Part 4)

In this episode, English Language teacher Mrs Adeline Teo talks about how her team communicated their classroom inquiry findings, and shares advice and tips for teachers.
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Classroom Inquiry — Developing Motivation to Write Through Journaling (Part 3)

In this episode, English Language teacher Mrs Adeline Teo talks about the findings from her team’s classroom inquiry, and implications for teaching and learning.
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Classroom Inquiry — Developing Motivation to Write Through Journaling (Part 2)

In this episode, English Language teacher Mrs Adeline Teo talks about how her team selected participants and collected data for their classroom inquiry.
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Classroom Inquiry — Developing Motivation to Write Through Journaling (Part 1)

In this episode, English Language teacher Mrs Adeline Teo talks about what motivated her team to inquire into their practice and their research question.
For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast