ELIS Podcast

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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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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