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In this special episode, Professor Tommy Koh and Professor Kishore Mahbubani are in conversation with Dr Tay May Yin, Principal Master Teacher, on the future of English in Singapore.  With their extensive experiences as prominent diplomats, educators and effective communicators, they offer their views on the future of English in Singapore; what it means for our students and Singaporeans to be effective communicators in a technology-driven world; and what it takes to grow effective communicators. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this episode, we feature Dr Christine Goh, NTU President's Chair Professor in Education, English Language and Literature Department, National Institute of Education, NTU; Miss Margaret Teo, Senior Teacher of English Language at Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School; and Mr Colin Sim, Head of Department for English Language and Literature at Yusof Ishak Secondary School. Christine, Margaret and Colin explore with Mr Cedric Leong, Principal Master Teacher, the question: “Is metacognition more than reflection?”. They discuss how metacognitive processing can be encouraged and made audible and visible in the pre-, while-, and post-phases of lessons in the English Language classroom. They also explore practical approaches and strategies for building the metacognitive ability of students as they perform language tasks in the various areas of language learning, and how these can be supported and enhanced through the use of EdTech and AI.   For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this episode, we feature Sally Ann Jones, Senior Lecturer with the English Language and Literature Department of the National Institute of Education, Renee Yuanna Sulaiman, Senior Teacher of English Language at Punggol Primary School, and Andre Wong, Teacher of English Language at Pasir Ris Crest Secondary School. Sally, Renee and Andre speak with Cedric Leong, Principal Master Teacher, about Metacognition as a pedagogical emphasis of the English Language Syllabus 2020. They explore the characteristics of classrooms that emphasise metacognition, the teacher's role in building metacognitive awareness, and practical strategies for fostering a culture of metacognition in English Language teaching, learning and assessment.  For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In part 2 of this episode, ‘Learning from Classroom Inquiry at School of Science and Technology: EL Teachers’ Experiences and Insights’, we feature Ms Han Siu Yin, Head of Department, English Language,  Ms Christine Lam and Ms Jasvinder Kaur, English Language Teachers, from School of Science and Technology, Singapore. They talk to Dr Caroline Ho, Lead Specialist (ELIS), about their classroom inquiry experiences, how they support their colleagues in the English department, and offer advice for teachers looking to embark on their own classroom inquiry journeys. For full show notes, visit go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In Part 1 of this episode, ’Using Reader Roles to Develop Students as Critical Readers’, we feature Ms Han Siu Yin, Head of Department, English Language, Ms Christine Lam and Ms Jasvinder Kaur, English Language Teachers, from School of Science and Technology, Singapore. They talk to Dr Caroline Ho, Lead Specialist (ELIS), about their classroom inquiry project which explored the use of reader roles to develop students as critical readers.  For full show notes, visit go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this episode, we feature Melody Heng, Teacher/English Language, and Jerome Lim, Subject Head/Literature. They are teachers who keenly practise Inquiry through Dialogue (ItD) in their classrooms. Melody and Jerome speak with Tay May Yin, Principal Master Teacher, about their classroom enactment of ItD in the teaching and learning of grammar, and its impact on their students’ learning and language use. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this episode, we feature Patrick Sum, Year Head and Teacher/General Paper; Tina Sajnani, Lead Teacher/Literature; and Edwin Pang, Senior Teacher/English Language. They are passionate teacher practitioners of Inquiry through Dialogue (ItD) in their classrooms. Patrick, Tina and Edwin speak with Tay May Yin, Principal Master Teacher, about their practice of ItD in the teaching of writing and representing, and its impact on their students’ learning.   For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this episode, English Language Senior Teacher Mr David Ng talks to Dr Alison Tan, Lead Specialist/EL, about his classroom inquiry project which addressed mixed-case letter identification difficulty among his lower primary students. For full show notes, visit go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this episode, English Language Teacher Ms Zalena Aman from Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Secondary) talks to Dr Jeanne Ho, Deputy Director Special Projects (ELIS), about her classroom inquiry project which explored the use of Socratic Circles to engage students in poetry discussions.    For full show notes, visit go.gov.sg/elispodcast

Listen to Dr Paul Doyle, Deputy Director, Research, talk about how we can report what others say in this episode of Grammar Matters.    For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this episode of Effective Communication for Learning, your host Darren Nonis, talks with Dr Alison Tan, Lead Specialist, ELIS, about subject literacy – what it is and the important implications it has for teaching and learning. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this episode of Effective Communication, your host Darren Nonis, talks with Dr Paul Doyle, Deputy Director, Research, about effective communication for learning across the curriculum and what this means for the English medium subject classroom. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this episode, we feature Csilla Weninger, Associate Professor and Head of the English Language and Literature Academic Group at the National Institute of Education. Csilla speaks with Tay May Yin, Principal Master Teacher about the building of Multiliteracies, one of the key Pedagogical Emphases in ELS2020. They discuss why it is important to build multiliteracies in EL classrooms; the relationship between multiliteracies and digital literacy; and how teachers can incorporate digital literacy into  the building of multiliteracies in EL classrooms to nurture future-ready learners.  For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this episode, we feature Victor Lim Fei, Associate Professor at the National Institute of Education, English Language and Literature Academic Group, and Grace Yang, Subject Head/Educational Support at Yio Chu Kang Primary School. Victor and Grace speak with Tay May Yin, Principal Master Teacher about the building of multiliteracies in students. Multiliteracies is one of the key Pedagogical Emphases in ELS2020. They discuss the value of multiliteracies on students’ learning, the challenges of building multiliteracies and how teachers can enact the practice of multiliteracies in their classrooms.   For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

Listen to Dr Paul Doyle, Deputy Director, Research, talk about the use of tenses when linking ideas and clauses in this episode of Grammar Matters.    For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast