ELIS Podcast

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

Listen to Dr Paul Doyle, Deputy Director, Research, talk about adjectives that are formed from verbs in this episode of Grammar Matters.   For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

Tay May Yin, Principal Master Teacher, highlights the critical role of the English Language teacher in the teaching and learning of English Language in Singapore from the 1950s to the present. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

Tay May Yin, Principal Master Teacher, highlights the knowledge and understanding that teachers of English Language from the 1950s to the present must have for the teaching and learning of  English Language.    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 collective nouns in this episode of Grammar Matters. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

Tay May Yin, Principal Master Teacher, highlights the importance of oracy development and how it has continued to be emphasised in the teaching and learning of English Language in Singapore from the 1950s to the present. 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 the definite and indefinite articles in this episode of Grammar Matters.   For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

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. 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 singular and plural nouns, and countable and uncountable nouns in this episode of Grammar Matters.   For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

Serene Lai, Master Teacher, discusses the place of Multiliteracies in the context of teaching writing and representing in English Language classrooms. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

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.   For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

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. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

Master Teacher Jeyalaxmy Ayaduray discusses the meaning of Multiliteracies in the context of teaching reading and viewing in English Language classrooms. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

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.   For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast 

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 go.gov.sg/50years

English Language teachers Mrs Crescendra Chong-Tan, Miss Lydia Teo and Mdm Shanni Kaur talk about their experience of conducting a classroom inquiry to investigate their students' reading strategies.   Find out more about the ELIS Podcast at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

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. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

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

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

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. To find out more about the ELIS Podcast, visit go.gov.sg/elispodcast

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. To find out more about the ELIS Podcast, visit go.gov.sg/elispodcast

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. To find out more about the ELIS Podcast, visit go.gov.sg/elispodcast

EL teacher Mrs Adeline Teo talks about how her team communicated their classroom inquiry findings, as well as advice and tips they have for other teachers. Find out more about the ELIS Podcast at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

EL teacher Mrs Adeline Teo talks about her team’s classroom inquiry findings and their implications for teaching and learning. Find out more about the ELIS Podcast at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

EL teacher Mrs Adeline Teo talks about how her team selected their participants and what data they collected for their classroom inquiry.  Find out more about the ELIS Podcast at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

Curious about conducting classroom inquiry? EL teacher Mrs Adeline Teo talks about what moved her team to action and their research question. Find out more about the ELIS Podcast at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this podcast series on Multiliteracies, Master Teacher Shakila Vasu discusses the meaning of ‘Multiliteracies’ in the context of teaching oracy in English Language classrooms. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this podcast series, Principal Master Teacher Tay May Yin gives an overview of Multiliteracies, one of the three pedagogical emphases of the English Language Syllabus 2020. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this podcast series on Metacognition, Master Teacher Jennifer Lui talks about how English Language teachers can enable their students to think about their own thinking when learning grammar. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this podcast series on Metacognition, Master Teacher Emelyn Kuan talks about how English Language teachers can enable their students to think about their own thinking when learning to develop their oracy skills. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this podcast series, Principal Master Teacher Cedric Leong gives an overview of Metacognition, one of the three pedagogical emphases of the English Language Syllabus 2020. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

Dr Tay May Yin, Principal Master Teacher of the English Language Institute of Singapore, talks about what is at the heart of General Paper teaching, learning and assessment. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

Master Teacher Joy Lee explains why getting students to interact in groups is important in the final episode of our series on Inquiry Through Dialogue.For full show notes, visit our website at https://academyofsingaporeteachers.moe.edu.sg/elis/resources/elis-podcast 

Students may not like to write, but Master Teacher Rita Pillai discusses how she uses inquiry through dialogue to get them to enjoy the writing process in this third episode of our podcast series on Inquiry Through Dialogue.For full show notes, visit our website at https://academyofsingaporeteachers.moe.edu.sg/elis/resources/elis-podcast 

Master Teacher Audrey Lee talks about using questioning techniques to guide students to develop critical thinking skills in our podcast series on Inquiry Through Dialogue.For full show notes, visit our website at https://academyofsingaporeteachers.moe.edu.sg/elis/resources/elis-podcast 

Master Teacher William Grosse shares his thoughts on Inquiry Through Dialogue, one of the three pedagogical emphases of the English Language Syllabus 2020.For full show notes, visit our website at https://academyofsingaporeteachers.moe.edu.sg/elis/resources/elis-podcast