ELIS Podcast

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 effe...

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 Co...

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 M...

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...

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 inqui...

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 languag...

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 repr...

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 relation...

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 Emph...

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

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

In this episode, we feature James Koh, Master Teacher and Stephanie Hua, Head of Department. They are Teacher Leaders who are deeply interested in the practice of Inquiry through Dialogue (ItD) in their classrooms. James and Stephanie speak with Tay May Yin, Principal Master Teacher about why they value ItD, how they enact ItD in their lessons, and the impact ItD has on their students’ learning.

Listen to Dr Paul Doyle, Deputy Director, Research, talk about giving commands and instructions 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 the formation of questions and answers in this episode of Grammar Matters.    For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this episode, we feature Peter Chutatape, a Lead Teacher of EL at the primary level, and Felicia Ng, who teaches EL at the secondary level. They are educators who share a deep belief in the value of Inquiry through Dialogue (ItD) in the teaching of reading and viewing. Peter and Felicia speak with Cedric, Principal Master Teacher, about how ItD can support the teaching of reading and viewing an...

Listen to Dr Paul Doyle, Deputy Director, Research, talk about the use of modal verbs 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 tense sequence 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 the use of tenses 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 the use of subject-verb agreement in this episode of Grammar Matters.    For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast