ELIS Podcast

In this episode, English Language teacher Miss N Selvakumari talks about her classroom inquiry project looking into teaching descriptive words to support students’ narrative writing.   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 verb forms 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 verbs with prepositions in this episode of Grammar Matters.    For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this episode, English Language teacher Miss Malinda Lim talks about her classroom inquiry project looking into using drama techniques to improve student writing. 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 active and stative verbs in this episode of Grammar Matters.  For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this episode, two Teacher Leaders, Mdm Nora Misnari and Mdm Yusnita Mohamed Taib, reflect on their classroom inquiry looking into the teaching of reading and viewing. They discuss collecting data to study the effect of reading strategy instruction on students and describe the impact of the classroom inquiry on their learning and practice. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elis...

In this episode, two Teacher Leaders, Mr Peter Chutatape and Mdm Sanmuga Malar, reflect on their classroom inquiry looking into the teaching of oracy. They discuss their insights into teachers’ use of talk moves during classroom discussions. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast  

In this episode, four Teacher Leaders, Mdm Nora Misnari, Mr Peter Chutatape, Mdm Sanmuga Malar and Mdm Yusnita Mohamed Taib, recount how they started a classroom inquiry by identifying the learning needs of the teacher colleagues and their students. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

Listen to the alumni of the Singapore Writing Institute, Sudhesh Vasu Dash and Khoo Lilin, speak about their experiences as teacher leaders and how they have led and inspired their colleagues in the teaching of Writing and Representing.  You will also listen to Tay May Yin and Darren Nonis from ELIS, who together with Sudhesh and Lilin, discuss how teacher leaders can build a community of shared p...

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

In this episode, English Language teacher Mr Fabriz Tong talks about broadening the scope of his data collection to include qualitative data, to better understand his students’ thinking. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this episode, we feature Bernice Xu, who teaches English Language and Literature. Together with Cedric Leong, Principal Master Teacher, Bernice offers perspectives on why Multiliteracies is important for student learning and how Multiliteracies to teach grammar and vocabulary can be enacted in English Language classrooms.  For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this episode, English Language teacher Mr Fabriz Tong talks about starting a classroom inquiry project on the use of annotation to enhance students’ critical reading and inference skills. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

We feature Yasila Vetri, Lead Teacher, who has been in service for almost 30 years. Yasila speaks with Tay May Yin, Principal Master Teacher, and Florence Lee, Master Teacher, about what the teaching of critical reading involves and why developing critical reading skills is important for our learners. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this episode, English Language teacher Miss Sharon Ng talks about how she collected and analysed the data for her classroom inquiry project on fluency in oral communication. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

In this episode, English Language teacher Miss Sharon Ng talks about starting a classroom inquiry on fluency in oral communication. For full show notes, visit our website at go.gov.sg/elispodcast

Listen to the alumni of the Singapore Writing Institute, Rafeah Yahya and Angelina Tang, speak about their experiences as teacher writers and how their experiences influenced their teaching of writing.  You will also listen to Audrey Lee and Eunice Lim from ELIS, who together with Rafeah and Angelina, discuss how teachers can move student writers forward in their writing.    For full show notes, v...

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