Centre for English Language Communication

A Year in Review

AY2022/2023

Centre for English Language Communication

A Year in Review

AY2022/2023

Scholarly Activities

Journal Papers

Cao, F., & Wu, S. M. (2022). Evaluative Phrase-Frames and Patterns in Doctoral Thesis Conclusions. International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT), 12(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJCALLT.301196

E, Marissa K. L. & Tan, Sabine (2023). Semiotic Representations of Neoliberal Dystopia in ‘Black Mirror’. Social Semiotics. https://doi.org/10.1080/10350330.2023.2166399

Lee, K.C., Wu, S.M.Cook, M., & Ong, P.S. (2022). Interdisciplinary Collaboration between Pharmacy and Academic Literacy: Impact on Student Learning. Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 12(2), 152-162.

Lee, K. M. & Luu, J. (2023). Re-inventing Critical Thinking and Writing Tasks Using a CDL Approach. International Journal of TESOL Studies, 5(1), 5-21. https://doi.org/10.58304/ijts.20230102

Loo, D. B. & Lam, A. W. (2023). Managing and/or leading? Exploring the identity of Unit Coordinators Through Two Case Studies. Asia-Pacific Journal of Futures in Education and Society, 2(1), 7–22. https://doi.org/10.58946/apjfes-2.1.P1

Navera, G. S. & Bernadas, J. M. A. C. (2022). “Shoot Them Dead”: Rhetorical Constructions of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Philippine Presidential Addresses. Journal of Communication in Health Care, 16(1), 93-102. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2022.2054177

Stam, G., Urbanski, K., Lantolf, J., & Smotrova, T. (2023). How Concept-based Language Instruction Works in Teaching Thinking for Speaking in an L2. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 61(1), 111-153. https://doi.org/10.1515/iral-2022-0073

Tang, K. K.Lee, G. L., & Wong, D. (2022). Interrogating a Collaborative Instructional Approach to Academic Literacy: The Missing Link in Supporting Students’ Language Learning. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (24). https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi24.867

Wong, E.Y.W., & Lee, K.C. (2022). Connecting the Dots: Nurturing Students for a Future-ready Global Workforce. Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 12(1). 1-4.

Wong, J. (2023). What Completes an Excellent Teacher? Care in Higher Education English Language Teaching. International Journal of TESOL Studies, 5(3), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.58304/ijts.20230301

Wong, J. (Ed.). (2023). Special Issue on Care in Higher Education English Language Teaching, International Journal of TESOL Studies. International TESOL Union. www.tesolunion.org/journal/lists/folder/5MjUuaMmQy/

Zhou, Z. (2022). Empathy in Education: A Critical Review. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 16(3), Article 2.

Books

E, Marissa K. L. (2022). Discourses of neoliberalism in Singapore’s higher education context: Individualist and communitarian perspectives. Routledge. 

Tan, Sabine & E, Marissa K. L. (Eds.). (2022). Discourses, modes, media and meaning in an era of pandemic: A multimodal discourse analysis approach. Routledge.

Book Chapters

Wai-Cook, M. SS. (2022). How Do “I” Fit into This Social World: Developing Student Academic Literacy in a Social Psychology Module. In: Brooke, M. (eds) Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education: Developing Academic Literacy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4559-5_4 

Cao, F., & Hu, G. (2022). Multifunctionality of Stance Markers in Soft Sciences: A Cross-disciplinary and Cross-paradigmatic Study. In Z. Yin & E. Vine (Eds.), Multifunctionality in English: Corpora, Language and Academic Literacy Pedagogy (pp. 51-73). London, UK: Routledge.

E, Marissa K. L. & Tan, Sabine. (2022). Popular Science Fiction Television for the Language Educator: ‘Black Mirror’ as Potential Teaching Tool in the ICLHE Classroom. In Brooke, M. (Ed.), Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education: Developing Academic Literacy, (pp. 125-142). Singapore: Springer.

E, Marissa K. L. & Tan, Sabine (2022). Communication as ‘Graphic Medicine’: A Multimodal Social Semiotic Approach. In Sabine Tan & Marissa E K. L. (Eds.), Discourses, Modes, Media and Meaning in an Era of Pandemic: A Multimodal Discourse Analysis Approach, (pp. 42-66). Routledge.

Zhang, Yiqiong, Tan, Rongle, E, Marissa K. L. & Tan, Sabine (2022). Defamiliarise to Engage the Public: A multimodal study of a Science Video about COVID-19 on Chinese Social Media. In Sabine Tan & Marissa E K. L. (Eds.), Discourses, Modes, Media and Meaning in an Era of Pandemic: A Multimodal Discourse Analysis Approach, (pp. 160-177). Routledge.

Navera, G. S. (2022). The Critical Scholar as Rhetorical Citizen: Fostering Criticality and Social Responsibility in Scholarly Writing. In Brooke, M. (Ed.) Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education: Developing Academic Literacy, (pp. 189-209). Singapore: Springer. https://doi-org.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/10.1007/978-981-19-4559-5_10

Ramanujan, A. (2022). Critical Education: The Politics of Food. In Brooke, M. (Ed.), Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education: Developing Academic Literacy, (pp. 21-38). Singapore: Springer.

Wong, J. (2022). Reflection in Student Learning in a Semantics and Academic Writing Module. In: Brooke, M. (eds) Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education: Developing Academic Literacy.  Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4559-5_11 

Wu, S.M., Lee, K.C., & Chan, E. (2023).  The Conclusion – how to end a scientific report in style. In S. Rowland & L. Kuchel (Eds.), Effective Communication in Science Program: Practical Guide for Students and Teachers (pp. 419-432). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91628-2_54

Book Reviews

E, Marissa K. L. (2023). [Review of the book: Choreographies of multilingualism: Writing and language ideology in Singapore, by T.K. Lee] Journal of Pragmatics, 212, 5-7.

Navera, G. S. (2023). [Review of the book: Let’s discuss: second-language learners share ideas—teacher’s edition, by D. Kuhn] ELT Journal, 77(1), 115-117. https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccac045

Proceedings

Brooke, M., Zhu, S., Ramanujan, A., Smotrova, T. & Sim, S. (Eds.). (2022). 6th CELC Symposium Proceedings. Singapore: NUS.

Sim, S., & Gallo, P. (2022). No grades please! We are learning. In Brooke, M., S. Zhu, A. Ramanujan, T. Smotrova, & S. Sim (Eds.), 6th CELC Symposium Proceedings. Singapore: NUS.

Tung, H. L. and Zhou, Z. (2023). Help or hurt? The dual mediating process of LMX on affective commitment. Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Investment Management and Talent Development in Southeast and South Asia Countries. Singapore.

Blogposts

E, Marissa K. L. (2023). Teaching critical thinking through multimodal literacy. Teaching Connections. https://blog.nus.edu.sg/teachingconnections/2023/02/16/critical-thinking-through-multimodal-literacy/

Loo, D. B., & Lam, W. A. (2022). Module coordinators supporting each other: The value of collaborative reflection for middle managers. Faculty Focushttps://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/academicleadership/module-coordinators-supporting-each-other-the-value-of-collaborative-reflection-for-middle-managers/

Ramanujan, A. (2023). A fitting conclusion to IEM2: Some thoughts on student motivation, engagement and learning. Teaching English and Communication in Higher Education. https://blog.nus.edu.sg/celcblog/2023/06/08/a-fitting-conclusion-to-iem2-some-thoughts-on-student-motivation-engagement-and-learning-by-anuradha-ramanujan/

Tan, D., Thompson, A. A. & Somarajan, S. P. (2022). Implementation of online writing support through trained peer tutors in a Writing and Communication Hub. Teaching English and Communication in Higher Education.
https://blog.nus.edu.sg/celcblog/2022/10/27/implementation-of-online-writing-support-through-trained-peer-tutors-in-a-writing-and-communication-hub/

Thompson, A. A., & Yuen, B. (2022). Using Miro to enhance students’ online engagement and learning in a science communication module. Teaching Connections. https://blog.nus.edu.sg/teachingconnections/2022/08/29/using-miro-to-enhance-students-online-engagement-and-learning-in-a-science-communication-module/

Wong, J. (2023). When angels fall: The plight of an ambitious educator. Teaching Connections.  https://blog.nus.edu.sg/teachingconnections/2023/03/29/when-angels-fall-the-plight-of-an-ambitious-educator/ 

Zhou, Z. (2022). A note on teaching philosophies. Teaching English and Communication in Higher Education.  https://blog.nus.edu.sg/celcblog/2022/10/11/a-note-on-teaching-philosophies/ 

Zhou, Z. (2022). What the law of evidence teaches us about ‘evidencing teaching’. Teaching Connections. https://blog.nus.edu.sg/teachingconnections/2022/10/29/what-the-law-of-evidence-teaches-us-about-evidencing-teaching/ 

Invited Paper

Navera, G. S. (2022, November 26). Critical writing, rhetorical citizenship, and sustainability: Integrating ecological consciousness in an academic literacy course. International Colloquium on ELT and Sustainability 2022. Language and Literature Department, Eastern Visayas State University, Tacloban City, Philippines. Online. 

Papers

Banta, J. (2023, January 17-18). Teaching Multimodal Literacy through Comics. Asia Research Institute – Graphic Narratives: Thinking through Visual Research, Singapore.

Rashid, R. & Banta, J. (2022, December 7-8). The Art of The Fast Pitch: Presenting Research in Three Minutes . Higher Education Campus Conference (HECC), Singapore. 

Cook, M. (2022, December 7-8). Communities & Engagement: Evidencing Effective Practices to Connect Theory & Practice in Module Design (Empathy). Higher Education Campus Conference (HECC), Singapore. 

Cook, M. (2023, July 4-7). Community and Engagement: Is it Possible to Inculcate Empathy in Students through Experiential Learning?. HERDSA Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia.

Cook, M. (2023, July 4-7). The Multidimensionality of Feedback Literacy: Do Students’ Perceptions of Information, Emotions and Social Interaction Matter in Giving and Receiving Feedback?. HERDSA 2023 Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia.

E, Marissa K. L. (2022, December 7-8). Building Reading Resilience for Academic Reading using Microsoft Sway Reading Guides. Higher Education Campus Conference (HECC), Singapore.

Kim, J. (2023). Bargaining between Patriarchy and Neoliberalism: Authoritarianism, Patriarchal Hierarchy, and Neoliberal Feminism in Contemporary South Korea. The  International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs Conference, Seoul, Korea. 

Lam, A. W. (2022). Evaluating a Synchronous Online Professional Communication Course using the Community of Inquiry Framework. Higher Education Campus Conference (HECC), Singapore.  

Ho, C.K., Lee, K.C., & Kuek, S. (2022, May 18 – 20). Re-envisioning Living-learning in a Living-learning Programme: Insights from Covid-19 Pandemic. Joint-presentation at the Collegiate Way International Online Conference.

Lee, M.C (2023, July 4-6). Student Engagement in Online Discussions: A Teacher’s Perspective. ICOIE Conference, Hong Kong.

Lee, S. (2022, 7-8 December). Virtually Visible: Engaging Online Professionally . Higher Education Campus Conference (HECC), Singapore.

Luu, J.Lee, K. M., & Venkataraman, N. (2022). Success Stories: Harnessing a Growth Mindset and Metacognitive Capabilities. Higher Education Campus Conference (HECC), Singapore.

Sabapathy,C. (2023). Mid-semester Course Evaluations as Formative Feedback Tools on Teaching-learning and Assessment: Practices, Challenges and Implications. International Assessment in Higher Education, United Kingdom.

Sim, S., & Gallo, P. (2022). No Grades Please! We are Learning. 6th CELC Symposium (online), Singapore.

Smotrova, T. (2022). Intra-disciplinary Genre Variation in Business Research Papers and How to Teach it.  6th CELC Symposium (online), Singapore.

Thompson, A. A., & Yuen, B. (2023, March 13-15). Technology-enhanced Approach to Promote Engagement: Using Miro in a Science Communication Module. 57th RELC International Conference, Singapore.

Venkataraman, N. ( 2023, May 6). Who Speaks for Ecolinguistics? SAAL Linguistics Seminar 2023. National Library, Singapore.

Wu, S. M., Lee, K. C. and Park, K. H. (2023, July 7 – 9). The Short Term Impact of an Academic Writing Course on Students’ Writing Development. Joint International Conference on English Language Teaching, Seoul, Korea.   

Yuen, B. (2022, December 1-3). Investigating the Impact of Technology-enhanced Peer Feedback on Feedback Literacy and Writing Performance. Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium, Hanoi, Vietnam. 

Yuen, B. & Thompson, A. A. (2022, December 6-9). Enhancing Students’ Online Engagement and Language Learning: Using the Digital Collaborative Platform Miro in a Science Communication Module. International Congress on English Language Education and Applied Linguistics, Hong Kong.

Panels

Cook, M. (2022, September 17). Disability Inclusion [Chair]. Leading Change in Sustainability & Disability Inclusion: Unpacking Active Citizenship through Research & Practice, College of Alice & Peter Tan Research Forum, National University of Singapore.

Zhou, Z (2022, August 4) Technology, Disabilities and Communication. NTU Language and Communication Centre Speaker Series Pedagogies of disruption: Reflections on future approaches to the teaching of writing and communication. Singapore.

 Zhou, ZRamanujan, A. & Navera, G.S. (August 2022). Pedagogies of disruption: Reflections on future approaches to the teaching of writing and communication. LCC Speaker Series, Nanyang Technological University.

Grant Projects

Undergraduates’ Writing Development in Higher Education: Short- and Long-Term Indicators of Growth. Ministry of Education Tertiary Research Fund (MOE-TRF). (2021 – 2023)
Siew Mei Wu, Principal Investigator
Kooi Cheng Lee, Co-Investigator
Melvin Yap, Co-Investigator

Students’ Reaction to and Regulation of Emotions in Receiving Feedback. Teaching Enhancement Grant (TEG), Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL), National University of Singapore. (2022 – 2024)
Kooi Cheng Lee, Principal Investigator
Misty Cook, Co-Investigator
Derek Wong, Co-Investigator
Eric Chan, Co-Investigator
Chng Hui Ting, Co-Investigator
Chen Wenqian, Co-Investigator

Evidencing Out-of-Classroom Learning in Community Engagement Activity. Teaching Enhancement Grant (TEG), Learning Community (LC) Project, National University of Singapore. (2021-2023)
Seah Bee Kee Serena, Principal Facilitator
Doreen Tan Yun Ru, Co-Facilitator
Rafi Rashid, Co-Facilitator
Aileen Lam, Co-Facilitator
Eunice Ng Shi Qi, Co-Facilitator
Celine Coderey, Co-Facilitator

Providing Relational and Sustainable Feedback to Students. Teaching Enhancement Grant (TEG), Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL), Learning Community (LC) Project, National University of Singapore. (2023 – 2024)
Norhayati Bte Mohd Ismail, Principal Facilitator
Patrick Bernard Gallo, Co-Facilitator
Jessie Teng, Member
Yurni Irwati Binte Mohamed Said, Member
Yasmin Merchant, Member
Susan See Tho, Member
Danielle S. Tan, Member
Erik Birgersson, Member  

Reviewing the Science of Learning. Teaching Enhancement Grant (TEG), Learning Community (LC) Project, Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL), National University of Singapore. (2023 – 2025)
Natalie Pang, Principal Facilitator
Kooi Cheng Lee, Co-Facilitator
Mark Gan, Co-Facilitator
Ong Pei Shi, Co-Facilitator
Magdeline Ng, Co-Facilitator
Annelissa Chin, Co-Facilitator
Mandi Lee, Co-Facilitator
Kamala Devi, Co-Facilitator

TEG Blended Learning 2.0: Best Practices in Designing a Community of Inquiry to Enhance Student Learning in Language and Communication Courses. Teaching Enhancement Grant (TEG), Learning Community (LC) Project, National University of Singapore. (2023-2024)
Misty Cook, Principal Facilitator
Marissa E Kwan Lin, Co-Facilitator
Jodie Luu, Co-Facilitator
Tang Kum Khuan, Co-Facilitator
Brenda Yuen, Co-Facilitator
Doreen Tan Yun Ru, Co-Facilitator
Norhayati Bte Mohd Ismail, Co-Facilitator
Cao Feng, Co-Facilitator
Lee Ming Cherk, Co-Facilitator

Studies

Blended learning 2.0
Misty So-Sum Wai-Cook, Member, NUS Teaching Academy

Community engagement
Misty So-Sum Wai-Cook, Co-chair, NUS Teaching Academy

Tackling the academic reading in Ideas and Exposition courses.
Marissa E, Project Leader
Gene Navera, Team Member
Anuradha Ramanujan, Team Member

Automated evaluation of student writing
Kit Mun Lee, Team Member

Investigating student perception of difficulty as a construct in the residential college writing courses
Gene Segarra Navera, Principal Investigator
Jason Lawrence Banta, Co-Investigator
Marissa E, Co-Investigator

Meeting workplace expectations – an investigation of the differences between skills emphasised in professional communication training in IHLs and changing workplace demands
Norhayati Bte Mohd Ismail, Principal Investigator
Susan Lee, Co-Investigator
Sylvia Sim, Co-Investigator

Speech-gesture-slide interplay in academic oral presentations.
Tetyana Smotrova, Principal Investigator
Anita Toh, Co-Investigator

A pilot study on Realizeit, an AI-based adaptive learning platform.
Sarah Somarajan Priya, Project Team Member

An investigation of the perceptions of Peer Tutors and Tutees on the Oral Communication Peer Tutoring service at NUS
Doreen Tan Yun Ru, Principal Investigator
Sarah Somarajan, Co-Investigator
Amelyn Thompson, Co-Investigator

Editorial Boards

Misty So-Sum Wai-Cook

  • Journal of Underrepresented & Minority Progress

    Kooi Cheng Lee

    • Asian Journal of English Language Studies
    • Asia Pacific Journal of Educators and Education
    • Co-Editor in Chief, Asian Journal of Teaching and Learning (AJSoTL)
    • e-Foreign Language Teaching
    • SoTL in the South Journal

    Gene Segarra Navera

    • Makiling Review
    • Plaridel: A Philippine Journal of Communication, Media and Society 
    • Rhetoric and Communications E-Journal
    • Springer Series of The Language of Politics

    Jock Onn Wong

    • International Journal of TESOL Studies
    • Journal of Intercultural Communication Research

    Siew Mei Wu

    • Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (AJSoTL)

    Editors

    Misty So-Sum Wai-Cook

    • Associate Editor, Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education

    Kwan Lin Marissa E

    • Review Editor, Frontiers in Communication (Visual Communication)

    Gene Segarra Navera

    • Associate Editor, 3L: Language, Linguistics, Literature, The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies

    Others

    Southeast Asia Funding Initiative (SFI)-Laos 2023.
    Sarah Chong Peck Marn, Tutor

    Literature Review of Singapore Tamil Literature (1950-2020). National Arts Council Research Project. (2022-2024)
    Chitra Sankaran, Principal Investigator
    Uma Jayaraman, Co-investigator
    Gayatri Pillai, Co-investigator

    Hindu Centre Research & Publications.
    Uma Jayaraman,
    Research committee member

    Vietnamese Literature (Special Issue), Suvannabhumi: Multi-disciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
    Uma Jayaraman, Guest Editor

     

    Venkataraman, N. (2023, May 25). Doing social research and publications. [Talk]. University of Kerala, India.

    Venkataraman, N. (2023, May 25). Introduction to Ecolinguistics. [Talk] Kerala Social Sciences Department. Kerala, India.

    Venkataraman, N. (2023, March 18). Singapore Malayalees: Cultural insights. [Panel discussion moderator]. National Library, Singapore.

    Advisory Board Members

    Misty So-Sum Wai-Cook
    International Education Advisory Board, Morgan State University, USA.

    Uma Jayaraman
    Intellectual Resonance, a Delhi College of Arts and Commerce journal, University of Delhi (Since May 2022)

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