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Our People
Assoc Prof Csilla Weninger
Appointments:
Head, English Language & Literature
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Assoc Prof Loh Chin Ee
Appointments:
Deputy Head (Research), English Language & Literature
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
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Dr Sally Ann Jones
Appointments:
Deputy Head (Programmes & Teaching), English Language & Literature
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Dr Norhaida Bte Aman
Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Language Acquisition, Early Literacy, Grammar, Sociolinguistics, Linguistic Landscapes
Asst Prof Ann Ang Su Lee
Appointments:
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Creative writing as Literature Pedagogy, global Anglophone Writing, Narrative structures, Singapore Literature, The World Novel
Assoc Prof Vahid Aryadoust
Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Language Assessment, Neurocognition and comprehension, Eye-tracking, Quantitative data analysis
Dr Chang Qizhong
Appointments:
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Academic Writing, Grammar, Language Variation, Semantics, Singapore English, Syntax
Assoc Prof Cheung Yin Ling
Appointments:
Associate Dean, Outreach & Engagement, Office of Graduate Studies and Professional Learning
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Academic Writing, Writing Instruction, Writing Teacher Identity
Dr Chia Ti Yong, Alexius
Appointments:
Associate Dean, Practicum & Partnerships, Office of Teacher Education
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Curriculum implementation and School reform, Literacy, Multi-literacies, Multimodality, Schooling and Gender
Assoc Prof Suzanne Choo Shen Li
Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Cosmopolitanism: Philosophy and Educational Implications, English Education and Globalization, Ethics and Ethical Criticism, History of Literature Education, Literature Pedagogy
Prof Goh Chuen Meng Christine
Appointments:
NIE Director
President's Chair in Education (Linguistics & Language Education)
Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Second/bilingual language learning, Metacognition and learning, Cognitive processing in speech and listening, Oracy in educational settings, Language teacher cognition, and Intonation and grammar in spoken discourse
Dr Guo Libo
Appointments:
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Systemic functional linguistics, multimodal discourse analysis, language development, multiliteracies
Assoc Prof Joel Robert Gwynne
Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Popular fiction, postfeminism and neoliberalism, visual culture (cinema, television and new media)
Dr Sally Ann Jones
Appointments:
Deputy Head (Programmes & Teaching), English Language & Literature
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Children’s literature,Language in cognition and education in multilingual/multicultural contexts,Metacognitive and metalinguistic awareness and transfer of learning,Pedagogies for English language and literature,Semiotics and analysis (multimodal)(critical)(discourse) (literary),Sociology of childhood and the family,Teacher cognition and education
Asst Prof Geraldine Kwek
Appointments:
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Sociophonetic Variation, Phonetics and Phonology, Variation and Change in varieties of English, World Englishes, and Pronunciation Teaching and Learning
Prof Lee Kit Bing, Icy
Appointments:
Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Second language writing and second language teacher education
Dr Lim Ching-Tse Donna
Appointments:
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Assessment and Differentiated Instruction, Curriculum Development, Listening and Speaking, Pedagogy (primary school related or for young learners), Primary School Action Research Projects, and Teaching Reading and Writing
Assoc Prof Victor Lim Fei
Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Multimodality in education, with a focus on multimodal literacy, multimodal discourse analysis, and digital learning
Assoc Prof Loh Chin Ee
Appointments:
Deputy Head (Research), English Language & Literature
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Literacy and literature education at the intersection of globalization and equity- with a current focus on reading -school libraries and design of learning environments
Dr Loh Kok Khiang Jason
Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Programme Evaluation, Language curriculum implementation, Curriculum
materials use, and Literacy practices
Prof Low Ee Ling
Appointments:
Dean, Academic & Faculty Affairs
Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
World Englishes, Pronunciation Research and Practice, and Teacher Education
Dr Ken Mizusawa
Appointments:
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Critical Literacy, Drama in Education, Literature Education, Multiliteracies, Playwriting, and Theatre for Young Audiences
Dr Ng Chiew Hong
Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Reading/reading comprehension, Pedagogies: Reading comprehension, grammar & oral communication, Teacher cognition
Dr Anitha Devi Pillai
Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Writing (academic writing, writing pedagogy, and creative writing) and heritage and community literacy practices
Dr Png Lay Hoon, Jessie
Appointments:
Assistant Dean, Diploma, Office of Teacher Education
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Reflective Practice, Mentoring, Teaching of English Language skills (Primary and Secondary), in particular reading skills
Dr Poh Soon Koh
Appointments:
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Critical Sociocultural Learning, Cultural Cognition, language teacher education, Language Teaching Methodology, Teaching Learning
Assoc Prof Poon Mui Cheng, Angelia
Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Postcolonial literature and theory, Singapore literature, contemporary literature with focus on globalization and transnationalism
Dr Kiren Kaur d/o Ratan Singh
Appointments:
Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Assessment literacy, formative assessment practices, oracy development, teaching listening and speaking, metacognition, teaching reading and writing, and differentiated instruction
Dr Willy Ardian Renandya
Appointments:
Principal Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Extensive Listening, Extensive Reading, Language Curriculum Development, Language Proficiency Development and Assessment, and Second language acquisition
Dr Robbie Lee Sabnani
Appointments:
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Speaking and Listening, oracy skills and processes, metacognitive awareness in language learning, teacher beliefs and knowledge and the development of teacher expertise
Dr Mark Fifer Seilhamer
Appointments:
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Language & Identity, Language Ideologies/Attitudes, Language Planning & Policy, Social Positioning
Dr Jo Ann Shek
Appointments:
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Language & literacy teaching, Language policy & implementation, Teaching thinking skills
Ms Shreenjit Kaur d/o Sardul Singh
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Appointments:
Teaching Fellow, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Assoc Prof Rita Elaine Silver
Appointments:
Director, Education Research Funding Programme Office
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Educational linguistics including classroom discourse in language and literacy classrooms at the primary level, teacher talk and reading comprehension, English-medium instruction and Global Englishes, language policy in Singapore
Asst Prof Jasper Hong Sim
Appointments:
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Child phonological acquisition in first and second languages, bilingualism, language variation and change, and (socio)phonetics
Asst Prof Tan Xing Long, Ian
Appointments:
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Literary theory (with a focus on poststructuralist thought, psychoanalysis and hermeneutics), the poetics of Wallace Stevens, literature and philosophy, contemporary fiction (with an emphasis on Ian McEwan, John Banville and Colum McCann) and recent European film
Assoc Prof Tang Siu Mei, Ramona
Appointments:
Associate Dean, Academic & Faculty Affairs
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Academic Literacies and EAP, Academic Writing, Effective teaching and learning in higher education, Written Discourse Analysis
Assoc Prof Teo Chin Soon, Peter
Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Critical Discourse Analysis, Writing Pedagogy, Classroom Discourse Analysis, Critical Literacy
Dr Teo Shi Ling
Appointments:
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Critical discourse analysis, Language & Identity, Language Teacher Identity, Sociolinguistics
Assoc Prof Viniti Vaish
Appointments:
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Bilingualism and biliteracy, cross linguistic transfer in bilinguals, enhancing bilingualism, and measurement of expressive languages in bilinguals through qualitative and quantitative means
Assoc Prof Csilla Weninger
Appointments:
Head, English Language & Literature
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Critical discourse analysis, discourse and ideology, media and multimodal literacy, multimodal and semiotic analysis
Dr Whitehead Richard Angus
Appointments:
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Archival recovery of the immediate social and historical contexts within which William and Catherine Blake lived and worked, early nineteenth century labouring class poetry and roads less hitherto never travelled in Singapore literary studies
Dr Christine Anita Xavier
Appointments:
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Discourse Analysis, Language and Identity, Grammar as Meaning-Making, Pedagogical Grammar
Dr Yeo Kah Sin Dennis
Appointments
Lecturer, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
Research Interests:
Literature Pedagogy, Film Studies, Gothic Studies
Mdm Faridah Bte Taib
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Manager
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Senior Executive
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Miss Koh Yu Qun
Research Assistant
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Azrifah Binte Zakaria
Azrifah Zakaria is completing her PhD supervised by A/P Vahid Aryadoust. Her thesis entitled, "A multi-perspective longitudinal approach to content validity in reading assessment", examines the ways ‘reading’ has been measured in the Singapore 'O'-level examination. Her research interests in quantitative analyses and assessments were piqued when she worked as a research assistant with the department of Psychology and Child & Human Development at NIE. For leisure, she enjoys reggaetón and sewing, usually at the same time.
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Gan Sujia
Gan Sujia is completing her PhD, "Reading Metafictive Children's Novels in a Virtual Book Club", under the supervision of A/P Loh Chin Ee. Her research interest lies in children’s literature, and she is especially interested in metafiction and what the experimental genre affords. For her PhD research, Sujia is currently investigating how children respond to metafictive children’s novels in book club settings. Her research project also further explores how metafiction can potentially encourage the development of global competencies in students as they read and respond to these complex texts. In her spare time, she enjoys taking armchair expeditions, textually or visually.
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Edmen Leong
Edmen is completing his PhD, “Understanding reading motivation for learners with dyslexia” under the supervision of A/P Loh Chin Ee. His research interests in specific learning differences and reading are fuelled by his role as Director of Specialised Educational Services at the Dyslexia Association of Singapore and his experience as a foster parent of children with learning differences. Edmen enjoys reading with his children and gardening in his free time.
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Lin Ming'En Evangeline
Evangeline Lin is completing her PhD tentatively entitled, "Development, education, and social justice: The sociolinguistic realities of English in the lives of the less privileged in Cambodia", under the supervision of A/P Rita Elaine Silver and Dr Mark Fifer Seilhamer. Her research interests are in world Englishes and sociolinguistic issues. She enjoys playing ice hockey, piano, violin, and sitting in quiet green pastures or by the seaside.
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Liu Tingting
Liu Tingting is completing her PhD, "Investigating the Test Method Effect on Response Processes in L2 Listening Assessment: Application of Biometrics and Psychometrics", under the supervision of A/P Vahid Aryadoust. Her research interests are in language learning and assessment. She has published her studies in journals such as Language Testing, and Studies in Language Assessment.
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Nah Dominic
Nah Dominic is completing his PhD, "Examining student responses to ethically oriented Literature pedagogies", under the supervision of A/P Suzanne Choo. His research interests lie in Literature education, Character and Citizenship Education, Dramaturgy, Singapore English Language Theatre, World Literature and Singapore Literature. He has published in peer-reviewed journals such as Changing English, Pedagogy, Culture & Society, and L1-Educational Studies in Language and Literature, as well as The Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Justice. From 2023 to 2024, he served as the inaugural Research Degree Student Representative in the ELL Academic Group. For leisure, he dances as a b-boy, watches professional wrestling, and dabbles in accents.
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Ow Yeong Wai Kit
Ow Yeong Wai Kit is completing his PhD, “Learning by Heart: The Art and Science of the Memorised Poem in English in Singapore Classrooms”, under the supervision of A/P Angelia Poon. His research interests include the science of learning, literature education, and modern poetry. As an English/Literature teacher with an MA (distinction) in English from UCL, he has edited four poetry anthologies, and serves as a board member of the Centre for Interfaith Understanding.
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Sim Joo Jin
Sim Joo Jin is completing his PhD on promoting grammatical complexity in writing proficiency under the supervision of Assoc Prof Victor Lim Fei. His research interests include cognitive approaches to language acquisition, curriculum development, and technology-enhanced language learning. As Lead Curriculum Resource Development Specialist in the Ministry of Education in Singapore, he led the development of EL instructional materials and digital resources on the Student Learning Space. He enjoys wuxia novels, podcasts on professional wrestling, and video games.
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Yin Shihui
Yin Shihui is completing her Ph.D., "Translanguaging Pedagogy in Teaching English: A Case Study of a Middle School Classroom in China", under the supervision of A/P Viniti Vaish. Her research interests are in bilingualism and second language acquisition.
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Zhu Xuelian
Zhu Xuelian is completing her PHD, "Cognitive Load in Distance Simultaneous Interpreting", under the supervision of A/P Vahid Aryadoust. Xuelian has extensive experience as an English-Chinese interpreter and trainer, providing interpreting services for various international conferences. Her experiences in teaching and professional practice led her to her current research in using sensor technologies like eye-tracking and Galvanic Skin Response to investigate the cognitive process of translation and interpreting. In her spare time, Xuelian enjoys 5-10 km jogging.