ELL Seminar Schedule

all are welcome

Friday
25 Jan
2008		 13:30 - 14:30 CITE ELL Journal Rm
NIE3-03-162

 
     What's new at CITE?

  • New features on GeNIEus

  • Pilot runs of new software for teaching and learning

  • Online resources for academic staff

  • New IT Workshops for 2008
Wed
20 Feb
2008		 13:30 - 14:30 Ashley Tan
&
 MxL Team		 MxL
(NIE5-01-06)

 What is the MxL? What is Second Life? What makes it
 educationally worthwhile?
Wed
5 Mar		 13:30 - 14:30 Courtney Cazden ELL Journal Rm
NIE3-03-162

 Some ideas for ELL staff research in the new NIE-wide plan
Wed
26 Mar		 13:30 - 14:30 David Lee ELL Journal Rm
NIE3-03-162

 Are academics funny? An empirical look at humor in spoken
 academic discourse

Thu
24 Apr

 10:00 - 11:00 Sandra McKay ELL Journal Rm
NIE3-03-162

 English as an International Language: Where We Are and Where
 We Need to Go?
Wed
30 Apr		 12:30 - 13:00 Saravana S. ELL Journal Rm
NIE3-03-162

Tech Talk: Audacity for sound files
Fri
9 May 		12:30 - 13:00 Ricky Er ELL Journal Rm
NIE3-03-162

Tech Talk: Learn to scan
Fri
15 Aug

12:30 -13:30

 Tan Siew Imm LT10

Lexical borrowing in Malaysian English: A corpus-based study of the influences of Chinese Languages

Wed
27 Aug

12:30 -13:30

 Barbara Spilchuk ELL Journal Rm
NIE3-03-162

Teacher Stories of Conflict and Relationships in International Schools

Mon
6 Oct

 13.30 - 14.30 Nguyen Thi Thuy Minh ELL Journal Rm
NIE3-03-162

Revisiting L2 requests
Wed
15 Oct		 12:30 - 13:30 Soe Marlar Lwin ELL Journal Rm
NIE3-03-162

Capturing the narrative development through a multimodal analysis of the storytelling discourse
Fri
17 Oct		 12:30 - 13:30 Ghil'ad ZUCKERMANN
(The University of Queensland, Australia)		 ELL Journal Rm
NIE3-03-162

Language "Revival" and Cultural Hybridity in the Middle East:
The Genesis of the Israeli Language

Fri
31 Oct

12:30 -14:00

 Ng Seok Mui ELL Journal Rm
NIE3-03-162

Becoming Literate: Shifting from the Lower to Mid Primary Levels

Mon
3 Nov

 12:30 - 13:30

Luanga A. Kasanga

 ELL Journal Rm
NIE3-03-162

Discursive practices and identity

Thu
6 Nov		 12:30 - 13:30 Shih Chih-Min ELL Journal Rm
NIE3-03-162

The Washback of the General English Proficiency Test: A Case Study

For more information, please contact one of the following:

Lawrence Zhang Jun (Chair)

email: lawrence.zhang@nie.edu.sg

Tel: 67903474

Richard Angus Whitehead

email: richard.whitehead@nie.edu.sg

Tel: 67903588

Cynthia Macknish    

email: cynthia.macknish@nie.edu.sg    

 Tel: 6790 3464

Ng Chiew Hong

email: chiewhong.ng@nie.edu.sg

Tel: 6790 3492

Mark James Wilkinson

email: mark.wilkinson@nie.edu.sg

Tel: 67903479

Seminar = a formal 1.5-hour presentation including Q & A session in NIE 3-B1-13
Talk = an informal 1-hour sharing session in ELL Journal Room (NIE3-03-162)
Workshop = a 1.5-hour hands-on activity in NIE 3-B1-03 or NIE 3-B1-01
Tech Talk = an informal 1-hour IT-related session in NIE 3-B1-22