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Poetry (Jenny's)

• Khe Siok Luan, Jenny. 2003. "Miracle of life -- Joshua."
• Khe Siok Luan, Jenny. 2000. "Treasure your life" (Editor's Choice Award). In Touching the Sky, edited by Andrew J Hauff & John Sullivan, p 45. Owings Mills, MD: The International Library of Poetry.

Books

• Caroline Ho Mei Lin, Kate T Anderson & Leong Ping Alvin (eds.). 2011. "Transforming literacies and language: Multimodality and literacy in the new media age." London: Continuum.
• Leong Ping Alvin & Ludwig Tan. 2008. "English grammar FAQs: 100 questions teachers and students frequently ask." NIE English Language and Literature Series. Singapore: McGraw-Hill Education (Asia).
• Leong Ping Alvin. 2006. "Free and situational writing for GCE 'N' and 'O' levels: A text type approach." Singapore: Learners Publishing Pte Ltd.
• Leong Ping Alvin, David Deterding & Low Ee Ling. 2006. "An introduction to linguistics." Asian Customized Edition. Singapore: McGraw-Hill Education (Asia).
• Leong Ping Alvin. 2004. "Theme and rheme: An alternative account." Bern: Peter Lang.

Assessment books

• Sarah Philpot, Lesley Curnick & Leong Ping Alvin. 2008. "English test papers 1-6." Singapore: Learners Publishing Pte Ltd. (Collection of six books)
• Leong Ping Alvin (ed.). 2007. "Primary comprehension 1-6." Singapore: Learners Publishing Pte Ltd. (Collection of six books)

Journal articles & other papers

• Leong Ping Alvin. 2009. "What's the problem?" In "Language Games: Innovative Activities for Teaching English", edited by Maureen Snow Andrade, pp. 161-168, Virginia: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Inc.
• Leong Ping Alvin. 2008. "Book Review: ANCHIMBE, Eric A. (ed.), Linguistic identity in postcolonial multilingual spaces." English World-Wide, 29(3): 370-374.
• Leong Ping Alvin. 2008. "Book Review: DETERDING, David, Singapore English." RELC Journal, 39: 147-149.
• Leong Ping Alvin. 2007. "The IB model and the writing classroom: Some proposals for the teaching of writing." Lingua et Linguistica, 1(2): 189-209.
• Leong Ping Alvin. 2007. "Developing the message: Thematic progression and student writing." The Journal of Asia TEFL, 4(3): 93-127.
• Leong Ping Alvin & Wee Bee Geok. 2005. "Investigating the clause complex: An analysis of exposition-type essays written by secondary school students in Singapore." ITL (Institut voor Togepaste Linguistik), International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 150: 47-76.
• Leong Ping Alvin. 2005. "Talking themes: The thematic structure of talk." Discourse Studies, 7(6): 701-732.
• Leong Ping Alvin. 2004. "Delimiting the theme of the English clause: An inference-boundary account." Sky Journal of Linguistics, 17: 167-187.
• Leong Ping Alvin. 2003. "Theme as constraining force." Journal of Language & Linguistics, 2(2): 261-282.
• Leong Ping Alvin. 2003. "Subject omission in Singapore colloquial English." In "English in Singapore: Research on Grammar", edited by David Deterding, Low Ee Ling & Adam Brown, pp. 11-21, Singapore: McGraw-Hill Education (Asia).
• Leong Ping Alvin, Tay Pin Pin, Samuel Wee & Heng Hwee Nah. 2003. "Teacher feedback: A Singaporean perspective." ITL (Institut voor Togepaste Linguistik), Review of Applied Linguistics, 139-140: 47-75.
• Leong Ping Alvin. 2002. "Have I got it right? A look at examination questions." ITL (Institut voor Togepaste Linguistik), Review of Applied Linguistics, 135-136: 61-84.
• Leong Ping Alvin. 2000. "Identifying the theme of existential clauses: A suggested approach." Folia Linguistica, 34(3-4): 307-331.
• Leong Ping Alvin. 2000. "Rethinking theme and rheme: Some indications from a respondent study." Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, 35: 153-178.
• Leong Ping Alvin. 2000. "The inference-boundary model: Reinterpreting theme and rheme." Language Sciences, 22(1): 1-26.
• Leong Ping Alvin. 1999. "Text-level themes: A cognitive psychological perspective." Text, 19(1): 25-55.
• Leong Ping Alvin. 1999. "Theme and rheme in Chinese: A cognitive psychological perspective." Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 34(3): 49-76.

Others

• Leong Ping Alvin & Wee Bee Geok. 2005. "Of scaffolds and scaffolding: An analysis of exposition-type essays written by secondary school students in Singapore." Selected conference summaries of the 25th Anniversary Thailand TESOL International Conference ("Surfing the Waves of Change in ELT"), pp. 88-90.
• Leong Ping Alvin. 2004. "Response to Deterding's book review." SAAL Quarterly, 67: 9-10.
• Leong Ping Alvin. April 1999. "The language of insults: An inference-boundary account." Working Papers on Language, Literature and Theatre Studies, National University of Singapore.
• Leong Ping Alvin. March 1999. "Some thoughts on talk: Themes and thematic progression." Working Papers on Language, Literature and Theatre Studies, National University of Singapore.

Conferences, seminars & invited workshops

• Leong Ping Alvin. "Critical thinking -- what students' critiques tell us." Language & Communication Centre Roundtable on Academic Writing, 1-2 December 2011. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
• Leong Ping Alvin. "Drawings as a pathway to literacy: The storybook experience." 17th International Conference on Learning, 6-9 July 2010. Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong.
• Leong Ping Alvin. "Write better, speak better: Common errors in writing." Workshop, 5 April 2010. SIM University.
• Leong Ping Alvin. "Children's writings, drawings and the development of ideas." 6th Cambodia TESOL Conference, 27-28 February 2010. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
• Leong Ping Alvin. "Why do we need grammar?" 25 February 2008. Institute of Foreign Languages, Royal University of Phnom Penh.
• Leong Ping Alvin. "Grammar and games: Getting to the problem." 4th Cambodia TESOL Conference, 23-24 February 2008. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
• Leong Ping Alvin. "Why teach grammar?" 22 June 2007. Chinese Development Assistance Council.
• Leong Ping Alvin. "Teaching English grammar beyond the textbook." 3 March 2007. Civil Service Club (Tessensohn Road Clubhouse).
• Leong Ping Alvin. "Developing the message: Thematic progression and student writing." 11th English in Southeast Asia Conference, 12-14 December 2006, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia.
• Leong Ping Alvin. "The thematic structure of student writing: A comparative study." LangScape: Exploring Ways of Teaching Language and Literature, 27-28 April 2006. SEAMEO Regional Language Centre, Singapore.
• Leong Ping Alvin. "Why teach grammar?" From Reading Comprehension to Writing Skills, 4 March 2006. Queenstown Community Centre.
• Leong Ping Alvin & Wee Bee Geok. "Impact of students' knowledge of clause complexity on their writing: An analysis of clause complexing in 20 essays." 32nd International Systemic Functional Congress, Language in Education Day, 20 July 2005. University of Sydney, Australia.
• Leong Ping Alvin & Wee Bee Geok. "Of scaffolds and scaffolding: An analysis of exposition-type essays written by secondary school students in Singapore." 25th Anniversary Thailand TESOL International Conference, 20-22 January 2005. Bangkok, Thailand.
• Leong Ping Alvin. "Subject omission in colloquial Singaporean English." 30th International Systemic Functional Congress, 8-13 December 2003. Lucknow, India.
• Leong Ping Alvin. "The thematic structure of existentials." Guest seminar, 17 May 2001, National Institute of Education.
• Leong Ping Alvin. "Theme as psychological subject." Language in the Mind? Implications for Research and Education, 4-6 September 2000. Fort Canning Lodge, Singapore.
• Leong Ping Alvin. "Rethinking theme and rheme: Some indications from a respondent study." 26th International Systemic Functional Congress, 26-30 July 1999. Regional Language Centre, Singapore.
• Leong Ping Alvin. "The peg on which the message is hung: A look at theme and rheme." Postgraduate Research Students' Seminar, 1 March 1999, National University of Singapore.

Academic websites

• SFG Page -- on systemic functional grammar.
• Sounds of RP -- on the phonemes of Received Pronunciation.
• Grammar FAQs -- self-explanatory.

Theses

• Leong Ping Alvin. 1999. "Investigating theme and rheme: A cognitive psychological perspective." Unpublished doctoral thesis, Department of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore.
• Leong Ping Alvin. 1996. "Clause complexing: A critique of Halliday's framework." Unpublished master's dissertation, Department of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore.
• Leong Ping Alvin. 1992. "An analysis of the rubrics of examination questions set for different subject disciplines in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS." Unpublished academic exercise, Department of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore.

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