For my paycheck

Stuff that I teach (2011-2012, Semester 1), NTU

  • HW0202 Research Writing in the Biological Sciences (coordinator)
  • HW0210 Technical Communication

Previous courses

  • HW001 English Proficiency
  • HW102 The Art of Academic Writing
  • HW102A The Art of Academic Writing
  • HW210 Technical Communication
  • HWG701 Graduate Communication
  • HWG703 Graduate English
  • SM2 Bridging Course -- Better Pronunciation

Centre for Continuing Education, NTU

  • 27-28 Sep 2011 -- "A Guide to Good Pronunciation" (7 participants)
  • 17-18 Mar 2011 -- "A Guide to Good Pronunciation" (14 participants)
  • 7 Sep-26 Nov 2010 -- "Intensive English Course for Vietnamese Military Officers" (10 participants)
  • 14-15 Jun 2010 -- "A Guide to Good Pronunciation" (18 participants)
  • 3-4 Dec 2009 -- "A Guide to Good Pronunciation" (18 participants)
  • 29 Jun-7 Aug 2009 -- "Intensive English Language Course for Senior Vietnamese Officials" (5 participants)

While at NIE (2001-2008)

  • AAE101 Introduction to the Study of Language
  • AAE202 Language Meaning & Use
  • AAE331 Introduction to Systemic Functional Grammar
  • AAE443 History of Modern Linguistics
  • AGS201 Group Endeavours in Service Learning
  • ALS101 Academic Discourse Skills
  • BAE202 The Meanings of English
  • BAE333 Phonetics & Phonology of English
  • BAE444 History of Linguistics & Current Theories
  • BAE534 Advanced Syntax
  • CAE101 Introduction to the Study of Language
  • CAE103 Description of Modern English
  • CAE330 Approaches to Grammar
  • CTE101 Introduction to the English Language
  • DLK200 English for Academic & Professional Purposes
  • DSE100 Grammar
  • DSE101 Text Types
  • DUE101 Introduction to the Study of Language
  • EAE101 Introduction to the Study of Language
  • EAE201 Description of Modern English
  • MAE606 Language in Society & Cultures in Context
  • MAE618 Research Methodology
  • MAE629 Functional Grammar & Language Education
  • MAE801 Discourse Analysis
  • MAE820 Systemic Functional Linguistics
  • NAE215 Phonetics & Phonology
  • NAE216 Description of Modern English
  • NAE533 Syntactic Models of Language
  • PCE512 Introduction to the English Language
  • QGS511 Group Endeavours in Service Learning

While at NUS (1997-2001)

  • EL1101 Patterns in English
  • EL2102 English Structure & Meaning
  • EL3207 Literary Stylistics
  • EL3208 Discourse Analysis
  • EL3209 Hypertext Theory -- Writing in the Electronic Era

Supervision

  • 2007-2008: Goh Hock Huan. A study on linguistic and communicative competence in spoken Mandarin of Chinese preschoolers in Singapore: A corpus-based analysis. PhD thesis, Centre for Research in Pedagogy & Practice. (Change of supervisor in 2008)

Marking

  • Internal examiner, NIE BA (Hons) academic exercise by Tang Kum Khuan, "Indications of audience-awareness in academic essay introductions: An exploratory comparison of expert writers and student writers" (67 pp.), 2004.
  • External examiner, NUS MA (Applied Linguistics) dissertation by Ms Clara Chow Shook Fun, "An analysis of George Orwell's Animal Farm using a functional framework" (230 pp.), 2004.
  • Internal examiner, NIE BA (Hons) academic exercise by Ms Ang Hui Hoon, "Time to get out of the bath Shirley: An ecological analysis of a contemporary picturebook", 2003.

Administration & service

Presently

  • 2011: Webmaster & member of organising committee, Language & Communication Centre Roundtable on Academic Writing, 1-2 December 2011, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, NTU, Singapore.
  • 2010 to date: Curriculum planner, discipline-specific writing programme for the College of Science and the College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, NTU.

In the foggy past ...

  • 2006-2008: AG representative, NIE promotional activities.
  • 2006-2008: ELL co-coordinator, BA(Ed), Academic Subjects.
  • 2006-2008: Member, organising committee, English in Southeast Asia conference, Singapore, 2008.
  • 2006: Assisted National Library Board to check the grammatical accuracy of advertisements used in the "Speak Good English Movement" and to answer queries on the use of English.
  • 2006: Webmaster, LangScape Conference, 27-28 April 2006, Regional Language Centre, Singapore.
  • 2005-2008: Webmaster, ELL (NIE) website.
  • 2005-2008: Member, ELL IT committee.
  • 2005-2006: Member, executive committee, ELLTA(S).
  • 2005: ELL coordinator, DipEd, Subject Knowledge.
  • 2004-2010: Webmaster, SAAL.
  • 2004-2005: ELL coordinator, DipEd, Academic Subjects.
  • 2004-2006: Auditor, SAAL.
  • 2003-2006: Webmaster, ELLTA(S).
  • 2003-2004: Assistant Honorary Treasurer, SAAL.
  • 2003-2005: Assistant Honorary Treasurer, ELLTA(S).
  • 2001-2003: Honorary Treasurer, ELLTA(S).
  • 2002: Co-Chair, Social & Logistics Sub-Committee, AILA2002, 16-21 December 2002, Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre.
  • 2000: Treasurer, Language in the Mind? Conference, 4-6 September 2000, Fort Canning Lodge, Singapore.
  • 2000: Coordinator, Language Research Students' Seminar Series, NUS.
  • 2000: Webmaster, Language Research Students' Website (now defunct), NUS.

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