English Language and Literature

The English Language and Literature (ELL) Academic Group focuses on research and teacher education in the areas of English Language, Linguistics and Literature. We pride ourselves in having a research culture that embraces diversity and multidisciplinary perspectives.

  • The 4th NIE-ELL PGC Conference will be held on 25th April 2013.
  • ELL Seminar: Teaching and Learning in the Virtual Classroom (24th April 2013)
  • Is the study of Literature pointless in this day and age? Asst/P Warren Liew on Campus938LIVE discusses this topic
  • Asst/P Lwin Soe Marlar (ELL) receives the Nanyang Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • ELL Faculty receive NIE Excellence in Teaching Awards
  • The NIE Literature Conference 2013 was held on 25th January 2013 at the NTU One-North Executive Centre.
  • New Book Publication: Sexuality and Contemporary Literature by Joel Gwynne and Angelia Poon
  • The 17th ESEA conference will be held on 5 - 7 December at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Celebrated and accomplished Singaporean poet Koh Buck Song, traces the unique evolution of one of his poems, ‘Sungei Kallang Aft
  • New Book publication: A Sociolinguistic History of Early Identities in Singapore by A/P Phyllis Chew
  • New Book publication:Teaching Literature in Singapore Secondary Schools by Loh Chin Ee, Dennis Yeo and Warren Liew
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English Language and Literature


Associate Professor
Teo Chin Soon Peter

Interim Head, English Language
and Literature

The English Language and Literature (ELL) Academic Group of the National Institute of Education is a department that focuses on research and teacher education in the areas of English Language, Linguistics and Literature. We pride ourselves in having a research culture that embraces diversity and multidisciplinary perspectives, as well as a strong focus on maintaining excellence in our teaching and pedagogy.

ELL has both academic and pedagogy commitments and offers undergraduate and graduate programmes as well as in-service and pre-service teacher certification courses.  Research oriented graduate work is also offered for the Master of Arts, Master of Education and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees.  The department also runs a 1-year Postgraduate Diploma in English Language Teaching programme for scholars from China.

 

Latest ELL News

SAAL-ELL Workshop: Modelling and Mentoring: The Yin and Yang of Teaching and Learning from Home through to School
30 April 2013
In this talk, Professor J R Martin will focus on the inherent complimentarity of teaching and learning processes, showing how parents and teachers serve as mentors for learners by modelling meaning for them in dialogic interaction-higlighting the...
Asst/P Warren Mark Liew and Angus Whitehead on Channel News Asia's AM Live!
25 April 2013
Assistant Professor Warren Mark Liew and Assistant Professor Angus Whitehead were invited guests on Channel News Asia's morning flagship programme, AM Live!, on 23 April 2013. They were interviewed and took part in a discussion on the importance of...
ELL organizes the 4th NIE-ELL Postgraduate Conference 2013
23 April 2013
The annual NIE-ELL Postgraduate Conference (PGC) is a one-day event when ELL staff and postgraduates come together to hear and learn more about some of the different areas of research being undertaken by the ELL postgraduate students.  The PGC...
ELL Seminar (24th April): Teaching and Learning in the Virtual Classroom
12 April 2013
In this seminar, we will present a series of e-lectures designed to teach the Case Study Method of Research. The e-lectures were designed and developed by all three presenters and have been piloted in courses here in ELL and at the University of...
Asst/P Warren Liew as a panelist on Singapore's Radio Youth Forum Campus938Live: Is the study of Literature pointless in this day and age?
10 April 2013
Assistant Professor Warren Mark Liew was a panelist on an edition of Campus,that was broadcast on radio station 938Live from Raffles Institution on 5 April 2013 . Campus is a youth oriented forum that focuses on giving youth a space to voice their...