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Silver, Rita
- PublicationOpen AccessRe-thinking online meetings during COVID-19 pandemic and moving forward(Society of Research Administrators International, 2020)
284 401 - PublicationOpen AccessComprehending reading comprehension: An intervention in P4 reading(2015)
; ; 575 399 - PublicationRestrictedThe impact of negotiation for meaning on reading comprehension among Singapore primary students(2009)
; ; 413 106 - PublicationOpen AccessUnravelling scaffolding for classroom practitioners(2007)
; 465 5113 - PublicationMetadata onlyEnglish language education and educational policy in Singapore
This chapter provides an overview of English language education and policy in Singapore in relation to a world Englishes perspective, considering policy, practices, and ideologies. It takes a critical view of Kachru’s model as applied to Singapore English(es), noting the complexities of internal variation among Singapore’s English users, and how Singapore has moved from the Outer to the Inner Circle and thus demands a more nuanced framework. Analysis takes a discourse-analytic approach, anchored in Ruiz’s conceptualization of language orientations and applied to Singapore’s secondary English language syllabus. It considers how these orientations frame the narrative of policy, are operationalized into learning targets, and inform teacher practice. To understand further the position of English and Englishes in Singapore, the chapter draws on the Douglas Fir Group’s framework for second language acquisition (SLA), considering the mutually interactive forces of the macro (ideological), meso- (sociocultural/institutional) and micro-levels (human social interaction) involved in language-learning contexts.
56 - PublicationOpen AccessCRC annotation manual: Coding for Questioning the Author (QtA) features: QtA queries and discussion moves (OER 09/10 RS)(National Institute of Education (Singapore), 2012)
226 283 - PublicationMetadata onlyOverarching themes, bilingual dreams and multilingual landscapes: Quadrilingual education in SingaporeIn this chapter, we provide background for understanding the empirical studies reported in this volume. We offer information on language in education in the Singapore context by first explaining why we refer to ‘quadrilingual education’ in Singapore. We then highlight four themes that overarch the educational system as a whole and within which language education is framed. Subsequently, we discuss dreams and idealisations of individual bilingualism, societal multilingualism and education. This leads to a description of the language-in-education system which serves as background to the studies presented in this volume. The chapter closes with a brief introduction to the six parts of the book and the chapters within each part.
WOS© Citations 3 29 - PublicationOpen AccessCurriculum implementation in early primary schooling in Singapore (CIEPSS)(2011)
; ; ; ; Pak, Seunghee"This one-year project was an investigation into the ongoing implementation of recent policy initiatives that influence pedagogies, curriculum innovation, and instructional practices in primary education in Singapore. Investigation covered P1 and P2 in all core subjects: English, Mother Tongue (Chinese, Malay, Tamil) and mathematics. It included investigation of local contextual conditions which impact the work of policy developers and implementers at all levels within the system: class, school, zone, national. Our goal was to assist in developing a more complete understanding of the specific, local challenges of policy implementation." -- p. 2.788 1108 - PublicationOpen Access
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