ANNUAL REPORT 1 July 2015 – 30 June 2016

CONTENTS

Our Mission and Our Philosophy i

SEAMEO RELC Governing Board Members FY2014/2015 1

SEAMEO RELC Administrative and Academic Staff FY2014/2015 4

I. Preamble 9

II. Regional Leadership and International Visibility 9

III. Programme Excellence and Dynamism 18

IV. Internal Capacity Building 18

Acknowledgements 21

Appendix 1: Publications 22

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SEAMEO RELC’S MISSION, VISION AND PHILOSOPHY Mission

We are dedicated to the development of language teacher education in the region and the promotion of international cooperation among language professionals. Vision To be the leading SEAMEO Centre for language education in the region. Philosophy

We believe that language education will lead to an improved quality of life for people in the region and to greater international cooperation.

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SEAMEO RELC GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS

A. Members of the RELC Governing Board

1 Member for Brunei Darussalam

Dr Noor Azam bin OKMB Haji Othman

Director Centre for Advanced Research (CARe) Universiti Brunei Darussalam BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

2 Member for Cambodia

Mr Put Samith Deputy Director General of Education Ministry of Education, Youth & Sport CAMBODIA

3 Member for Indonesia Prof Dr Mahsun, M. S.

Head of National Language Development and Cultivation Agency Ministry of Education and Culture INDONESIA

Prof Emi Emilia (appointed from April 2016) Head of Centre for Development of Language Strategy and Diplomacy Kawasan Indonesia Peace and Security Center (IPSC) INDONESIA

4 Member for Lao PDR

Assoc Prof Somphone Kounnavongsa Head of Postgraduate Division Faculty of Education National University of Laos LAO PDR

5 Member for Malaysia

Dr Mohamed Abu Bakar Director English Language Teaching Centre Ministry of Education MALAYSIA

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6 Member for Myanmar

Prof Naw Ju Paw Professor and Head Department of English University of Yangon

MYANMAR

7 Member for Philippines

Ms Jocelyn DR Andaya Director III and concurrent Officer-in-Charge Bureau of Secondary Education Department of Education PHILIPPINES

8 Member for Singapore

Mr Wong Siew Hoong Director-General of Education Ministry of Education REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

9 Member for Thailand

Asst Prof Dr Kulaporn Hiranburana Director Chulalongkorn University Language Institute THAILAND

10 Member for Timor-Leste

Dr Aderito Guterres, PhD National Expert for Linguistics National Linguistic Institute c/o Ministry of Education TIMOR LESTE

11 Member for Vietnam

Dr Nguyen Xuan Vang Director General International Education Department Ministry of Education and Training

VIETNAM

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B. Ex-Officio Members 13 Dr Gatot Hari Priowirjanto

Director SEAMEO Secretariat

Wattana, Bangkok 10110 THAILAND

14 Ms Susan Leong (appointed on 1 January 2016) Director SEAMEO Regional Language Centre REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

Mrs Tay Sor Har (retired on 31 December 2015) Director SEAMEO Regional Language Centre REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

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MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES AT THE 44th SEAMEO RELC GOVERNING BOARD MEETING

6 - 7 OCTOBER 2015

Seated (L- R) Prof Naw Ju Paw (Myanmar), Ms Jocelyn DR Andaya (Philipines), Dr Tinsiri Siribodhi (SEAMEO Secretariat Deputy Director (Administration & Communication)), Mr Wong Siew Hoong (RELC Governing Board Chairman), Mrs Tay Sor Har (RELC Director), Prof. Emi Emilia, (Indonesia), Asst Prof Dr Kulaporn Hiranburana (Thailand) Standing (L-R) Dr Nguyen Xuan Vang (Vietnam), Associate Prof Somphone Kounnavongsa (Lao PDR), Dr Mohamed Abu Bakar (Malaysia), Mr Put Samith (Cambodia), Dr Noor Azam bin OKMB Haji Othman (Brunei Darussalam)

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SEAMEO RELC ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACADEMIC STAFF Director Ms Susan Leong (appointed on 1 January 2016) Mrs Tay Sor Har (retired on 31 December 2015) Key Personnel Dr Alvin Pang Head

(Training, Research, Assessment & Consultancy)

Dr Fung Cheung Kam See

Deputy Head (Language Teaching/ Training, Research, Assessment & Consultancy)

Till 31 January 2016

Ms Melissa Sim Mr Francis Choo

Centre Secretary (Centre Secretariat) General Manager, RELC Hotel

Ms Vidya Ramnani

Senior Manager (Business Development & Operations)

Ms Jessie To Sock Hian

Financial Controller

Mrs Sathya Siva-Retnam

Senior Centre Secretariat Executive

Ms Joyce E Oliverio

Manager (Human Resource Services & Support)

Ms Charlene Yong Chui Yi

Manager (Scholarships & Corporate Enterprise)

Resigned 13 November 2015

Mr Steven Kwok Liu Guo

Assistant Manager (Scholarships & Corporate Enterprise)

Resigned 10 July 16

Mr Chong Chin Heng Group Head (Information Technology & Library)

Re-designated on 1 Nov 15

Ms Bay Ping Flora Head Librarian

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Academic Staff

Language Specialists Dr Alvin Pang Khee Meng

B.A. (Hons) (National University of Singapore) PGCE (Institute of Education, UOL) M.A. (English) (National University of Singapore) M.Sc.(University of Pennsylvania) Ph.D. (Education) (The University of Western Australia)

Dr Chan Yue Weng B.A. (Hons) (University of Malaya) Dip. in Ed. (University of Malaya) Adv. Dip. (Shizuoka University) Postgraduate Dip. Appl. Ling. (SEAMEO RELC) M.Ed. TESL (University of Malaya) Ph.D. Appl. Ling. (Victoria University of Wellington)

Dr Marie Alina Yeo B.A. (Political Science & English) (University of Colorado) Postgraduate Dip in Education (University of New England) M.Ed. (University of Canberra) Certificate in Tertiary Teaching & Learning (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) Ph.D. (Education) (University of Leicester)

*Dr Siusana Kweldju

B.A. (English Language Teaching) (State University of Malang) M.A. (English Language Education) (State University of Malang) Ph.D. (English Language Education) (State University of Malang)

*Dr John Bateman B.A. (Specialising in English) (Wolverhampton Polytechnic) M.A. (Education Management) (University of London) Ph.D. Philosophy (Education) (University of Birmingham)

*Dr Kenneth Geoffrey Richter

B.A. in Literature (English/American) (University of California at Santa Cruz) M.A. (International Relations)(San Francisco State University) M.A. (English as a Second Language) (University of Memphis) Ph.D. (English) (University of Memphis)

Denotes academic staff who have left the organization as at 30 June 2016

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Dr Jeffrey Gerald Mehring

B.A. (Spanish & Political Science) (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater) M.A. (TESL) (Hawaii Pacific University) Ph.D. (Learning Technologies) (Pepperdine University) (joined on 1 September 2015)

Dr Roby Marlina B.A. (Monash University) Dip. in Education (Monash University) M.Ed. (TESOL) (Monash University) Ph.D. (Philosophy) (Monash University) (joined on 1 April 2016)

Adjunct Professor Dr Jack Croft Richards Dip. in TESL (Victoria University of

Wellington) B.A. (Victoria University of Wellington) M.A. (English) (Victoria University of Wellington) Ph.D. (Linguistics) (Laval University Quebec)

Lecturers *Mr Brian David Pettit

B.Ed. (The University of Melbourne) M.Ed. (The University of Melbourne)

*Mr Peter James Argeros

B.A (English Literature) (Saint Bonaventure University) M.Ed. (TESOL/Applied Linguistics) (State University of New York at Buffalo)

Ms Lim Soo Heng Cert. in Education (NIE) B.A. (Hons) English (National University of Singapore) M.A. (Applied Linguistics) (NIE/NTU)

Dr Fung Cheung Kam See

B.A. (Hons) (English Language & Literature) (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) M.A. (Linguistics) (TESOL) (Northeastern Illinois University) M.A. (Westminster Theological Seminary) Ph.D. Philosophy (Education & Leadership) (The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

*Ms Judith Anne Wagstaff

B.Soc.Sc. (University of Waikato) Dip (TESL) (Victoria University of Wellington) M.A. (TESOL) (School for International Training)

*Denotes academic staff who have left the organization as at 30 June 2016

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Ms Elsa Yow Soo Mei B.A. (Hons) (NUS)

M.A. (Applied Linguistics) (NUS) Postgraduate Dip. in Education (NIE/NTU)

Miss Mah Shi Hui Adeline

B.Com. Studies (Hons) (NTU) Postgraduate Dip. in Education (NIE/NTU) M.A. (Applied Linguistics) (NIE/NTU)

Ms K Noorjihan Bte Karim

Dip. in the Teaching of English (Royal Society of Arts) Dip. of English Studies (University of Cambridge) B.A. (English Language & Literature) (The Open University) M.A.(Education) (NTU)

Ms Miki Soon Yee San

Dip. in Education (NIE) B.A. (English Language) (The Open University, United Kingdom) Dip. in Economics (The Open University, United Kingdom) M.Ed. (IT in Education & Training) (University of Wollongong)

Mr Paul Andrew Dixon B.A (Hons) (University of Kent) Dip. in TESOL (Trinity College London) Graduate Certificate of Education (Tertiary Teaching) (James Cook University) M.A. (TESOL) (Sheffield Hallam University)

Ms Gail Sylvia Steele B.A (Hons) (University of London) M.A. (TESOL) (University of London)

Head (Languages Other Than English) Mr Loo Yow Tong

B.A. (National University of Singapore) B.Soc.Sc. (Hons) (National University of Singapore) Dip. in Education (NIE) M.Ed. (Chinese Language) (NIE)

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I. Preamble

1. As one of the 21 specialist centres set up by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO), RELC has played a prominent role as a Centre of Choice for language education in the region since 1968. 2. SEAMEO RELC’s set targets and performance goals are driven by the Centre’s mission to develop language teacher education in the region and the promotion of international cooperation among language professionals. Specifically, RELC’s key objectives based on its 9th Five Year Blueprint (2012- 2016), are underscored by the following 3 strategic thrusts: a) Broadening its partnership base outside its current comfort zone; b) Deepening professional and international understanding of the Centre’s capacity and expertise outside of the region; and c) Strengthening its organizational resolve, resources and resilience. 3. Essentially, the programmes and activities that RELC undertook were with the aim of achieving the Centre’s objectives in alignment with its strategic thrusts and with SEAMEO’s four strategic themes as outlined in the SEAMEO Strategic Plan (2011-2020) which are: a) regional leadership and international visibility; b) programme excellence and dynamism; c) SEAMEO values and social responsibility; and d) internal capacity building 4. The SEAMEO Strategic Plan 2011-2020 aims to provide a general direction and framework to the SEAMEO units in planning their operations, formulating internal strategies and re-adjusting their resources to appropriately attune to their respective financial funding. II. Regional Leadership & International Visibility Scholarships 5. SEAMEO RELC has been providing scholarships in language education for the region for the past 48 years since its establishment in 1968. These scholarships are primarily targeted at language practitioners from the Ministries of Education from SEAMEO member countries. To-date, SEAMEO RELC has offered 4,130 scholarships and trained 38,747 participants. 6. SEAMEO RELC sets aside at least SGD800,000 in each financial year to sponsor the language education of Southeast Asian nationals who are interested in upskilling language teaching and education.

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7. As the scholarship programme constitutes a key contribution of the Centre, SEAMEO RELC will constantly review the usefulness and relevance of its scholarship courses to keep in tandem with the dynamic language education landscape in the region. Training Courses 8. In the Financial Year 2015/2016, 51 customised training programmes and 9 testing services (for 27 candidates) were conducted and administered by SEAMEO RELC for a total of 1,027 language educators and professionals from Southeast Asia and beyond. These included regular training courses leading up to a Master’s Degree level. 9. The regular training courses were open to individual applicants who attended either on scholarships or on pay-feeing basis. There were a total of 9 such courses conducted in the Academic Year 2015/2016. The Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Linguistics course remained the flagship programme on the SEAMEO RELC calendar and the Master of Arts in TESOL course, in collaboration with the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, was offered for the third consecutive year. The other courses offered by the Centre are as follows: (a) Certificate Course English for International Understanding (EIU) (b) Specialist Certificate Courses

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) (c) Advanced Specialist Certificate Courses

Teaching, Listening and Speaking Teaching, Reading and Writing Language Assessment Language Skills and Pedagogy Literacy, Pedagogy and Assessment

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Course participants of the Blended Diploma in Course participants of the Blended Diploma in

Applied Linguistics Course at a class session Applied Linguistics Course interacting with students

with Dr Jack Richards, RELC Adjunct Professor during a school visit

EIU Course participants in a lively discussion with The CLIL Course in session with Dr Alvin Pang

Dr Chan Yue Weng, Language Specialist, RELC

Dr Jeffrey Mering, RELC Language Specialist, with Participant of the Advanced Certfiicate Course

participants of the Advanced Specialist on Language Assessment

Certificate in Literacy, Pedagogy and Assessment

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10. In response to local and regional needs, SEAMEO RELC continued to steer the SEAMEO agenda of international visibility through capacity-building programmes aimed at developing language education. Customised courses were designed based on specific needs of clients, including the Ministries of Education in the region. They vary widely in terms of content and schedule, and may be delivered either on a full-time or part-time basis. 11. The following were some of the major courses conducted in FY2015/2016:

- Customised workshops on “Teaching and Assessment of Editing Skills and Using Stories as a Teaching Tool to engage the 21st Century Language Learner” were mounted for teachers from local and private schools in Singapore.

- Workshops on “Content and Language Integrated Learning” were conducted for various universities in Taiwan. The Centre also provided professional development courses for teachers from Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.

- The Centre also collaborated with the Ministry of Education and

Culture, Indonesia to implement a Professional Enhancement Programme in Pedagogy and Principles of Teaching for Indonesian Master Trainers of English. RELC was also involved in monitoring the cascading of training to many other Indonesian trainers and teachers.

- SEAMEO RELC had, in conjunction with the Ministry of Education,

Youth, and Sport in Cambodia, launched a Professional Development Programme in English Language Teaching Methodology for Cambodian Master Teacher Trainers on 16 May 2016.

- The Centre continued to collaborate closely with local national

institutions, including Temasek Foundation, Singapore, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Defence and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, to offer specialised services in training and assessment for the development of language courses and tests that met their specific requirements.

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Dr Alvin Pang, Head, TRAC and Language Specialist and Dr Marie Yeo, Language Specialist, with Indonesian Master Trainers of English, attending the Enhancement Programme in Pedagogy and Teaching

Participants from Taiwan attending the CLIL Teachers from Vietnam attending a Professional Course at RELC Development Course at RELC during a visit to the MOE Heritage Centre

Ms Lim Soo Heng with University Teachers from Participants from Japan attending the Business

Thailand attending an English Language Training English Course for Hospitality and Tourism at RELC

Course at RELC

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RELC International Conference

12. SEAMEO RELC held its 51st International Conference from 14th to 16th March 2016. The theme of the Conference was “Teaching Literacies – Emerging Pathways and Possibilities in Language Education”. 13. The Guest of Honour for the Opening Ceremony was HE General Dapong Ratanasuwan, Minister of Education, Ministry of Education, Thailand, and SEAMEO Council President. 14. About 400 speakers and participants from 28 countries attended the Conference. Altogether, there were 12 invited speaker plenary presentations, 28 workshops and 84 parallel sessions, presented by a total of 118 speakers from 22 countries. Speakers from the SEAMEO member countries came from Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Highlights of the Conference included “Conversations with Invited Speakers” and two panel discussions which were well received by the Conference participants. 15. The Invited Speakers included Prof Allen Davenport (UK), Prof Karen Dooley (Australia), Dr Lesley Gourlay (UK), Prof Robyn Henderson (Australia), Prof John Macalister (New Zealand), Mr James Martin (UK), Prof Dr Jayakaran Mukundan (Malaysia), Associate Prof Aek Phakiti, Mr Martin Robinson (UK), Prof Jennifer Rowsell (Canada), Prof Karen Schramm (Austria) and Dr Nugrahenny Zacharias (Indonesia).

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Ms Susan Leong, RELC Director, delivering her HE General Dapong Ratanasuwan, Minister of welcome address at the 51

st RELC International Education, Thailand, (from right to left), Dr Gatot Hari

Conference Priowirjanto, Director, SEAMEO Secretariat, Mr Wong Siew Hoong, Director General of Education, Ministry of Education, Singapore, and other VIP guests and

participants

HE General Dapong Ratanasuwan, Minister of Education, Ministry of Education, Thailand, and SEAMEO Council President, giving his Opening Address at the 51st RELC International Conference 2016

Invited Speakers addressing questions from participants at the two Panel Sessions

A Parallel Session in progress A Workshop Session in progress

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Institutional Links 16. To promote the Centre’s visibility and reputation, SEAMEO RELC continued to forge its links with prestigious institutions locally and abroad. 17. In the Financial Year 2015/2016, 58 government officials, language educators and students from educational institutions in Indonesia, Philippines and Singapore, visited SEAMEO RELC to learn about the Centre and its training programmes.

Visitors from the Department of Education, Mandaluyong City, Philippines, at the RELC Library briefing

The RELC Director with visitors from the Ministry of Education, Singapore

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18. To foster better international understanding of the Centre’s capacity and expertise, SEAMEO RELC continued to maintain close relations with institutions that included Chulalongkorn University Language Institute, Bangkok, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and Jinan University, People’s Republic of China. These institutions have helped to extend the Centre’s network of collaboration, with different kinds of training platforms. 19. The Centre continued its collaboration with Jinan University, Guangdong, China, to offer the Master of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Others Languages programme in Singapore. A total of 129 candidates have been enrolled in the programme, which is now in its 5th year of collaboration with RELC. RELC Publications 20. The RELC Journal was first published in 1970 and since 2003, it has been published by SAGE Publications Ltd (SAGE). The total downloads in 2015 were 86,313 of which 85% (73418) were paid downloads. This is used by libraries as an indicator to renew subscriptions. There were 157 institutional single traditional subscriptions in 2015 with a renewal figure of 91% and 31 institutional packages, with a 135% renewal rate.

21. The RELC Journal is peer-reviewed and the peer review turnaround time is very important to authors. The RELC Journal had an average turnaround time from submission to first decision of only 30 days, and was rated by SAGE as “excellent average turnaround time”. 22. Due to the high number of articles published in the RELC Journal and the number of citations by other journals ranked in the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), SAGE believes that the RELC Journal is now ready to be submitted for inclusion in the ISI. The ISI’s bibliographic database provides some measure of the academic impact of the papers indexed in it, and may increase their impact by making them more visible and providing them with a quality label. 23. In addition, SAGE worked closely with Scopus, Elsevier’s abstracting & indexing database, where the RELC Journal was included. Inclusion in the database was particularly useful, as Scopus search results would link researchers directly to the articles in the RELC Journal. .

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24. For 2015, 5,361 people had signed up for electronic alerts for the RELC Journal, a 5% increase over 2014. The statistics for web visits via device usage is shown below.

Types of Device Number of web visits in 2014

Number of web visits in 2015

Desktop 133,997 127,513

Mobile phones 7,788 11,188

Tablet 3,950 3,706

III. Programme Excellence and Dynamism 25. Since the blended Diploma in Applied Linguistics was first offered in 2013/2014, RELC has been receiving positive feedback. Achievement statistics affirm that the blended approach offers significant benefits in terms of effective student engagement, learning and flexibility in time management. IV. Internal Capacity Building 26. SEAMEO RELC staff members are allocated a total of 40 hours per staff in each financial year to undergo training and development to enhance their capacity and professional capability. In the Financial Year 2014/2015, a total of 128 staff had attended 3,754 hours of training. In addition, SEAMEO RELC professional staff continued to participate at international and in-house seminars where they shared their readings and research with other participants (Appendix 1). 27. The RELC International Hotel was awarded the Green Mark GoldPlus

Certificate ( ) by the Building and Control Authority of Singapore (BCA) on 16 May 2016. The Certificate is valid for three years. The Green Mark certification encourages owners and operators to meet sustainable operations goals and to reduce the adverse effects of their buildings on the environment and occupants’ health over the entire building’s life cycle. 28. In the year under review, the Centre actively engaged the staff in Social Corporate Responsibility through a wide range of varied activities organized by the Staff Welfare, Social, & Recreation committee (SWSRC). To facilitate a greater outreach, the charities were so-called “brought to the doorsteps of RELC”. A multi-pronged approach was adopted in which the staff of RELC had hands-on experience in a wide range of activities to raise funds for charitable organizations.

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Lunch-time talk for staff on bone care

Staff taking the Singapore Pledge before the start of the celebrations for

Singapore’s 50th

National Day at RELC

Fun and games at the Annual Staff Get-together

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29. SEAMEO RELC is working on its next 10th Five-Year Blueprint (2017-2021) as the Centre continually seeks to create value to education and learning in the region. The growth of the ASEAN Community has resulted in an increasing interest in Southeast Asian countries to adopt the use of English as a language of instruction and communication. SEAMEO RELC hopes to leverage on this and to position itself to offer not just its expertise in language education, but also its consultancy and testing services to stakeholders, to be the Centre of Choice in the region.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SEAMEO RELC also thanks the following for their support in SEAMEO RELC’s programmes in the region and beyond:

Singapore Government Ministry of Education, Brunei Darussalam Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Cambodia Ministry of Education and Culture, Indonesia Ministry of Education, Lao People’s Democratic Republic Ministry of Education, Malaysia Ministry of Education, Myanmar Department of Education, the Philippines Ministry of Education, Singapore Ministry of Education, Thailand Ministry of Education and Culture, Timor-Leste Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnam British Council, Singapore Cambridge University Press Chulalongkorn University Language Institute, Thailand Goethe Institut, Singapore Lee Foundation Cambridge International Examinations Temasek Foundation, Singapore Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Professor Jack Richards

SEAMEO RELC also thanks the following schools and institutions for

hosting visits by its course participants from the region:

Ministry of Education Heritage Centre The Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Dunman Secondary School Dunman High School Japanese Studies Society - National University of Singapore

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APPENDIX 1: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Academic Staff Participation at Conferences/ Workshop and Publications

Dr Alvin Pang

Presented a paper, “English for International Understanding: Improving Oracy and Classroom Talk in ELF Classrooms”, at 62nd TEFLIN Conference, at Sanur Paradise Hotel, Bali, Indonesia, 14-16 September 2015

Presented a paper, “Contextualising and Customizing English Teacher Training in ASEAN countries", at the 11th MICELT Conference at Swiss-Garden Beach Resort, Damai Laut, Perak, Malaysia, 28 – 30 March 2016

Presented a paper, “Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in Asian countries”, at the International Seminar-Workshop on English Teaching in Baguio City, Philippines, 13-15 May 2016, organized by the Philippine Association for the Career Advancement of Educators (PACAE)

Contributed a paper on “English for International Understanding: Improving Oracy and Classroom Talk in ELF Classrooms” in Fuad Abdul Hamied, Ida Bagus Putra Yadnya & Gusti Ayu Gde Sosiowati (eds.). (2015). Developing Indigenous Models of English Language Teaching and Assessment, TELLIN, Indonesia.

Co-Editor of the August 2015, December 2015 and April 2016 RELC Journal issues

Dr Chan Yue Weng

Presented paper, “Critical Competencies for ELT Trainers via Capability-Building Projects” at the TESOL Regional Conference: Excellence in Language Instruction: Supporting Classroom Teaching & Learning, 3 -5 December 2015, National Institute of Education, Singapore

Presented workshop, “Developing Intertextual Readers and Writers for 21st Century” at the 51st RELC International Conference, Singapore: Teaching Literacies-Emerging Pathways & Possibilities in Language Education, 14 -16 March 2016

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Dr Marie Yeo

Invited Panellist at the British Council Symposium, October 2015, From Input to Implementation: Closing the Loop in Teacher Development.

Co-presented a paper with Jeff Mehring on, Flipping or Flopping: Lessons Learnt from Flipping a Course for ASEAN Teachers of English, at the 51st RELC International Conference, 14 – 16 March 2016, Singapore

Co-author of article with Le Pham Hoai Huong in the Asian EFL Journal, March 2016, Evaluating In-Service Training of Primary English Teachers: A Case Study in Central Vietnam

Co-Editor of the August 2015, December 2015 and April 2016 RELC Journal issues

Author of book review in the RELC Journal, April 2016, Educating Second Language Teachers by Donald Freeman

Dr Jeffrey Mehring

Co-presented paper with Marie Yeo, on Flipping or Flopping: Lessons Learnt from Flipping a Course for ASEAN Teachers at the 51st RELC International Conference, Singapore, 14 – 16 March 2016

Presented paper on Integration of Technology for Enhanced Digital Literacies through TPACK at the 51st RELC International Conference, Singapore, 14 – 16 March 2016

Presented paper on Integration of Technology for Enhanced Digital Literacies through TPACK at the Post RELC Seminar, Bangkok, Thailand, March 2016

Co-presented with Franciosi, S. J. on What do students learn by playing an online simulation game? EUROCALL 2015—Padova, Italy, (2015, August)

Presented research in 2016 on the Flipped Classroom and Potential Tools for the EFL Classroom. Computers in the Schools, 33(1), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/07380569.2016.1139912

Co-authored with Thompson, R. (2016). Better Vocabulary Study Strategies for Long-term Learning. Kwansei Gakuin University Humanities Review 22, 133-142.

Co-authored with Gorham, T., & Gorham, J. (2016). Dopamine, Language Learning, and having Fun with Zondle. The Language Teacher 40(1), 26-28.

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Ms Elsa Yow

Co-presented paper with Adeline Mah, “Developing SEL through Picturebooks”, at the 51st RELC International Conference: Teaching Literacies - Emerging Pathways and Possibilities in Language Education, 14 – 16 March 2016

Ms Adeline Mah

Co-presented paper with Elsa Yow, “Developing SEL through Picturebooks”, at the 51st RELC International Conference: Teaching Literacies - Emerging Pathways and Possibilities in Language Education, 14 – 16 March 2016

Published a Book Review in August 2015 Issue of RELC Journal

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APPENDIX 2: PUBLICATIONS

List of Publications 1. RELC Journal Vol 46 No 2 (August 2015)

Vol 46 No 3 (December 2015) Vol 47 No 1 (April 2016)

2. Reports RELC Annual Report 2014/2015 RELC Governing Board Report 2015