English Language BA Honours Academic Exercises


Teaching Materials Teacher's Attitudes Grammar Teaching
Language Testing Thinking Skills Classroom Discourse
Teaching Programmes Language Use Language Strategies
Pragmatics Discourse Analysis Critical Discourse Analysis
Children's Literature Children's Writing Children's Lexicon
Phonetics Translation IT

Teaching Materials

Alison Maree Dragon-Humphries (2003) An Investigation into whether Children's Literature Provides Viable Comprehensible Input to Support the Vocabulary Acquisition of Primary 1 Children
(Supervisor: Sandra Williams)

Ong Siew Yee Elizabeth (2003) Primary One and Two English Textbooks in Singapore : An Analysis of Text Types and Question Types
(Supervisors: Robyn Cox and Kirsten Ann Schaetzel)

Lim Suet Ching Megan (2002) Step Ahead: How Useful is it for the Genre-Based Pedagogy
(Supervisor: Peter Teo)

Lee Ching Ting (1999) A Critical Exploration of Gender Portrayal: A Case Study of Instructional Materials Used in primary Schools in Singapore
(Supervisor: Anneliese Kramer-Dahl)

Teachers' Attitudes

Ang Elsa (2004) What Constitutes "Good" Student-written Stories?: A Study of Primary Teachers' and Students' Perceptions
(Supervisor: Kirsten Schaetzel)

Ng Siew Peng, Irene (2004) Perspectives on Streaming, EM3 Pupils and Literacy: Views of Participants
(Supervisor: Anneliese Kramer-Dahl)

Choy Kum Yoke Joyous(2003) An Investigation into Singaporean Teachers' Marking of Eight Grammatical Items
(Supervisor: Adam Brown)

Maslina Binte Mohd Noh (2003) Phua Chu Kang's English Pre- and Post-BEST classes: A Study on Secondary School Teachers' and Students' Attitudes towards it
(Supervisor: Low Ee Ling)

Lim Hweei Hsiah, Daphne (2000) A Study of Perception and Practice in Essay Evaluation
(Supervisor: Antonia Chandrasegaran)

Sim Yin Shan, Michelle (2000) Teacher Assessment of Narratives at the Upper Secondary Level
(Supervisor: Anneliese Kramer-Dahl)

Teh Jane Khim (2000) A Study on Attitudes of Teachers and Educators Towards Singlish: Don't Pray Pray
(Supervisor: Vanitha Saravanan)

Grammar Teaching

Yip Lai Ching Violet (2004) Errors in Past Tense Marking: A Study of Primary 5 Children in Singapore
(Supervisor: Lubna Alsagoff)

Lim Poh Choo Patricia (2003) Primary School Teachers' Beliefs About Effective Grammar Teaching And Their Actual Classroom Practices: A Singapore Case Study.
(Supervisor: Thomas Farrell)

Ng Eng Khim, Josephine (2002) Grammar Teaching in Singapore: a Qualitative Study of Four Beginning Teachers' Beliefs and their Classroom Practices
(Supervisor: Thomas Farrell)

Lee Fong Ting (2001) A Qualitative Study of Grammar Corrections in Students' Writing: A Singapore Case study
(Supervisor: Thomas Farrell)

Language Testing

Yeo Young Muay (2004) An exploration of the nature of the discourse negotiated between nine primary five candidates and their respective examiners in the Picture Conversation task: production or reproduction?
(Supervisor: Lynette May)

Koh Choon Hong Carine (2003) An Exploratory Study of Three Raters' Decision-Making Process on the Picture Conversation Task Used for Primary Six Candidates in Singapore
(Supervisor: Lynette May)

Thinking Skills

Teo Hoon Peng Becky (1998) Development of Thinking Skills Through Explicit Teaching of Argumentative Writing in Secondary School
(Supervisor: Anneliese Kramer-Dahl)

Classroom Discourse

Ng Soo Cheng (2004) More than just teaching at a different pace: An exploratory study of teachers' ways of speaking, instructional practices and perceptions of students in different streams
(Supervisor: Anneliese Kramer-Dahl)

Tan Kiat Kun Serena (2004) A Case Study Of Three Primary School Teachers' Beliefs And Classroom Feedback Practices Regarding Singapore Colloquial English
(Supervisor: Thomas Farrell)

Sio Kim Hwa (2002) Perception and Reflection of Gender in Classroom Discourse and Behaviour: A Study of Two Primary Five Science Lessons
(Supervisor: Audrey Ambrose-Yeoh)

Lit Lei Kim, Denise Stephanie (1999) Gender Differences and Gender Order in Classroom Discourse and Behaviour: A Study of the Singaporean Primary Classroom
(Supervisor: Maha Sripathy)

Teaching Programmes

Menon Sharma Monica (2004) A Study of the Learning Support Programme (English) in Assisting Identified Students Cope with the Literacy Demands of Mainstream Curriculum: A Case Study of the LSP in a Neighbourhood School
(Supervisor: Maha Sripathy)

Language Use

Grace Ho Li Jun (2004) A Study of Singaporean Preschoolers on their Ability to use Decontextualised Oral Language.
(Supervisor: Christine Goh)

Rita Zamzamah Nazeer (2004) The Complexities beneath the Perfect Picture: A Postmodern Perspective of Three Malay-Muslim Bilingual Children's Home Practices
(Supervisor: Vanitha Saravanan)

Parwinder Singh Grewal (2004) Back to the Roots : Family Literacy Practices of Two Eight-Year-Old English-Punjabi Bilinguals
(Supervisor: Vanitha Saravanan)

Lydiana Ismail (1999) Patterns of Language Choice & Perception of Cultural Identity: A Case Study of a Three-Generation Malay-Baweanese Extended Family
(Supervisor: Vanitha Saravanan)

Fernandez Hazel (1998) Patterns of Language Use and Perceptions of Ethnic Identity in Three-Generation Catholic Malayalee Families
(Supervisor: Vanitha Saravanan)

Chris Low Chuan Weng (1997) Language Choice Among Customers and Staff of a Coffeeshop and McDonald's Outlet
(Supervisor: Tope Omoniyi)

Lorraine Anne De Silva (1997) Codeswitching Among Preschool English-Malay Bilinguals
(Supervisor: Christina Hvitfeldt)

Zareena Kamarra (1997) Patterns of Language Use Among Three-Generation Malay Families
(Supervisor: Vanitha Saravanan)

Language Strategies

Chua Yew Cheong Rodger (2003) Exploring the Perception and Practice of an Early Literacy Strategy, Class Dictated Story, at P2 Level in a Singaporean Neighbourhood School
(Supervisor: Audrey Ambrose-Yeoh)

Pragmatics

Chin Mei San, Agnes (2002) Lower Secondary Students' Recognition of and Compliance with Conventional Indirect Requests (CIRs).
(Supervisor: Lim Beng Soon)

Koh Lily (1998) Is the Singaporean Chinese Woman More Polite than her Male Counterpart? A Study of Politeness Patterns in Verbal Behaviour
(Supervisor: Andrew Goatly)

Teo Jing Hwa (1997) Communication in Mixed-Sex Groups Among Singapore Secondary School Students
(Supervisor: Phyllis Chew)

Discourse Analysis

Ang Hui Bing (2004) A Stylistic Analysis of Minfong Ho's Sing To The Dawn: How it Constructs its Fictional World and Positions the Reader
(Supervisor: Anneliese Kramer-Dahl)

Tang Kum Khuan (2004) Indications of Audience Awareness in Academic Essay Introductions: An Exploratory Comparison of Expert Writers and Student Writers
(Supervisor: Antonia Chandrasegaran)

Ang Hui Hoon (2003) Time to get out of the bath, Shirley: An Ecological Analysis of a Contemporary Picturebook
(Supervisor: Anneliese Kramer-Dahl)

Chua Siew Kheng (2002) The Construction of Gendered Identities in the Teacher-Assigned Writing of Primary Five Children
(Supervisor: Anneliese Kramer-Dahl)

Lim Lee Eng (2002) Fast Cars and Magical Cards: A Study of Gendered Choices in Cartoons
(Supervisor: Anneliese Kramer-Dahl)

Critical Discourse Analysis

Ng Jon Way, Carl (2003) Remaking a Nation: A Critical Analysis of the Singapore National Day Rally Speech 2002
(Supervisor: Peter Teo)

Ng Gay Koon, Sophia (2002) The Construction of Female Identities in Women's Weekly: A Comparison between the Singapore and Australian Editions
(Supervisor: Peter Teo)

Ng Chor San (1998) A Critical Study of Gender Assumptions in Gender-Specific Advertisements
(Supervisor: Gloria Poedjosoedarmo)

Children's Literature

Low Guek Siang, Jesslyn (2002) Portrayal of the Elderly in Roald Dahl's Books for Children
(Supervisor: Ruth Wong Yeang Lam)

Children's Writing

Quek Hwee Khim Shelly (2004) Exploring the Teaching of Letter Writing in a Primary 1 Singapore Classroom
(Supervisor: Joyce James)

Ang Sing Leng Cynthia (2003) What's the Story with Gender and Writing? A case study of pupils' attitudes towards, and experiences with writing in a secondary classroom
(Supervisor: Anneliese Kramer-Dahl)

Yeo Nyuk Peng, Josephine (2001) Potential Influence of 'Mother-Tongue' on the Written English of Secondary School Students in Singapore
(Supervisor: David Deterding)

Serene Goh Kar Keow (1998) A Study of Teacher's levels of Use in process Writing
(Supervisor: Anthony Seow

Wong I-Ling (1998) Gender Differences in Children's Writing
(Supervisors: Anneliese Kramer-Dahl and Christina Hvitfeldt)

Children's Lexicon

Siti Radhiah Jailani (2000) Investigating How Words are Linked in the Minds of Twelve-Year-Olds
(Supervisor: Peter Gu)

Phonetics

Eu Lay Kim, Veronica (2004) The Potential Influence of American English on some Pronunciation Features of Young Educated Singaporeans: An Acoustic and Attitudinal Exploration
(Supervisor: Low Ee Ling)

Lim Siew Siew (2004) An Acoustic and Perceptual Study of Triphthongs in Educated Singapore English
(Supervisor: Low Ee Ling)

Ong Po Keng Fiona (2004) Rhythm: A Comparative Study of Indexes
(Supervisor: David Deterding)

Tan Kah Keong (2004) Vocalisation of Dark-l in Educated Singaporean English
(Supervisor: David Deterding)

Heng Mui Gek (2003) Reduced Vowels in Polysyllabic Words in Singapore English
(Supervisor: David Deterding)

Lim Siew Hwee (2003) Extra Final Consonants in Educated Singapore English
(Supervisor: David Deterding)

Koh Pee Chou, Richard (2002) An acoustic study of /s/ and /z/ in Educated Singaporean English
(Supervisor: David Deterding)

Teo Yin Yin (2002) An Instrumental Analysis of the Acoustic Correlates to the Perception of 'Good English' in Singapore
(Supervisor: David Deterding)

Chia Boh Peng (2001) Estuary English: An Examination of Singaporeans' Attitudes towards this Accent of English
(Supervisor: Adam Brown)

Lim Teck Siong (1999) A Comparison of the Plosives of English and Mandarin, with a Focus on the Unaspirated Plosives of Both Languages
(Supervisor: David Deterding)

Seow Bee Lin, Belinda (1998) Measurements of the Rhythm of the English Spoken by Different Ethnic Groups in Singapore
(Supervisor: David Deterding)

Shanti Marion Moorthy (1997) Dental Fricatives in the Speech of Educated Singaporeans
(Supervisor: David Deterding)

Selvarani d/o Suppiah (1997) Indian Acrolectal Speakers in Formal Contexts
(Supervisor: Gloria Poedjosoedarmo)

Suzanna Binte Hashim (1997) Computer-Based Analysis of Vowels Produced by Female Singapore English Speakers
(Supervisor: Adam Brown)

Translation

Chan Tsui Shan, Stella (2001) A Contrastive Discourse Study on English and Chinese Public Documents in Singapore
(Supervisor: David Deterding)

IT

Hia Wan Ching (2003) A Proposal For Using MOOs (Multiple-User Domains, Object-Oriented) To Teach English in Singapore Primary Classrooms
(Supervisor: Phillip Towndrow)

Yeo Liew Ling, Eileen (2002) Exploring Perceptions, Practices and Problems of Integrating Information Technology in the English Language Classrooms of a Singapore Secondary School
(Supervisor: Gu Yong Qi Peter)