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Direct linkLi, Li; Tan, Chee Lay – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2016
In a bilingual environment such as Singaporean Chinese community, the challenge of maintaining Chinese language and sustaining Chinese culture lies in promoting the daily use of Chinese language in oral and written forms among children. Ample evidence showed the effect of the home language and literacy environment (HLE), on children's language and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Bilingualism, Family Literacy
Tang, Kok-Sing; Tan, Seng-Chee – Classroom Discourse, 2017
The study in this article examines and illustrates the intertextual meanings made by a group of high school science students as they embarked on a knowledge building discourse to solve a physics problem. This study is situated in a computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environment designed to support student learning through a science…
Descriptors: High School Students, Science Instruction, Language Usage, Physics
Li, Li; Tan, Chee Lay; Goh, Hock Huan – Cogent Education, 2016
In a bilingual society like Singapore, home language environment (HLE) of Singaporean children is becoming increasingly concerned, especially for those who are yet to have formal education in schools. The reported rapid shift of family language has increased the tensions among families, schools and communities. This study examined some of the many…
Descriptors: Native Language, Bilingualism, Family Relationship, Language Skill Attrition
Dixon, L. Quentin; Zhao, Jing; Joshi, R. Malatesha – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2012
The present study examined the influence of Singapore Colloquial English (SCE) on Standard English word spelling through a plural formation task of four words ("man", "tooth", "dress" and "child") among 168 Singaporean bilingual children with Chinese background. It was found that "dropping the…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Spelling, Speech, Oral Language
Goh, Christine – ELT Journal, 2009
English language teachers' opinions on the pedagogic relevance of spoken grammar are beginning to be reported, yet the voices of teachers in East Asia are rarely heard. In this article, the views of teachers from China and Singapore expressed in an online discussion are compared. The discussion, which was part of a taught postgraduate course,…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Oral Language, Written Language, Standard Spoken Usage
