Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching
2009, Vol. 6, Suppl. 1, p. 318–319
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National University of Singapore
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Dr Elizabeth Beckmann is a lecturer in ANU’s Centre for Educational Development and Academic Methods. An alumna of the University of Cambridge, University of New England (Australia) and the ANU, Dr Beckmann is especially interested in how educational technologies can broaden opportunities for off-campus students to take control of their learning.
Peter G. Friedlander is a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Language Studies and in the South Asian Studies Program at NUS. He has experience in research and teaching on Hindi language and literatures and South Asian Religious traditions. His recent publications include a study of translations of the Dhammapada into English (2009, “Dhammapada Traditions and Translations,” in the Journal of Religious History) and with Robin Jeffrey and Sanjay Seth on the influence of the Hindi press (“Subliminal Charge” in Arvind Rajagopal (ed.), The Indian Public Sphere, Oxford, 2009).
Carol Hayes is a Senior Lecturer in Japanese language and literature at the Australian National University. With a PhD in Japanese literature from the University of Sydney, Carol has worked as both a teacher of the Japanese language at all levels and researcher of Japanese modern literature and film since 1995, in both Australia and the UK. Her research interests are broad, covering pre-modern, modern and contemporary Japanese literature and film; ethnicity and cultural identity; Japanese language acquisition and motivation, and translation and translation theory.
Gia Anh Le Ho has been teaching Vietnamese at the National University of Singapore since 2007. She has had extensive experience in teaching Vietnamese to students from diverse linguistic backgrounds. Prior to joining the National University of Singapore, Le worked as a Lecturer of English at the Vietnam National University in Hanoi. Le obtained her Master of Applied Linguistics from the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests include second language acquisition, curriculum development and cross-cultural communication.
Johanna W. Istanto is the Convenor of the Bahasa Indonesia Programme at the Centre for Language Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore since 2003. She coordinates the teaching and learning process for all undergraduate modules, ranging from elementary to advanced levels. She is also involved in the development of the Bahasa Indonesia Program courseware, which can be viewed at http://courseware.nus.edu.sg/IM@BIP. Prior to joining the NUS, she taught Bahasa Indonesia as a second/foreign language in Japan, Indonesia, and at a polytechnic in Singapore.
Suksri Lumprasert has been teaching Thai language with the Centre for Language Studies, National University of Singapore, since 2001. A Law graduate from Chulalongkorn University, she worked as Legal Officer at the Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Thailand before her posting to the Embassy of Thailand in Washington DC., United States, from 1996-1999.
Sasiwimol Prathoomthin is a lecturer of Thai as foreign language at the Centre for Language Studies of the National University of Singapore (NUS). She received her M.A. degree in English Studies from NUS in 2000. At the NUS, she has been teaching Thai to students at various proficiency levels since 1999. Her research interests are in the development of teaching materials, strategy use in foreign language learning, and foreign language teaching methodology.
Currently, Jyh Wee Sew teaches Malay at the Centre for Language Studies, National University of Singapore. His book-length publications include Reduplicating Nouns and Verbs in Malay (2007), Semiotik Persembahan Wacana (2009), & Persembahan@Media.com (2010), all published by University Malaya Press. He is indexed in Humanities Academia (Academic Keys, Connecticut 2009) & Marquis Who’s Who (2007, 2010).
Dr McComas Taylor is Head of the South Asia Centre in the Australian National University’s Faculty of Asian Studies. Having studied Chinese as an undergraduate at the University of Melbourne, McComas completed his PhD at ANU in 2005 on “The Fall of the Indigo Jackal: the Discourse of Division in Purnabahadra’s Pancatantra.” His research focuses on the construction of truth in the Sanskritic episteme, and ideas of social division in Sanskrit narrative literature. McComas’s devotion to making teaching come alive, whether through virtual classrooms or first-person role-plays, has been acknowledged by several teaching awards, including the ANU University Vice-Chancellor’s 2008 Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning and a 2008 ANU Students’ Award for Excellence in Teaching.
