Profile

Name: Fong Yoke Sim
Designation: Lecturer
Telephone: 6516 8879
Email: elcfys@nus.edu.sg
Office: CELC #02-21 (10 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117511)

Academic Qualifications

  • MSc, University of Edinburgh, UK
  • BA, University of Singapore, Singapore
  • Dip Ed, Institute of Education, Singapore
  • Dip RSA, London, UK

Awards

  • NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award 2002/2003
  • CELC Commendation for Teaching Excellence 2009/2010
  • CELC Commendation for Teaching Excellence 2005/2006
  • CELC Commendation for Teaching Excellence 2001/2002
  • CELC Commendation for Teaching Excellence 2000/2001

Modules/Courses Taught

  • ES2301
  • ES1301
  • MBC5005
  • IMBA 6014
  • ES1000
  • EG1471
  • ES1102
  • EnglishAssist

Research Interests

  • Language Education
  • Motivation
  • Learning Strategies
  • Language and Culture

Publications

  • Article: Through a Looking Glass: A Profile of PRC SM3 Students Enrolled in an Intensive English Course in Language & Communication Review, 5, (1), 2006.
  • Article: "Don’t worry a lot, dear!”: Reflections of PRC ESL learners on their English language learning experience in Reflections on English Language Teaching, 5(2), December 2006: 25-46.
  • Article: A Two-way Mirror: Reflections of Learners and Teachers on Language Skills for Science Undergraduates in Reflections on English Language Teaching, 2, 2003. (Co-authors: Ms Ho Poh Wai and Mrs Judith Lindley, CELC)

Research Projects

  • PhD programme (long-distance, part-time): Learners in Transition

Seminars & Conferences

  • Conference paper: Learners in Transition: Chinese Students Enrolled in English Bridging Courses at ELC2010 Conference, English Education Today for Tomorrow: The Road Ahead, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China, April 16-18 2010.
  • Seminar paper: Learners in Transition: Chinese students enrolled in bridging courses in NUS and UNNC. A work-in-progress report presented to research staff and students at CELE, University of Nottingham, U.K., 2 June 2009.
  • Conference paper: A tale of two cities: A comparative study of two groups of PRC ESL learners at the Second International Symposium for English Language Teachers, 30 May - 1 June 2007 (organised by the Centre for English Language Communication, the National University of Singapore).
  • Conference paper: Heightening EFL Students Metacognitive Awareness through Learner Diaries presented at 13th AILA Conference, Singapore, in Dec 2002.
  • Conference paper: Learner Diaries as Tool to Heighten Students’ Metacognitive Awareness of Foreign Language Learning presented at 12th AILA Conference, Tokyo, in August 1999.