Profile

Name: Jessie Teng
Designation: Associate Director (Administration)
Telephone: 6516 3727
Email: elctengj@nus.edu.sg
Office: CELC #03-18 (10 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117511)

Academic Qualifications

  • PhD, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • MA (SEAS), National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • MEd, University of Sheffield, UK
  • BSc, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • Cert TESL, Regional Language Centre, Singapore

Awards

  • NUS Teaching Excellence Award (2001)

Modules/Courses Taught

  • English for Academic Purposes
  • Writing for Science undergraduates
  • Business and Technical Communication

Research Interests

  • Academic literacies
  • Language learning strategies
  • Power and identity

Publications

BOOK CHAPTER

  • Teng, J S M. "The Use of Learner Diaries in the teaching of English as a Second Language". In Teaching English to Students from China, ed. GL Lee, L Ho, LJE Meyer, C Varaprasad and C Young, 35 53. Singapore: Singapore University Press, 2003. 19 pp.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  • Crookall*, D, S Lopez nerney, S M Teng, S M Wu, T Toh lay suan, jacqueline e, NORHAYATI Mohd ismail, J E Meyer and J E Meyer, "Student initiated out of class academic collaboration at a Singapore University". The Asia Pacific Education Researcher, 9, no. 1 (2000): 64 82. (Philippines).
  • Lopez nerney*, S, S M Teng, S M Wu, T Toh lay suan, jacqueline e, NORHAYATI Mohd ismail, J E Meyer, G Jacobs and D. Crookall, "An exploratory study of lecturers' views of out of class academic collaboration among students". K @ TA, 3, no. 2 (2001): 109 120. (Indonesia).
  • Teng, J S M, The Use of Learner Diaries in the Teaching of English as a Second Language. Working Papers on Language, no. 7. Singapore: CELC, NUS, 2001. 19 pp.

Reports

  • Teng, J S M, Hari Darmawan & Matahari : Case Study of a Chinese Indonesian Entrepreneur and His Retail Empire. Working Papers in Southeast Asian Studies, no. 99 05. Singapore: M. A. (Southeast Asian Studies) Programme, NUS, 1999. 19 pp.

Short Article

  • Teng, J. "Power & identity in a community of academic literacy practice". SAAL Quarterly, 4 11. Singapore: SAAL, 2009.

Research Projects

  • 2010-2011, NUS Teaching Enhancement Grant: Addressing the grammar needs of incoming NUS foreign undergraduates (SM3) through the development of course materials in response to needs analysis.
  • 2008, CELC Testing Committee Project: An analysis of the Qualifying English Test (QET) 2005 and 2006 scores: Highlights, trends, and implications.

Seminars & Conferences

  • Teng, J. "Academic Literacy, Transnationalism and Identity". CELC Staff Seminar (11 Apr 2012, CELC, NUS, Singapore)
  • Teng, J. "Developing Student Centric Course Materials for PRC EFL Learners". 6th International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education ( 6 9 Dec 2011, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
  • Teng, J. "Identity construction and membership in a community of academic literacy practice". 4th HAAL Conference (25 Jun 2011, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
  • Teng, J. "Teaching Academic Writing". CamTESOL 2010 (27 28 Feb 2010, National Institute of Education, Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
  • Teng, J. "Power and identity". CELC Staff Seminar (24 Feb 2010, CELC, NUS, Singapore)
  • Teng, J. "Power and identity in a community of academic literacy practice". The 13th International Conference on English in South East Asia (ESEA 2008) ( 6 8 Dec 2008, National Institute of Education, Singapore)
  • Teng, J. "The use of text editing in the teaching of grammar". 1st International Language Learning Conference 2004: 21 (16 18 Dec 2004, Evergreen Laurel Hotel, Penang, Singapore) (Paper presented as workshop.).
  • Teng, J. "The multiple literacies of second language learners". CELC Staff Seminar (17 Sep 2003, CELC, NUS, Singapore)
  • Teng, J. "The multiple literacies of second language learners in a tertiary institute". AILA Congress (16 21 Dec 2002, Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore)
  • Teng, J. "Waking up to coherence". CELC Staff Seminar (17 Nov 2000, CELC, NUS, Singapore)
  • Teng, J. "Waking up to cohesion with conjunctions through group writing". The 4th CULI International Conference ( 1 3 Dec 1999, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand) (Paper presented as workshop).
  • Teng, J. Power and identity in a community of academic literacy practice: an ethnographic study of undergraduates in Singapore. Doctor of Philosophy thesis, National University of Singapore, Singapore. 2008. 294 pp.

Unpublished Materials

  • Teng, J, Pui, P., Yang, Y. and Zhu S. Addressing the grammar needs of incoming NUS foreign undergraduates (SM3) through the development of course materials in response to needs analysis. Singapore, 2011, 26 pp. (NUS Teaching Enhancement Grant report).
  • Chew*, M L, J Teng and S M Wu, An analysis of the Qualifying English Test (QET) 2005 and 2006 scores: Highlights, trends, and implications. Singapore, Singapore Pr, 2008, 65 pp. (Research report, prepared for Centre for English Language Communication).