University Awards, NUS

Current Teaching Portfolio

German language modules 1 & 4 as well as German for Academic Purposes.

Teaching Achievements

	played a leading role in developing the curriculum at the Centre for Language Studies;
	led a team of German lecturers to create e-daf, a comprehensive virtual self-access centre for the learning of German as a Foreign Language;
	developed three successive curricula for German language modules at NUS;
	played a key role in changing the nature and scope of foreign language learning provision at NUS.

Teaching Strengths

	sees the role of an educator as extending beyond the classroom;
	applies new technologies in foreign language learning;
	supports his teaching role with active research in process-oriented language learning, curriculum development and syllabus design, metacognition and learner autonomy.

Publication Credits

	author, Metakognition und der DaF-Unterricht fur asiatische Lerner. Möglichkeiten und Grenzen . Munster & New York, Waxmann-Verlag, 2000;
	co-author, German Language Syllabus (with Teaching Guidelines) for Secondary 1- 4 . Singapore : Ministry of Education, 1997;
	co-author, German Language Syllabus (with Teaching Guidelines). “A” Level . Singapore : Ministry of Education, 1997;
	author and co-author of numerous articles in refereed journals, book chapters and conference papers in foreign language education;
	co-editor, Foreign Language Teaching in Asia and Beyond (expected to be published in 2006).

International Standing

	editor, e- FLT, Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching;
	vice-President, Pacific CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) Association;
	member, International Association for Language Learning Technology;
	member, Euro CALL;
	member, Asia CALL;
	member, Singapore Association of Applied Linguistics.

Awards and Accolades

	NUS Excellent Teachers 2003;
	NUS Excellent Teachers 2002;
	NUS Faculty and University Teaching Excellence Awards, 1997.

Teaching Aspiration

hopes to share with colleagues the philosophy that teaching, including the teaching of languages, is both a Science and an Art.

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