Dr Brenda YUEN – NUS CELC

Brenda Yuen

Senior Lecturer

Contact Information

Telephone: 6601 3921
Email: elcbypl@nus.edu.sg
Office: CELC #03-17 (10 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117511)

Brenda YUEN is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for English Language Communication, where she has taught and coordinated academic writing, critical thinking, and science communication courses. She holds a Doctor of Applied Language Sciences from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Humanities Doctoral Scholarship), an MPhil in English and Applied Linguistics from the University of Cambridge (Chevening Scholarship), an MA in English Language Teaching and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Brenda is involved in the development and administration of large-scale English placement tests for NUS undergraduates and postgraduates, and assessment quality assurance through quantitative data analysis, particularly using Rasch analysis. Her key research areas are criterion-referenced assessment and feedback literacy development in higher education. Her recent research focuses on the impact of technology-enhanced dialogic feedback on student feedback literacy and writing competency development.

Recent Courses Taught

EM1201 English for Academic Purposes (Music) 1
EM1202 English for Academic Purposes (Music) 2
UTW1001I Science and Popular Narratives
SP1541 Exploring Science Communication through Popular Science
CG1111 Engineering Principles and Practice (Embedded)
MLE1010 Materials Engineering Principles & Practices (Embedded)
ES1000 Foundation Academic English

Awards & Recognition

NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award 2024
NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award 2021
CELC Teaching Excellence Award 2025/2026
CELC Teaching Excellence Award 2022/2023
CELC Teaching Excellence Award 2021/2022
CELC Teaching Excellence Award 2020/2021
CELC Teaching Excellence Award 2019/2020

Grant Projects

Principal Investigator, Teaching Enhancement Grant 2026/2027, National University of Singapore. Project title: Evaluating AI-mediated dialogic feedback for student feedback literacy and writing development.

Co-Investigator, Teaching Enhancement Grant 2023/2024, National University of Singapore. Project title: Blended learning 2.0: Best practices in designing a community of inquiry to enhance student learning in language and communication courses.

Principal Investigator, Teaching Enhancement Grant 2021/2022, National University of Singapore. Project title: Developing student feedback literacy in a technology-enhanced learning environment.

Principal Investigator, Teaching Enhancement Grant 2017/2018, National University of Singapore. Project title: Developing and validating an assessment rubric for popular science news article writing.

Selected Publications (since 2019)

Lee, K. M., Yuen, B., Luu, J., & Toh, A. (2026). Unlocking success: The crucial role of communication in remote online testing. In T. Clarks & E. Bruce (Eds.), Quality standards for remote digital language testing. Springer.
Thompson, A., & Yuen, B. (2023). Enhancing students’ engagement through Miro: Transitioning from online to face-to-face learning in a science communication course. Teaching Connections. https://blog.nus.edu.sg/teachingconnections/2023/09/22/enhancing-students-engagement-through-miro-transitioning-from-online-to-face-to-face-learning-in-a-science-communication-course/(opens in new tab)
Thompson, A. A., & Yuen, B. (2022). Using Miro to enhance students’ online engagement and learning in a science communication module. Teaching Connections. https://blog.nus.edu.sg/teachingconnections/2022/08/26/using-miro-to-enhance-students-online-engagement-and-learning-in-a-science-communication-module/(opens in new tab)
Lee, M. C., Udalagama, C., Yuen, B., Goh, H. (2021). Forging language-content partnerships: Interdisciplinary collaboration in a reading and writing module for Science students. Teaching Connections. https://blog.nus.edu.sg/teachingconnections/2021/07/21/forging-language-content-partnerships-interdisciplinary-collaboration-in-a-reading-and-writing-module-for-science-students/(opens in new tab)
Pui, P., Yuen, B., & Goh, H. (2021). Using a criterion-referenced rubric to enhance student learning: A case study in a critical thinking and writing module. Higher Education Research & Development, 40(5), 1056–1069. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1795811(opens in new tab)
Tan, L. Y. L., Yuen, B., Loo, W. L., Prinsloo, C., & Gan, M. (2020). Students' conceptions of bell curve grading fairness in relation to goal orientation and motivation. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 14(1), Article 7. http://doi.org/10.20429/ijsotl.2020.140107(opens in new tab)
Yuen, B., & Sawatdeenarunat, S. (2020). Applying a rubric development cycle for assessment in higher education: an evidence-based case study of a science communication module. Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 10(1), 53-68. https://ctlt.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/v10n1_yuen_sawatdeenarunat.pdf

Selected Presentations (since 2019)

Yuen, B. (2026, October 27). Miro on the move: Engaging language learners through mobile-based activities [Presentation]. Tech Slam 8: Ethics & Accountability in CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning), Mid-Atlantic Association for Language Learning Technology (MAALLT).
Yuen, B. (2026, June 2). Developing feedback literacy and writing competency in science communication: Technology-enhanced peer feedback [Paper presentation]. CAES Conference 2026 – AHKLC Symposium: Innovations in Language Education: Advancing Pedagogy, Practice and Research, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Yuen, B., Luu, T. H. L., Toh, A., & Lee, K. M. (2025, May 22). Developing and evaluating a communication model for live online proctoring [Paper presentation]. 7th CELC Symposium, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Udalagama, C., Yuen, B., & Lee, M. C. (2025, May 23). Partnerships in a content and language collaborative teaching framework in higher education [Paper presentation]. 7th CELC Symposium, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Luu, T. H. L., Yuen, B., E, M. K. L., & Wai-Cook, M. S. S. (2024, December 3). Workload and wellbeing: Striking a delicate balance for academic success in blended learning [Paper presentation]. Higher Education Conference in Singapore (HECS) 2024, National University of Singapore, Singapore. https://blog.nus.edu.sg/hecs/hecs2024-jluu-et-al
Yuen, B. (2024, July 3). Science communication teaching in higher education: Implementing a technology-enhanced inquiry-based learning approach [Paper presentation]. International Conference on Technology-enhanced Language and Teaching & Corpus-based Language Learning and Teaching 2024, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Yuen, B. (2024, June 21). Blended learning in science communication: Enhancing students’ learning through technology [Paper presentation]. International Conference on Emerging Technologies in English Language Education in the 21st Century, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong and Tung Wah College, Hong Kong.
Thompson, A. A., & Yuen, B. (2023, December 7). Interdisciplinarity in science communication: Promoting student engagement and learning through the digital collaborative platform Miro [Paper presentation]. Higher Education Campus Conference (HECC) 2023, National University of Singapore, Singapore. https://blog.nus.edu.sg/hecc2023proceedings/interdisciplinarity-in-science-communication-promoting-student-engagement-and-learning-through-the-digital-collaborative-platform-miro/
Thompson, A. A., & Yuen, B. (2023, March 13). Technology-enhanced approach to promote engagement: Using Miro in a science communication module [Paper presentation]. 57th RELC International Conference, Singapore.
Yuen, B. & Thompson, A. A. (2022, December 9). Enhancing students’ online engagement and language learning: Using the digital collaborative platform Miro in a science communication module. [Paper Presentation]. International Congress on English Language Education and Applied Linguistics, Hong Kong.
Yuen, B. (2022, December 2). Investigating the impact of technology-enhanced peer feedback on feedback literacy and writing performance. [Paper Presentation]. Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Yuen, B. (2022, May 30). Developing multi-faceted feedback literacy: Embedding technology-enhanced peer assessment for effective science communication [Paper presentation]. The 6th CELC Symposium, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Yuen, B. (2021, July 8). Integrating feedback technology in and beyond the classroom: using dialogic peer feedback to develop feedback literacy [Paper presentation]. International Conference on Technology-Enhanced Language Learning and Teaching & Corpus-based Language Learning and Teaching 2021, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Yuen, B. (2019, December 6). Examining the validity of an analytic rating scale for the assessment of critical thinking and writing [Paper presentation]. 20th English in Southeast Asia Conference, National Institute of Education and Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics, Singapore.
Yuen, B. (2019, December 4). Developing student feedback literacy to enhance peer feedback quality for academic writing [Paper presentation]. CELC Roundtable 2019, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Yuen, B. (2019, August 20). Rubric application and validation as a means to evidence student learning [Paper presentation]. NUS Teaching Academy's Teaching & Learning Club (TLC) Faculty Event, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Yuen, B., & Sawatdeenarunat, S. (2019, July 19). Applying a rubric development cycle: Challenges from rubric application to validation [Paper presentation]. NUS Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning's Faculty Sharing Session, National University of Singapore, Singapore.