Dr LEE Ming Cherk

Lee Ming Cherk

Senior Lecturer

Contact Information

Telephone: 6516 6085
Email: elclmc@nus.edu.sg
Office: CELC #02-02 (10 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117511)

LEE Ming Cherk is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for English and Language Communication where she teaches academic writing. She holds a Bachelor degree (Hons) in English and History from Leeds University, U.K., a Master degree in TESOL from Teachers College, Columbia University, U.S and a Doctorate in Education from Leicester University, U.K. She has taught English in Singapore and Hong Kong for many years and at many levels, ranging from vocational training to postgraduate studies. Her research interests include pedagogy, student engagement, discourse analysis and academic literacy. She is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, and occasionally undertakes Chinese-English interpretation work.

Recent Courses Taught and/or Coordinated

FAS1101 Writing Academically: Arts and Social Sciences
SP2171 Discovering Science

Awards & Recognition

FASS Faculty Teaching Excellence Award for AY2021/2022

Selected Publications (since 2019)

Jayaraman, U., Begum, J. R., & Lee, M. C. (2026, April 21). Helping first-year humanities and social science students find their voice through a reading-to-writing approach. Teaching Connections. National University of Singapore. https://blog.nus.edu.sg/teachingconnections/2026/04/21/2026-lee-mc-et-al/
Lee, M.C. (2023). Interaction and critical thinking in online discussions: some considerations. Teaching English and Communication in Higher Education. https://blog.nus.edu.sg/celcblog/2023/10/19/interaction-and-critical-thinking-in-online-discussions-some-considerations-by-lee-ming-cherk/
Lee, M. C., Udalagama, C., Yuen, B., & Goh, H. (2021, July 21). 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/
Lee, M.C. (2019). Improving Student Engagement: a case study of active learning. SOTL Matters. https://blog.nus.edu.sg/macadresources/2019/12/06/improving-active-learning/
Lee, M.C. (2019). Mathematical Discourse in PhD Theses: Considerations for the Language Teacher. The Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics. Vol. 6 No. 2, 2019, pp. 153-169 ISSN2308-6262 http://caes.hku.hk/ajal

Selected Presentations (since 2019)

Cao, F., Cook, M., Lee, M.C. (2026, July 6-9). Engagement in Blended Learning. Paper presented at the HERDSA Conference, National University of Singapore.
Begum, J. R., Jayaraman, U., & Lee, M.C. (2025, May 21–23). Developing authorial voice in a CLIL course. Paper presented at the 7th CELC Symposium, National University of Singapore.
Udalagama, C., Yuen, B., & Lee, M. C. (2025, May 21–23). Partnerships in a content and language collaborative teaching framework in higher education. Paper presented at the 7th CELC Symposium, National University of Singapore.
Cao, F., Lee, M. C., Mattar, N., & Norhayati, I. (December 3, 2024). The efficacy of instructional practice and support on student engagement and wellbeing in blended learning [Paper presentation]. Higher Education Conference in Singapore (HECS) 2024, National University of Singapore.
Lee, M.C.(2023). Student engagement in online discussions: a teacher’s perspective, ICOIE 2023, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, 4-6 July 2023.
Lee, M.C., Udalagama, C., Yuen, B. and Goh, H. (2022). Interdisciplinary Collaboration: A case study of a an embedded course for science undergraduates, HERSDA 2022, Melbourne Australia, 27-30 June 2022.
Lee, M.C., Udalagama, C., Yuen, B. and Goh, H. (2022). It Takes a Village to Raise a Child: A Tale of Collaboration and Alignment in Delivering an Academic Literacy Module, the 6th CELC Symposium. CELC, NUS, Singapore. 20-30 May, 2022.
Lee, M. C. (24 April 2021). "Interdisciplinary Collaboration: A case study of a communication segment in an embedded course for science students". ELC 2021 International Conference, Shantou University, 23-25 April 2021.
Lee, M. C. "Improving Student Engagement: A case study of active learning" (28 June 2019). 17th Asia TEFL. Asia TEFL. 27-29 June 2019.