{"id":8297,"date":"2026-05-22T16:47:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/celc\/?page_id=8297"},"modified":"2026-06-15T09:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:27:12","slug":"masterclass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/celc\/masterclass\/","title":{"rendered":"CELC Masterclasses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\t\tCELC Masterclasses\t<\/h1>\n<p>We invite you to experience a preview of our Master of Arts programme firsthand through our complimentary masterclasses from June to November 2026, where graduate students and working professionals can gain insights into the curriculum and engage with CELC faculty.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please see below for the full list of our Masterclasses.<\/p>\n\t<h3><strong>30th June 2026 (Tue), 4:00pm &#8211; 5:00pm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Discover your Signature Pedagogy and Turn It into Confident, Effective Course Design<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/celc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Masterclass-Poster-1587-x-1587-px-1.png\" alt=\"Masterclass Poster (1587 x 1587 px) (1)\" height=\"1587\" width=\"1587\" title=\"Masterclass Poster (1587 x 1587 px) (1)\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<p>The concept of &#8216;signature pedagogies&#8217; can be understood as key teaching and learning experiences constructed to facilitate the development of thinking and practices characteristic of a particular field or discipline. For example, critical reading as a necessary literacy skill can be modelled in both talk and action by a language teacher who deconstructs a text using Socratic questioning techniques in class.<\/p>\n<p>As educators who are practitioners of specific disciplines, we are often seen by our students as reference points for what participating in a discipline means. Signature pedagogies are thus not just key teaching and learning experiences but expressions of an educator&#8217;s professional teaching identity that we use to form connections with our students that facilitate our teaching and their learning.<\/p>\n<p>This masterclass thus offers the opportunity to discover the signature pedagogies that most align with your qualities, beliefs and values when it comes to teaching and learning. From there, you will learn how you can apply signature pedagogies to design confident, effective courses based on the concept of a community of inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>What participants will gain:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Insights into what their individual &#8216;signature pedagogies&#8217; are<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities to apply their individual &#8216;signature pedagogies&#8217; as relevant to their own teaching and learning contexts to begin designing confident, effective courses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/VxpqY7atjU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/celc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/btn_register-here-300x60.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"41\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\t<h3><strong>17th July 2026 (Fri), 4:00pm &#8211; 5:00pm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Exploring Best Practices in EMI with AI: Who, what, when, where, why, and how?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/celc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Masterclass-July-5.png\" alt=\"Masterclass July (5)\" height=\"1587\" width=\"1587\" title=\"Masterclass July (5)\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<p>The current education context legitimises the use of AI for textual design at all levels of learning.It appears, therefore, that the role of the communication educator is being reconfigured as that of a pedagogical expert who works with learners to leverage the affordances and limitations of generative AI as a probabilistic text-prediction system, guiding them to evaluate, refine and use AI-generated text for purposeful and intelligible human communication. Learners, on the other hand, sharpen their metalinguistic awareness and learn processes to enable the next level of optimal human communication. Against this backdrop, there are key features of the English language affecting intelligibility that still need to be learnt to ensure highly effective communication in an EMI context.<\/p>\n<p>The objectives of this masterclass are to:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Encourage participants to examine key features of English phonology, morphology, grammar, semantics, and pragmatics that improve intelligibility in multilingual academic settings.<\/li>\n<li>Strengthen participants&#8217; understanding of how they can develop their students&#8217; grammatical, communicative, and cultural competencies in this AI era.<\/li>\n<li>Discuss pedagogical approaches that strike the right balance between AI-supported and human-centred teaching of the fundamental features of the English language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The masterclass will adopt an interactive, seminar-style format for participants to exchange ideas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/MwqqY3X3GF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/celc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/btn_register-here-300x60.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"41\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2  id=\"gettingto\">\n\t\t\tGetting to the CELC Seminar Room (02-30)\t<\/h2>\n<p>We are located across from the Central Library and AS8, next to Techno-Edge and NUS IT<\/p>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/celc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CELC-Map-300x275.png\" alt=\"CELC Map\" height=\"275\" width=\"300\" title=\"CELC Map\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>To reach the CELC Seminar Room (02-30) from the main entrance, enter through the glass doors and continue straight ahead. This will lead you directly to the CELC Seminar Room (02-30).<\/p>\n<p>For those arriving via the car park, proceed to Level 2 using either the lift or the stairs. Upon reaching Level 2, follow the corridor signs to the main lobby of the Centre for English Language Communication (CELC). The CELC Seminar Room (02-30) will be located on your left.<\/p>\n\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Getting to the CELC Seminar Room (02-30) from the Main Entrance\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-7-h7h4j-mo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\n\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Getting to the CELC Seminar Room (02-30) from the Car Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/evaLazryoJw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CELC Masterclasses We invite you to experience a preview of our Master of Arts programme firsthand through our complimentary masterclasses from June to November 2026, where graduate students and working professionals can gain insights into the curriculum and engage with CELC faculty. &nbsp; Please see below for the full list of our Masterclasses. 30th June &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/celc\/masterclass\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CELC Masterclasses<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8297","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/celc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/celc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/celc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/celc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/celc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8297"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/celc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8394,"href":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/celc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8297\/revisions\/8394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/celc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}