TOPIC: Oral communication
Literature in the English Language Classroom
issue 47 mar / apr 2014Oh, Literature is Literature, and English Language is English Language, and never the twain shall …
Developing Effective Communicators
issue 35 mar / apr 2012Ask any teacher where they start when crafting their lessons and chances are they’ll tell …
Look Who’s Talking in Your Classroom
issue 31 jul / aug 2011Teachers are concerned about making sure everything is crystal clear for students. But sometimes student …
Making Malay Meaningful for Students
Issue 20 Sep / Oct 2009Step into Mr Aidil Subhan’s classroom and you may see pupils trying to figure out …
Mastering the Mother Tongue
Issue 19 Jul / Aug 2009It is difficult enough to learn a language that one hardly speaks at home. It …
Building a Good Structure
Issue 11 Mar 2008An action research study shows that teaching oral communication skills can simply be a matter …
Something Good from Something New
Issue 9 Oct 2007Chinese teachers from Compassvale Secondary School step out of their comfort zone in order to …
Code-switching in the Classroom: A Taboo Norm
Issue 9 Oct 2007“Do not speak English during Mandarin lesson!” How many times have we chided our students …
Leading a Learning Circle
Issue 6 Mar 2007Five teachers from MacPherson Primary School show us what it really means to “facilitate” change …
A Matter of Speaking
Issue 4 Sep 2006Wondering what to do with students who punctuate every other sentence with a lah or a loh whenever they …
