Teaching Chinese Language in Singapore

Dr. Soh Kaycheng is currently a Research Consultant at the Singapore Centre for Chinese Language. He has been actively involved in training Chinese Language teachers and action research workshops, and publishes regularly on issues and problems in Chinese Language instruction. He has also published books on global university rankings and international comparisons of academic achievement, as well as educational measurement.

Section I Curriculum and Instructional Materials.- 1 Chinese Language curriculum in Singapore (1960-2000): From culture transmission to language application.- 2 Conceptualization of the Chinese Language teaching paradigm.- 3 Chinese Language teaching paradigm: Case study.- 4 Mandarin competence of primary school students in Singapore: A preliminary comparison across academic level and home language backgrounds.- Section II Teaching of Spoken and Written Chinese.- 5 Improving the teaching of Chinese speaking of young students from English-speaking families: Teacher's professional development.- 6 Oral interaction: Concept, competence and assessment.- 7 Teaching oral narrative skills to Chinese children in Singapore.- 8 Effective ways in teaching Chinese characters without phonetic clues.- 9 Scaffolding instruction of Chinese essay writing with assessment as learning.- 10 Facilitating creative writing instruction using iPads in secondary schools: A school-based research.- 11 Effect of phonological and semantic radicals on the identification of Chinese characters: Instructional and research possibilities.- Section III Assessment Literacy.- 12 Investigating the training needs of assessment literacy among Singapore primary Chinese Language teachers.- 13 Teacher assessment literacy scale: Design and validation.