Presentations

With my fellow speakers, Dahlia Janan (UPSI), Sumathi Renganathan (UTP), Chong Su Li (UTP) and Grace Lim (University of Malaya) at the 10th MICOLLAC conference in Melaka, Malaysia, 2018. Also with us is Choo Meifang, NIE student presenting her Educa…

With my fellow speakers, Dahlia Janan (UPSI), Sumathi Renganathan (UTP), Chong Su Li (UTP) and Grace Lim (University of Malaya) at the 10th MICOLLAC conference in Melaka, Malaysia, 2018. Also with us is Choo Meifang, NIE student presenting her Educational Research study at the conference.

 

Keynotes

  1. Snapshots from around the World: What are our Teens Reading Today? School Library Association of Victoria (SLAV) Conference, Melbourne, Australia (2023, NOV).

  2. Building the Foundation for an Early Start to Lifelong Reading. AFCC Circle, Manila, Philippines (2023, NOV).

  3. Healing through Books: How Reading and School Libraries Promote Student Wellbeing. 10th Language and Language Teaching Conference, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2023, NOV).

  4. Evidence-Based Research for Changing Times. Research Applications, Information and Library Studies (RAILS) Conference, Charles Sturt University, Australia (2022, NOV, virtual).

  5. Designing New Learning Environments to support 21st Century Schools.Green Smart School Conference. Gyeonggi, South Korea (2022, AUG, virtual).

  6. School Closure Effects on Students’ Print and Digital Reading. APISI Regional Library Conference, Indonesia (2021, NOV, virtual).

  7. Role of Teachers in Promoting Wide and Engaged Reading Using Print and Digital Technologies. The 23 Korean Language Education Research Institute International Conferences, Korea (2021, OCT, virtual).

  8. Creating a sense of place, keys to designing evidence-based future-ready libraries. Australian School Libraries Association (ASLA) National Conference, Australia (2021, APR, virtual).

  9. Preservice teachers reading extensively, widely and critically, vERtual Talk #10: Extensive Reading for Preservice Teachers, Indonesia Extensive Reading Association, Sampoerna University, Indonesia (2020, AUG, virtual).

  10. Cultivating the school library collection. MOE Annual Reading Symposium, STELLAR Centre, Singapore  (2019, NOV) .

  11. Going places: poetry and place in the teaching of Literature. International Conference on Creative Teaching, Assessment and Research in the English Language (ICCTAR 2019), Melaka, Malaysia (2019, JUN).

  12. Spark joy: how pleasure matters in reading curriculum and instruction. Institut Pendidikan Curu Kampus Perempuan, Melaka, Malaysia (2019, JUN).

  13. Lived experiences of reading in Singapore from past to present, and predictions for Singapore’s reading futures. 10th Malaysia International Conference on Languages, Literature and Culture (MICOLLAC), Melaka, Malaysia (2018, AUG).

  14. School libraries in Singapore: possibilities and challenges for a SMART nation. 3rd ASEAN Workshop on School Libraries, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2017, OCT).

  15. What makes a reading school? 4th Extensive Reading World Congress, Tokyo, Japan (2017, AUG).

  16. Reading for joy: why pleasure and school libraries matter for reading instruction. STELLAR HOD Annual Meeting, STELLAR Centre (2017, MAY).

  17. Engaging students in extensive reading through literary texts in  the English classroom. The 4thInternational Seminar on English, Padang, Indonesia (2016, MAY).

  18. Improving the school library. School Library Coordinators’ Network Session. MOE, Singapore (2015, NOV).

  19. Finding our Voice: Celebrating 50 Years of Singapore Literature in English. ASEAN Literary Symposium, Manila, Philippines (2015, JUL).

  20. The place of Literature for strengthening national culture. SEMIRATA (Meeting and Seminar) of University Cooperation for West Region in Indonesia (Language, Culture & Arts), Serang Banten, Indonesia (2014, SEP).