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3.2.4 Project TEXTures: The Power of Team Teaching and Multiple Genres
This presentation hinges on the concept of differentiated instruction (Tomlinson, 2001) where the content, process, and product of the endeavor are differentiated for the top two gifted education classes in the Hwa Chong Institution. Through cogenerative dialoguing and team teaching, we designed a unit on transnational crimes that enabled students to be involved in serious intellectual and moral examination. Combining corpus linguistics, analysis of media articles and close reading of literary non-fiction, students critically examined the framing, perspective, and biases underlying the texts. This module culminated in a video produced by students to showcase their perspectives and findings. This presentation will highlight the factors that led to the program’s success and share the pitfalls that may have hampered aspects of the outcome.
Author(s):
Tommie Chen
tommie@hci.edu.sg
Hwa Chong Institution
Singapore
Dr. Tommie Chen graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Masters and PhD in English Language in 2009 and 2014 respectively. His research interests lie mainly in Corpus Linguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis and Conceptual Metaphor Theory. He has shared on the innovative application of Corpus Linguistics in the classroom in many prominent international conferences. In recent years, he has also developed a keen interest in the field of assessment, obtaining a Specialist Diploma in Educational Assessment from the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board in 2016. Tommie currently coordinates English Department matters ranging from curriculum development to personnel management.
Pei Li Liew*
liewpl@hci.edu.sg
Hwa Chong Institution
Singapore
Liew Pei Li (Ms) won the Harvard Club Book Prize in English Literature 2003-4, while pursuing her Bachelors with honours in Literature from the National University of Singapore. Liew earned a Masters in Mass Communication in 2012, from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore (NTU), where she was consistently in the Top 5% of her cohort. In 2006, Liew received her Post Graduate Diploma in Education (with Distinction). She is currently teaching Literature in English in Hwa Chong Institution (High School) and was conferred the Best Literature Teacher of the Year Award at the Asian Women Writers’ Festival in 2016.