Antonia Chandrasegaran  (Dr Chandra) 
PhD NU Singapore; MA (Appl Ling) Singapore; BA (Hons.) Malaya; DipEd Sing; Dip TESL, Cert Teaching Eng Business & Tech RELC

Associate Professor
Head, Teachers' Language Development Centre (TLDC)

Contact information:
Office: NIE3-3-125.  Phone: 6790 3393  Fax: 6896 9149  Email: antonia.c@nie.edu.sg

 

Teaching      Research     Publications      

 

Research and research interests
Funded Research Projects:

Essay Assist: AcRF funded research project to develop a web-based software for helping students to make effective decisions during essay writing. A version of the product can be viewed at http://dev.cite.nie.edu.sg/essayassist  

Intervention in the Teaching of Expository Writing: CRPP funded project from July 2004 to September 2007 to research the effect of intervening during the writing process to shape student thinking and raise awareness of the socio-cultural context of writing. Report 

 

I am interested in working with anyone in these areas of research:
Academic writing - rhetorical moves in academic discourse; analysis of academic texts
Socio-rhetorical approaches to writing and the teaching of writing; socio-cognitive approaches to development of writing skills; application of genre theory in instruction
Functional approaches to teaching grammar to improve writing

Research topics of postgraduate students currently supervised/recently completed:
Digression in students' expository writing (MA by research)
Modality in students' expository essays (MA by research,  completed)
Effect of instructing PRC students in rhetorical moves in paragraph writing (MA Applied Linguistics; completed). 
Awareness of whole-text structure and reading comprehension (Ph D candidate; completed).
Teaching stance taking in expository writing in primary school (M.A. Applied Linguistics; completed).
 

 

Teaching
Modules coordinated/taught in Semester 1 (August 2008):
 AAE338: Understanding Writing (Weekly outline on BlackBoard)
GLT302 Academic Discourse: Written [for PGDELT] 

Modules coordinated/taught in Semester 2 (January 2008):
The Why and How of Argumentative Writing (In-service course)
MAE810 Research in Teaching Written Discourse (Writing & Grammar component)

AAE447 Independent Reading and Research (Topic: Absence or presence of rhetorical goal in primary 5 students' narrative writing)

MMM800 Critical Inquiry

 

Selected Publications

Chandrasegaran, A. & Tang, K.K. (2008). Teaching Expository Writing: Genre Practices and Thinking Skills. Singapore: McGraw-Hill. (To view back cover blurb)

Chandrasegaran, A. (2006). Secondary school students' stance-support strategies in online discussion: implications for the composition classroom. English in Education, Vol. 4, No.2, 22-39.

Chandrasegaran, A. & Yeo, S.C. (2006). Teaching character depiction in narrative writing. In T. Farrell (Ed.) Language Teacher Research in Asia (pp.7-20). Alexandria, VA.: TESOL Inc.

Chandrasegaran, A. (2005). A success story: English language teaching in Singapore. In G. Braine (Ed.), Teaching English to the World. History, Curriculum, and Practice (pp.135-145). Mahwah, NJ.: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Chandrasegaran, a., Ellis, M. & Poedjosoedarmo, G. (2005). Essay Assist – Developing software for writing skills improvement in partnership with students. RELC Journal. 36.2, 137-155.

Chandrasegaran, A. & Schaetzel, K. (2004). Think your Way to Effective Writing. Third Edition. Singapore: Pearson Education.

Chandrasegaran, A. (2003). A Intervencao como Recurso no Processo da Escrita. Sao Paula, Brasil: Special Book Services. (Portuguese translation of Intervening to Help in the Writing Process. RELC Portfolio Series 7.)

Chandrasegaran, A. (2002). Maintaining standards through students' writing: A discourse-based approach (pp.3-13). In Low E.L. & Teng S.C. (Eds.) The Teaching and Use of Standard English. Singapore: Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics.

Chandrasegaran, A. (2002). Intervening to Help in the Writing Process. RELC Portfolio Series 7. Singapore: SEAMEO Regional Language Centre.

Chandrasegaran, A. (2001). Empowering NNSE postgraduate students for written academic discourse: An exploratory study of discussion moves. English Australia. EA Journal Vol 19, 2. 8-28.

Chandrasegaran, A. (2000). An analysis of obliqueness in student writing. RELC Journal, Vol 31, 1. 23-44.

Chandrasegaran, Antonia. (2000). Cultures in contact in academic writing: Students' perceptions of plagiarism. Asian Journal of English Language Teaching. Vol 10. 91-114.


Chandrasegaran, A. (1999). The composing processes of university student writers: A comparison across two competence groups. In Cheah Y.M. & Ng S.M. (Eds). Language Instructional Issues in Asian Classrooms.  Newark, DE: The International Development in Asia Committee (IDAC), International Reading Association.

 

Employment History
Teacher Training College, Malaysia; National University of Singapore; Murdoch University, Perth; National Institute of Education/Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.