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Teaching Chinese as an International Language

A Singapore Perspective

By: Yeng-Seng Goh

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Teaching Chinese as an International Language

A Singapore Perspective

By: Yeng-Seng Goh

Bilingual and bicultural scholar Yeng-Seng Goh offers the first in-depth English language analysis of global Chinese, exploring the spread of Chinese beyond China and its emergence as a global language. Approaching the topic from a Singapore perspective, Goh uses this fascinating language ecosystem, with its unique bilingual language policy, as a case study for Chinese language learning. Offering clear insights into the pedagogy of teaching Chinese as an international language (TCIL), this book covers a range of important topics, such as the use of English in the teaching of Chinese, the teaching of Chinese by non-native teachers, information and communications technology in L2 learning and teaching, and the progressive testing of receptive skills. In doing so, it presents a new, integrative approach to the compilation of Chinese learner's dictionaries, an innovative bilingual hybrid model for training TCIL teachers, and a solid theoretical framework for Masters of Arts programmes in TCIL.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316538877

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9781316538876

The University Socialist Club and the Contest for Malaya

Tangled Strands of Modernity

By: Edgar Liao,Cheng Tju Lim,Guo Quan Seng

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The University Socialist Club and the Contest for Malaya

Tangled Strands of Modernity

By: Edgar Liao,Cheng Tju Lim,Guo Quan Seng

The book, using a small group of left-wing student activists as a prism, explores the complex politics that underpinned the making of nation-states in Singapore and Malaysia after World War Two. While most works have viewed the period in terms of political contestation groups, the book demonstrates how it is better understood as involving a shared modernist project framed by British-planned decolonization. This pursuit of nationalist modernity was characterized by an optimism to replace the colonial system with a new state and mobilize the people into a new relationship with the state, according them new responsibilities as well as new rights. This book, based on student writings, official documents and oral history interviews, brings to life various modernist strands - liberal-democratic, ethnic-communal, and Fabian and Marxist socialist - seeking to determine the form of post-colonial Malaya. It uncovers a hitherto little-seen world where the meanings of loud slogans were fluid, vague and deeply contested. This world also comprised as much convergence between the groups as conflict, including collaboration between the Socialist Club and other political and student groups which were once its rivals, while its main ally eventually became its nemesis"--Publisher's description.

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Amsterdam University Press

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9089644091

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9789089644091

Retrospect On The Dust-laden History, A: The Past And Present Of Tekong Island In Singapore

By: Poh Seng Chen,Leong Sze Lee

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Retrospect On The Dust-laden History, A: The Past And Present Of Tekong Island In Singapore

By: Poh Seng Chen,Leong Sze Lee

Chen Poh Seng's great grandfather lived in Pulau Tekong, his 50-over cousins were born and educated there. He lived in Changi Point which is 30 minutes away by ferry.Lee Leong Sze is a Malaysian, graduated from the Department of History, National Chong Hsing University, Taiwan, obtained PhD in Singapore. Two researchers met in August 2005. They shared the same interest in studying the history of Pulau Tekong. During the study, they had full support and encouragement from former residents.The book describes how Pulau Tekong Island developed during the early 20th century. It describes where the ethnic groups came from, how they settled down, worked and lived together, and the relationship among different ethnic groups, like the Malay and Chinese (including Hakka and Chouchouese) over the years. Finally, the book finds out how and why the villages vanished. The final chapter outlines the outstanding citizens from Pulau Tekong and reviews how they merged with the main stream of Singapore society after leaving the offshore island.

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World Scientific

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9814397113

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Breakthrough In Vocational And Technical Education, A: The Singapore Story

By: Song Seng Law

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Breakthrough In Vocational And Technical Education, A: The Singapore Story

By: Song Seng Law

There has been much international effort to improve or transform Vocational and Technical Education (VTE). However, the outcomes often remain elusive. VTE continues to be largely shunned by society as a sector of education for low-achievers and academic failures.A Breakthrough in VTE: The Singapore Story shares the Singapore experience that was made possible through strategic planning, organisational excellence, innovation and ingenuity. It is a compelling story of how the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) began to transform lives and change its image over a period of fifteen years (1992-2007). This book, based on a first-hand CEO account, vividly captures the sort of leadership, policy choices, fundamental principles and capabilities in the journey of transformation. The details of the 'what, when, how and why' are a valuable guide for leaders and practitioners in building quality and sustainable VTE systems which are responsive to social and economic needs.

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World Scientific

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9814616435

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9789814616430

Pandemics in Singapore, 1819–2022

Lessons for the Age of COVID-19

By: Kah Seng Loh,Li Yang Hsu

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Pandemics in Singapore, 1819–2022

Lessons for the Age of COVID-19

By: Kah Seng Loh,Li Yang Hsu

Singapore has faced many pandemics over the centuries, from plague, smallpox and cholera to influenza and novel coronaviruses. By examining how different governments responded, this book considers what we can learn from their experiences. Public health strategies in the city-state were often affected by issues of ethnicity and class, as well as failure to take heed of key learnings from previous outbreaks. Pandemics are a recurrent and normal feature of the human experience. Alongside medical innovation and evidence-based policymaking, the study of history is also crucial in preparing for future pandemics.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000999564

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9781000999563

Multilateral Asian Security Architecture

Non-ASEAN Stakeholders

By: See Seng Tan

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Multilateral Asian Security Architecture

Non-ASEAN Stakeholders

By: See Seng Tan

This book provides a comparative assessment of the material and ideational contributions of five countries to the regional architecture of post-Cold War Asia. In contrast to the usual emphasis placed on the role and centrality of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Asia’s multilateral architecture and its component institutions, this book argues that the four non-ASEAN countries of interest here 3⁄4 Australia, Japan, China and the United States 3⁄4 and Indonesia have played and continue to play an influential part in determining the shape and substance of Asian multilateralism from its pre-inception to the present. The work does not contend that existing scholarship overstates ASEAN’s significance to the successes and failures of Asia’s multilateral enterprise. Rather, it claims that the impact of non-ASEAN stakeholders in innovating multilateral architecture in Asia has been understated. Whether ASEAN has fared well or poorly as a custodian of Asia’s regional architecture, the fact remains that the countries considered here, notwithstanding their present discontent over the state of that architecture, are key to understanding the evolution of Asian multilateralism. This book will be of much interest to students of Asian politics, international organisations, security studies and IR more generally.

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215

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Routledge

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1317447832

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9781317447832

Three Sisters of Sze

By: Tan Kok Seng

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Three Sisters of Sze

By: Tan Kok Seng

Set in Penang, the well-heeled Sze family, initially loving, disintegrates as the parents become increasingly absorbed in their own pursuits. Their three children—two of whom are Western educated and one Chinese educated—are, increasingly, forced to think for themselves as they grow up without parental guidance or love. The novel portrays the conflict between different systems of education as well as different value systems, particularly as they all occur within one family. First published by Heinemann Asia in 1979.

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Epigram Books

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9810736215

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9789810736217

If We Dream Too Long

By: Goh Poh Seng

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If We Dream Too Long

By: Goh Poh Seng

Widely regarded as the first Singapore novel, If We Dream Too Long explores the dilemmas and challenges faced by its hero, Kwang Meng, as he navigates the difficult transitional period between youthful aspirations and the external demands of society and family. Shy and sensitive, he feels detached from mainstream life and is unable to identify with the values that animate his friends. Kwang Meng takes refuge in dreams of exotic faraway places, and imagines merging himself with the sea, which he loves. Yet amidst this uncertainty, the reader feels that all is not lost, that the young dreamer will eventually find his way. Kwang Meng's experiences reflect the author's fascination with the question of self amidst the dreariness and aimlessness of an increasingly urbanized and materialistic Asian society. This book also provides a fascinating portrait of Singapore as it was in the 1960s, a landscape and society that have undergone many changes but remain faintly visible in modern Singapore. Since its first publication in 1972, If We Dream Too Long has moved and delighted generations of readers. This much-loved novel has been used as a text in university literature courses in Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines, and has been translated into Tagalog and Russian.

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206

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NUS Press

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997169445X

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9789971694456

Cultural Tourism and Tourism Cultures

The Business of Mediating Experiences in Copenhagen and Singapore

By: Can-Seng Ooi

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Cultural Tourism and Tourism Cultures

The Business of Mediating Experiences in Copenhagen and Singapore

By: Can-Seng Ooi

This book presents a comprehensive and dynamic understanding of cultural tourism. It examines cultural mediators and how they help tourists appreciate foreign cultures. It also shows how tourism experiences are strategically crafted by mediators. The mediation process is complex, and the various products are mediated differently. A number of different products are investigated, including destination brand identities, ""living"" cultures and everyday life, art and history.

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Copenhagen Business School Press DK

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8763000911

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9788763000918

Asia-Pacific Security Cooperation: National Interests and Regional Order

National Interests and Regional Order

By: See Seng Tan

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Asia-Pacific Security Cooperation: National Interests and Regional Order

National Interests and Regional Order

By: See Seng Tan

New developments in the Asia Pacific are forcing regional officials to rethink the way they manage security issues. The contributors to this work explore why some forms of security cooperation and institutionalisation in the region have proven more feasible than others. This work describes the emergence of the professions in late tsarist Russia and their struggle for autonomy from the aristocratic state. It also examines the ways in which the Russian professions both resembled and differed from their Western counterparts.

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Routledge

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1317476395

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9781317476399

The Making of the Asia Pacific

Knowledge Brokers and the Politics of Representation

By: See Seng Tan

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The Making of the Asia Pacific

Knowledge Brokers and the Politics of Representation

By: See Seng Tan

Critically surveying the power of narratives in shaping the discourse on the post-Cold War Asia Pacific, See Seng Tan examines the purposes, practices, power relations, and protagonists behind policy networks such as the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific and the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council. The author argues that, filled with economic, social, and political meaning, the policy and academic discourses regarding the Asia Pacific and its subregions authorize and provoke certain understandings while preventing counternarratives from emerging.

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240

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Amsterdam University Press

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9089644776

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9789089644770

Leadership For Change: The Singapore Schools' Experience

By: Thiam Seng Koh,David Wei Loong Hung

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Leadership For Change: The Singapore Schools' Experience

By: Thiam Seng Koh,David Wei Loong Hung

The book shares stories of the role of school leadership in Singapore, with case studies from selected schools, that provides some insights on how Singapore delivers a high-quality education that had led to it achieving high rankings in TIMMS and PISA. This book will provide both the historical and present contexts of changes in the education system, school leadership and teacher leadership in Singapore that made it what it is today. It will distil some universal principles of educational change that school leaders and policy makers can apply in bringing about educational changes that will enhance the learning experiences of students and prepare them for future challenges.

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World Scientific

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9813227338

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9789813227330

The Responsibility to Provide in Southeast Asia

Towards an Ethical Explanation

By: See Seng Tan

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The Responsibility to Provide in Southeast Asia

Towards an Ethical Explanation

By: See Seng Tan

Despite the long-held and jealously guarded ASEAN principle of non-intervention, this book argues that states in Southeast Asia have begun to display an increasing readiness to think about sovereignty in terms not only of state responsibility to their own populations but also towards neighbouring countries as well. Taking account of the realities of interstate cooperation in the region, and drawing on the work of Emmanuel Levinas, the author develops a new theoretical framework reflecting an evolution of attitudes about state sovereignty to explain this emerging ethic of regional responsibility.

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Bristol University Press

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1529200725

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9781529200720

Theatres of Memory: Industrial Heritage of 20th Century Singapore

By: Loh Kah Seng,Alex Tan Tiong Hee,Koh Keng We,Tan Teng Phee,Juria Toramae

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Theatres of Memory: Industrial Heritage of 20th Century Singapore

By: Loh Kah Seng,Alex Tan Tiong Hee,Koh Keng We,Tan Teng Phee,Juria Toramae

Most of the old factories are long gone and many workers have retired. Combining history, memory and heritage, Theatres of Memory: Industrial Heritage of 20th Century Singapore takes a stroll through Singapore’s industrial past. From Jurong to Redhill and Kallang, the book uncovers the many hands that enabled the island’s transformation from a colonial entrepôt to an industrial nation. Along the way, we will meet the pioneers of industry—government officials and production workers, men and women, Singaporeans and foreigners. We will hear laughter on the assembly line, descend into the quiet dark of the night shift, and relive the products once made in Singapore, from Rollei cameras and Acma refrigerators to carbonated soft drinks and Bata shoes.

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Ethos Books

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9811825238

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9789811825231

A General's Journal

Tales Behind a Malaysian Airforce Veteran

By: Brigadier General Datuk Goh Seng Toh RMAF (Rtd)

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A General's Journal

Tales Behind a Malaysian Airforce Veteran

By: Brigadier General Datuk Goh Seng Toh RMAF (Rtd)

Through a span of thirty five years in a career as a pilot in the Air Force of a developing and sometimes turbulent country, the author has managed to piece together his life history both from the career perspective and also a glimpse into his private life. It reflects his joys and tribulations; hopes and disappointments during that span of time. The auther has written in an easy to read style punctuated with humour to make the book easy and pleasant to read. The lead in reflects the thought that went through the mind of a little country boy in a poor and under privileged surroundings. His candid description of his childhood experiences can be humorous to some. He then introduces the reader into the vagaries of a military life in a back water and developing country and his experience of some remnants from a Colonial rule. Overall the book makes light and refreshing leisure reading.

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Partridge Publishing Singapore

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1543774962

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9781543774962

Got Skills, No Degree?

It’s all up to you!

By: Eugene Koh,Foo Say Nong,Wong Fook Seng

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Got Skills, No Degree?

It’s all up to you!

By: Eugene Koh,Foo Say Nong,Wong Fook Seng

Got Skills, No Degree? is the product of the efforts of several apprentices who wanted to document their experiences from training at the Sembawang Shipyard from 1969. The book also includes the experiences of other apprentices and their subsequent achievements.

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Pagesetters Services

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9811864705

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9789811864704

Man of Malaysia

By: Tan Kok Seng

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Man of Malaysia

By: Tan Kok Seng

In this revealing sequel to his bestselling autobiography Son of Singapore, Tan Kok Seng finds himself in Malaysia as a British diplomat’s chauffeur. While driving luminaries like author Han Suyin around, Tan falls in love with Heung, a servant girl with dark brown eyes. Despite parental objections, they marry and have a child in secret. When he is laid off, Tan’s comfortable life suddenly collapses. To support his family, he must take on a variety of jobs, including working as a soap salesman, egg seller and extra on a William Holden film, manoeuvring through unethical bosses, corrupt policemen and violent villagers. As much a timeless account of an enterprising spirit as a travelogue through 1960s Southeast Asia, Man of Malaysia entertains and inspires while telling of a life fully lived.

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Epigram Books

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9810768346

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9789810768348

A Practical Guide to Protein Engineering

By: Tuck Seng Wong,Kang Lan Tee

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A Practical Guide to Protein Engineering

By: Tuck Seng Wong,Kang Lan Tee

This textbook introduces readers in an accessible and engaging way to the nuts and bolts of protein expression and engineering. Various case studies illustrate each step from the early sequence searches in online databases over plasmid design and molecular cloning techniques to protein purification and characterization. Furthermore, readers are provided with practical tips to successfully pursue a career as a protein engineer. With protein engineering being a fundamental technique in almost all molecular biology labs, the book targets advanced undergraduates and graduate students working in molecular biology, biotechnology and related scientific fields.

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Springer Nature

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3030568989

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9783030568986

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