Alvin Leong Ping
List of John Benjamins publications for which Alvin Leong Ping plays a role.
Articles
2005 Investigating the clause complex: An analysis of exposition-type essays written by Secondary School Students in Singapore ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 149/150, pp. 47–76 | Article
The situation in many composition classes in Singapore is characterized by scaffolding (Vygot-sky, 1962; Bruner, 1985), where students are given explicit guidance, particularly concerning the organizational structure of the essay. With scaffolding, there is a concern that the students will produce… read more
2003 Teacher Feedback: A Singaporean Perspective ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 139/140, pp. 47–75 | Article
This article reports on the findings of an investigative study on teacher feedback at a lower-secondary class in a Singaporean school. Involving an observation of the writing lessons and interviews with several respondents, the study reveals a misfit between desired and actual feedback The… read more
2002 "Have I got it right?": A look at examination questions ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 135/136, pp. 61–84 | Article
This paper presents the findings of a survey-based study on the abilities of Singaporean students at a local university to interpret the writing tasks as set out in the instructional verbs of examination questions. The study seeks to determine the extent to which the task requirements of… read more