Academic Staff Profile
 
 
 
           Name      Happy K P Goh
           Tel          6516-6095
           Fax         6777- 9152
           Email     elcgohkp@nus.edu.sg
           Office    CELC-03-20
   
   Academic Qualifications
    M.A. (English Language) ( NUS),  BA (NUS), Dip Edu,(NIE)
   
   Teaching Areas
    Modules/Courses taught:
 ES1000, Basic English; EA1101, English for Academic Purposes (FASS)
 ET1000, English for Academic Purposes (SoC); EG1413, Critical and Writing
 (Faculty of Engineering); ES2007D, Professional Communication (SDE)
 Modules/Course currently teaching:
 ES2007S, Professional Communication (Faculty of Science)
 SP1203
         
   Committees and Department Duties
   Past Duties: PROSE; CELC Library; CELC Newsletter; CELC Handbook; SM2 PRC Administration and Materials Coordinator; Singapore Scholars Coordinator; Co-chair of Testing and Course Committee, Symposium (2007), member of Registration Committee
   Present Duties: Symposium (2010)-Chair, of Sub-committee (Logistics and Hospitality); Renumeration Committee (member)
   
   
   
   Research Interests
   Learning strategies, writing, reading, materials design
   
  Conference Papers
   
 
  • Lee, KC and Happy, Goh. (February 2009). Making Sense of Writing for Weak Students: Effective Strategies and Activities. Paper presented at the 5th Annual CamTesol Conference on English Language Teaching, 21-22 February 2009.
  • Goh, Happy and Lee, K.C. (July 2008). Striking a Balance: Dilemma of Text Selection. Paper presented  at URUTESOL National Convention: “Challenge and Achievement”, Monevideo, Uruguay, 4-6 July 2008.
  • Goh, Happy, Chan, Janet & Lee, K.C. (June 2007). Bridging the gap between teaching and writing assessment: An alternative scoring scheme for essays. Workshop conducted at the second CELC Symposium for English Language Teachers "The English Language Teaching and Learning Landscape: Continuity, Innovation and Diversity", Singapore, 30 May - 1 Jun 2007.
  • Wong, L.A., Chan, Peggie, Fong Y.S., Goh, H., Ho, P.W., Lee K.C., Nerney, S.,Norhayati bte Mohd ismail, Sadorra, L. and Zhu, Shenfa. (Feb 2007). A Report on CELC Study Tour to China. Presented a report at CELC Staff Seminar, National University of Singapore, 14 February 2007..
  • Lee, K.C. & Goh, Happy (January 2007). From boardroom Decisions to Classroom Practice: Experience from an Intensive English Programme. Paper presented at the International Conference on "Managing Change in ELT", from January 27-28, 2007, Abu Dhabi
  • Lee K.C., Goh, Happy, and Chan, Janet (June 2006). Assessing Argumentative Essays: the Genre-based Analytic Approach. Paper presented at the 15th MELTA Conference "Reading and Writing: Preparing ESL Learners for the Real World," Subang Jaya, Malaysia, 5 - 6 Jun 2006.  
  • Goh, H., Janet Chan and Lee K.C. (Feb 2006). The use of the genre-based analytic marking scheme. A workshop conducted for SM2 part-timers at CELC, National University of Singapore, 21 February 2006.
  • Goh, Happy (March 2006). Reflection: Is it possible for our students to take charge of their learning? Presented a paper at CELC Staff Seminar on 22 March 2006.
  • Chew, M.L., Janet Chan, Patrick Gallo, Happy Goh, Lee K.C. , Ho P.W., Radhika Jaidev, Richard Seow, Susan Tan, Susan Nerney, Jessie Teng and Wu S.M. (September 2005). Reviewing Some Issues in English Language Testing. Presented a joint paper at CELC Staff Seminar, National University of Singapore, 28 September 2005.
  • Goh, Happy. (2005). Taking charge of one's learning. Presented at the Applied Linguistics Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, July 24-29 2005.
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   Publications
   

  • Goh, H and Wu S.M (forthcoming) NTUC Workplace Literacy Series level 2 (Trainer’s manual and Trainee’s manual).

  •  Wu, et al. (2008). Students’ Written Errors: A summary of preliminary results. SAAL Quarterly, 83 (forthcoming).  

  • Lee, K.C.,Goh, H., Chan, J. and Yang, Y (2007). Effective College Writing: A Process-Genre Approach. McGraw-Hill Education (Asia) 

  • Goh, Happy (2006). A review article on Anne Pallant’s ‘English for Academic Study: Writing’  STETS Language & Communication Review, Vol 5, No.1, 2006.

  •  Goh, K.P.H., & Tan, K.L. (2001). Reflections of ESL and EFL students   through email. Reflections on English Language, 1, 105-124.

  • Goh, K.P.H., & Tan, K.L. (2001). Reflections of ESL and EFL students  through email: An Exploratory Study, Teaching English to students from China, SUP.
   
 
 
 
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