Creative Writing

(by Dr. Emmy Horstkamp)

Whether you are interested in writing poetry, screenplays, or popular fiction, this workshop aims to expand your powers of observation, imagination, and language.  In this one day creative writing workshop, we will focus on developing skills through theme based activities which help boost writer’s confidence in their ability to write and express themselves in words.
Date:    8 Mar 2008 (Sat), 9.30am – 5.30pm

Venue:  Agatha Room, Toa Payoh Community Library

Fee:    S$230 per person (S$190 for Early Birds who register by 15 Feb 2008)

Language Learning Strategies for Emerging Readers/Writers with Autism and/or Language Processing Difficulties by Choo Kah Ying        

This workshop is targeted at teachers who are teaching special needs students experiencing varying levels of difficulties with processing language.  The language difficulties of these students can range from not being able to process single letters to longer texts.  In this workshop, the trainer will delve into some of the possible causes in order to provide some understanding of the challenges faced by these students.  More importantly, this workshop will introduce participants to hands-on strategies for reading, writing and speaking.

Date:    15 Mar 2008 (Sat), 10.00am – 1.00pm

Venue:  Agatha Room, Toa Payoh Community Library

Fee:    S$85 per person (S$70 for Early Birds who register by 22 Feb 2008)

Cooperative Learning and Extensive Reading by Dr. George Jacobs

There are strong, widely disseminated evidence supporting Extensive Reading (ER). Research suggests that ER is precisely the prescription for attaining high scores on reading exams. However, implementation has been infrequent and often less than a success due to problems such as lack of reading materials, and inadequate attention given by teachers as they often face a great deal of pressure to finish the syllabus - to do every single activity on every single page of the textbook or workbook. This workshop aims to prepare teachers with ways for students to motivate each other to read more.

Date:    5 Apr 2008 (Sat), 10.00am – 1.00pm

Venue:  Merpati Hall, Level 3, Geylang East Community Library

Fee:    S$85 per person (S$70 for Early Birds who register by 10 Mar 2008)

Features Writing by Felix Cheong

A very focused workshop to get participants started in writing different kinds of feature articles and to inform participants on what is expected of a features writer in terms of conduct and etiquette.

Date:    24-25 Apr 2008 (Thurs-Fri), 9.30am – 5.30pm

Venue:  Agatha Room, Level 3, Toa Payoh Community Library

Fee:    S$350 per person (S$300 for Early Birds who register by 28 Mar 2008)

Cooperative Learning and Reading Aloud by Teachers

by Dr. George Jacobs

Cooperative learning is by no means a new idea. For thousands of years, humans have recognised the value of cooperation in a broad range of endeavours, including education. However, the term cooperative learning seems to date back to the 1970s when a great deal of research and practical work began on discovering how best to harness peer power for the benefit of learning. This work continues to this day. Reading aloud by parents and teachers is a well-known practice for enhancing literacy. Many benefits have been proposed for reading aloud to students. This workshop aims to prepare teachers with ways to motivate students to read more and to speak more.

Date:    10 May 2008 (Sat), 10.00am – 1.00pm

Venue:  Merpati Hall, Level 3, Geylang East Community Library

Fee:    S$85 per person (S$70 for Early Birds who register by 14 Apr 2008)

The Essentials of Proofing and Editing by Arujnee J Ram

This 2-day workshop will explore ways to edit journalistic and academic writing through presentations, practical examples/exercises on writing, editing and critiquing. This hands-on workshop is targeted at beginners at print editing and reporting. Learn the difference between copy editing and proofing, and between American and British writing styles. Understand the changing rules of grammar and the evolving language in today’s world, and hence how they can affect your work.

Date:    27-28 June 2008 (Fri-Sat), 9.30am – 5.30pm

Venue:  Agatha Room, Level 3, Toa Payoh Community Library

Fee:    S$350 per person (S$300 for Early Birds who register by 24 May 2008)

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