Media Room

Media releases, official speeches and media coverage of the Inspiring Teacher of English Award.

Media Releases

Date Title
11 Oct 2011 8 Teachers Awarded the Inspiring Teacher of English Award 2011 (132KB, PDF)
19 Oct 2010 10 Teachers Awarded the Inspiring Teacher of English Award 2010 (132KB, PDF)
17 Feb 2010 Nominate your teacher for the Inspiring Teacher of English Award 2010 now (28KB, PDF)
22 Oct 2009 10 teachers receive Inspiring Teacher of English Award 2009 (121KB, PDF)
09 Mar 2009 Nominate your teacher for the Inspiring Teacher of English Award 2009 now (14KB, PDF)
29 Oct 2008 9 teachers receive Inspiring Teacher of English Award. The first national award for English teachers in Singapore schools (22KB, PDF)

Official Speeches

Date Speaker Title
11 Oct 2011 Mr Goh Eck Kheng Welcome Address at the Inspiring Teacher of English Awards 2011 Ceremony (61KB, PDF)
11 Oct 2011 Mr Lawrence Wong Speech at the Inspiring Teacher of English Awards 2011 Ceremony (140KB, PDF)
19 Oct 2010 Mr Goh Eck Kheng Welcome Address at the Inspiring Teacher of English Awards 2010 Ceremony (108KB, PDF)
19 Oct 2010 Mr S Iswaran Guest-of-Honour’s Speech at the Inspiring Teacher of English Awards 2010 Presentation Ceremony (124KB, PDF)
22 Oct 2009 Mr Goh Eck Kheng Welcome Address at the Second Inspiring Teacher of English Awards Presentation Ceremony (103KB, PDF)
22 Oct 2009 Mr S Iswaran Guest-of-Honour’s Speech at the Second Inspiring Teacher of English Awards Presentation Ceremony (124KB, PDF)
29 Oct 2008 Mr Goh Eck Kheng Welcome Address at the Inaugural Inspiring Teacher of English Awards Presentation Ceremony (15KB, PDF)
29 Oct 2008 RADM (NS) Lui Tuck Yew Guest-of-Honour’s Speech at the Inaugural Inspiring Teacher of English Awards Presentation Ceremony, National Library Board Building (24KB, PDF)

Media Coverage

Date Source Title
13 Oct 2011 My Paper (Eng) Making class fun to help pupils learn English
13 Oct 2011 Omy.sg New book aims to make grammar fun for pupils
12 Oct 2011 The New Paper Eight teachers recognised for innovative methods
12 Oct 2011 The Straits Times Inspirational teachers recognised
12 Oct 2011 Straits Times Interactive 8 English teachers recognised for inspiring acts
12 Oct 2011 Lianhe ZaoBao English Model Teachers; To be a friend before being a teacher
11 Oct 2011 Channel News Asia “Inspiring” English teachers win award
01 Nov 2010 The Straits Times Ways to improve English in school
25 Oct 2010 The Straits Times How I came to love the English language
25 Oct 2010 The Straits Times Don’t miss ST’s teachers forum
21 Oct 2010 Berita Harian Teachere’s creative teaching method helps students excel
20 Oct 2010 TODAY Lady Gigi and the bard lends a hand in teaching English
20 Oct 2010 TODAY I’d like to teach the world to read
20 Oct 2010 The New Paper New initiatives to improve English lessons
20 Oct 2010 The Straits Times Making grammar fun for students
20 Oct 2010 My Paper Not quite gaga, but Lady Gigi wows pupils all the same
06 Nov 2009 NTUC This Week STU Word Warriors Stop Butchery of English Language (PDF, 2.33MB)
23 Oct 2009 Razor TV Sketch out your English (Part 1) -
Mr Arthur Kok
23 Oct 2009 Razor TV Sketch out your English (Part 2) -
Mr Alan Johnson
23 Oct 2009 Razor TV Sketch out your English (Part 3) -
Mr Ong Chin Meng
23 Oct 2009 Omy.sg Teacher uses songs to teach English
(PDF, 39KB)