Academic Profile : Faculty
Assoc Prof Csilla Weninger
Head, English Language & Literature
Associate Professor, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature
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Trained as a sociolinguist, A/P Csilla Weninger's research examines language in its social contexts of use along two main strands. First, she is interested to explore how spoken, written and visual discourse manifests, propagates and reinforces cultural and political ideologies that can be traced and uncovered through the detailed analysis of text and talk. A bulk of her publications in this area concern the impact and imprint of ideologies on the conduct of schooling, primarily through textbooks, policies and classroom discourse. Second, and as an extension of the first area, her research aims to examine and develop critical approaches to English language and literacy education. A key concern for such approaches is moving beyond literacy as a skill and fostering students' engagement with texts as a reflexive and affective situated social practice. In this regard, she has been involved in researching and teaching digital media literacy as a foundational skill and disposition for 21st century education. Theoretically, her work is situated at the intersection of critical discourse studies, sociocultural linguistics and critical literacy studies.
A/P Weninger's research interests include Critical discourse/semiotic analysis, critical digital l literacy, and multimodal and semiotic analysis.
- Understanding AI prompt literacy as an aspect of Digital Literacy
- Integrating Multiliteracies into the English Language Classroom: Developing an Instructional Approach to Teach Multimodal Literacy (Critical Viewing and Effective Representing of Multimodal Texts)
- A Critical and Ethical Framework for Evaluating Artificial Intelligence Education Tools
- Literate lives: Youth's emotive-embodied experiences of literacy
Awards
• 2016 Nanyang Education Award (School). Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
• 2016 John Cheung Endowment Social Media Award. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
• 2016 Excellence in Teaching Commendation. National Institute of Education, Singapore.
• 2006-07 Dissertation Completion Award (USD 15,000). The Graduate School, University of Georgia, USA.
• 2002 Outstanding Teacher Award. Department of Modern Foreign Languages, The University of Tennessee, USA.
• 2016 John Cheung Endowment Social Media Award. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
• 2016 Excellence in Teaching Commendation. National Institute of Education, Singapore.
• 2006-07 Dissertation Completion Award (USD 15,000). The Graduate School, University of Georgia, USA.
• 2002 Outstanding Teacher Award. Department of Modern Foreign Languages, The University of Tennessee, USA.
Courses Taught
AAE103/105: The Sounds and Words of English (BA)
AAE101: Introduction to the Study of Language (BA)
AUE201/DUE101: The Study of Language (BA)
AAE435: Critical Discourse Analysis (BA)
AAE447: Independent Reading and Research (BA)
AAE40A: Academic Exercise: English Language
AGE08A Digital and Media Literacy (BA)
QLK50B: Practical Pronunciation for Teachers (PGDE)
QUE502/QUE512: Language Studies for Teachers (PGDE)
MAE001: Discourse Studies (MA/PhD)
MAE813: Critical Language Awareness (MA, PhD)
MMM800: Critical Inquiry (MA/PhD)
AAE101: Introduction to the Study of Language (BA)
AUE201/DUE101: The Study of Language (BA)
AAE435: Critical Discourse Analysis (BA)
AAE447: Independent Reading and Research (BA)
AAE40A: Academic Exercise: English Language
AGE08A Digital and Media Literacy (BA)
QLK50B: Practical Pronunciation for Teachers (PGDE)
QUE502/QUE512: Language Studies for Teachers (PGDE)
MAE001: Discourse Studies (MA/PhD)
MAE813: Critical Language Awareness (MA, PhD)
MMM800: Critical Inquiry (MA/PhD)
Supervision of PhD Students
GRADUATED (main or sole supervisor)
Choo Li Lin (2022): A cross-disciplinary and cross-genre study of engagement in research articles and textbooks
Chen Yixiong (2021): Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of advertising persuasion: Assumptions and eye-tracking evidence
Katy Kan Hoi-Yi (2019): Digital carnivalesque: Exploring discourse, power and counter narratives in Singaporean Youtube videos
See Eng Kiat (2017): Parenthood Discourses in Singaporean Parenthood Texts: A Critical Discourse Analysis
Choo Li Lin (2022): A cross-disciplinary and cross-genre study of engagement in research articles and textbooks
Chen Yixiong (2021): Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of advertising persuasion: Assumptions and eye-tracking evidence
Katy Kan Hoi-Yi (2019): Digital carnivalesque: Exploring discourse, power and counter narratives in Singaporean Youtube videos
See Eng Kiat (2017): Parenthood Discourses in Singaporean Parenthood Texts: A Critical Discourse Analysis