Ms Lin Rongchan started out as a Chinese Language teacher and Subject Head/Project Management (Internal) at Nan Hua High School. She was subsequently seconded to the Asian Languages and Cultures Academic Group at NIE as a Teaching Fellow. After her secondment, she worked at the Ministry of Education Headquarters, Singapore, as a Curriculum Planning Officer. She is currently a Lecturer at the Learning Sciences and Assessment Academic Group, NIE, NTU. Her interest and focus areas include assessment literacy, alternative assessment, use and design of rubrics, and language assessment. Being effectively bilingual, Rongchan gives talks, conducts training and publishes in both English and Chinese.

Rongchan received her B.A. from Peking University, her PGDE and M.A. from Nanyang Technological University, and her Ed.M. from Teachers College, Columbia University. Awards received include the 2017 Asian Association for Language Assessment (AALA) Best Student Paper Award, Confucius China Studies Program Joint Research Ph.D. Fellowship (Spring 2016, Spring 2017, and Fall 2017), 2014 Tan Ean Kiam Postgraduate Scholarship (Humanities), and 2012 Tan Kah Kee Postgraduate Scholarship. Rongchan was also named as the 2016 Joan Findlay Dunham Annual Fund Scholar by Teachers College.

Born and raised in Singapore, Rongchan has benefitted from Singapore's bilingual education and is particularly passionate about language education. Locally, she is a Committee Member of the Committee to Promote Chinese Language Learning (CPCLL) (1 January 2023- 31 December 2024) and the National Translation Committee (NTC) (1 March 2022 - 29 February 2024). She is also a Regional Representative (Singapore) (1 July 2021-30 June 2023) of the AALA. She previously chaired the Nominating Committee (2016-2017) of the AALA. She also served as an editorial board member of Teachers College, Columbia University Working Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL in Fall 2017.

Outside of academia, Rongchan is passionate about poetry writing and has won awards for her contemporary Chinese poetry. She has served as an instructor for the Author-in-Residence Programme organised by the CPCLL since 2012. Her poetry had been featured at City Hall MRT Station, National Library and Bishan Public Library, Singapore. Her short story that depicts the life of a taxi-driver in Singapore has been adapted into a short film. This short story was her retirement gift for her dad who was a taxi-driver for more than 30 years.

APPOINTMENTS & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

NTU Senate Committees
Member, Committee on Faculty Development (8th Senate) (w.e.f. Oct 2022)

LSA Academic Group
Professional Development (PD) Leader
Co-Chair, LSA Colloquium
Group Endeavours in Service Learning (GESL) Coordinator
Co-Coordinator for Management and Leadership in Schools (MLS) Assessment Series

Advisory Singapore
Mentor, the Advisory Mentorship Programme (June-September 2022; June-September 2021)

Asian Association for Language Assessment (AALA)
Regional Representative (Singapore) (1 July 2021 – 30 June 2023)
Immediate Past Co-Chair of Student Committee (2018-2019)
Chair of Nominating Committee (2016-2017)
Founding Co-chair of Student Committee (2015-2017)

Committee to Promote Chinese Language Learning (CPCLL), Singapore
Committee Member (1 January 2023 - 31 December 2024; 1 January 2021 – 31 December 2022)
Instructor, Author-in-Residence Programme (since 2012)

National Translation Committee (NTC), Singapore
Committee Member (1 March 2022 - 29 February 2024)