Ow Yeong Wai Kit

Even in solitude, there is so much we can do for others. One of the most sterling exemplars of social action is the Bangladeshi poet and ...

Here's a little reflection, in the form of a twin cinema poem, to inspire deeper thought about the importance of alternative perspectives.

Why would a bunch of Singaporean educators fly for 17 hours, travelling halfway around the world, just to attend a conference?

Here are five easy things you can do at home to help improve your child’s English Language (EL) skills.

Blake Morrison recounts a scene in Tobias Wolff's autobiographical novel Old School, in which Ramsey, a young teacher, asks Robert Frost w...

Photo courtesy of Wix Recently, our Minister of Education Mr Ong Ye Kung urged Singaporeans “not to lose faith in meritocracy”, because i...

Back from Dharamsala, India! It’s been such a blessing to meet HH the Dalai Lama as well as other acclaimed meditation masters and teache...

New Zealand--the last major land mass settled by humans around 1250-1300 AD--evokes a certain mystique, an ethereal, other-worldly beauty...

So we visited Chongqing, China again -- this time it was for teachers only! But we learnt so much not just about pedagogy and assessment,...

After having welcomed our guests and PRC students to BBSS back in July 2016, it was our turn to visit Chongqing, China! It was an unforge...

Enl*ght was featured today in the Straits Times! I'm heartened that the journal provided an ideal platform for us to share the insights o...

Glad to have participated in an eco-friendly iftar at Harmony Centre (An-Nahdhah Mosque)! Do check out this article from Berita Harian (i...

Back from Hong Kong after observing English lessons at a local school! Some thoughts: 1. At CMI (Chinese as the Medium of Instruction) sc...

It's a real joy bringing students out to experience the great outdoors: trekking through the dense rainforest, abseiling from ancient cav...

A big thank-you to Ethos Books (and in particular Kah Gay and Mr Fong Hoe Fang) for their generous support to From Walden to Woodlands! (...

Prof Edwin Thumboo: "The whole business of poetry is to say more with less." #EdwinThumboo #poetry

Reading English novels as a child, I used to wonder what scones tasted like. They sounded especially scrumptious because I had never trie...

Honoured to have spoken with Sir Geoffrey Hill, Oxford Professor of Poetry, after his lecture on 'Poetry and "the Democracy of the Dead"'...