Learning from Inquiry as a Zonal Networked Learning Community (NLC) (Part 2)
Listen to teacher leaders reflect on their classroom inquiry into oracy and the use of talk moves, exploring how such work builds teacher competency in English Language teaching.
Last updated 8 September 2026
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In this episode, two Teacher Leaders, Mr Peter Chutatape and Mdm Sanmuga Malar, reflect on their classroom inquiry which looked into the teaching of oracy. They discuss their insights into the effect of teachers using talk moves during classroom discussions.
In discussion with Dr Alison Tan, a Lead Specialist from ELIS, the teacher leaders talk about classroom inquiry as a means to grow teacher leaders’ competencies in guiding and mentoring EL teachers, and improving EL Teaching and Learning practices in West Zone Schools.
The “Learning from Inquiry as a Zonal Networked Learning Community” episodes feature Mdm Nora Misnari, English Language Senior Teacher from Unity Primary School, and Mr Peter Chutatape, Mdm Sanmuga Malar and Mdm Yusnita Mohamed Taib, English Language Lead Teachers from Bukit Panjang Primary School, Princess Elizabeth Primary School and West Grove Primary School respectively. With eight other colleagues from their Networked Learning Community, they completed two classroom inquiry projects with support from ELIS in 2021.
Episode published on 4 April 2023.