(Episode 1) Building Multiliteracies in EL Classrooms

Listen to Episode 1 of the ELiS Podcast, where educators explore how to build multiliteracies in English Language classrooms.

Last updated 9 September 2026

ELiS Podcast cover showing three smiling people labeled Victor Lim, Grace Yang, and Tay May Yin, Episode 1.

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In this episode, we feature Victor Lim Fei, Associate Professor at the National Institute of Education, English Language and Literature Academic Group, and Grace Yang, Subject Head/Educational Support at Yio Chu Kang Primary School. Victor and Grace speak with Tay May Yin, Principal Master Teacher about the building of Multiliteracies, one of the key Pedagogical Emphases in ELS2020. They discuss the value of multiliteracies on students’ learning, the challenges of building multiliteracies and how teachers can enact the practice of multiliteracies in their classrooms.

Further reading on multiliteracies in English language classrooms

Topic	Further Reading
Multiliteracies	Lim, F.V., & Unsworth, L. (2023). Multimodal composing in the English classroom: Recontextualising the curriculum to learning. English in Education. 57:2, 102-119, https://doi.org/10.1080/04250494.2023.2187696 (opens in new tab) Accessible here: https://repository.nie.edu.sg/entities/publication/3b55532d-e86f-4b0e-9c54-0b20f05c0066/details (opens in new tab)
	Lim, F. V., Chia, A., Weninger, C., Tan-Chia, L., Nguyen, T. T. H., Tan, J. M., Peters, C. M., Adams, J. L., Towndrow, P. A. & Unsworth, L. (2022). Multiliteracies in the Singapore English Language Classroom: Designing Learning. National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Accessible here: https://repository.nie.edu.sg/entities/publication/b8061218-6e13-4ef2-9a58-90202b3a770e/details (opens in new tab)
	Cope, B., & Kalantzis, M. (2015). An introduction to the pedagogy of multiliteracies. In B. Cope & M. Kalantzis (Eds.), A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies: Learning by Design (pp. 1–36). UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
	Lim, F.V & Tay, M.Y. (forthcoming). Building multiliteracies in students: A classroom inquiry study in Singapore. In F.V. Lim & Pun, J. (Eds.). Designing learning with multimodality in English medium of instruction (EMI) classrooms across Asia. Bloomsbury.