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WORKPLACE ENGLISH
Angeline Ranjethamoney Vijayarajoo, Ramesh Nair, and
Sujatha Menon
Workplace English caters to the needs of individuals who
are about to enter or are already in the job market. Among
others, it also covers social situations where interaction is
inevitable, and in fact, vital for successful negotiation. This
book contains practical exercises aimed at improving
one’s English Language skills at the workplace.
Workplace English was first conceived whilst the authors
were creating and adapting materials for students at the
Universiti Teknologi MARA. Those dimensions have been
extended so that any individual interested in improving
their workplace communication might be able to pick up
a copy and find it useful. In a nutshell, this book is meant
to be practical, to help the reader communicate
effectively in situations that he or she will encounter every
day at the workplace.
About the Authors
Angeline Ranjethamoney Vijayarajoo, Ramesh Nair, and
Sujatha Menon are lecturers at the Academy of Language
Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA. All have been teaching
English for Occupational Purposes courses at UiTM.
ISBN: 983-2639-88-3
2004, Paper, 240 pages
ISBN: 962-0028-45-7
1997, Paper, 334 pages
BUSINESS WRITING FOR HONG KONG
Second Edition
Grahame T Bilbow

This book is intended for those who are taking a course in business writing, and
for those who have professional reasons for writing in a business context. It is
designed for both classroom and self-reference use. This substantially revised
edition of the book is arranged in two parts. The first part of the book is a reference
guide to the basics of business writing. The second part gives comprehensive
practice in producing all the common forms of business writing.
Third Edition in 2005
ISBN: 0-13-100138-8
2003, Paper, 216 pages
ENGINEERING YOUR REPORT
From Start to Finish
Lakshmy Anantha Krishnan, Rowena Jong, Sujata S Kathpalia, and Tam Moh
Kim
This book uses a genre-based approach to teaching technical report writing to
engineering students. Using a step-by-step approach, it aims to help students
not only master the conventional structure of the different sections of a
technical report but also write up these sections by making appropriate
language choices. The examples presented in this book are extracted from
actual student reports, theses, and research papers in the field of engineering
in order to familiarize students with authentic writing in the target genre. The
exercises at the end of the book give students the opportunity to practise
writing the different sections of a report.
ISBN: 962-00-8810-7
2003, Paper, 440 pages
THE HONG KONG COMPANY SECRETARY’S HANDBOOK
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Sixth Edition
Cheng Po Wah, Anna Sum, and Francis Yuen
This completely revised edition provides a comprehensive guide to company
secretarial procedures in Hong Kong. Written for students taking the ICSA

professional examinations and for newly qualified company secretaries, it will
also be of use to experienced company secretaries. The book features checklists
of procedures encountered in practice and appendices of sample material
and prescribed forms. This step-by-step guide is an invaluable source of reference
for the busy company secretary.
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LIBERATING THE CREATIVE SPIRIT
IN ASIAN STUDENTS
Ng Aik Kwang
In his controversial bestseller Why Asians are Less Creative
than Westerners, Dr Ng Aik Kwang argued that Asians are
less creative than Westerners, because of their cultural
background. However, he went on to assert that Asians
can be as creative as their Western counterparts in the
right environment. School teachers play an important role
in making the environment right for creativity, by sowing
the seeds of creativity in the Asian classroom. In recognition
of this fact, Dr Ng has written this new book on liberating
the creative spirit in Asian students.
Three unique features characterize this book. First, it is
based on the latest scientific research and findings on
creativity. Second, it is written as a practical guide for
creative teachers in the East. The reader will learn how
Asian students from China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong
Kong, and Singapore typically behave in the classroom.
Finally, it is based on Dr Ng’s own experience of instructing
novice and experienced teachers on how they can
develop creativity in Asian students. Drawing on this
experience, Dr Ng describes many real examples of what
creative teachers do to get their students to realize their

creative potential.
About the Author
Dr Ng Aik Kwang is the author of the controversial bestseller
Why Asians are less creative than Westerners, which has
been translated into the Chinese language. He lectures
at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore,
where he instructs novice and experienced teachers on
how to nurture creativity in Asian students. His research
interest is in the cultivation of creativity in the Asian
classroom and society. He received an Early Career
Research Award from the International Council of
Psychologists for research excellence in 2001.
ISBN: 981-244-643-5
2004, Paper, 368 pages
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ISBN: 0-13-032898-7
2001, Paper, 208 pages
I CAN CRE8!
Peter Leong
This book is written to share with others that creativity is more than about coming
up with new ideas. It instructs on the theories and techniques of creativity and
provides the reader with a systematic appreciation of the complex subject of
creativity. It is certainly the first attempt that deals solely with the concept of
creativity and its place in organizations.
ISBN: 0-13-052812-9
1993, Paper, 448 pages
ASIA’S CULTURAL MOSAIC
An Anthropological Introduction
Edited by Grant Evans

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Asia from an anthropological
point of view, discussing themes concerning the economy, kinship, religion,
gender, caste, and the state.
ISBN: 981-4024-15-5
1999, Paper, 272 pages
GROWING UP IN SINGAPORE
Research Perspectives on Adolescents
Edited by Agnes Chang Shook Cheong, S Gopinathan, and Ho Wah Kam
This is the first book on adolescents in Singapore detailing three aspects of the
Singapore adolescent – context, learning, and psychology. How different are
Singaporean adolescents, brought up in an affluent, competitive society and
exposed to Western education and influences, from their counterparts in other
countries? The book seeks to address this question, while taking into account
teenagers’ problems in adjusting to the changing expectations and social norms
in fast-paced Singapore. Topics covered include adolescents’ ability to think
and judge, their learning habits, their risk-taking behavior, their reaction to stress,
and their curiousity about sex.
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ISBN: 983-2473-91-8
2003, Paper, 302 pages
ISBN: 983-2639-21-2
2003, Paper, 266 pages
ISBN: 0-13-102533-3 (Paper)
ISBN: 0-13-126678-0 (Case)
2003,160 pages
THINKING HATS AND COLOURED TURBANS
Creativity Across Cultures
Kirpal Singh
What makes up the creative impulse, the creative moment? In Thinking Hats
and Coloured Turbans, Kirpal Singh, one of the most powerful voices in the

international arena of creativity, offers insights and challenges on this fantastic
topic. Written in a casual, personal, and often irreverent style, this book takes
readers on a journey of exploration and discusses the socio-cultural and
linguistics dimensions which influence notions of creativity. One highlight of the
book is the inclusion of detailed case narratives of outstanding individuals from
around the world, known for their creative thinking and innovative actions.
MALAYSIAN STUDIES
Nationhood and Citizenship
Nazarudddin Mohd Jali, Ma'rof Redzuan, Asnarulkhadi Abu Samah, and Ismail
Mohd Rashid
This book is about Malaysia, the instruments, and the people who have built up
the country. The book opens the pages of history, brings to fore many important
constitutional issues, and also presents past political events right up to the
attainment of independence.
UNDERSTANDING MULTICULTURAL MALAYSIA
Delights, Puzzles & Irritations
Asma Abdullah and Paul B Pedersen
This book is to prepare the reader (local or foreigner) to better understand the
multicultural corridors of Malaysia. Foreigners who are in contact with Malaysians
in diplomatic services, business, the tourism sector, and academics may find
some clues to their puzzles in this book. It will give them hints and guidelines on
how to increase their interpersonal effectiveness in their interaction with people
from different cultures.
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ISBN: 0-13-040475-6
2001, Paper, 248 pages
WHY ASIANS ARE LESS CREATIVE THAN WESTERNERS
Ng Aik Kwang
This unique and authoritative book argues that Asians are less creative than
their Western counterparts because of their cultural background. It examines

the scientific evidence of creativity in these two cultures and highlights many
real examples of creative behavior in the West and uncreative behavior in the
East.
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CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
Facilitating Teaching and Learning
Edited by Myint Swe Khine, A Lourdusamy, Quek Choon
Lang, and Angela F L Wong
Classroom management is the key component in any
teacher education program. It introduces beginning
teachers to a learning journey about the dynamics of a
learning environment. An effective teacher should be
adept at facilitating learning, managing student behavior
and maintaining orderliness in the classroom. To be able
to do so, the teacher needs to acquire fundamental
pedagogical knowledge and instructional skills. In this
journey, the teacher acquires those essential knowledge
and skills.
Classroom Management is designed as a main text for
undergraduate and postgraduate diploma courses in
teaching and classroom management. The text guides
beginning teachers to acquire an awareness of the
dynamics of classroom teaching, realize the significance
of interpersonal behavior on students’ learning, and
develop and apply a repertoire of teaching strategies
and skills for managing student learning and behavior.
This book covers the basic theories, knowledge, and skills
that pre-service trainee teachers need to be exposed to
in order to prepare them to enter the classroom with
confidence. Armed with these theories, knowledge, and

skills it is envisaged that beginning teachers will be able
to manage the teaching-learning activities and student
behavior confidently in the classroom.
About the Editors
Dr Myint Swe Khine is an Associate Professor in the Learning
Sciences and Technologies Academic Group at the NIE,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has
been teacher trainer for more than two decades, working
in the Asia Pacific region.
ISBN: 981-244-761-X
2005, Paper, 296 pages
Dr Lourdusamy Atputhasamy is a Senior Fellow at the NIE,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has
been in the field of Learning Sciences and Technologies
for the past 40 years and is familiar with teacher education
in Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore.
Dr Quek Choon Lang is an Assistant Professor in the Learning
Sciences and Technologies Academic Group at the NIE,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research
interests include classroom learning environments, gifted
education, information technology, and interdisciplinary
curriculum studies.
Dr Angela F L Wong is an Associate Professor in the Learning
Sciences and Technologies Academic Group at the NIE,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She currently
lectures in instructional technology and classroom
management.
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REFLECTING ON CLASSROOM
COMMUNICATION IN ASIA

Thomas Farrell
Reflecting on Classroom Communication in Asia outlines
and discusses various issues related to the patterns of
classroom discourse in schools across Asia. Examples of
these issues are how teachers can look for communication
patterns in their classroom by analyzing the underlying
structure of the communication, how teachers set up the
academic task structure and the social participation
structures, the kinds of questions teachers ask, and the
type of communication group/project work promotes.
Reflecting on Classroom Communication in Asia is
designed to serve teachers who are interested in pursuing
their own professional development. It can be used as a
textbook for in-service teacher development courses as
well as for learner teachers in teacher preparation courses.
Its primary goal is to engage teachers, experienced or
otherwise, teacher educators, principals, and
administrators, in exploring reflective practice.
About the Author
Thomas SC Farrell received his PhD in Rhetoric and
Linguistics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He is a
constructivist language teacher-educator who has
published widely in international journals such as Teaching
& Teacher Education, Journal of Education in Teaching,
and The Teacher Trainer.
ISBN: 0-13-127534-8
2004, Paper, 144 pages
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TEACHING PRIMARY SCIENCE
Edited by Yap Kueh Chin, Goh Ngoh Khang, Toh Kok Aun,

and Bak Heng Kin
Helping primary teachers to teach primary science is an
important task that is best left to experienced and
knowledgeable science educators. Based on their own
vast experience and expertise, the authors have helped
to ensure that the training and education of primary
science teachers continue to be relevant. Primary science
teachers will find that this book will help them to
conceptualize various aspects of their own classroom
practices.
The contents in this book provide diverse areas of readings
which a trainee or practising teacher would need to be
knowledgeable about in the area of teaching science
at the primary school level. Such readings range from
science process skills and constructivist approaches to
grasping with ethical issues. They are based on the wealth
of experience and wisdom of contributors who have spent
many years in pre-service and in-service teacher
education.
About the Editors
Yap Kueh Chin, Goh Ngoh Khang, Toh Kok Aun, and Bak
Heng Kin are all highly experienced and knowledgeable
science educators who have made significant
contributions to primary science teaching in Singapore
and Malaysia. Together they have more than 120 years
in the training and educating of science teachers in both
countries. Individually, they have also made an impact
in science and science teacher education through their
papers and articles in national, regional, and international
conferences and journals.

ISBN: 981-244-641-9
2004, Paper, 368 pages
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learning tasks and lessons. Key discussion areas include
computer assisted language learning, digital literacy, IT
and educational policy-making, digital scepticism,
language testing and assessment, IT and the study of
literature, and using computers with young learners.
About the Authors
Phillip A Towndrow read for an Honours degree in
Philosophy in the late 1970s, and then began his career
as an English language teacher in Bilbao, Spain. After
obtaining a Master of Arts degree in Linguistics (TESOL),
he moved to Singapore and taught communication skills.
Phillip is now a teacher educator and researcher and
holds a Doctorate of Education from the University of
Durham, United Kingdom.
Michael Vallance graduated with Honours in 1984 and
taught engineering science and technical report writing
at tertiary level in the UK until 1988. As a qualified educator,
he has taught engineers, business students, university
undergraduates, and post-graduate students. He has also
trained teachers in Italy, Japan, and Singapore. He gained
his combined Masters in Computer Assisted Language
Learning (CALL) & TESOL in 1996.
ISBN: 0-13-127536-4
2004, Paper, 368 pages
USING IT IN THE LANGUAGE
CLASSROOM
A Guide for Teachers and Students in Asia

Third Edition
Philip Towndrow and Michael Vallance
In education, especially language teaching, the
relationship between an available technology and the
prevailing methodology has always been two-way.
Language teachers have been ready to use whatever
technology was at hand. Initially methodology embraced
technology; latterly, however, the technology either
modified or profoundly altered the methodology.
Knowing why Information Technology (IT) is useful is a key
element in knowing how to use it effectively. How, then,
can technology be used in an informed way?
Using IT in the Language Classroom is an introductory text
for teachers, students, and academics who need to
understand and justify their roles in IT-rich language learning
contexts. It aims to develop an awareness of the potential
benefits and shortcomings associated with the use of IT
in the design, production, and implementation of language
For instructors:
Instructor’s Manual
Companion Website