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Apr 2025, Engagement Session with MOELC students and their families

On April 5, 2025, the Centre for Language Studies (CLS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) hosted an engagement session for students from the Ministry of Education Language Centre (MOELC) and their families.

The event welcomed MOELC students studying foreign languages, along with their parents, to explore what learning languages at the university level looks like. Faculty members from various language programmes set up booths filled with interactive activities related to both language and culture.

During the session, students and their families chatted with lecturers to find out how they could continue their language learning journey in university and how foreign language skills could open up academic and career opportunities. NUS student volunteers also shared their personal experiences from studying at the Centre for Language Studies, giving younger learners a glimpse of what to expect ahead.

Feb 2025, Teaching and Engaging Session for Spanish teachers in Singapore

On Friday, February 21, the Spanish Programme, CLS, FASS hosted the III Spanish Teachers Meeting Session in NUS. Professionals in the field of Spanish Language and Teaching from all over the country and from other parts of Southeast Asia attended the event. We had the pleasure to receive an opening address by HE Mrs Mercedes Alonso Frayle, Ambassador of Spain in Singapore.

Thank you to Edinumen and to the Universidad de Alcalá (Spain) for their excellent presentations on the development of the critical competence and on the teaching the cultural competence with AI. A special thank you also to the Universidad de Alcalá (Spain) and to Kinokuniya for supporting the event.

In the photo, we can see (from right to left), 1) Dr. Sonia Adeva (Universidad de Alcalá), 2) Dr. Álvaro Sesmilo Pina (Edinumen), 3) Mr. Jordi Marin Badenes (Education Advisor, Spanish Ministry of Education), 4) A/P. Izumi Walker, Director of the CLS), 5) HE Mrs Mercedes Alonso Frayle, Ambassador of Spain in Singapore, 6) Mr Sergio Rodríguez Flores, Convenor for the Spanish Programme and 7) Mrs. María Teresa del Val Núñez (Director of Internationalization, Universidad de Alcalá).

Dec 2024, CLaSIC 2024 Conference (The 20th Anniversary Edition)

Sep 2024, International Regional Conference on Hindi

Dec 2023, NUS FASS x Southeast Asia Friendship Initiative

2021, CLS 20th Anniversary

Media Coverage

Nov 2025, Dr Daniel Chan, 'Commentary: Singlish is so much more than ‘broken English’'

Oct 2025, Dr Daniel Chan, 'Opinion - A new divide at work - The AI fluent and the AI fearful'

Sep 2025, Dr Daniel Chan, 'Commentary: From ‘skibidi’ to ‘tradwife’, dictionary entries are never neutral'

Aug 2025, Dr Daniel Chan, 'The Hot Seat: Should Gen-Z slang be included in the dictionary?'

Mar 2025, Prof Izumi Walker, ‘More students pick up French, German under flexible language programme’

Feb and June 2025, NUS Students on Summer Immersion Programme in Aomori, Japan

ABA News Japan reported on the Aomori Global Advance Project, a collaborative initiative between NUS and Aomori Prefecture, Mutsu City, designed to promote regional revitalization. As a part of the programme, NUS students spend three weeks in Aomori during the summer, gaining valuable insights into Japan’s regional industries, culture, and society. Through hands-on activities and interaction with local university and high school students and local companies, they deepen their understanding of Aomori’s unique values and charms. The project has also successfully expanded the reach of Aomori products to international markets, including Singapore, further enhancing the Aomori brand globally, through an internship programme after returning to Singapore.

https://youtu.be/u1RKrY5iesQ?si=d6uwXSCe8gdzXqnw

Several local media outlets reported on the latest batch of NUS students participating in the summer immersion program in June 2025.

Click the link below to access the news page:

ABA (Asahi Broadcasting Aomori)

https://www.aba-net.com/news/news-150789.html

https://www.aba-net.com/news/news-150154.html

https://www.aba-net.com/news/news-151507.html

https://www.aba-net.com/news/news-151862.html

RAB (Aomori Broadcasting Corporation)

https://news.ntv.co.jp/n/rab/category/society/radffeff2a157e41dfbfb6ffeb11992278

https://news.ntv.co.jp/n/rab/category/society/ra29260b6ad2984d359b60520785d24f2c

NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/aomori/20250610/6080025864.html

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/aomori/20250620/6080025972.html

Jan 2025, Dr Sandhya Singh, 'Book launches mark World Hindi Day'

Jul 2024, Mr Sew Jyh Wee, ‘Singapore youths reconnect with Chinese dialects’

Mr Sew Jyh Wee, a Malay language lecturer who also teach Cantonese under Design your Own Course (DYOC) scheme, was featured in a Lian He Zao Bao article.

Here is an English translation of the article.

https://www.thinkchina.sg/society/big-read-singapore-youths-reconnect-chinese-dialects

Here is the original article in Chinese.

https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20240609-3799829

Jun 2024, Mr Sew Jyh Wee, ‘Students spontaneously learn dialects and promote Hokkien songs’

Mr Sew Jyh Wee, a Malay language lecturer who also teach Cantonese under Design your Own Course (DYOC) scheme, was featured in a Lian He Zao Bao article.

Here is the original article in Chinese.

https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20240609-3799829

Here is an English translation of the article.

https://www.thinkchina.sg/society/big-read-singapore-youths-reconnect-chinese-dialects