Ng, Mai Rong Melvin

Melvin Ng

Teaching Assistant

B.Soc.Sci. (Hons.) (NUS), M.Soc.Sci. in Psychology (NUS), Ph.D. in Education (CUHK)

I have a broad interest in the multiple roles that gesture can potentially play in cognition and communication. I am also interested in the role that morphology plays in the acquisition of literacy and potential interventions that might be designed using such knowledge that would improve said acquisition. As an educator, I have a keen interest in how students can be nurtured into independent learners as well as ways to not only further engage my students but to encourage them to take greater ownership in their own learning journeys.

TEL: (65) 6601 7055
EMAIL: melvinng@nus.edu.sg
ROOM: AS4-03-26
WEBPAGE: Ng, Mai Rong Melvin

Research Interests:

  • Gesture
  • Morphology
  • Education
  • Language

Recent/Representative Publications:

Ng, M. M. R., Goh, W. D., Yap, M. J., Tse, C. S., & So, W. C. (2017). How we think about temporal words: A gestural priming study in English and Chinese. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 974. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00974

Ng, M. M. R., Demir, Ö. E., & So. W. C. (2015). The role of gesture in referential communication: A developmental perspective. In L. Serratrice & S. Allen (Eds.), The acquisition of reference (pp. 105–121). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.