Dr Tay May Yin

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Dr Tay May Yin is Programme Director (Pedagogy) of the English Language Institute of Singapore, and Principal Master Teacher/ English Language. Her experience includes teaching English Language, Literature and the General Paper at the secondary and pre-university levels, and being a Senior Curriculum Specialist in Curriculum Planning and Development Division (CPDD), MOE. She has been Assistant Director/ English Language and Literature, and Assistant Director/ Curriculum Policy and Pedagogy in CPDD. She has also been a Senior Lecturer with the English Language and Literature Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Singapore.

She has authored, co-authored and co-edited 15 publications, two of which have been published internationally. Her research interests include language pedagogy; school-based curriculum design, development, implementation and evaluation; and teacher identity and the practice of teacher professionalism.

She is a Governing Board Member of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) Regional Centre for Quality Improvement of Teachers and Education Personnel (QITEP) in Language, a Council member of the World Association of Lesson Study (WALS), and a member of the Teachers’ Council, Ministry of Education.