Kenneth Keng Wee Ong
Biographic Data
| ID | 182807 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth Keng Wee Ong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth Keng Wee |
| FAMILY NAME | Ong |
| SIGNATURE | ONG K K W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanyang Technological University |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-4009-1065 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Exploring expert teachers' cognitions and practices of teaching English speaking and their students’ experiences and engagement
This study aims to provide insights into creating engaging and effective learning opportunities for learners of English as a foreign language. To this end, we explored five expert teachers' cognitions and practices and their 79 students' experiences and engagement by collecting data through semi-structured interviews, observations, and focus-group discussions. We adopted a reflexive thematic approach to our data analysis that showed the expert te…
The effects of code-switched reading tasks on late-bilingual EFL learners' vocabulary recall, retention and retrieval
Textese and Singlish in multiparty chats
Prior research has shown that orthographic Singlish often occurs with textese features in asynchronous Internet registers. This article presents findings from multiparty chats among Singapore youths, which suggest that a principle of decipherability governs the textisms based on standardized Singapore English and Singlish. Most textisms were contractive due to the pressure to abbreviate messages to keep up with the rapidity of multiparty chats, a…
The use of code-mixing in Indian billboard advertising
One major area of interest in the study of contemporary linguistic landscapes worldwide is the interaction of English with local languages in public spaces. One such example of this is the use of 'Hinglish' in Indian media, particularly in Indian advertising. Although some researchers have previously investigated Hindi-English code-switching in Bollywood films as well as print advertisements, relatively little research has been done on the interp…
Frenglish shop signs in Singapore
The presence of French in advertising communication within largely non-French speaking communities has been noted by a few linguists. Haarmann (1984, 1989) found that French is used in Japanese advertisements as ethno-cultural hieroglyphs which connote refinement, poshness, style and tastefulness – stereotypes of France and French culture. The unintelligibility of French to Japanese patrons is perceived as a non-issue, as social or symbolic meani…
Disagreement, confusion, disapproval, turn elicitation and floor holding
This study evidences turn actions done by ellipsis marks-only turns and blank turns as employed in quasisynchronous chats that are not discussed in prior literature. A brief introduction to the research background of ellipsis marks in online chats is followed by a description of the data collected before delving into the actions done by ellipsis marks-only turns and blank turns. Data were culled from multi-party chats among tertiary students duri…
Metalinguistic Filters Within the Bilingual Language Faculty
Disagreement, confusion, disapproval, turn elicitation and floor holding
This study evidences turn actions done by ellipsis marks-only turns and blank turns as employed in quasisynchronous chats that are not discussed in prior literature. A brief introduction to the research background of ellipsis marks in online chats is followed by a description of the data collected before delving into the actions done by ellipsis marks-only turns and blank turns. Data were culled from multi-party chats among tertiary students duri…
The use of code-mixing in Indian billboard advertising
One major area of interest in the study of contemporary linguistic landscapes worldwide is the interaction of English with local languages in public spaces. One such example of this is the use of 'Hinglish' in Indian media, particularly in Indian advertising. Although some researchers have previously investigated Hindi-English code-switching in Bollywood films as well as print advertisements, relatively little research has been done on the interp…
Metalinguistic Filters Within the Bilingual Language Faculty
Textese and Singlish in multiparty chats
Prior research has shown that orthographic Singlish often occurs with textese features in asynchronous Internet registers. This article presents findings from multiparty chats among Singapore youths, which suggest that a principle of decipherability governs the textisms based on standardized Singapore English and Singlish. Most textisms were contractive due to the pressure to abbreviate messages to keep up with the rapidity of multiparty chats, a…
Metalinguistic Filters Within the Bilingual Language Faculty
Disagreement, confusion, disapproval, turn elicitation and floor holding
This study evidences turn actions done by ellipsis marks-only turns and blank turns as employed in quasisynchronous chats that are not discussed in prior literature. A brief introduction to the research background of ellipsis marks in online chats is followed by a description of the data collected before delving into the actions done by ellipsis marks-only turns and blank turns. Data were culled from multi-party chats among tertiary students duri…
Frenglish shop signs in Singapore
The presence of French in advertising communication within largely non-French speaking communities has been noted by a few linguists. Haarmann (1984, 1989) found that French is used in Japanese advertisements as ethno-cultural hieroglyphs which connote refinement, poshness, style and tastefulness – stereotypes of France and French culture. The unintelligibility of French to Japanese patrons is perceived as a non-issue, as social or symbolic meani…
The use of code-mixing in Indian billboard advertising
One major area of interest in the study of contemporary linguistic landscapes worldwide is the interaction of English with local languages in public spaces. One such example of this is the use of 'Hinglish' in Indian media, particularly in Indian advertising. Although some researchers have previously investigated Hindi-English code-switching in Bollywood films as well as print advertisements, relatively little research has been done on the interp…
The effects of code-switched reading tasks on late-bilingual EFL learners' vocabulary recall, retention and retrieval
Textese and Singlish in multiparty chats
Prior research has shown that orthographic Singlish often occurs with textese features in asynchronous Internet registers. This article presents findings from multiparty chats among Singapore youths, which suggest that a principle of decipherability governs the textisms based on standardized Singapore English and Singlish. Most textisms were contractive due to the pressure to abbreviate messages to keep up with the rapidity of multiparty chats, a…
Exploring expert teachers' cognitions and practices of teaching English speaking and their students’ experiences and engagement
This study aims to provide insights into creating engaging and effective learning opportunities for learners of English as a foreign language. To this end, we explored five expert teachers' cognitions and practices and their 79 students' experiences and engagement by collecting data through semi-structured interviews, observations, and focus-group discussions. We adopted a reflexive thematic approach to our data analysis that showed the expert te…
Linguistics (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Digital Communication and Language (2 works) · History (2 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works)