Libo Guo
Biographic Data
| ID | 6742658 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Libo Guo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Libo |
| FAMILY NAME | Guo |
| SIGNATURE | GUO L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanyang Technological University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4542-3261 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Traditional Chinese Medicine
While dissemination of information is a key function of health communication, signage at medical facilities has other functions: signs can be a type of marketing (e.g., services offered), can promote credibility and inspire trust, can exacerbate or ameliorate social inequalities and can provide educational opportunities. All of these functions are influenced by cultural, contextual and social factors as evidenced by a linguistic landscape (LL) pe…
Linguistic landscape in Singapore
The visibility and salience of specific languages in public spaces are important parameters of their ethnolinguistic vitality in a society. Drawing upon data from first-hand fieldwork, this paper explores the display of multiple languages in shop names presented in Singapore’s neighbourhood centres in order to reveal how local shop owners address multilingualism in this ethnically heterogeneous and linguistically hybrid society. In addition to sp…
From Print to Critical Multimedia Literacy
We argue that the literacy landscape today demands that teachers understand what language is and that it is important for both teachers and students to develop the metalanguage to negotiate multimodal texts. We present our exploratory study in a Singapore high school whereby a multiliteracies curriculum was designed and implemented. We describe the strategies we took to infuse critical multimedia literacy in two English language classrooms of 14‐…
Linguistic landscape in Singapore
The visibility and salience of specific languages in public spaces are important parameters of their ethnolinguistic vitality in a society. Drawing upon data from first-hand fieldwork, this paper explores the display of multiple languages in shop names presented in Singapore’s neighbourhood centres in order to reveal how local shop owners address multilingualism in this ethnically heterogeneous and linguistically hybrid society. In addition to sp…
From Print to Critical Multimedia Literacy
We argue that the literacy landscape today demands that teachers understand what language is and that it is important for both teachers and students to develop the metalanguage to negotiate multimodal texts. We present our exploratory study in a Singapore high school whereby a multiliteracies curriculum was designed and implemented. We describe the strategies we took to infuse critical multimedia literacy in two English language classrooms of 14‐…
Linguistic landscape in Singapore
The visibility and salience of specific languages in public spaces are important parameters of their ethnolinguistic vitality in a society. Drawing upon data from first-hand fieldwork, this paper explores the display of multiple languages in shop names presented in Singapore’s neighbourhood centres in order to reveal how local shop owners address multilingualism in this ethnically heterogeneous and linguistically hybrid society. In addition to sp…
Traditional Chinese Medicine
While dissemination of information is a key function of health communication, signage at medical facilities has other functions: signs can be a type of marketing (e.g., services offered), can promote credibility and inspire trust, can exacerbate or ameliorate social inequalities and can provide educational opportunities. All of these functions are influenced by cultural, contextual and social factors as evidenced by a linguistic landscape (LL) pe…
Sociology (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Advertising (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Credibility (1 work) · Educational Methods and Media Use (1 work) · Ethnic group (1 work) · Health care (1 work)