FASS Staff Profile

DR DANIEL K.-G. CHAN
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, SENIOR LECTURER
CENTRE FOR LANGUAGE STUDIES

Appointment:
SENIOR LECTURER
Office:
AS4/03-05
Email:
daniel.chan@nus.edu.sg
Tel:
6516 4769 (DID)
Fax:
Homepage:
http://profile.nus.edu.sg/fass/clsckgd/
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Brief Introduction

Daniel Chan is deputy director and a senior lecturer of French at the NUS Centre for Language Studies, as well as assistant dean of undergraduate studies at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. His international activities include that of being the co-convenor for a Research Network of AILA (Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée), and an associate member of the research group PLIDAM (Plurality of Languages and IDentifies in language Acquisiton and Mediation), at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INaLCO), Paris. He has been the founding chair of the Committee for Technology Enhanced Language Learning (ComTELL) at the NUS Centre for Language Studies, the Editor in Chief of the peer-reviewed Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching, and an office bearer of the ApfS (Association des professeurs de français à Singapour / Association of French Language Teachers) in Singapore. Formerly a recipient of prestiguous scholarships from the Public Service Commission and the French governement, he completed his undergraduate studies at Sorbonne Nouvelle University, after which he went on to earn his M.A. and PhD in Linguistics at Paris Diderot University (which has since been merged into Paris Cité University) under the supervision of Professor Marie-Claude Paris. His current research interests include a range of topics related to language education.


Research Interests

Linguistics; Syntax-Semantics Interface;
Language Policies and Education


Publications

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

  • CHAN, Daniel (2017), "Language Policy and Foreign Language Education in Singapore". In Chan, Negga & Szirmai (Eds), Language Policy, Ideology, Educational Practices in a Globalised World, Editions des Archives Contemporains, Paris, France.
  • CHAN, Daniel, NEGGA, Delombera, & SZIRMAI, Monika (2017). An introduction to the book. In D. K. G. Chan, D. Negga, & M. Szirmai (Eds.), Language Policy, Ideology and Educational Practices in a Globalised World Selected papers from the PLIDAM 2014 Conference on “Policy and ideology in language teaching and learning: actors and discourses” (pp. v-xx). France: Archives contemporaines.

     

     

EDITORIAL WORK ON BOOKS

  • CHAN, Daniel, NEGGA, Delombera & SZIRMAI, Monika (Eds) (2017), Language Policy, Ideology, Educational Practices in a Globalised World, Editions des Archives Contemporains, Paris, France.
  • WALKER, Izumi, CHAN, Daniel., NAGAMI, Masanori, & BOURGUIGNON, Claire. (2018). New Perspectives on the Development of Key Competencies in Foreign Language Education: An Introduction to the Book. In New Perspectives on the Development of Key Competencies in Foreign Language Education (Vol. 28). Germany: Trends in Applied Linguistics.

Media Coverage

Education, Higher education France Alumni Singapore Lecture Series – The Road Not Taken (April 12, 2022)
https://www.voilah.sg/france-alumni-singapore-lecture-series-the-road-not-taken-by-vigneswaran-sellakannu/

Commentary: Is it frivolous to learn Korean to appreciate Squid Game and K-drama shows? (Dec 08, 2021)
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/learn-korean-squid-game-subtitles-foreign-language-fun-2361051

#KopiAuLait with Dr Daniel Chan, a Senior Lecturer of the French Language at the National University of Singapore. (Nov 25, 2019)
https://www.facebook.com/campusfrancesingapour/posts/2547286812218472

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