Eilidh Singh

Biography

I’m an Educational Developer (with an English as an Additional Language (EAL) specialization) in the Inclusive Teaching Team at SFU’s Centre for Educational Excellence, where we work with a flexible, evidence-based lens to facilitate EAL support for all faculty and TAs. I have supported multilingual and mono-/multi-lingual instructors and students over the last few decades in a variety of roles, with an ongoing interest in how multilingual learners can best be supported to thrive in L1 content environments.

My multicultural education includes an undergraduate arts degree from The University of Glasgow (my hometown), a Master of Education in TESOL from the University of Southern Queensland, a Graduate Certificate in Online Education and Training from University College London, and a Certificate in Graphic Design from VCC. My teaching experience started in the last century in Japan, then Greece, and then in Canada, where I taught at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and at UBC. My non-teaching experiences have included online and f2f teacher training, program management and administration, course and workshop design and delivery, conference presentations, and language coaching. I’ve presented locally, nationally, and internationally at conferences in Canada, the US and the UK. I’ve been a member of the BC Teachers as an Additional Language  (BC TEAL) Association for many years, and was honoured with their Lifetime Contributor Award in 2015. 

Here at SFU my work includes creating and delivering bespoke and general workshops, collaborating with the team on an instructor series on linguistically responsive pedagogy, offering consultations, developing materials, and working with campus partners on various projects.

I generally enjoy learning and practicing new skills, as experiencing the perspective of a student informs my work in language education. I’m interested in the application of the coaching approach to language learning and teaching, and in how multilingual learners can best be supported to thrive in L1 content environments. 

Please get in touch for a chat on how we can best support you! 

Selected conference presentations: 

Singh, E., Wallace, A., & Shaw, F. (2022, November). Re:imagining faculty development through a linguistically responsive pedagogical lens. Poster session presented at the POD Conference. Seattle, Washington, USA.

Wallace, A., Singh, E., & Shaw, F. (2022, November). Re:imagining inclusive classrooms using linguistically responsive pedagogies: A case study. Research session presented at the POD online conference. Seattle, Washington, USA. 

Singh, E., Wallace, A., & Shaw, F. (2022, March). Harnessing principles of universal design to foster multilingual student engagement. Workshop presented at TESOL International Convention. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Wallace, A., Shaw, F., & Singh, E. (2022, March). Faculty development through an EAL lens in post-secondary settings. Talk presented at TESOL International Convention. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. 

Wallace, A., Shaw, F., & Singh, E. (2022, March). Faculty development to support multilingual students at a Canadian university: centering language in disciplinary courses. Talk presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Singh, E., and Wallace, A. (2021, November). Who is SFU? A celebration of our diversity. Session presented at Inclusion in the Classroom Week at the Centre for Educational Excellence at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada. 

Singh, E., and Wallace, A. (2021, June). Harnessing principles of universal design to foster student engagement in online learning environments. Mini- workshop presented at University of Windsor Online Symposium. Online.