Kenneth Keng Wee Ong

Dr. Kenneth Ong is Deputy Director of the Centre for Communication Skills and Assistant Professor. He received his Ph.D. degree in Education (Applied Linguistics) from The University of Auckland, New Zealand. Previously, he was Senior Lecturer and Assistant Chair of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University. He has published articles in System (Elsevier), Journal of Psycholinguistic Research (Springer), Discourse Studies (Sage), Language and Education (Routledge), English Today (Cambridge University Press), RELC Journal (Sage) and World Englishes (Wiley), as well as edited books and book chapters published by Routledge, Springer, John Benjamins, Multilingual Matters and CRC Press, Taylor and Francis. His main research interests centre around technical communication, English for specific purposes, STEM communication, codeswitching and computer-mediated communication.

Education

• PhD Education (Applied Linguistics)
  University of Auckland , New Zealand
• MA Applied Linguistics
  Nanyang Technological University , Singapore
• BA Education (English Language & Literature) (Hons)
  Nanyang Technological University , Singapore

Research Interests

• English for Specific Purposes
• Computer-Mediated Communication
• Codeswitching

Journal Papers

Kathpalia, S. S., Ong, Kenneth Keng Wee, & Leong, A. P. (2019). Communication needs of science graduate students. RELC Journal. Advance

Ong, Kenneth Keng Wee, & Zhang, L. J. (2018). The effects of code- switched reading tasks on late-bilingual EFL learners’ vocabulary recall, retention and retrieval. System, 72(1), 13-22.

Ong, Kenneth Keng Wee (2017). Raising and assessing second language vocabulary fluency. Contact, 43(3), 25-29.

Ong, Kenneth Keng Wee (2017). Textese and Singlish in multiparty chats. World Englishes, 36(4), 611-630.

Kathpalia, S. S., & Ong, Kenneth Keng Wee (2015). The use of code-mixing in Indian billboard advertising. World Englishes, 34(4), 557-575.

Ong, Kenneth Keng Wee, Ghesquière, J. F., & Serwe, S. K. (2013). Frenglish shop signs in Singapore. English Today, 29(3), 19-25.

Ong, Kenneth Keng Wee (2012). Review of the book Cognitive bases of second language fluency by N. Segalowitz .Language and Education, 26(3), 263-265.

Ong, Kenneth Keng Wee (2011). Disagreement, confusion, disapproval, turn elicitation and floor holding: Actions as accomplished by ellipsis marks-only turns and blank turns in quasisynchronous chats. Discourse Studies, 13(2), 211-234.

Ong, Kenneth Keng Wee, & Zhang, L. J. (2010). Metalinguistic filters within the bilingual language faculty: A study of young English-Chinese bilinguals. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 39(3): 243-272.

Ong, Kenneth Keng Wee (2007). Using Chat Lingo as a Teaching Scaffold in English Language Learning, SAAL Quarterly, 77, 9-10.