Challenges to Social Mobility in Singapore

Singapore- Challenges and Improvements in Urban Mobility

efl teachers job satisfaction and social capital in relation to students’ motivation

abstract this mixed method study examines whether there is any relationship among the variables of the study (job satisfaction, social capital and motivation). the researcher considered job satisfaction and social capital as independent variables; motivation is the dependent variable of the study. the researcher applied a questionnaire to assess each variable. to measure efl teachers’ job sati...

willingness to communicate in the iranian context: language learning orientation and social support

why some learners are willing to communicate in english, concurrently others are not, has been an intensive investigation in l2 education. willingness to communicate (wtc) proposed as initiating to communicate while given a choice has recently played a crucial role in l2 learning. it was hypothesized that wtc would be associated with language learning orientations (llos) as well as social suppo...

Revisiting Mobility Limitations of Seniors in Singapore, 1995 to 2011

Singapore's life expectancy at birth and at age 65 continues to improve. Although this is a positive development, it is necessary to understand how much of this increased life expectancy is spent with and without mobility limitations. This research uses the latest round of the National Survey of Senior Citizens to examine the situation in 2011 and the possible changes that may have occurred sin...

Residency programmes in Singapore-challenges ahead.

1Graduate Medical Education Offi ce, SingHealth Residency Address for Correspondence: Dr Lim Boon Leng, Designated Institutional Offi cial, SingHealth Residency, No. 2 Jalan Bukit Merah, Block 1, Level 1, Singapore 169547. Email: [email protected] Transitioning from the specialist training system of the United Kingdom (UK) to the Residency system of the United States of America, Singapor...