Luke Lu

Before academia, I was a secondary school teacher for five years. I am primarily interested in approaches to interactional sociolinguistics and ethnography, pertaining to issues such as transnational mobility, education, language rights, language planning and policy, and ethnicity. My past project involved examining the pedagogical value of Singlish in ELT classrooms, and was funded by MOE's AcRF Tier 1 Grant. More recently, I was awarded a Heritage Research Grant by the National Heritage Board (with Co-PI Kung Chien Wen at the National University of Singapore) to uncover a grassroots and transnational history of Chinese language reforms in Singapore. Qualifications - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Language Discourse and Communication. King’s College London Master of Arts (MA). Language, Ethnicity and Education. King’s College London Postgraduate Diploma in Education, English. National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University Bachelor of Arts (BA) Hons, English Language and Literature. National University of Singapore