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Willy A. Renandya is a Senior Lecturer at the ELL Department, National Institute of Education, Singapore. Prior to his current position, he taught at SEAMEO RELC, Singapore, where he also served as Head of the Department of Language Education and Research. He has taught in many parts of Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. He is a frequent speaker at language conferences in the Asian region.
He holds an MA in TESL and a PhD in Educational Psychology. His teaching and research interests include second and foreign language pedagogy, extensive reading, language testing, and curriculum development. He has published research articles in various journals, authored an ESL textbook, and edited numerous books and anthologies. His most recent publication is “Teacher, The Tape Is Too Fast: Extensive Listening in ELT” (ELT Journal, 2011), co-authored with Thomas S.C. Farrell and “Teacher Roles in EIL” (European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL, 2012).
Dr. Renandya is also co-editor of Methodology in Language Teaching: An Anthology of Current Practice (2002; with Jack Richards), Principles and Practices for Teaching English as an International Language (2012). English Language Teaching Today: Building a Closer Link Between Theory and Practice (in preparation),
