James Villanueva
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Prof. James Villanueva is the Director and Owner of J. Villanueva's English language and adult language centre in Singapore which began in 1984 as a language specialist research and development establishment dedicated to the improvement in learning or mastering the English Language.
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[edit] Biography
He was born in Singapore and received 3 Ph. D's in Psycholinguistics, English Language and Creative Writing/Humanities at the unaccredited Pacific Western University in USA., Masters Course - Applied Linguistics - An Overseas Award for Foreign Students (Lancaster University/UK); Certificate of Education (Singapore); MBIM (UK); FBSC (UK) Teachers Training Certificate (Singapore), Teaching of English as a Foreign Language - TESL/TEFL (Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia) Colombo Plan Award.
After he received his Masters, Prof. James Villanueva went on to become a graduate teacher and a principal for the Education Department of Singapore. After serving in the Malayan Royal Naval Reserve, he worked as the Director of Language Studies for the Adult Education Board (1969-1975) and later as a senior lecturer in the English Department of the National University of Singapore (1976-1983).
Villanueva's recently written book The Visage of Terrorism—The Hounds of Hell (Vantage Press Inc, 419 Park Ave South, New York ISBN 0-533-15195-32006) presents the idea of terrorism as the worst form of barbarism by military and quasi-military leaders, providing a landscape in which readers can see the best and worst of which man is capable.
Villanueva has brought together a wide range of frightening scenarios and gripping plot twists which put life as it is presently viewed into perspective and explore the ideas of extreme radicalism and intolerance of freedom.
[edit] Other Contributions
[edit] Articles published on the Teaching of English as a Second Language
- Introductory TEFL steps to Formal Composition Writing (Vol XVI No.4) Singapore
- How to Teach English Comprehension through a specific TEFL Technique (Vol XV No.3) (published in the Manila Teachers of Secondary English (English Quarterly)).
- Towards an Effective Methodology for the Teaching of English as a Communication (published by the Chinese Middle Schools Teachers’ Association, Singapore.)
- Interview of Prof. James Villanueva by The Straits Times on Monday September 20, 1999 on the subject matter to "LICENSE PRIVATE TUTORS says Expert" (SPH's Information Resource Centre at sphlib@sph.com.sg.)
[edit] A Play
- The Secretaries - presented at the former Adult Education Board’s Cultural Centre, Singapore.
[edit] Books Written
- Effective Reading and Comprehension Course (Handbook with Instructions) with the Readmaster (Published by Chng Brothers Ltd.)
- Poetry International (Published by Regency Press (London & New York) Ltd 1971. www.buckland.co.uk/regency/ ) (newspaper write-up in The Straits Times, Sunday Times, Singapore on September, 12, 1971 - SPH's Information Resource Centre at sphlib@sph.com.sg.)
- Primary 4 to 6 Situational English Practice Books (Published by Federal Publications).
- Teaching Strategies in the Teaching of English (Published by Pan-Pacific Publications).
- Space Encounters - 5 Stories - Pan Pacific Book Distributors in association with Manhattan Press (1983)ISBN 9971-63-429-5
- Nightmare Tales (a collection of short stories) (Published by J. Villanueva’s Publications).
- Lord Gorgo (a collection of short stories). (Published by J. Villanueva’s Publications).
- Philosophical Digressions. Written Comprehension for General Paper (Published by J. Villanueva’s Publications).
- The Adventures of Yue Fu. Written Comprehension for Secondary 2 and Secondary 3. (Published by J. Villanueva’s Publications).
- Written Comprehension for 'O' Level . (Published by J. Villanueva’s Publications).
- Essay Writing for 'O' Level. (Published by J. Villanueva’s Publications).
- The Visage of Terrorism : The Hounds of Hell. (Published by Vantage Press, New York 2006.)
