Journal articles
Lin, B. (In press). Old Houses, Linguistics and Literature in Schools: What Stylistics Can Offer. In Linguistics & the Human Sciences 3 (2).
Lin, B. (2006). Vygotskian Principles in a Genre-based Approach to Teaching Writing'. Journal of Language, Culture and Communication, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business
Lin, B. (2006). Genre-based Teaching and Vygotskian Principles in EFL: The Case of a University Writing Course. Asian EFL Journal, 8 (3).
Lin, B. (2005). Old Houses, Linguistics and the Relevance of Literature in Singapore: the Stylistic Analysis of One Poem. Journal of Language, Culture and Communication, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business
Lin, B. (2003). English in Singapore: An Insider's Perspective of Syllabus Renewal through a Genre-based Approach. RELC Journal, 34 (2).
Book Chapters
Lin, B. (2006) Exploring the Literary Text through Grammar and the (Re-) Integration of Literature and Language Teaching. In Paran, A. (ed) Literature in Language Teaching. TESOL Case Studies series
Book Reviews
In Journal of Language, Culture and Communication, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, 2006: Mary L. Connerley & Paul B. Pedersen, Leadership in a Diverse and Multicultural Environment. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2005
In RELC Journal 35/1, April 2004: Block, D. 2003. The Social Turn in Second Language Acquisition. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
In RELC Journal 34/2, August 2003: Quayum, M.A. & Wicks, P. (eds) 2002. Singapore Literature in English: A Critical Reader. Serdang: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press.
In RELC Journal 33/2, December 2002: Nair-Venugopal, S. 2002. Language Choice and Communication in Malaysian Business. Bangi: Penerbit Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Recent papers at Conferences, Workshops & Seminars
Stylistics as an Argument for Literature in Schools and Basis for Pedagogy. Annual Conference of the Poetics and Linguistics Association, Sheffield UK, July 2008.
Maximizing Project-Based Learning for Academic Writing Classes with Multilingual Student Populations. Jointly presented with C Heah. 40th SEAMEO RELC International Seminar, Singapore, April 2008.
Really Useful Grammar for Business English. 8th Asia Pacific Conference of the Association for Business Communication, Nanyang Technological University, March 2008.
Letters to the Press: A Critical Study of Public Service Responses. Discourse & Cultural Practices Conference, University of Technology Sydney, Nov 2007.
How Stylistic Analysis Reveals the Relevance of Local Literature: the Case of One Poem. 2nd SoLLS-Intec Conference, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 2005.
Making SFL Really Useful: Some Thoughts and Ideas. Japan Association of Systemic Functional Linguistics (JASFL) Autumn Conference, Tokyo Gakugei University, September 2005
The Social Relevance of Literature: SFG as a Basis for Argument and Pedagogy. 32nd International Systemic Functional Congress, University of Sydney, July 2005.
Genre-based ELT and Lifelong Learning. Japan Association of Language Teaching (JALT) Pan-SIG Conference, Tokyo Keizai University, May 2005
English as an International Language: What to Teach, How to Teach It and Who to Teach It. SEAMEO-UNESCO Education Congress and Expo, Bangkok, May 2004.
Genre, Grammar and the Teaching of Reading Skills: a Proposed Framework for Comprehensive Reading Instruction. 39th SEAMEO RELC International Seminar, Singapore, April 2004
Beyond Testing Oral Proficiency: Picture Description in the GCE O-level Oral English Examinations and the Relevance of Visual Literacy. 38th SEAMEO RELC International Seminar, Singapore, November 2003.
Realizing the Social Relevance of Literature through Language: the Stylistic Analysis of One Poem. 2nd International Conference on Speech Writing and Context, Kansai Gaidai University, Osaka, August 2003
Syllabus 2001 - a Singaporean perspective on integrating EL learning across levels: what connections with Japan and beyond? Special Lecture at the 41st Japanese Association of College English Teachers (JACET) Annual Convention, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, September 2002
Of Grammar, Text Types and Teaching the Unseen Text in Literature. 37th SEAMEO RELC International Seminar, Singapore, April 2002.