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2024
Chang, Q., & Lim, S. W. (2024). Navigating the third culture: Comparative case studies of Japanese expatriate students in Singapore and factors influencing English language development. Migration and Language Education, 5(1), 2093. https://doi.org/10.29140/mle.v5n1.2093
Through comparative case studies of Japanese students in Singapore in different school types, this research paper examines the factors that affect the development of the English language in third culture kids.
This is edited from my dissertation submitted as partial fulfilment of my degree in Master of Education (English) in Singapore in 2023.
2023
Lim, S. W. (2022). Papa, father and he. London Independent Story Prize (LISP) 2022. https://www.londonindependentstoryprize.co.uk/post/papa-father-and-he-by-si-wei-lim
Based on my personal experiences of growing up, this short story features fragments of memories of the dysfunctional relationship of a boy and his father, and how it changes between them.
It was selected as a finalist short story in the London Independent Story Prize (LISP) 2022, and was published on its website in February 2023. You can read about my interview here. An excerpt of this story was also presented at the International Conference of Short Story in English (ICSSE) 2025 in Killarney, Ireland, on June 19, 2025.
2022
Lim, S. W. (2022). Just a new way to roll. Food: Culture, consumption, and representation, Southeast Asian Review of English (SARE) Journal, 59(2). https://doi.org/10.22452/sare.vol59no2.10
Based on a true story, this short story explores the subliminal ways of how food forms part of our identity, and how respecting the identity of others is as important as acknowledging our own.
The short story was published in the Southeast Asian Review of English (SARE) Journal in its special issue of Food: Culture, Consumption, and Representation in December 2022.
2013
Huynh, K. P., Lim, S. W., & Skoric, M. M. (2013). Stepping out of the magic circle: Regulation of play/life boundary in MMO-mediated romantic relationship, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 18(3), pp.251–264. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcc4.12011
Through semi-structured interviews with players of massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), this study seeks to understand how these players delineate the boundary between play and life when it comes to their game-originated romance.
This paper is presented at the poster session at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference in Denver in August 2011.
2010
Lim, S. W. (2011). The beauty of Tohoku. In A. Sasagawa (Ed.), Write for Tohoku (e-book) (pp.178-181). Write for Tohoku project. https://www.amazon.com/Write-Tohoku-Project-ebook/dp/B005GHDYSM
This short story describes the kindness of strangers I have personally experienced during my first trip to Japan in 2010.
This story was one of the many short stories contributed by writers who have lived in Japan, compiled by volunteers and published in the e-book entitled, Write for Tohoku, published in April 2011, whose sales proceeds went to the relief efforts of the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011.
Currently, the kindle version of the e-book is still available for purchase on amazon.