Company Profile
About English Corners International
English Corners International was established in Hong Kong 12 years ago as Book-resellers, importing English titles from kindergarten to primary grades. Several schools in Hong Kong know the company as a Singapore based company specializing in English titles and Singapore Assessment books by Singapore publishers. Among the products, the Young Scientists magazine was most popular because of its comic-style approach.
In 2002, the company took over the Young Scientists magazine, Singapore operations. English Corners International thus established itself in Singapore as a subsidiary of English Corners International, Hong Kong.
In the past three years, our primary objective is to ensure that our magazines such as, The YOUNG SCIENTISTS, will continue to be a great magazine, one that young children will enjoy and deserve and one that children look forward to receiving each month.
As publishers of The YOUNG SCIENTISTS, English Corners wish to set high English Language standards. Some of you may wonder if language is that important in a science magazine. Those of you who are teachers or who are particularly sensitive to how the English Language is or should be used will understand that young children learn language not just in language lessons or textbooks.
Children absorb the language they are exposed to. They learn indirectly from books, popular TV shows, magazines and their peers. The quality of the language used in a favorite magazine such as The YOUNG SCIENTISTS is therefore important. Mdm Lee Sow Ling was specially hired to join the editorial team, as the Senior English Language Consultant to ensure that the English used in the magazines is correct, appropriate and appealing to our young readers. This means, however, that more time is taken up for the final vetting by Mdm Lee.This is the main cause of why our 8 magazines are spread over 9 months (commencing in January and ends in September).
Who is Mdm Lee Sow Ling?
Mdm Lee Sow Ling, a well-known English Language Specialist, has many years of experience as an advisor on the correct use of the English Language in Singapore. She was the Deputy Director in the Ministry of Education, a Project Director for English Language projects in the former Curriculum Development Institute of Singapore (CDIS) from 1979 to 1982. She was the English Language Consultant to the newspapers of THE STRAITS TIMES GROUP for 15 years. She retired in 1996 from the Straits Times Group.
In Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew's "The Singapore Story" abridged Edition, March 2000, Mdm Lee Sow Ling was appointed as one of the 5 consultants assembled by Singapore Press Holdings. Mdm Lee being the English Language Consultant of the team.
Due to company expansion, with effect from 19/9/2007, English Corners International is now known as English Corner Publishing Pte Ltd, (GST registered), and has relocated to a larger premises to provide a conducive working environment not only to staff, but more importantly to serve our loyal parents, teachers and our wonderful children.