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Research

Research
 

Members of the Centre are actively engaged in research that covers the following areas: Workplace Literacy; ICT and Language Learning; Issues on Gender and Ethnicity in Education, English and Malay Language Learning and Teachers' Education.
Current research projects include:
Multiliteracies in Education: Research and Development Practices With a Focus on Forms of Literacy in English in Schools in Malaysia, 2003-2006 (LONG TERM IRPA).
University Curricula: An Evaluation of Entry Level Workforce, 2003-2004 (Project under Ministry of Education through NaHeri)
Japanese Childrens Programmes and Television Literacy in Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore, 2003- 2004 (Sumitomo Foundation)
Current research projects include:
  • Types of Teacher Corrective Written Feedback on Students-Writing in Malaysia Schools and Its Effectiveness, 2017 - 2020
  • A Comparison of Academic Integrity Policies of Public and Private Universities in Malaysia, 2018 - 2019
  • A Web-based Analysis on Malaysia as a "Fertility Hub of Asia" Discourse for International Patients in the Healthcare Institutions in Malaysia", 2018 - 2019
  • Enhancing and Sustaining Best Practices in Thesis Supervisor's Written Feedback in Linguistically Demanding Graduate Programs, 2018 - 2020
  • The Effects of images on Malaysian Year 1 Pupils's Vocabulary Acquisition and Writing: A 21st Century Collaborative Setting, 2018 - 2020
  • A Study of Communication between Malaysia Japanese Speaking Employees and Japanese Expatriates Employers, 2019 - 2020
  • Themes and Trends in Malaysian ELT Research: A 20 years Study, 2019 - 2020
  • Reputational Risk Management through Web Disclosures: A Case Study of Tabung Haji, 2019 - 2020
  • Facebook Writing Activity for English Language Learning: The Impact Towards Students of Different Disciplines, 2019 - 2021
  • The Impact of Dominant Ideology of Target Society on the Ideological Manipulation of Translation through Paratextual Material: A Critical Discourse Analysis, 2019 - 2021
  • The Orang Asli in Malaysian Press: Emerging Trends, 2019 - 2021
  • The Effects of a Genre Pedagogigal Framework to Overcome EFL Writing Challenges of Low Proficiency Orang Asli Students in West Malaysia, 2019 - 2021

School of Languages, Literacies & Translation
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