We had a very short discussion on teaching and learning at Language Academy. Things highlighted were the importance of ePPP and content blended learning, which contribute marks to the teaching component of ELPPT. Staff need to ensure that more than 30% of the students do the ePPP and get at least the score of 4.0 or P3. They also need to comply to Level 4 or Level 5 of content blended learning, to be awarded with certificates. Good luck to LA staff and hope the session was fruitful.
Professor Theo van Leeuwen – The Master of Social Semiotics and Multimodalilty
I felt so delighted when one of my PhD students shared this video with me. Professor Theo van Leeuwen was my supervisor when I did my PhD at Cardiff University, UK. My research was on the Generic Structure of Cooperate Websites. The focus was on the multimodal design of multinational company websites. And I am currently supervising PhD studies on applying Systemic Functional Linguistics and Multimodality to various social contexts, for example, education, media, tourism, advertisements and you name it.
Good grammar tips
Watch this video and avoid making the common mistakes.
CEFR vs Other English Tests
MUET Vs CEFR
Binge Reading
Feeling good and happy today. I have managed to read my students’ work. It was a laborious and time consuming task, but, at the same time very satisfying. I feel good since I could carry out my duty to my students. I pray that all students under my supervision will successfully graduate and get their PhD or MPhil.
Literature in Education
It is interesting, the blend between old and new teaching methods. Nevertheless, Malaysian education has embedded literature in the English language syllabus. Literature is a subject on its own. I don’t know much about literature and not very clear how literature can help students learn language since literature is not my area.
Thank you so much to all LA staff members, who have joint the session.
Morphological Processes in Creating Neologisms
As I posted earlier, this MPhil study was interesting with good research findings. Alhamdulillah, the viva session went well and quite happy with the student.
Neologisms
I have learnt a new word, neologism, from a student’s master thesis. It was a good study with interesting findings. And there is a potential to study Malay neologism. What I know, the Indonesian language has a lot of neologisms, for example, lansia (lanjut usia).
Binge Reading
Done with the audit and now back to binge reading. Loads to read; proposals, journal articles and assignments. Ooooooh my God! this will never end.
