Kee-Man Chuah

University Malaysia Sarawak · Faculty of Language and Communication

Kewujudan pelbagai aplikasi berasaskan media sosial telah menawarkan satu wadah yang baik untuk para pengajar memaksimumkan penggunaan aplikasi tersebut dalam pendidikan. Kajian ini mengenal pasti persepsi pelajar tentang penggunaan aplikasi media sosial dalam pengajaran Bahasa Inggeris yang melibatkan sejumlah 100 orang pelajar prasiswazah yang me...

Employability of graduates is a concern in many countries, including Malaysia, and the high unemployment rate among graduates is often attributed to their lack of English proficiency and communication skills. These two distinctive elements are often collated, and it is important to find out which is more important to employers. The study examined t...

Social media marketing is gaining momentum in recent years due to its ability in reaching out to the target audience in a short period of time. Many forms of social media marketing strategies have been introduced and tested and one that is widely used is Internet memes. Despite its widespread use, there is a need to know if iconicity of memes would...

The shift to emergency remote teaching has created a ripple effect in education across the globe. Although efforts to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic can be lauded, much remains unknown in terms of the challenges that teachers have gone through in fulfilling their roles during emergency remote teaching. The study is a necessary step to id...

Effective teaching-learning participation in an online learning community necessitates both students and instructors to strike a balance of respect and tolerance with one another. In this perspective, participation in an online learning community does not differ much from participation in a conventional face-to-face classroom. In fact, the former r...

The formation of neologisms in Malay has not been extensively studied and therefore has yet to be fully understood. The current study examined the lexical innovation processes in Twitter posts in Malay. A 25,679-word corpus was compiled from 2,000 tweets of 200 Malaysian Twitter users in their twenties. The textual analysis performed through AntCon...

Social media communication has its own language features and one aspect is modified spelling of standard words. Social media users use shortened words with full awareness of the meanings, and new non-standard words are constantly added to the repertoire of social media language. A pertinent question is whether social media users learn these non-sta...

Introduction: During the COVID-19 endemic, delivering synchronous lectures and video lectures in the manner of the traditional lecture method seems to trigger low attendance, hinder peer interactions and encourage passive learning in Generation Z students. To overcome such problems, innovative approaches like game-based learning are often employed....

In Malaysia, graduate unemployability is a problem that is often highlighted. Studies have shown that graduates lack soft skills, such as problem solving, English language proficiency, and communication skills, which contribute to the issue of unemployability. However, these studies have not investigated employability skills from all three perspect...

Research on cancer narratives has not contextualised emotional and cognitive processes in stages of coping. The study examined linguistic indicators of affective and cognitive processes in narratives of 31 Malaysian cancer survivors. The analysis of the 58,787-word transcript using Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (liwc) software revealed that cop...

This systematic review was conducted to examine theories that were adopted or considered in the development of mobile applications for language learning. It aims to provide a holistic overview of major theoretical principles that underpin each developmental study to identify trends and gaps in the synthesised literature. The studies were collected...

The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have triggered a tremendous interest among educational technologists on how to integrate such advancement in teaching and learning. One area that has received much attention is research writing, in which AI-based tools are developed to assist researchers in their writing process. Machine le...

The mastery of academic English at tertiary levels is undeniably pivotal in ensuring students’ progress and success. Its importance is due to the number of academic materials that students need to refer to and they are largely published in English. In teaching academic English, however, lecturers tend to face problems in providing sustainable guid...

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on higher education goes beyond campus closures and disruption in programme delivery. The crisis has indirectly allowed higher education institutions to re-examine their existing programme structure in order to be more flexible and accessible to students both locally and internationally. Such need has triggered a new...

This book is not only a collection of chapters shared by researchers and academics but also a manifestation of the dedication of those involved in the pursuit of providing equitable and quality education through the support of e-learning tools and platforms. This book begins with an outlook on the post-pandemic potentials and challenges of utilizin...

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced higher education institutions to execute mitigation efforts such as an e-learning mode of instruction to reduce the impact on pedagogical activities. These challenges have raised concerns on students' engagement in e-learning as students are at risk of falling behind in education. However, there is little empirical...

Pertambahan pengguna Facebook yang terdiri daripada pelbagai lapisan masyarakat telah menjadikan Facebook salah satu medium sumber maklumat utama dalam media sosial. Hantaran yang mendapat banyak perhatian dalam kalangan pengguna Facebook ini telah mencipta fenomena yang dikenali sebagai penularan, iaitu hantaran yang dikongsikan dengan puluhan rib...

Gamification has been widely touted as a useful approach in motivating learners to learn subjects that are perceived as challenging, such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This paper reports the process of considering various cultural and social factors in the design of educational games using game design thinking approac...

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The development in machine learning has allowed chatbots to be widely applied into educational settings. However, limited study has investigated teacher's views on its usage for teaching and learning. This paper reports an exploratory study on English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers' views with regards to the use of chatbots for their teaching...

Sharing some tips for effective presentations using PechaKucha and 3MT as examples to boost confidence and structuring a proper presentation.

The emergence of non-standard spelling of words reflects the development of languages in meeting the demands of technological change in communication. A question which arises is whether social media users are passive followers or active initiators of some word formation processes. The study examined social media users’ reasons for using non-standar...

The video-sharing social network, TikTok, has gained global fame for its virality and entertainment value. However, over the last two years, more micro-learning contents have been uploaded on the platform. Voiceover challenges are one of those contents in which users need to perform a voiceover on a given text. For English as a Second Language (ESL...

The study examined aspects that were spotlighted in news articles on LGBT in Malaysian online newspapers using textual analytic approach. The specific objectives of the study were to (1) determine the aspects of LGBT highlighted in news articles based on the frequency of top ranked words; and (2) analyse the positive and negative coverage of LGBT i...

This paper reports an exploratory study on English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers’ views with regards to the use of chatbots for their teaching and learning delivery in a mobile environment.

Universities have shifted from face-to-face learning environments to e-learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the sudden change to online teaching has raised concerns among lecturers about students' readiness for e-learning. This study investigates students' readiness for e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and specifically ass...

The notion that learners with lower English language fluency tend to be less engaged in university classes still lacks further investigation. Evidence from previous studies was not conclusive and seems to suggest students with lower proficiency in the language are at risk of dropping out. This study aimed to explore the relationship between English...

Globalisation and extensive use of technology have enhanced the status of English as an international language and increased its value as an important commodity in various fields. This has encouraged the use of English in the teaching of content subjects especially those related to science and technology in many countries across Asia. This paper st...

Although ClassDojo can be directly used, this chapter reports how it was applied to a course through gamified modules. The modules were designed using the core drives in Octalysis model. There are 8 core drives in the model, but the study only applied four core drives: Epic meaning and calling, Development and accomplishment; unpredictability and c...

This study compares the framing of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal and the politicising of the issue by a mainstream and an alternative newspaper before and after the historic change of ruling party in Malaysia in the 2018 general election. A quantitative content analysis of 1,357 news articles in The Star and Malaysiakini...

Purpose of the study: This study aims to analyse which gender language features are used by both genders in computer-mediated communication (CMC) and also investigates if online gender communication reflects normal face-to-face communication. Methodology: A qualitative research design was employed in addressing the objectives of the study. A total...

The presence of Malaysian millennials on social media platforms is increasingly gaining attention particularly on Twitter. Language wise, many of them are predominantly using English and Malay in their tweets but with a touch of their own "styles" in various morphological aspects. This trend eventually leads to a rampant use of distorted vocabulary...

MOOCs have cultured a knowledge exchange phenomenon at a global scale making its strong presence in developing countries to pursue certain development goals, particularly to serve the rural indigenous communities. The current MOOC model, however tends to be inhibitive when it comes to integrating the complex realities of the under-served communitie...

The learning of Lun Bawang among the younger generation is deteriorating due to the lack of learning materials that spur their interest. In this project, a set of interactive augmented reality (AR)-based learning cards was produced. Each card contains interactive elements of Lun Bawang words for young learners to learn.

This study focuses on the use of English lexical verbs in the writings of Malaysian professional engineers. The research objectives were to: (1) identify frequently used lexical verbs in written engineering texts, (2) determine whether these frequent verbs are highly relevant for engineering, and (3) whether the verbs are technical or non-technical...

Several attempts have been made to encourage the younger generation of indigenous communities to learn their mother tongue. More often than not, such efforts fail since proficiency in the mother tongue is perceived as irrelevant in offering opportunities for social mobility and career advancement. However, the loss of the language means that the cu...

As one of the pioneers for Malaysia MOOC, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) has gained valuable insights as to how MOOC can be designed and developed effectively to meet the current educational demands. Since its first MOOC in 2013, the UNIMAS MOOC team aspires to ensure quality MOOCs are produced without ignoring the need to introduce localized...

Purpose: Many researchers have revealed how extensive repertoire of vocabulary is capable of expanding learners' language competence or mastery. Various computer-based tools have been proposed to improve vocabulary learning among English language learners but almost none of those tools focused on visually-impaired learners. While they may be the mi...

A simplified canvas in guiding instructors to produce MOOC videos with instructional considerations.

The learning of stroke writing is a complicated process yet it is viewed as a fundamental element in Chinese language learning. This has brought great challenges to many learners especially non-native learners. This study aims to identify the types of stroke writing mistakes and the frequency of making the mistakes among the non-native learners. A...

Background While emergency airway management training is conventionally conducted via face-to-face learning (F2FL) workshops, there are inherent cost, time, place and manpower limitations in running such workshops. Blended learning (BL) refers to the systematic integration of online and face-to-face learning aimed to facilitate complex thinking ski...

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) have made learning opportunities in higher education possible for anyone. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak was amongst the first pioneers to conduct MOOC namely ICT Competencies. In September 2016, four MOOCs were launched which included Animal Physiology, English in Media, English for Self-Expression and Multimedia Te...

MOOC, the acronym for Massive Open Online Course, is a relatively new medium for online course delivery that affords open access and mass participation of learners. Nevertheless, the high drop-out rate of MOOC learners remains as a challenge. Videos are extensively used as a medium of instruction in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and emotions...

The Bario Highlands is the homeland of the Kelabit. It is a remote and isolated rural settlement located 3280 feet above sea level on the island of Borneo, close to the Malaysia-Indonesia border between Sarawak, Malaysia and Kalimantan, Indonesia. The Kelabit is one of the smallest ethnic inland groups in Sarawak. They traditionaU,y live in multi-f...

Although MOOCs have provided an avenue for learners to learn at their own pace virtually, learners’ engagement on the content created within the MOOC platform is reported to be drastically low. For example, Daniel (2012) reported an MIT Circuits and Electronics MOOC, which started with 155,000 enrolled students, had 23,000 attempting the first prob...

The study employs an exploratory approach to examine the satisfaction of normal and dyslexic learners toward different web text modes. As an average of 10 % of the population shows some traits of dyslexia, presenting web text solely based on the guidelines for normal web users will put users with dyslexia at disadvantage. Due to the ubiquitous use...

The shift of focus to learner-centred approaches in teaching and learning has intensified the increasing use of technological tools in the classrooms. Educators are no longer restricted to the use of traditional teaching resources or materials, but are showered with various technological advancements that enhance the learning experience. Such shift...

Wikis, being one of the popular Web 2.0 tools, have impacted students’ engagement and performance particularly in the aspects of second and foreign language learning. While an increasing number of studies have focused on the effectiveness of wiki in improving students’ writing skills, this study was conducted to examine the attitudinal factors that...

Graphical abstract Abstract Teaching programming to the amateur programmers and non-programmers with design and educational technology background are tough. Needless to say, it is pertinent for them to have some basic programming skills. We realized the needs to motivate the potential programmers therefore, proposed the integration of folktales in...

The study aims to investigate the difference in satisfaction levels between normal and dyslexic learners when presented with various web text modes. Due to the high percentage of web users who exhibit some traits of dyslexia, presenting a web text that follows the guidelines which are meant for normal users poses challenges to dyslexic users. Ackno...

To date, empirically derived guidelines for designing accessible online learning environments for learners with dyslexia are still scarce. This study aims to explore the learning experience of learners with dyslexia when reading passages using different online reading affordances to derive some guidelines for dyslexia-friendly online text. The stud...

Learning academic vocabulary is often regarded as difficult by English as a Second Language (ESL) learners due to its lower frequency of use in daily discourse. Although usually confined to the context of academic writing, academic words are still important in enhancing one’s progression in mastering the language. Thus, consciousness-raising of suc...

Brainstorming of ideas is an important step in writing and it is usually done in the classroom through face-to-face group discussions. However, due to the time-dependent nature of such activity, the discussion is largely dominated by learners who are more proficient than the rest. This creates limited opportunities for healthy exchange of ideas amo...

Despite the popularity of online discussion threads, there is a growing concern on the lack of participations among the learners. The number of responses in discussion threads is dropping and has discouraged healthy exchanges of ideas among the learners. Most learners tend to be online lurkers who rarely provide feedback although they are rather ac...

This chapter focuses on the techniques used to engage students via the Learning Management System used in Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.

This article investigates the English language ability of a cross section of Malaysian second language learners. Using cross sectional data taken from a cartoon completion task given to one hundred and twenty respondents, the study investigates learner ability in terms of language knowledge and language use of three groups namely, initial, intermed...

Preamble The proliferation of Internet has enabled greater access to various resources on the World Wide Web. Students and academics rely heavily on the Web to obtain up-to-date information and materials for their research and scholarly work. Unfortunately, the numbers of materials online are overwhelmingly huge that one would be easily lost. Howev...

Conventional usability testing is usually conducted with several individual participants. In recent years, however, group usability testing is gradually gaining attention. Such approach involves several-to-many participants performing tasks simultaneously, with one to several testers observing and interacting with the participants. This approach is...

Reports in mass media and narratives of people in authority as well as the lay person in the street attribute unemployment of graduates to their poor communicative abilities and, in the same breath, poor proficiency in English. This raises questions for applied linguistics to address through empirical studies. This paper reports students’ views of...

The constant demand to preserve one's status by following social expectations has created a highly competitive spirit especially in Asian societies. Such competitive spirit has been given a label—"kiasu" or "kiasuism". The term kiasu can be considered to be originated from Singapore and it means "fear of losing out" in the Chinese Hokkien dialect....

In the area of second and foreign language studies, researchers have revealed how extensive repertoire of vocabulary is capable of expanding learners’ language competence or mastery. Various computer-based tools have been proposed to improve vocabulary learning among English language learners. One of them is the use of Twitter, an online micro blog...

With the advent of Web 2.0 and the onslaught of various social media tools online, there is a rapid increase of user participation in virtual communities. This offers a favorable platform for educators to capitalize the use of social medial tools for language learning. This paper shares several techniques on the use of social medial tools for the t...

Writing is one of the four main skills in learning and it is important especially in the academic context where students have to write all sorts of texts such as assignments, essays and reports. Often, second language students find that it is difficult to express their thoughts in writing, especially when they have to write in English. Therefore, t...

Online social networks have been widely used by educators as an alternative tool for language teaching and learning. In this study, Facebook is used as a tool to facilitate students" discussion activity. The activity involved 85 students who enrolled in a compulsory English course. The students were added and grouped in the "Facebook Group" named "...

The prevalent use of multimedia learning objects in instructions particularly in e-learning platforms has spurred the interests of many studies to investigate their usability and effectiveness. It is, however, equally important to align proven instructional design principles in the design process in order to maximize learning. This study adopted Pr...

Prior research has revealed that students have different attitudes towards online activities for learning, in our case, asynchronous online discussions (AOD). We have seen students participating due to either rewards given, their own learning purposes or just lurking around. The objective of this paper is to identify the students' self-regulation p...

Souba Rethinasamy, Kee Man Chuah, & Mohd Hafizan Hashim. (2012). ESL learners learning content subject in English: What do the Malaysian first cohort students say? The International Journal of Learning, 18(7), 353–366. Throughout the world English language has become an important language of academic instruction. Thus, the teaching and learning of...

Many attempts have been made to encourage the younger generation of indigenous communities to learn their mother tongue. More often than not, such efforts fail since proficiency in the mother tongue is perceived as irrelevant in offering opportunities for social mobility and career advancement. However, the loss of the language means that the cultu...

The use of standardised English proficiency tests like IELTS and TOEFL for admission and placement purposes is widely practised in academic institutions throughout the world. Similarly in Malaysia, many tertiary institutions utilise the results of a localised version of such tests called the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) as a measure of...

Many studies related to the use of virtual reality in education are focused on the cognitive aspects with little consideration given to the emotional domain. Thus, this study aims to identify the salient linkages between learners’ emotions and design elements of a desktop virtual reality-based learning environment by employing Kansei Engineering co...

Emotion has long been regarded as an obstacle to cognitive processes in learning. Despite various studies that showed strong influences of emotional state in learning, instructional designers tend to overlook its role when designing and developing instructional materials. This is mainly due to the lack of proper method or framework in linking emoti...

Considerable studies have explored the proposition that VR tools can facilitate the creation of authentic learning environments, thus improving students’ learning. These studies, however, have their focus on cognitive aspects in learning with little consideration given to the affective or emotional domain. Such situation is due to limited method or...

The capability of desktop virtual reality (VR) technology in influencing the cognitive capacity of the learners has been extensively investigated by many researchers. Nevertheless, emotional and aesthetic factors have too often been given little attention especially in the contexts of desktop VR-based learning environments. In this work, Kansei Eng...