Su-Hie Ting

• PhD (Applied Linguistics) University of Queensland
• University of Malaysia, Sarawak

The study examined strategies for personalisation of instructor-student interactions in online teaching by lecturers in Malaysia, the Philippines, India and Indonesia. The study involved 401 college/university students who filled in an online questionnaire. Results on the usage of technologies for online learning showed that some students had inade...

Bidayuh is an indigenous group living in Sarawak, Malaysia. The Bidayuh language is currently not taught in schools but experimented as a medium of instruction in some kindergartens. Past studies have shown that factors such as rural–urban migration, intermarriage, and higher education are causing a shift away from the Bidayuh language. However, th...

This study explores the perspectives of 155 students from a Malaysian university on English Language Education (ELE), focusing on Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)-aligned courses. Employing mixed methods, it investigates students’ understanding of CEFR, educational trends, strategies in CEFR-aligned lessons, and preferences for ELE. Fi...

As an important medium to spread feminist ideas, magazines have attracted attention in their presentation of feminism. Metaphor analysis helps to understand the public’s cognition and attitude towards social issues, and reveals the role of metaphor in influencing thinking and decision-making. Based on conceptual metaphor theory and using corpus ana...

Thesis Marking Criteria with Descriptors is a guideline for the marking of thesis and serves as a benchmark of good research reporting. This Thesis Marking Criteria with Descriptors differs from existing materials because it offers descriptors of poor, moderate and good qualities of writing and information for all key sections of a thesis. The exis...

This study involved an analysis of face metaphors in the Center for Chinese Linguistics (CCL) corpus of Peking University. The two Chinese keywords used in the search were "脸face" and "面face", and 50,000 relevant word tokens were obtained. Through quantitative analysis, it was found that there were differences between the two metaphors: "脸 face" wa...

Amidst the digital transformation of education, the essence of the human touch in online teaching remains pivotal. Despite growing literature, there remains a significant gap in understanding how the human element in online teaching directly influences student engagement and learning outcomes, especially in diverse educational contexts. This study...

In recent years, social media platforms, exemplified by X (Twitter), have evolved into pivotal arenas for individuals to connect over shared interests and advocate for important societal issues collectively. This trend has notably surged since GE15, with these platforms serving as dynamic spaces for Malaysians to actively participate in national di...

This paper presents a public speaking training plan adapted from Toastmasters International's Handbook of Competent Communication to reduce students' communication apprehension. The training plan draws on Kolb's (1984) experiential learning theory, which links experience, perception, cognition and behaviour, making it particularly well suited for d...

The study examined gendered language features based on perceptions of Malaysian millennials in Facebook communication. The data were collected from 60 millennials who were Facebook users living in Malaysia. In the study, the millennials were asked to read 14 comments by other Facebook users and asked to state whether they were written by female or...

Chinese parents fail to maintain use of their heritage languages for family communication because their children seem to wield their own power in deciding the home language. Little is known about how micro-language decisions at family level are influenced by macro-societal language use patterns and sociopolitical contexts. This study examined the i...

This study examines gendered language use in Facebook comments by Malaysian millennial users. Textual analysis was conducted on 260 Facebook comments collected from 11 Facebook social pages. Sixty participants' reasons for identifying the gender of the writers of 14 Facebook comments were also analyzed. The results showed that half of the participa...

The study examined content structuring of final year project reports and theses in design and formulate a conceptual model of the content structure of the exegesis to accompany creative work. The study involved analysis of the Malaysian Qualifications Agency’s specifications for design as a sub-discipline of creative arts and the theses writing gui...

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...

Bidayuh is an indigenous group living in Sarawak, Malaysia. The study examined the functional differentiation of the Bidayuh language in the polyglossic Bidayuh community in Sarawak, Malaysia. Questionnaire data were obtained from 61 Bidayuh participants from Sarawak. Results showed 68.85% of the participants spoke Bidayuh almost every day but 18.0...

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...

This study investigates the overt and covert attitudes of China Mainland undergraduate students towards Hong Kong English (HKE) through questionnaires and verbal-guise technique (VGT). The questionnaire showed the participants’ negative attitude towards Hong Kong English, and the female participants showed a more inclusive attitude than the males....

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...

The study examined use of Bidayuh language by Bidayuh people with full and partial parentage. The specific aspects studied were Bidayuh usage in everyday life, proficiency in Bidayuh, and perception of effective ways to pass on Bidayuh to the young people. The descriptive study involved 245 Bidayuh participants (57.6% female; 42.4% male) from a ran...

Bidayuh is an indigenous group living in Sarawak, Malaysia. The study examined the perceptions of Bidayuh people on the importance of the Bidayuh language. The specific aspects studied were the reasons for the importance of the Bidayuh language and the connotative meanings of the language. Questionnaire data were obtained from 61 Bidayuh participan...

The content structuring of creative arts thesis is still evolving and has been mainly based on the social science thesis structure. However, the diversity of creative works encompassing music compositions, novels, art works, dance, and painting makes it difficult for the thesis to fit into the conventional content structure. There is also the descr...

2022. Rethinking visions of "unity" and "belonging": Insights into audience responses towards popular music of Malaysia's indigenous ethnic communities-A case of Iban pop song. Kajian Malaysia 40(1): 109-131. https:// ABSTRACT This article presents the findings of a larger ongoing study that explores visions of "unity" and "belonging" among present...

Recent years have witnessed significant growth in research on the phenomenon of Asian Boys’ Love (BL) dramas, a new entertainment genre that features male characters who engage in same-sex love relations. However, much of this research has focused on, among others, heterosexual female viewers in terms of their knowledge of BL and their consumption...

Numerous studies have demonstrated that modern popular songs in the majority language can forge a sense of national identity, unity, and pride among the masses. However, popular songs written and sung in the minority language have the same ability and even more. The present study examined this disparity by gathering the views and opinions of the Ma...

The study examines the influence of the ethnic background on the parents’ role in the ethnic socialization of youths in Malaysia. A survey of 894 youths, who were aged 18–40 years, and who were from Malay, Chinese, Indigenous, and Indian ethnic backgrounds, was conducted. The questionnaire results show moderate levels of ethnic affiliation and pare...

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Reporting verbs are important in news articles on controversial events or issues because of the need to present one’s position on the topic or at least indicate the attitudes of the sources cited in the articles. The The study investigated the usage of reporting verbs in MH370 and MH17 airplane catastrophe in Malaysian English online newspapers. Th...

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 present study examines newspaper coverage of hand, food and mouth disease (HFMD) and cancer, to compare how infectious and non-infectious diseases are represented in Malaysia. The Health Belief Model was used as the framework for selecting themes relevant to health actions for the content analysis of 69 articles (32,808 words in total) from the...

The study assessed Chinese teenagers’ perceptions of vitality of Hokkien Chinese in Penang using the Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale (EGIDS). The survey involved 156 students aged 13–19 (100 Hokkien; 56 non-Hokkien Chinese). The results showed that the vitality of Hokkien in Penang is at EGIDS Level 6b (Threatened). The identity...

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...

The study examined language choice of Bidayuh in mixed marriages with Melanau, Chinese, and Malay. A survey was conducted involving 101 respondents in mixed marriages in Kuching, Sarawak (18 Bidayuh-Melanau; 41 Bidayuh-Chinese; 42 Bidayuh-Malay). The objective ethnolinguistic vitality of the groups was assessed using structural factors in the commu...

The study investigated the perceptions of students learning French as a foreign language in a Malaysian public university. The specific objectives were to examine: (1) the self-reported French language proficiency level; and (2) their perceptions of their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in French. Questionnaire data were collected f...

Some scholars have argued that youth apathy in politics arises from an interpretation based on conventional electoral politics. Other scholars have studied unconventional political participation and found the willingness of youth to sign petitions, join boycotts, and attend demonstrations. However, little is known about the potential of everyday in...

The study investigated the use of Mandarin and Chinese dialects, and attitudes towards these languages among the Foochow living in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia. The study involved 408 Foochow respondents (204 children, 204 parents). As most of the respondents’ close friends, neighbours and colleagues were Foochow, and Chinese in general, Foochow and Man...

Measuring student readiness in online learning should also be of great concern to institutions, including all areas from their curricular development to the pedagogies they experience. Although there have been attempts at universities to develop online learning courses, students' readiness has yet to be investigated, particularly for engineering st...

Malaysia plays a key role in education of the Asia Pacific, expanding its scholarly output rapidly. However, mental health of Malaysian students is challenging, and their help-seeking is low because of stigma. This study explored the relationships between mental health and positive psychological constructs (academic engagement, motivation, self-com...

Poor mental health of university students is becoming a serious issue in many countries. Malaysia - a leading country for Asia-Pacific education - is one of them. Despite the government’s effort to raise awareness, Malaysian students’ mental health remains challenging, exacerbated by the students’ negative attitudes towards mental health (mental he...

Please cite this article as: Collin Jerome, Ting Su-Hie and EstherJohn Perry. 2021. Rethinking visions of 'unity' and 'belonging': Insights into audience responses towards popular music of Malaysia's indigenous ethnic communities-A case of Iban pop song. Kajian Malaysia (early view). This is a provisional PDF file of an article that has undergone e...

The preliminary study examined teacher and students’ translanguaging practices in a preschool in Sarawak, Malaysia. Analysis of audio-recorded interactions of 15 students with their teachers in two preschool classrooms (1 English, 1 Malay) found 291 instances of teacher talk functions (English, 87; Malay, 204) and 222 instances of student talk func...

Communication strategy use varies with proficiency in the target language and less proficient learners rely on L1 strategies for conversational repair. In an English for Occupational Purposes (EOP) context where the technical register is unfamiliar, little is known on whether communication strategies can enable learners with limited English profici...

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 study examined the modes of value transfer from the founder to successors in Chinese family businesses. A case study was conducted involving interview with 19 members of 12 family businesses in business sectors including trading, shipping, timber, newspaper printing, entertainment, and construction. The results showed that value transfer begins...

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...

Social media is a digital medium that allows "written speech" and represents a new domain for studying multilingual language practices in face-to-face interactions. The study examined languages used in Facebook wallposts by multilingual users in Malaysia and the functions of code-switching in the communication. Using Gumperz's model of conversation...

This study assessed the effective lecture for knowledge retention towards student learning. The survey involved 42 university students (fourth year in Chemical Engineering and Sustainability Energy Department, UNIMAS) where all of them were tested before and after the class through a 10 questions quiz as assessment. From this quiz assessment, only...

Genetic risk to cancer is a knowledge largely confined to experts and the more educated sectors of the developed western countries. The perception of genetic susceptibility to cancer among the masses is fragmented, particularly in developing countries. As cancer diseases affect developing countries as much as developed nations, it is imperative to...

Persuasion is used in spoken and written communication to convince the audience to take appropriate actions or to support specific viewpoints. The speaker or writer may use statistics and logical arguments, emotions and their character, authority and credibility to convince the audience. The present study examined university students’ strategies of...

Gen Y behaviours in the workplace have been much written about based on observations and studies in Western settings but little is known about Gen Y in Asian work contexts, particularly in the context of employee retention and turnover. This study examined Malaysian polytechnic graduates' work behaviours and attitudes towards job retention and care...

Discourse particles are a characteristic of Malaysian English. Malay-sians understand the shared meaning of particles but the context-dependent meanings of particles make them too open to interpretation. The study aimed to use the Natural Semantic Metalanguage Framework to analyse the meanings of particles in retail encounters in Ma-laysia. The dat...

Social media communication uses a written platform but fosters spoken-like communication which challenges what is known about formal and informal language features of communication as most of the informal language features are part of spoken communication. The research examined netspeak features in Facebook communication of Malaysian university stu...

In modern democracy, political participation of citizens has liberating outcomes because it is a political system based on representative government. However, there is a widespread political apathy among youths. The study examined the influence of ethnicity and family background in shaping the efficacy and dominance in political conversations of un...

The case study examined the linguistic competence of Malaysian medical students in the United Kingdom from the perspective of the Organic Grammar framework. A case study was conducted with seven Malaysians enrolled in a medical or dentistry degree programme. Picture description tasks were used to elicit constructions of questions and sentences, whi...

The study examined textual and language features of discussion texts written by university students. The discussion texts were written by 100 students enrolled in an English for Academic Purposes course at a Malaysian university. The advantages-disadvantages essay was analysed using Feez’s (1998) framework for discussion texts. The results showed t...

This study examined the types of writing emphasised in secondary school and university. The specific aspects studied were the genres that students write best, genres frequently written in school, and genres frequently required in written coursework assignments in university. The data on school writing were obtained from questionnaires distributed t...

This seminar is on how postgraduate students and budding scholars should do to ensure that their research work, presentations, papers and publications could reach out to wider readers all over the world. MT Abdullah, Muhamad Ikhwan Idris, Mohd Ridwan Abd Rahman, Ting Su Hie, Zainun Mat Nor & Karen Kornalius

Malaysia has long been a melting pot of various cultures and ethnicities, including the three largest populations, the Malay, Chinese, and Indians. Despite this, efforts to implement multilingualism, advocated by language educators and policy makers, have been marred by political and religious affiliations. Drawing on two decades of field research,...

Purpose – Research has shown that university students, particularly non-native speakers of English, encounter difficulties with various academic text-types and often lack the ability to organise the information in a structure considered effective by the discourse community or to use the significant language features of the text-type effectively t...