Mohd Ridhwan Abdullah | Pre-sessional English (PSE) Programme Lead / Foundation Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
Mohd Ridhwan Abdullah began his career teaching academic English, research writing, human communication and English immersion programmes to local and international students before joining UoRM as a Foundation Lecturer. He has trained students in numerous IELTS, TOEFL and MUET preparatory courses and has been involved in several courses and training programmes on student-centred learning and e-learning.
In addition, he has worked with a number of local students for drama and language camps, facilitated a mental health talk, trained young adults for public speaking and trained local language-school teachers on classroom management.
A member of MELTA and BALEAP, Ridhwan holds a Master of Applied Linguistics from Universiti Putra Malaysia.
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Telephone |
+60 (7) 268-6239 |
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Speciality areas |
EAP, ESL, and teacher training |
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Highest qualification and awarding body |
MAL, AFHEA, B.Ed (TESL), CIT (HRDF) |
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UoRM programmes taught/supervised |
Pre-Sessional Programme (PSE), Academic English Programme (AEP), International English, Academic Skills |
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Research interests |
EAP, ESL, discourse study, and semiotics |
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Current projects |
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Recent publications |
Abdullah, M. R. (2016). 'Running'. In Williams, Baharudin, N. S., Mohd Azhar, N. I. S., Rao, T. S., & Isa, N. (Eds.), Dawn of a new sky. Malaysia: Taylor's University Krishnan, S., & Abdullah, M. R. (2016). 'Partner in speak: Peer coaching and rating through online synchronous communication for ESL learners.' Springer Krishnan, S., Williams, S. J., Abdullah, M. R., & Rodrigues, P. D. (2016). 'Because I'm happy: Investigating the effects of a social outreach project on happiness among ESL learners in a Malaysian private university.' 7th International Conference on University Learning and Teaching (InCULT 2014) Proceedings (pp. 841-858). doi:10.1007/978-981-287-664-5_66 Wong, S. Y., & Abdullah, M. R. (2015). 'The motivation design model and acceptance testing analysis of digital game-based learning (DGBL) software.' 2015 7th International Conference on Information Technology in Medicine and Education (ITME). doi:10.1109/itme.2015.127 Abdullah, M. R. (2015). 'The third eye.' In Williams, Baharudin, N. S., Mohd Azhar, N. I. S, Pang, P. Y., Rao, T. S., Isa, N., & Khalid, C. S. (Eds.), As life found me (pp. 17-21). Malaysia: Taylor's University Abdullah, M. R., & Krishnan, S. (2014). 'All for one: Using panel discussion to improve proficiency through group work.' Procedia – Social and Behavioural Sciences, 123, 225–231. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.01.1418 Abdullah, M. R. (2014). 'Aminah.' In Williams, S., Ponniah, L. S., Rao, T. S., Baharudin, N. S., Pang, P. Y., Isa, N., & Abdullah, M. R. (Eds.), Almost home (pp. 50-53). Malaysia: Taylor's University |
