CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE
(6.8.2014)
(6.8.2014)
MICOLLAC 2014
12 – 14 AUGUST 2014
MONDAY 11
AUGUST 2014
TIME
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PROGRAMME
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ROOM
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5:00pm –7:00pm
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Registration
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Laguna 1
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Day 1:
TUESDAY 12 AUGUST 2014
TIME
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PROGRAMME
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ROOM
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8:00am –9:00am
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Registration
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Laguna 1
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9:00am – 9:20am
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Parallel Session 1
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On
Collocation of Adjectives and Nouns
By
Lee Hye-Kyung
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Laguna
2
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How Much do Advanced Cantonese ESL Learners Know about the Use of English Articles?
By Alice Yin Wa Chan
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Laguna 3
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Towards Learner Autonomy in Research Skill
Development
By Yong Mei Fung
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Pulau Room 1
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A Discourse Analysis on Structure Used in Medical
Case Presentations
By Afida Mohd Ali; Chan Mei Yuit; Nur Farah Fadhliah Binti Mahmud
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Pulau Room 2
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Intelligence Explosion as a Future Sword of
Damocles: A Study on William Hertling’s A.I. Apocalypse
By Sayyed Ali Mirenayat; Ida Baizura Bahar; Elaheh Soofastaei
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Tanjung Room 1
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The Myth of Empty Palestine in Jewish Poetry
(1898-1948)
By Refaat Alareer; Noritah Omar
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Tanjung Room 2
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9:25am – 9:45am
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Parallel Session 2
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Grammaticality
judgment test: Do item formats correlate with English Language Proficiency?
By
Tan Bee Hoon; Nor Izzati Mohamad Noor
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Laguna 2
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Time to Turn the Digital Page: The Social Element of
E-Book Usage
By Vivien Chee Pei Wei; Ambigapathy Pandian
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Laguna 3
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An Investigation of Inter-Rater Reliability in
Writing Assessments
By Azima Binti Abdul Aziz; Azura Binti Sirri
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Pulau Room 1
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Religion and Nation-Building: Debate over One-Parent
Conversion Law 2013 in Malaysia
By Myengkyo Seo
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Pulau Room 2
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A Journey through Nature in Margaret Atwood’s
Surfacing
By Alex Lau Zhe Ming; Kamelia Talebian Sedehi; Wan Roselezam Wan
Yahya
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Tanjung Room 1
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The Construction of Distractors
in Conversation Section of English in Thailand’s High-Stakes Test
By Krongtham Nuanngam
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Tanjung Room 2
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9:50am – 10:10am
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Parallel Session 3
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Promoting EFL Writing through ICT (Information and
Communication Technology) Integration
By Jayaron Jose
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Laguna 2
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What is the Language Vitality of the English
Language among Malaysian Primary School Students?
By How Soo Ying; Chan Swee Heng; Ain Nadzimah Abdullah
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Laguna 3
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Humour in Meetings: A Case Study of Power and
Solidarity in the Malaysian Academic Context
By Jariah Mohd Jan; Nor Azikin Mohd Omar
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Pulau Room 1
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How the Three Dominant Ethnic Groups of Malaysia
View and Construct Their Identities
By Wong Ngan Ling
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Pulau Room 2
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Bangsa Malaysia as a Liminal Identity in Anthony
Burgess’ Time for a Tiger
By Farahana ABD Razak; Ida Baizura Bahar
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Tanjung Room 1
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Presentation by Oxford
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Tanjung Room 2
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10:15am – 10:35am
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Parallel Session 4
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The Rhetorical Structure of Research Articles in
Applied Linguistics
By Delaram Khansari; Chan Swee Heng; Chan Mei Yuit;
Helen Tan
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Laguna 2
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Conceptualising Cultural and Commercial Authenticity
for the Interpretation of TV Commercials - Conceptual Working Paper -
By Siti Waltraud Mayr
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Laguna 3
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A Tonal Study of ChiangkhanPhuan
By Supakit Buakaw; SuttiponToophom
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Pulau Room 1
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Distortion
of Marxism in Duong Thu Huong’s Novel Without A Name and Kim Echlin's The
Disappeared
By
Ng Wen Lee; Manimangai Mani
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Pulau Room 2
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Vive
la France (2013), the French Answer to Borat (2006)
By
Simone Chua; Regis Machart
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Tanjung Room 1
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Presentation by Oxford
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Tanjung Room 2
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10:35am – 11:00am
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Tea
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Laguna Foyer
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11:00am – 11:20am
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Parallel Session 5
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Visual Representation of Women in Action Movie
Posters across Three Eras of Hollywood
By Maryam Abdali; Mardziah Hayati Abdullah; Wong Bee
Eng
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Laguna 2
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Lights, Camera, Action! The Use of Video Technology
in the FSL Classroom and Science Classroom
By Rosemary Paniccia; Gabriel Roman Ayyavoo
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Laguna 3
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Misinterpretation of Culture-loaded English Proverbs
into Arabic: A Domestication Approach
By Abdali H. Shihan al-Saidi; Sabariah Md Rashid
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Pulau Room 1
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Window of Opportunities: Cultivating Language
Acquisition Action Research in Malaysian Kindergarten’s Teachers
By Siti Jamilah Bidin; Ahmad Affendi Shabdin
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Pulau Room 2
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An Ecological Reading of Gary Snyder’s Selected
Poetry
By Firas A. Nsaif
Al Jumaili
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Tanjung Room 1
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Challenges and Overcoming Strategies in Academic
Speaking Practices among International Students in a Malaysian Public
University
By Manjet Kaur Mehar Singh; Ambigapathy Pandian; Sarjit Kaur Gurdial Singh
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Tanjung Room 2
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11:25am – 11:45am
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Parallel Session 6
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Critical Thinking Ability of Postgraduate Students
in Threaded Discussions
By Tan Cheng Lee; Ng Lee Luan
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Laguna 2
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The Significance of Interruptions in Speech: A Case
Study of an Interview in Late Show with David Letterman
By Raphael Thoo Yi Xian
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Laguna 3
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Undetermined Noun Phrases in New Englishes: Zero or
Null Article?
By Ridwan Wahid
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Pulau Room 1
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“Thainess” in Thai Language Textbooks for Primary
Education of the Year One to the Year Three in Compulsory Curriculum in the
Year of 2008
By Natchanon Khamnuan
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Pulau Room 2
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Experiencing Shakespeare on the Malaysian Stage and
its Impact on Actor-Spectator Relationship
By Arbaayah Ali Termizi; Wan Roselezam Wan Yahya;
Rosli Talif
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Tanjung Room 1
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Love Theme in Maid Maleen: Does the Relationship
Status Influence Love Perception?
By Miroslava Majtanova; Ang Lay Hoon; Lee Soo Li
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Tanjung Room 2
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11:50am – 12:10pm
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Parallel Session 7
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Making Short Films to Learn Spanish: A Project for
Thai Learners
By María de las Mercedes Fuentes Hurtado
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Pulau Room 1
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An Analysis of Structural Types of Lexical Bundles
in MUET Reading Test
By Christina Ong Sook Beng; Yuen Chee Keong
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Pulau Room 2
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Unblinding History through Literature in
TanushreePodder’s, Escape From Harem
By Manimangai Mani
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Tanjung Room 1
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Communication
Strategies in Teaching EFL Writing
By
Hossein Saadabadi M. ; Shamsi Saadabadi M. ; Mozhdeh Alizadeh Shirazi
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Tanjung Room 2
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12:15pm –1:05pm
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Plenary Session 1
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Cosmopolitanism
and its Discontents: Literature in English in Southeast Asia at a Time of
Social Change
By Professor
Phillip Holden
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Laguna Ballroom
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1:05pm – 2:30pm
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Lunch
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Breeze Cafe
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2.30pm –3.20pm
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Plenary Session 2
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Policy and
Language Development
By Dr Farida Bt Abu Hassan |
Laguna Ballroom
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3:25pm – 3:45pm
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Parallel Session 8
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Corpus Analysis as a Tool for Validating In-House
EAP Reading Materials
By Kim Hyeon-Okh
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Pulau Room 1
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The Use of Support Strategies in Argumentative
Writing
By Lee Geok Imm; Wong Bee Eng; Chan Swee Heng;
Mardziah Hayati Abdullah
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Pulau Room 2
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Home is Where the Heart is: Exploring the Sense of
Belonging In Margaret Atwood’s Cat’s Eye
By Nur Fatin Syuhada Ahmad Jafni; Wan Roselezam Wan
Yahya
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Tanjung Room 1
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The Floral Imagery and Female Body in Margaret
Atwood’s The Handmaid’ S Tale
By Zahra Rezaei; Arbaayah Ali Termizi
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Tanjung Room 2
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3:50pm – 4:10pm
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Parallel Session 9
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Using Images as a Strategic
Move in Malaysian Banking Brochures
Ummul Khair Binti Ahmad;
Chong Chai Hong
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Laguna 2
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Schematic Structural Analysis of Newspaper
Editorials: A Comparative Study of American and Malaysian Newspapers
By Sahar Zarza; Helen Tan; Chan Swee Heng; Afida
Mohamad Ali
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Laguna 3
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Discursive Construction of Responses Towards
Impoliteness: Implications for Asians
By Jariah Mohd Jan; Cherish How
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Pulau Room 1
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Malaysian Sino-Indians: When Heritage Language is No
Longer the Native Language
By Rona Chandran
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Pulau Room 2
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Directness and Face Relations in Egyptian Arabic
Performatives: A Socio-Pragmatic Study
By Marwa Mohamed Khamis El-Zouka
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Tanjung Room 1
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Exploring the “Twin Domination” of Women and Nature
in Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar: An Ecofeminist Analysis on Women’s Madness
By Foong Soon Seng
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Tanjung Room 2
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4:15pm- 4:35pm
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Parallel Session 10
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Expressing Certainty and Stance in Academic
Abstracts: Lessons from and for Novice Research Writers
By Maryam Mehrjooseresht; Ummul Khair
Binti Ahmad
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Laguna 2
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Public Multilingualism: What do Billboard
Advertisements Say?
By Aini Andria Shirin Anuarudin; Ain Nadzimah Abdullah; Chan Swee Heng; Zalina Mohd Kasim
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Laguna 3
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Learning with Children with Autism: The Other Way to
See It
By Hasmiza Othman
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Pulau Room 1
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Ethnic Variations in Malaysian SMS condolences
By Kuang Ching Hei
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Pulau Room 2
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Attitudes
of French Language Learners towards the Common European Framework of
References for Languages
By
Tan Wen See; Chen Tze Wei; Regis Machart
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Tanjung
Room 1
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Western Influence on African Prose since Chinua
Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”
By S. A. Oluwayomi Oladunjoye
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Tanjung Room 2
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4:35pm
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Tea
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Laguna Foyer
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Day 2:
WEDNESDAY 13 AUGUST 2014
TIME
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PROGRAMME
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ROOM
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9:00am – 9:20am
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Parallel Session 11
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The Use of Humourous Texts in Improving ESL
Learners’ Vocabulary Comprehension and Retention
By Nursyafiqah Zabidin
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Pulau Room 1
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Malaysian ESL Undergraduates’ Engagement in a
Massive Open Online Course
By Md. Masudul Hasan; Tan Bee Hoon
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Pulau Room 2
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Teaching Creative Writing in Malaysia: Experiences
and Insight
By Sharon Bakar
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Tanjung Room 1
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Pre-Colonial Residuals in Toni Morrison's
"Recitatif" and Alice Walker's "Everyday Use"
By Abdalhadi Nimer Abdalqader Abu Jweid; Arbaayah Ali Termizi
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Tanjung Room 2
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9:30am – 10:30am
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Opening Ceremony
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Laguna Ballroom
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10:30am – 11:00am
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Tea
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Laguna Foyer
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11:00am – 11:20am
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Parallel Session 12
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Language and Religious Identity in Malaysia
By Munif Z. F. Nordin |
Pulau Room 1
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The Shift in Motivation of Malaysian Learners of
French
By Chen Tze Wei; Tan Wen See; Regis Machart
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Pulau Room 2
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Malay Muslims in the Thai Film OK Baytong (2003)
By Keunhye Shin
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Tanjung Room 1
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Investigating Gaydom Turning Points in Body 2 Body –
A Malaysian Queer Anthology
By Amirah Razali; Rohimmi Noor; Rosli Talif
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Tanjung Room 2
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11:25am – 11:45am
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Parallel Session 13
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The Role of ‘Languaging’ in ESL Learning
By Haliza Harun; Norhana Abdullah
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Laguna 2
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Improving
Academic Writing through the Use of Metadiscourse
By
Helen Tan; Chan Swee Heng
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Laguna 3
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Gambling
at the Funerals: An Immoral Culture in the Northeast Society, Thailand
By
Rattana Panyapa
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Pulau Room 1
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Intercultural Experiences of ‘Western’ Students in
the ‘East’ and ‘Eastern’ Students in the 'West'
By Chin Ee Wen; Nguai Seen Sian; Regis Machart
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Pulau Room 2
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Representations of Chinese Indonesians in Indonesian
Media: A Case of Imlek in the Media
By Julia
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Tanjung Room 1
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Critical Pedagogy and Research Studies in Humanities
in India
By Arzuman Ara
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Tanjung Room 2
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11:50am – 12:10pm
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Parallel Session 14
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Corpus Approaches to Sociophonology in Bilingual
Contexts: The Emergence of the Voiced Labiodental Fricative Segment [V] in US
Spanish
By Adriano Trovato
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Pulau Room 1
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Assessing the Benefits of Paper versus Online
Materials for Vocabulary Acquisition
By Kelly Quinn; John Howrey
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Pulau Room 2
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The Relationship between Motivation and Pragmatic
Awareness — A Case Study of Chinese EFL Learners
By Li Rui; Azimah Sazalie; Raja Rozina Raja Suleiman
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Tanjung Room 1
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Natural Environment and Reconstruction of Identity
in Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
By Davood Mohammadi Moghadam; Wan Roselezam Wan Yahya; Hardev Kaur
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Tanjung Room 2
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12:15pm – 1:05pm
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Plenary Session 3
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The
Responsibilities of Ecocriticism: A Self-Conscious Appraisal
By Professor
Scott Slovic
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Laguna Ballroom
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1:05pm – 2:30pm
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Lunch
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Breeze Cafe
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2:30pm – 2:50pm
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Parallel Session 15
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A Cross-Linguistic Analysis of Multi-Word
Combinations in Academic Oral Speech
By Hadi Kashiha; Chan Swee Heng; Ain Nadzimah Abdullah; Helen Tan
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Laguna 2
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An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of English
Language Assessment in Two Colleges of Applied Sciences in Oman
By Fatma Al Hajri
|
Laguna 3
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Metaphor of Architecture in Raymond Carver's
"Cathedral"
By Saman Shariati-Rad; Wan Roselezam Wan Yahya; Hardev Kaur; Ida Baizura Bahar
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Pulau Room 1
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Thai Orchid Naming
By Pornwipa Chaisomkhun
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Pulau Room 2
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Kala Pani Writings of Indenture: Framing
Indo-Caribbean Identity in A Comparative Francophone/Anglophone Context
By Brinda J. Mehta
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Tanjung Room 1
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John Donne Resisting Patronage
By Refaat Alareer; Noritah Omar
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Tanjung Room 2
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2:55pm – 3:15pm
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Parallel Session 16
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The Use of Apology Strategies and Gender Differences
among Iranian Postgraduate Students
By Shahrbanou Ghorban Abdolmalaki; Che An Abdul Ghani
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Laguna 2
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Iranian Students' Perception about Intensive English
Courses of USM: Is it Helpful in Getting Good Score in IELTS?
By Mohamad Jafre Zainol Abidin;
Monirosadat Hosseini; Babak Choobdari
|
Laguna 3
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VP Internal Subject Hypothesis(ISH) in Turkish
By Ali Alizadeh; Leila Rahimzadeh
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Pulau Room 1
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Malaysian Youths’ Perception of Code-Switching in
Malay Television Series
By Muriatul Khusmah Musa; Ting Su-Hie
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Pulau Room 2
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I Do, Therefore I Learn: An Experience in the
Learning (Teaching) of Drama Through a Performance Based Pedagogy: The Case of Shakespeare’s
King Lear
By Shubashini Suppiah
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Tanjung Room 1
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Feminine Aesthetics of Sri Lanka as a Homeland:
Transnational Sinhalese Writings
By Jeslyn Sharnita Amarasekera
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Tanjung Room 2
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3:20pm – 3:40pm
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Parallel Session 17
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Comparison in the Usage of Adjectives in English
between Native Speakers and Malay Near-Native Speakers
By Mohd Azlan Shah Sharifudin; Fazlinda Hamzah; Raihan Md Ghazali
|
Laguna 2
|
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The
Effects of Task-Based Instruction Programme on Malaysian Undergraduate
Students’ Speaking Proficiency: A Cognitive Approach
By
Mohammad Mohammadipour ; Sabariah Md Rashid
|
Laguna 3
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Who is in the Centre? Interaction Patterns in a
Traditional Informal Learner-Centred Teaching Event
By Jey Lingam Burkhardt
|
Pulau Room 1
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Governing Social Networks in The Devil Wears Prada
and Its Film Adaptation
By Diana Abu Ujum; Rosli Talif
|
Pulau Room 2
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Acting-Out and Working Through in
ChimamandaNgoziAdichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun
By Inna Malissa bte Che Jamal; Hardev Kaur Jujar Singh; Wan Roselezam Wan Yahya
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Tanjung Room 1
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David Hare’s Stuff Happens a Dramatic Journey of
American War on Iraq
By Elaff Ganim Salih; Wan Roselezam Wan Yahya
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Tanjung Room 2
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3:45pm – 4:05pm
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Parallel Session 18
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Speech Accommodation Strategies in the Selling of
Life Insurance
By Shameem Rafik-Galea; Wan Irham Ishak
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Laguna 2
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An Examination of the Effects of Students' Gender on
Classroom Teacher-Initiated and Student-Initiated Interaction during
Whole-Class Discussions in EFL Classes in Iran Using Conversation Analytic
Framework
By Amir Aghayi Chadegani
|
Laguna 3
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Expressing ‘Bottom Up’ Evaluation in Two Languages:
University Students as a Community of Practice
By Azlina MuradSani
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Pulau Room 1
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Process-Oriented
Guided Inquiry Learning (Pogil) Based Instructional Materials
By
Noraini Zulkepli
|
Pulau Room 2
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Restructuring Female Identity in Adrienne Rich’s
Diving into the Wreck
By Mohamad Fleih Hassan ; Rosli Talif
|
Tanjung Room 1
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Generation Y’s Notions of Ethnic Identities in
Ethnically Diverse Malaysia
By Ting Su-Hie; Ooi Kien-Bee
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Tanjung Room 2
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4:10pm- 4:30pm
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Parallel Session 18a
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The
Transfer of the Implicatures of Reference Switching(Iltifat) from Arabic to
English
By
Najat Ali Al-Badani; Norsimah Mat
Awal; IntanSafinazZainudin; Ashinida Aladdin
|
Laguna 2
|
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A
Critical Discourse Analysis of Headlines on Lynas Issue in The Star Newspaper
By
SitiMunirahbintiMohd Ali; ShamalaParamasivam
|
Laguna 3
|
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The
Communication of Court Decisions: From Inception to News Reports
By
MonizaWaheed; Irma IlliannaIszham
|
Pulau Room 1
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Feminist Criticism: A Traceable Premise in Welsh and Malaysian
Short Stories
By Nor Hashimah Isa
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Pulau Room 2
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4:30pm
|
Tea
|
Laguna
Foyer
|
Day 3:
THURSDAY 14 AUGUST 2014
