Manvender Kaur A/P Sarjit Singh

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Dr. Manvender Kaur Sarjit Singh

  • Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, School of Languages, Civilisation and Philosophy
  • Director, Executive Education and Professional Development (EEPD)
  • Research Fellow at Language & Cross-Cultural Research Unit
  • Chairperson of the Consultation Committee (2020 – present)
  • Deputy Chairperson of Innovation and Commercialisation Committee (2020 – present)
  • Associate Felo (Marketing/Promotion), Centre of International Affairs and Cooperation (CIAC) 2018 – 2019
  • Chairperson of the MoU/MoA Committee (2018 – 2019)
  • Postgraduate Course Coordinator (2017 – 2019)

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Room No.: EEPD, Awang Had Salleh Graduates School, College of Arts and Sciences.
Phone: (604) 9285280
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Biography:

 

Education

  • Edu (Hons.) (TESL) (UPM, 2001)
  • Ed (TESL) (UTM, 2004)
  • P.hD (TESL) (UTM, 2013)

 

Areas of Specilisation

  • TESL
  • Corpus-based Genre Analysis
  • ESP
  • Genre Analysis
  • Psycholinguistics

 

Recent Publications

Articles:

  1. Amrita, K., Rosna, A.H., & Manvender, K. (2018). Students’ Experiences of Co-creating Classroom Instruction with Faculty – A Case Study in Eastern Context. Teaching in Higher Education. Vol. 24, Issue 4. 461-477. (ISI & Scopus Q1)
  2. Singh, M.K.S. (2019). Bridging Higher Education and Industrial Needs: Here Comes the Specialist! Journal of Intercultural Communication. (Scopus Q2)
  3. Gurmit, S.P.S. & M.K.S.Singh. (2019). Crossing the Interdisciplinary Border: A Structural Linguistics Genre Analysis. Opcion. 35. (21). 568-588. (Scopus Q3)
  4. Hajimia, H., & M.K.S.Singh. (2019). Analysing Frequency and Distributional Pattern of Discourse Markers in the Malaysian Newspaper Reports: A Corpus-Based Study. Opcion. 34. (19). 1692-1714. (Scopus Q3)
  5. Al-Shorman, A. & M.K.S.Singh. (2019). Multidimensional Structural Linguistics Analysis of Moves in Abstracts: A Corpus-Based Approach. Opcion. 34. (19). 1603-1638. (Scopus Q3)
  6. Rathakrishnan, M., Raman, A., M.K.S., Singh. & Y.K.J. Singh (2019). The Usage of Wim to Enhance the Acquisition of English Language. Opcion. 35. (19). 12-45. (Scopus Q3)
  7. Rathakrishnan, M., Raman, A., M.K.S., Singh. & Choi, L.C. (2019). The Effect of Backchannel Communication in Developing Students’ Critical Thinking Skills. Journal of Social Sciences Research. Academic Research Publishing Group, pages 69-74:6. (Scopus Q3)
  8. Khorsheed, N., Dzakiria, H. & Singh, M.K.S. (2020). Automated Detecting of Key concept of Kurdish National Identity for Discourse-Historical Approach (DHA). International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology. Vol.29, No.3s. pp. 404-418 (Scopus Q4)
  9. Shurooq, T.J., Dzakiria, H. & Singh, M.K.S. (2021). Survey Study of Borrowings in Arabic based on the Hierarchy of Linguistic Branches. Asian EFL Journal. Vol. 25, Issue 1. (Scopus Q2)

Book:

Singh, M.K.S. (2020). A Corpus-Based Genre Analysis of Quality, Health, Safety and Environment Work Procedures in Malaysian Petroleum Industry. ISBN: 978-93-87844-22-3

 

Professional Awards and Achievements:

  1. Excellence Service Award (2007) – Royal Customs Department, Malaysia.
  2. Excellence Service Award (2016) – Universiti Utara Malaysia.
  3. Certificate of Participation, Model COBALT: A corpus-based approach to language teaching. Invention & Innovation Awards 2014, Malaysia Technology Expo 2014, 20 – 22 February 2014, Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia Association of Research Scientists (MARS).
  4. Copyright Holder – Model CoBALT: A Corpus-Based Approach to Language Teaching
  5. Copyright Holder – 5-Steps Computer Assisted Corpus Analysis (CACA) method.
  6. Specialist Assessor (Research Instrument), Fakulti Bahasa dan Komunikasi, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI).
  7. Specialist Assessor (Research Instrument), School of Education (SOE), Universiti Utara Malaysia.
  8. KEYNOTE SPEAKER – ‘Creating’ Innovative Teachers: Addressing Industrial Needs, International Conference on Innovations in Teaching and Learning (ICITL) Bangkok 2020, Thailand.
  9. KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Using a Corpus-based Approach in Classrooms: Teachers as Researchers, 1st International Multidisciplinary Conference, Bali, Indonesia.
  10. KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Writing a Research Article: The Rules-of-Thumb! 5th International Multidisciplinary Conference, Indonesia.
  11. CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSON - 2nd International Scholars Conference (ISCUUM 2020), Universiti Utara Malaysia.
  12. Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction - Editorial Board Member (January 2019 – present)
  13. Judge during the 10th Seminar on Innovation and Creativity (SIC 2021), Universiti Teknologi MARA, 12-17 July 2021.
  14. Member of the Advisory Board Committee of the Development in Language Studies (DILS) UTHM.
  15. Certificate of Excellence for the translation of SDG Academy course materials into Malay, presented by Jeffrey D. Sachs, President of UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

Penceramah/Fasilitator Projek Komuniti Pusat Pengajian Pendidikan Untuk Peningkatan Professionalisme Guru Di Pusat Perkembangan Kanak-Kanak Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz, Universiti Utara Malaysia (PPKTPIS UUM).