Centre for Modern Languages and Literature

Broadening Horizons, Transforming Lives

Escape the classroom now! A Study on the Effects of Simulation Games on Metacognitive Awareness, Vocabulary Learning Strategy Use and Motivation


Research Objectives & Scope:

  • The study aimed to investigate the effects of the simulation game The SIMS 4: Get to Work Retail Pack on learners’ Metacognitive Awareness, Vocabulary Learning Strategy Use and Motivation.
Research team:
  • Dr Nadya Supian(PI)
    • Cheah Kok Sung, Tan Wilson

Grant awarded by:
  • Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
    • RM50,000.00

The ARmazingRace: Exploring Adventure Games For Developing English Language Proficiency And Learning Motivation

Research Objectives & Scope:

  • The study aimed to investigate the use of augmented reality in an adventure game for developing English language proficiency and learning motivation.
Research team:
  • Dr Wan Irma Sabrina binti Idris (PI)  
    • Dr Nadya Supian, Maxwell Sim Yik Seng, Nur Farhana Bte Abd Wahid, Wan Norfadillah Binti Wan Nawi, Josephine Anak Freni Affrin.
Grant awarded by:
  • Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Research Fund
    • RM33,070.00

Writers' Awareness and Linguistic Realisations of Metadiscourse Features in Reporting Covid-19 Malaysian News


Research Objectives & Scope:

  • The study aimed to investigate how journalists use metadiscourse features (language features) and it’s importance of using them in constructing news.
Research team: 
• Dr Hooi Chee Mei (PI)
    •   Dr Swagata Sinha Roy, Norhaniza bt Md Ismail, Thinusha Selavaraj, Josephine Anak Freni Affrin, Muhamad Elyas Bin Md Nor
Grant awarded by:
  • Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Research Fund
    • RM27,700.00

Rethinking Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education for A Post Pandemic World Post- Pandemic World: Practices and Challenges


Research Objectives & Scope:

  • The study aimed to investigate the challenges faced by academics in conducting assessments online during COVID-19, and what were the solutions undertaken to overcome them.
Research team: 
• Dr Kayatri Vasu (PI)
    •   Dr Nadya Supian, Sharon Chong Yee Ling, Dr Vahid Nimehchiselam (Universiti Putra Malaysia)
Grant awarded by:
  • Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Research Fund
    • RM26,530.00

Exploring the Reading of Malaysian Poems using Eye-Tracking Method: A Case Study in UTAR


Research Objectives & Scope:

  • The study aimed to investigate the reading patterns among Malaysian students when reading poems.
Research team:
  • Dr Foong Soon Seng (PI)
    • Mr. Raphael Thoo Yi Xian, Dr. Lee Ai-Suan (Sunway University)Dr. Pong Kok Shiong (UIC)

Grant awarded by:
  • Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
    • RM25,800.00

Exploring Madness in Its Place: An Ecofeminist Reading Of Selected Women


Research Objectives & Scope:

  • The study aimed to investigate the extent of the notion of “place” creates oppressive environments for the women protagonists in the selected feminist texts, and how do the environments (natural and social) cause women’s madness in the selected feminist texts.
Research team:
  • Dr Foong Soon Seng (PI)
    • Gheeta Chandran

Education and language learning: exploring multilingual identity among Malaysian and Japanese learners


Research Objectives & Scope:

  • This research aimed to study how multilingual identities are shaped through language learning, viewed through the lens of the experiences of Malaysian and Japanese learners.
Research team:
  • Dr Joanna Tan Tjin Ai
    • Professor Tomokazu Nakayama, Jissen Women’s University, Japan, (PI), Dr Lee Ai-Suan, Sunway University, Malaysia, Professor Hiroyuki Yamauchi, Jissen Women's University, Japan, Mr Eric K. Ottinger, South Academy of International Languages

Grant awarded by:
  • Sumitomo Found
    • RM53,281.29