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PROFILE
UPM's Staff Profile
PROF. MADYA DR. CHAN MEI YUIT
PROFESOR MADYA
FACULTY OF MODERN LANGUAGES AND COMMUNICATION
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PROFESSIONAL

NAME :
(Prof. Madya Dr.) Chan Mei Yuit
POSITION :
Profesor Madya
ENTITY :
Faculty Of Modern Languages And Communication

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
B.A. Education (Hons.) (USM). Double major programme, specialising in English Language and Mathematics.
M.Sc. (HRD) (UPM). Research focus: Training and Development.
Ph.D. (Applied Linguistics) (Malaya).
TEACHING
Discourse analysis
Second language acquisition
English syntax and morphology
Seminar in applied linguistics studies
Psycholinguistics
Reading theory and practice
AREA OF SPECIALISATION
Applied linguistics
Discourse and communication studies
Language learning and acquisition
Language for specific purposes
RESEARCH AREA
Institutional and professional discourse practices
Language and communication in health and medical contexts
Discourses of indigenous communities
Language and cognition
RESEARCH PROJECT
2015
Developing a rhetorical and linguistic framework for the teaching and assessment of medical students; case presentations. Funded by GIPP-UPM. Principal investigator. 2015-2017.
2015
Investigating community level influences for successful entrepreneurial process: Towards developing an indigenous entrepreneurship education and training model for the Orang Asli community. Funded by FRGS. Co-investigator. 2015-2018.
2014
Effect of bilingualism and multilingualism on grey matter volume in the brain of Malaysian bilingual and trilingual speakers in Malaysia. Funded by FRGS. Co-investigator. 2014-2017.
2013
Conception of health and healthcare among the aboriginal Semai community: A discursive-ethnographic investigation. Funded by FRGS. Principal investigator. 2013-2016.
2013
Veterinarian-client-patient Language Use and Communication During Wellness Appointments in Veterinary Practice. Funded by UPM-Geran Putra (HNB Cluster). Co-investigator. 2013 - 2015.
2012
Interaction of Aural and Visual Cues in the Processing of Grammatical Morphemes in Online Self-paced Reading. Funded by UPM-RUGS. Co-investigator. 2012 - 2014.
2012
Genre analysis of oral case presentations by medical students. Funded by UPM-RUGS. Co-investigator. 2012-2014.
2012
Communication structure and dynamics of bedside teaching and learning. Funded by UPM-RUGS. Principal investigator. 2012-2015.
2011
Communication in Primary Healthcare Among Healthcare Providers in a Multilingual Society: An Exploratory Study. Funded by ERGS. Co-investigator. 2011 - 2014.
2011
Oral Communication Skills: Test Implementation and Validation, Stakeholders’ Perceptions, Instructional Strategies, and Vocabularies. Funded by UPM-RUGS. Co-investigator. 2011 - 2013.
2009
Participation in Public Discourse through Online Writing: Evaluating Malaysian Tertiary Students’ Readiness to Write the Talk. Funded by UPM-RUGS. Principal investigator. 2009 - 2011.
2008
Evaluation of the ELLIS language learning courseware. Funded by FBMK research grant. Co-investigator. 2008.
2004
Perceived Needs vs Wants: Exploring UPM Employees’ Goals of Learning English. Funded by FBMK research grant. Principal investigator. 2004.
PUBLICATION
2019
Chin, Sin Zi, Seng, Hui Zanne, & Chan, Mei Yuit (2019). Doing legitimacy in talk: The production of leader-follower relationship in spiritual consultation interactions. Sage Open, 9(2), 1 – 11. ISSN: 2158-2440 http://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019846695
2019
Chan, Mei Yuit & Chandra-Sagaran, Uma (2019). Scripted communication for service standardisation?: What analysis of conversation can tell us about the fast-food service encounter. Discourse and Communication, 13(1), 3 – 25. ISSN: 1750-4813
2019
Goh, C. F., Chan, M. Y., Mohd Ali, A., & Md Rashid, S. (2019). The Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Product Information Brochure: How is Generic Structure Used to Persuade Potential Users? Gema Online Journal of Language Studies, 19(4), 219-24
2019
Maktiar Singh, K. K., Mohd Ali, A., Chan, M. Y., & Tan, H. (2019). A Genre-Based Investigation of the Introduction Sections of Academic Oral Presentations. Asian Journal of University Education, 15(2), 94-124.
2017
Lendik, Lisbeth Sinan, Chan, Mei Yuit, Renganathan, Sumathi, & Yap, Ngee Thai (2017). Metaphor and the representations of health and illness among the Semai indigenous community in Malaysia. GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies, 17(4), 61 – 83.
2016
Muhammad, U. A., Yap, N. T., Chan, M. Y., & Wong, B. E. (2016). Identification of Nigerian English idioms: A methodological perspective. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 34(4), 279-288.
ISSN: 1607-3614
2016
Khansari, Delaram, Chan, Swee Heng, Chan, Mei Yuit, & Tan, Helen (2016). Regularities and irregularities in rhetorical move structure of linguistics abstracts in research articles. 3L The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies,22 (1). 39-54.
2016
Rashasoor, Heero Mohialdeen, Tan, Bee Hoon, & Chan, Mei Yuit (2016). Using audio and video listening materials to improve ESL undergraduates’ listening comprehension. Journal of Language and Communication, 3(1), 73-84. ISSN: 2289-649X
2016
Tay, L.C., Chan, M.Y., Yap, N.T., & Wong, B.E. (2016). Discourse particles in Malaysian English: What do they mean? Bijdragen tot de Taal-,Land-en Volkenkunde/Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, 172(4),479–509.
2015
Norazha Paiman, Yap, Ngee Thai, & Chan, Mei Yuit (2015). Effectiveness of morphemic analysis of Graeco-Latin word parts as a vocabulary learning strategy among ESL learners. 3L: The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies, 21(2), 31 - 45.