CipGrads 2024: International Postgraduate Colloquium

This presentation will discuss methodologies needed for effective multimodal discourse analysis on Chinese public legal education. As legal education shifts from traditional mono-modal formats to digital media platforms—such as short videos and animations—it brings both opportunities for richer engagement and challenges for researchers analyzing complex multimodal data. Among some useful...

This study investigates the effectiveness of digital storytelling in improving speaking skills among primary ESL learners, with a particular focus on key methodological challenges: participant variability, instrument validity and reliability, and implementation consistency. Employing a quasi-experimental design with purposive sampling, the research carefully addresses differences in language...

Media ecological discourse represents the social ecosystem shaped mostly by editors and social ideology. Media ecological discourse analysis probes into the impact of media discourse on the social ecosystem; it also explores the impact of discourse on the life-sustaining relationships among humans and the environment of social consciousness. Current ecological discourse research mainly focuses...

Many EFL educators have claimed difficulties of keeping learners engaged and focused on their learning in task-based interaction. Specifically, the interlocutor has been reported as being a pivotal factor affecting learner engagement. This study aims to investigate Chinese EFL learners’ perceptions about the impact of interlocutor familiarity on their engagement in L2 task-based interaction....

This study aims to explore the role of social media in enhancing academic writing skills of TESL students at a private institution in Sabah, Malaysia. Through thematic analysis of interviews with 15 undergraduate students and 2 TESL lecturers, the study reveals that social media platforms such as WhatsApp, TikTok and Reddit indeed play a significant role in collaborative writing, resource...

Artikel ini membincangkan konsep pengurusan kewangan NGO Islam dan kesan bantuannya terhadap golongan B40 di Sabah. Pengurusan kewangan NGO Islam tidak hanya bertujuan bagi memastikan sumber organisasi mencukupi bagi melaksanakan aktiviti tetapi ianya turut bertanggungjawab melaksanakan akauntibiliti dan ketelusan dalam gerak kerja organisasi untuk mengekalkan kepercayaan awan terhadap NGO...