Dr. Malachi Edwin Vethamani

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On Going Research

A Study on the Response to Teaching of Literature for the KBSM English Language paper: Teachers' and Students' Perspectives. From 2007-present. Research University Grant Scheme (RUGS, UPM). Leader of Research Group

English Language Communicative Ability of Malaysian ESL Learners. From 2007-present. Research University Grant Scheme (RUGS, UPM). Member of Research Group

Soft Skills (EQ) Readiness, Academic Performance and Teaching Ability Among Teacher Trainees. From 2007-present. Research University Grant Scheme (RUGS, UPM). Member of Research Group

A Study on TESL Students' Understanding of Narratorial Voice in Short Stories. From 2008-present

Pre-service TESL Students’ Evaluation of the Bachelor of Education (TESL) Programme Towards Their Professional Development as Teachers. From 2007-present.

Pre-service TESL Students' Professional Self-Images: Pre and Post Teaching Practicum. From 2007-present.

Survey on Malaysian Poets Writing in English. From 2007-present. Sponsored by Maya Press Publishers

Malaysian and Short Story Writing in English. From June 2006. Sponsored by Maya Press Publishers

Completed Research

E-Portfolio and Professional Development of ELT Teacher Trainees. From August 2006-2008.

A Study on the Use of E-Journals for Teacher Trainees' Professional Development. 2005.

A Study on Teacher Trainees' Participation in an ELT Chat Room. 2005.

The use of E-journals (blogs) to development reflective thinking among in-service TESL teacher trainees. 2003-2005.

E-journals (Blogs) and the professional development of TESL Teacher Trainees. 2002-2005.

A Comparative Study on In-service and Pre-service English Language Teacher Trainees' Participation in Asynchronous Discussion Groups. 2002-2005.

A Study on English Language Teacher Trainees' Participation in E-Forum. 2002-2005.

A Skills-based Approach to Teaching English for Science and Technology. 2003-2004.

Survey on Themes in Malaysian Poetry in English for Malaysian Secondary School Students. Sponsored by Maya Publishers. 2000-2003.

"A Corpus Based Study on the Written and Oral English of Malaysian School Students". Member of research team. Sponsoring Agency: IRPA. 2002.

Teaching Young Adult Literature. Funded by Fulbright Scholarship, United States Information Agency, in 2000.

An Investigation on the Questioning Strategies Employed by English Language Teachers in the Literature Classroom. Funded by University Putra Malaysia. 1999-2000.

Bibliography of Malaysian Literature in English. Partly funded by British Council, Kuala Lumpur. 1999-2000.

Character Presentation and Interaction: Styles of Minority Discourse in the Malaysian English Novel. Ph.D. Research. Funded by University Pertanian (Putra) Malaysia and Chevening Scholarship Award. 1993-1996.

A Survey on the Needs of the English Language Proficiency Students of UPM. Funded by University (Pertanian) Putra Malaysia. 1991.

A Study on the Questioning Strategies of UPM Teacher Trainees (TESL Minor) during their Teaching Practice. Funded by University (Pertanian) Putra Malaysia. 1989.

Setting Up a Listening Laboratoty in a Primary School. Funded by University (Pertanian) Putra Malaysia. 1989.

UPM TESL Matriculation Students' Expectations and Responses to their Literature Courses. Funded by University (Pertanian) Putra Malaysia. (Co-researcher with Rosli Talif). 1988-1989.

Error Analysis of Form Four Students' Compositions. Funded by University (Pertanian) Putra Malaysia. (Co-researcher with Rosli Talif). 1987-1988.

A Comparative Study of the Achievement and the Proficiency Level in English as a Second Language among Learners in Selected Rural and Urban Schools in Peninsular Malaysia. Funded by University (Pertanian) Putra Malaysia. (Co-researcher with Rosli Talif). 1987-1988.