Kean Wah Lee

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Kean Wah, LEE (PhD) is an Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at the School of Education, and Deputy Head of School, School of Education, University of Nottingham (Malaysia campus). He is also the Vice-President and Treasurer of PacCALL (Pacific Association of Computer-Assisted Language Learning). He has presented and published extensively in journals, book chapters and books in the field of CALL, teacher professional development and English language teaching and learning. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Linking transnational engineering students’ satisfactions with perceptions of education quality

2007 37th annual frontiers in education conference - global engineering: knowledge without borders, opportunities without passports, 2007

ABSTRACT The terms “satisfaction” and “perception” often cause confusion among researchers. Very ... more ABSTRACT The terms “satisfaction” and “perception” often cause confusion among researchers. Very often, customer satisfactions were studied by using survey instrument created for measuring customer perception. On the other hand, some researchers believed that customer satisfaction and perception were two different things, and hence separate measuring instrument had to be adopted for different purposes. This study aims to study how satisfaction is related to perception by using the survey instrument, SERVQUAL-TRAMS. The student satisfaction survey questionnaire was designed based on the literature extracted. The perceptions and satisfactions of students were surveyed through administering the questionnaires to 260 transnational engineering students. Linear regression analysis was then performed to identify whether there existed statistically positive relationship between perception and satisfaction data. The results revealed that there was no significant relationship between learning outcome and student satisfaction, but there was significant positive relationship between satisfaction and contributing factors which led to superior student learning experience.

Augmented storytelling: effects of making on students’ interest in literacy

Technology, Pedagogy and Education, May 11, 2023

The Use Of Contextual Clues In Developing Reading Comprehension Of Among The Year 6 Students

The Relationship Between Students’ Motivation And English Language Achievement: An Investigation Of Form Four Students In Rural Secondary Schools In Sabah

Beliefs About Language Learning: The Non-optinist Pre-service Teachers’ Beliefs About Learning English In A Teacher Training Institute

The main objective of this study is to investigate the language learning beliefs and explore the ... more

Exploring Teachers’ Change: The Case Of Rural English Language Teachers Involved In The Mbi Programme

Why Is It So Difficult For Esl Teachers To Implement The Process Writing Approach

The Implementation Of A Blended Learning Approach At Polytechnics: Students’ Experiences

The Rohingya Diaspora: A Narrative Inquiry into Identity

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies

This study examined the key experiences and aspects of the life of Rohingya diaspora youth throug... more This study examined the key experiences and aspects of the life of Rohingya diaspora youth through exploratory Narrative Inquiry. Three semi-structured interviews were held with six participants from the Rohingya community in Malaysia. Responses were analyzed and categorized into three broad sections based on Cultural Historical Activity Theory: environmental impacts on lived experience, the diversity of sociocultural origin within the Rohingya community, and the impact of historical processes on cultural change. It was noted that the Rohingya culture is rich with diverse experiences and origins far beyond its current circumstances. Rohingya youth identify strongly with their experiences of life in Arakan and note that the younger generations missing this experience are less connected with their Rohingya identity. Beyond that, much of the threat to self-perception within the community came from external reductive narratives based only on their plight. In order to establish a constru...

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Exploring Teaching English Using ICT in Vietnam: The Lens of Activity Theory

A Case Study of Technology-Assisted Flipped Learning in Enhancing Learner Translation Capabilities and Its Mitigated Challenges

International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2022

This study presents a flipped classroom approach tailored to provide dynamic instructional learni... more This study presents a flipped classroom approach tailored to provide dynamic instructional learning of one translation module in Vietnam. The model took consideration of relevant factors of Activity theory (instruments, rules, community and division of labour) to (1) investigate how it could re-orientate learners’ translation habits, and (2) find out the mitigated challenges encountered by Vietnamese learners. 39 junior students at a public university in Vietnam participated in the study. The research implemented a case study design, using semi-structured interviews to examine in depth the benefits of this flipped setting and its actual challenges. The collected findings revealed that this approach could not only bridge the gaps in the relevant literature of flipped learning, but also could improve learners’ habits to use appropriate translation strategies. Finally, challenges faced by learners during the implementation were minimised, thanks to the systematic structure of the flipp...

Exploring preservice teachers’ perspectives toward online learning: an intervention of technology acceptance model

E-learning impacted positively on both teachers and students in term of the tenacity to learning ... more E-learning impacted positively on both teachers and students in term of the tenacity to learning and training, and their perceived attitudes toward e-learning environment. The purpose of this paper is to examine behavior of pre-service teachers toward the use of e-learning in a social science subject via technology acceptance model. The dimensions explored were perceived usefulness (PU), perceived ease of use (EU) and their influences on satisfaction (SN) and intention to use (IN) an online modern LMS named Course Networking (thecn.com). Data were elicited via survey approach and analyzed quantitatively to support the investigation. The study involved 69 pre-service teachers pursuing Bachelor of Education program in a public university in Sabah, East Malaysia. The results revealed that there was moderate level of acceptance in the observed PU (mean = 3.82), EU (mean = 3.52), SN (mean = 3.35), and IN (mean = 3.82). A further examination on the relationships showed that PU influenced ...

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A Study On The Use Of Reader-response In Teaching Literature Among B Ed. Tesl Foundation Students In A Teacher Training Institute

The Relationship Between Students’ Motivation And English Language Achievement: An Investigation Of Form Four Students In Rural Secondary Schools In Sabah

Belt Filter Press Dewatering Trials with Cambi Thermally Hydrolyzed Biosolids – Evaluation of Critical Performance Criteria

A series of belt filter press trials were performed to assess BFP technology as a method for dewa... more A series of belt filter press trials were performed to assess BFP technology as a method for dewatering digested biosolids which had been pretreated by the Cambi Thermal Hydrolysis Process (THP). The THP is a sludge pretreatment process which heats raw sludges to high temperature (150-165 °C) using steam followed by mesophilic digestion. In this study, two different full scale THP sludges were dewatered on two belt filter presses supplied by two different manufacturers. The digested THP sludges had solids concentrations between about 5-7%. The goal of the project was to evaluate the effect of solids loading rates and polymer dosing on cake solids and capture. The results showed the THP sludges dewatered well using BFPs, with cakes solids of 30% or higher easily achieved along with capture rates greater than 99%. This performance was achieved over a broad solids loading rate with 30% cake solids being achieved at loading rates of up to 1000 kg/m-hr. The study also showed that mixing of the polymer and sludge was a critical parameter for achieving good flocculation and dewatering.

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The development of the Writing Portal (TWP) to Support ESL pre-service teachersâ€™ writing needs

International journal on e-learning, 2014

This study reports on the â€˜developmentalâ€™ phase of an initiative to develop and evaluate a pr... more This study reports on the â€˜developmentalâ€™ phase of an initiative to develop and evaluate a prototype E-learning portal, known as The Writing Portal (TWP) to support the writing needs of English as a Second Language (ESL) pre-service teachers in an institute of teacher education in Malaysia. The portal aspires to complement the five stages of the writing process that students have to embark on in accomplishing their written coursework. The web portal contains categorized links to evaluated ESL resources useful for ESL writing process, and integrates web 2.0 tools such as blogs (as writing database for learners), discussion board, live chat, bulletin boards and vote polls. The design is based on results from the analysis phase conducted earlier on learnersâ€™ attitudes and preferences, and analysis of content and context. It is also inspired to optimize the benefits that each technological tool could offer. To develop the web portal, an open source web development tool Joomla! 2.5...

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The Use Of Personal Journal Writing Activity In Enhancing The Writing Ability Of A Class Of Form Four Science Students In A Rural Secondary School

Learning english language with technology : case study of a primary school in Kota Belud, Sabah

International journal on e-learning, 2016

Teaching English language in primary school using ICT technology is a great challenge for languag... more Teaching English language in primary school using ICT technology is a great challenge for language teachers. The study investigates how 40 voluntary student teachers of a public university in Sabah use ICT and multisensory approach to teach English. The study employs The Learner Centric Ecology of Resources Framework (Luckin, 2008) as a guide to observe knowledge scaffolding of students learning. Focus group interviews to elicite qualitative data were done with some selected student teachers who participated in the voluntary teaching job at selected primary school in Kota Belud, Sabah. The results showed that the majority of the student teachers were motivated to teach English using multisensory approach because it helped them to connect English with outside world via visual aids (multimedia). The student teachers’ reflective journals also indicated that they were able to align the ICT materials with the proficiency level of the students, create interactive teaching and learning mat...

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Narrative Inquiry into Teacher Identity, Context, and Technology Integration in Low-Resource ESL Classrooms

by Kean Wah Lee and Cynthia C. James

Language Learning with Technology, 2021

In 2016, we initiated the formation of a learning community called the Going Digital in Kota Kina... more In 2016, we initiated the formation of a learning community called the Going Digital in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia where a group of English as a Second Language (ESL) practitioners with a common passion and interest in technology integration met regularly through a series of teacher-sharing sessions. Through this community, the teachers learned from one another and collaborated on projects to integrate technology in their language classrooms. In addition to face-to-face meetings, the community members also communicated online through a WhatsApp group chat.

Implementing the flipped classroom model in teaching a translation module in Vietnam

Translation and Interpreting : the International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research, Jul 26, 2021

This study provided a novel flipped classroom model with a detailed combination of in-class and o... more This study provided a novel flipped classroom model with a detailed combination of in-class and out-of-class activities to teach a Vietnamese-English Translation module. The study aimed to (1) provide an in-depth insight into how the model was actually implemented in a specific scenario to make the teaching-learning process more interesting and meaningful, and (2) investigate the effectiveness of the flipped classroom model towards learners' translation performance through various assessments. 39 English-majored juniors at Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam participated in the study during the second semester of the 2018-2019 academic year. The study implemented a case-study mixed method design, applying assessment analysis and content analysis of one specific learning scenario to clarify how the flipped learning model contributed to the training process. Results show that a careful design of the flipped model contributed to the relevant literature on how to implement flipped learning in actual classroom settings, but also effectively improved learners' performance in translation studies.

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Linking transnational engineering students’ satisfactions with perceptions of education quality

2007 37th annual frontiers in education conference - global engineering: knowledge without borders, opportunities without passports, 2007