Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DETAILS

Ms. Jacqueline Thomas Pereira

  • Senior Lecturer II

  • SLAS-Department of Liberal Arts & Humanities
    Faculty of Social Sciences & Leisure Management
  •    0356295404
  •   pereira.j@taylors.edu.my

BIOGRAPHY

Jacqueline Thomas Pereira  obtained her teaching certificate from Maktab Perguruan Persekutuan Pulau Pinang in 1988 and her Bachelor's  and Master's degrees in TESL were obtained from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 1999 and 2002 respectively.. She is currently pursuing her PhD in TESL in Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris. Her career has spanned over 29 years and she has taught in a primary school, secondary school, college and currently is teaching English in the Centre for Languages. Her area of interest in research is the Teaching and Learning of Vocabulary as she believes that it is an area of grave importance in the learning of any language.She has done research is vocabulary size , reading aloud to improve vocabulary and is currently looking at using technology to improve vocabulary.

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
(Role),(Level),(Duration)
  • Senior Lecturer II, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, 03/06/2002 to present
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
(Qualification),(Institution)
  • Master In Science (TESL), University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Bachelor Of Education (TESL), University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
(Qualification),(Institution)
  • Certificate In Education, Maktab Perguruan Persekutuan Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
(Area)
  • Tertiary Education (Teaching and Learning of vocabulary)
TEACHING
(Course Title),(Level of Study),(Institution),(Month/Year)
  • English for Hospitality and Tourism, Bachelor Degree, Taylor's University (03/2017)
  • Intensive English Reading and Writing, Pre university, Taylor's University (11/2017)
  • English 1, Diploma, Taylor's University (08/2017)
  • English for Specific Purposes, Diploma, Taylor's University (01/2015)
  • Academic English, Diploma, Taylor's University (01/2012)
  • Business English, Diploma, Taylor's University (07/2011)
  • Business Communication, Bachelor Degree, Taylor's University (01/2010)
PRESENTATION
(Title),(Event),(Date Presented),(Organiser),(Level)
ORAL PRESENTER
  • Gamification in ESL , 27th MELTA International Conference, 18/08/2018 to 20/08/2018, Malaysian English Language Teaching Association (International)
POSTER PRESENTER
  • Gamification in Malaysia, 9th MELTA International Research Conference (MIRCELE) 2019, 16/11/2019 to 16/11/2019, MELTA (International)
  • Reading Aloud in an Undergraduate ESL Classroom : Students Perspectives, The 1st International ASEAN-English Language Teaching Conference, 15/03/2018 to 17/03/2018, Universiti Putra Malaysia (International)
COURSE ATTENDED
(Course Title),(Course Mode),(Date/Duration),(Level)
  • Making Critical Thinking Visible, Non research, 21/08/2017 to 22/01/2018 (University)
  • The Great TiMes is Now, Non research, 11/08/2017 to 11/08/2017 (University)
  • MUET workshop, Non research, 20/07/2017 to 20/07/2017 (Faculty)
  • Professional Development Workshop (TCL & SoED only), Research, 28/04/2017 to 28/04/2017
  • HTCA PD Day 1, Research, 12/01/2017 to 13/01/2017