24 Dec 2020 – Want to know more about MscTILS? Want to know more about Qualitative Research interviews? Who better to talk about both these topics than Assoc Prof Dr Noor Raha Mohd Radzuan, who is the Head of Programme (Postgraduate Studies) at the Centre for Modern Languages, UMP. Her research interests include second language oral communication, English for Specific Purposes and English for Early Childhood Education.

In addressing the present issue in language learning and teaching in the era Covid-19, the Centre for Modern Languages, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) in collaboration with Universitas Ahmad Dahlan hosted a Webinar on Language Learning and Teaching (WeLLT) 2020 on 28 October 2020. This virtual session was organized in conjunction with International on Language Learning and Teaching (ICoLLT) that will be held in 2021.

21 Dec 2020 – Data for sociolinguistic studies are everywhere as language variation is not random! Language variation could happen within individuals, speech communities and regions. Professor Dr. Ain Nadzimah Abdullah’s 1-hour webinar session made sociolinguistic studies exciting by providing insightful examples of language variations such as ‘burger boy talk’, as well as of studies that are ongoing and that had been done.

11 March 2020 – To better prepare UMP MUET candidates this year, the Centre for Modern Languages (CML) Competency Unit took the initiative to organise a three-hour intensive class specifically focusing on the reading component. The session was held at Block X, Gambang Campus involving quite a number of interested students. On a side note, all of them were UMP final-year students who intended to pursue their bachelor’s degree education straight after Diploma graduation.