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Kulwant Kaur A/P Kartar Singh

Academic Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Teaching of English As a Second Language) - Doctor of Philosophy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
  • Education - Masters Degree, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
  • Education in TESL - Bachelor Degree, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
  • English as 2nd Language - Diploma, Universiti Malaya (UM)
  • - Certificate, Maktab Perguruan Raja Melewar, Seremban

Kulwant Kaur A/P Kartar Singh (Dr.)

CELPAD Lecturer
IIUM Gombak Campus

CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES AND PRE-UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT

kulwant@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile


Kulwant holds a Master's degree in English as a Second Language (MESL). She is currently pursuing her Ph.D at the National University of Malaysia (UKM). She joined IIUM in 2007 as a CELPAD lecturer. For the past eight years, Kulwant has held several positions i.e. Assistant Coordinator of Level 5 and Testing and Measurement Unit Representative at CELPAD.
Presently, Kulwant is the Assistant Coordinator for Testing and Measurement Unit of the English Language Department at the Centre for Foundation Studies, Petaling Jaya.


Area of Specialisation


  • Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Education ~ Language Literacy (Including English (TESOL, ESL, TEFL) and other Languages) - Doctor of Philosophy (Teaching of English As a Second Language)


Teaching Responsibilities


ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC WRITING 2025/2026 2024/2025 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC WRITING (EAW) 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018
ENGLISH FOR OCCUPATIONAL PURPOSES (KENMS) 2023/2024
ENGLISH IN ACTION 2024/2025
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 6 2017/2018
ENGLISH LANGUAGE I 2017/2018
ENGLISH LANGUAGE II 2022/2023
ENGLISH LANGUAGE III 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018
ENGLISH LANGUAGE IV 2019/2020 2018/2019
ENGLISH LANGUAGE V 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2019/2020
ENGLISH LANGUAGE VI 2022/2023 2020/2021 2019/2020
ENGLISH ON THE GO 2025/2026
ENGLISH ON TRACK 2025/2026
ESP TEACHING METHODS 2023/2024
LANGUAGE FOR INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION 2023/2024


Research Projects


Completed
2022 - 2023 Development of language skills module for employment to enhance economic efficiency among B40 Single Mothers and women under domestic violence in Perlis.
On-Going


Awards & Recognition


21 Nov, 2003 Excellent Service Award /Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang) - Ministry of Education Malaysia International


Publications


Articles

2025 Exploring students’ perceptions on the use of ChatGPT: a thematic analysis. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), IX (XXVI) pp. 9452-9459
2024 Oral presentation anxiety in the English for academic writing classroom: a thematic analysis. MALIM: Jurnal Pengajian Umum Asia Tenggara (SEA Journal of General Studies), 25 (1) pp. 67-73
2018 Teachers' beliefs on technological fusion in teaching ESL students. Creative Education, (9) pp. 2125-2136
2016 What primary school teachers say about their beliefs on teaching and learning of English as a Second Language (ESL) = Apa yang diperkatakan oleh guru sekolah rendah mengenai kepercayaan mereka terhadap pengajaran dan pembelajaran Bahasa Inggeris sebagai bahasa kedua. Jurnal Pendidikan Malaysia, 41 (2) pp. 125-130
Conference or Workshop Items

2024 Oral presentation anxiety in the English for academic writing classroom: a thematic analysis. In: International Seminar of Language Teaching (ISeLT 2024).,
2017 Beliefs of primary school teachers on ESL students’ success. In: Persidangan Penyelidikan Dan Innovasi Pendidikan Kebangsaan Kali Kedua 2017,
Books

2023 Wanita bekerjaya wanita inspirasi: modul pembelajaran bahasa dan kemahiran asas dalam persediaan kerjaya. Kulliyah of Languages and Management, ISBN:
2019 Teachers' beliefs and English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching practices. Penerbit UKM Press, ISBN: 978-967-412-857-9
Book Sections

2023 The Impact of CEFR implementation on language education in Malaysia. In: CELPAD RESEARCH UNIT, CELPAD, IIUM, ISBN: , pp. 45-58