2023
  • Plenary and Workshop. Chair 15th Annual ESAP Symposium. Plenary: Intelligent questions beyond profit- driven hype:Reflections on Socrates the greatest prompt engineer. Workshop: Visual and audio literacy:Worth more than a 1000 words. Sunway University. August 5.

  • Presentation and thanks for a festschrift in my honour.August 5.Eds Nicholas Lee and Jeya Burkhardt, English: Critical Lessons for Teachers by Teachers. ,Sunway Univeristy Press, is an educational and inspiring must-read for any English language teacher looking to inculcate inclusivity in diverse classrooms.       https://sunwayuniversity.edu.my/press/books/english
2022
  • Workshop. Sunway University International Students Outreach. August 8, June 22.
 
  • Paper. 2nd ASEAN Quality Assurance Conference (AQAC) 2022 Emerging from Crisis: Refining Quality Assurance Towards Stability in Higher Education. Sunway University. Assuring quality in classroom practise through reflection in action: techniques. August 8
 
  • Plenary and Workshop. Chair 14th Annual ESAP Symposium. Plenary: What every English language teacher should know for the post-pandemic world. Workshop: I would like to ask but I will be questioned for questioning. Sunway University. August 6.
 
  • Presentation. Sourcing, tuning and sharing the story line. Oxford and Cambridge Society annual public speaking workshops and competition. April 28. Online hosted by Sunway University. https://youtu.be/RwsGCMQuCOo
     
 2021

  • Invited plenary speaker. The 4th ESIC – Educational Sciences International Conference 2021 Towards a Sustainable Future of Education: Preparing Teachers and Prospective Teachers for the Digital Age. Paper: Positioning, presence and pedagogy: personal reflections on learning in the pandemic.  Teachers Training and Educational Faculty, Mulawarman University, Samarinda .East Kalimantan. 11-13 November
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  • Invited plenary speaker .2nd ICOTEL. Engaging students in active online teaching and learning.  Facilitating Ownership, Presence and Placemaking through online interaction: Reflections on the practical. November 3 .Online hosted by University of Bengkulu.
 
  • Judge National Poetry Slam Competition. 13-15 October. Organised by Sunway International School (Secondary) Online.
   
  • Paper: ASEAN Australia Academic Forum Paper. Digitally extended as an educator: reflecting on reaching learners. September 9. Online. Hosted by University of Tasmania & Australian- ASEAN Council.                                                                                                                                                          

  • Plenary speaker and organiser. 14th Annual Sunway English for Specific Purposes Symposium.   Paper: Post pandemic possibilities : Meshing vocabulary in the ongoing digital world.    Workshop:   August7th. Virtual480 pax. Hosted by CELS Sunway University. See Plenary Mobile assisted language limitations by Prof Stephen J Hall - YouTube Spaced Significant Repetition by Prof Stephen J Hall - YouTube     
                                                                                  
  • Paper. MELTA 29th Annual International Conference.Informing my teaching through reflections on successful Mobile Application Language Learning.  Online hosted by Malaysian English Language Teachers Association. July 28th.  Judge. MELTA National Teacher Educator Innovative Projects.
 
  • Presentation and chief Judge. Integrating non-verbals, visuals and intonation in the Game of Screens. Oxford and Cambridge Society annual public speaking workshops and competition. April 8. Online hosted by Sunway University
 
  •  Paper: 17th Annual Cambodia TESL International Conference. Developing pushed output through learner participation: online and offline challenges. February 5 Online. Hosted by IDP Cambodia with Australian government support
 
  • Invited keynote speaker.ICTLD Paper: Meshing the Digitalized and the Analogue: the Digitally Extended Teacher Self.  Biennial National Institutes of Teacher Education conference. Johor Baru August 3
 
  •   Paper: 17th Annual Cambodia TESL International Conference. Virtual February 5. Developing pushed output through learner participation:online and offline challenges.
                       
                        Teaching Masters level Academic Writing and The Voice in Academic Writing.Ongoing since 2018
 2020
  • Plenary speaker and organiser. 13th annual Sunway English for Specific Purposes Symposium.
          Paper:  Fostering pushed output and confidence building: Challenges online and offline.
          Workshop: Reflecting on one’s own extended digital self and beliefs. August 15. Virtual.480 pax

  • Annual Oxford and Cambridge Society English Language E Public Speaking Event.Paper:Presenting to an audience: In  front of many and new online challenges. July 11  
​​​​2019 
  • Featured Speaker. 28th Malaysian English Language Teaching Association International Conference. English Language Education 5.0: Developing Sustainable Literacies.  Paper. Mangled Realities: Plurilingual Positioning in the Malaysian Classroom.   Workshop. In the Mind’s Eye: Creative Language Tools for Visual Literacy Learning: Kuching August 13-15.
 
  • Plenary Speaker. MELTA Second National Research Conference Research in English Language Education. Delving Deep into Doctorateland: Process and Product. Institute of Teacher Education Penang, 29 April.
 
  • Plenary Speaker. International Conference on Applied Linguistics and Language Studies. National Tourism Specialist College (STBA YAPARI-ABA). Paper. Digital Literacy and Language Learning: Power, Perceptions and Practice. Bandung. February 13- 15.
 

2018

  • International Research Conference in English in Language Education (MIRCELE) Judge for Master’s Studies. International Islamic University, Gombak. December 1.                     
 
  •  Featured Speaker. 27th Malaysian English Language Teaching Association International Conference. Changing the Game; English Language in Education 4.0. Workshop. Online is a Choice Already Being Made. Being Digitally Literate Less well Known. Johor Baru August 18-20.
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  • Keynote speaker. 4th International Conference on Teacher Learning and Development.  haring Visions in Changing Times: Developing Transforming Pedagogies. Beyond Teacher Transmission to Digitally Extended Selves: Engaging with Creative Fluency. Institute of Teacher Education Kuala Lumpur August 4-6.
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  •   MELTA National Colloquium and Round Table Transforming English Language Education in Malaysia: A Stakeholder Proposal on Policy, Practice and Outcomes. An  invitees only event. Kuala Lumpur July 31. Contributor to teacher education proposals.
 
  •  Paper. Social Media Mediating Methodology: Proposing Purposeful Practices. Workshop. Let’s Face Time It: Creating Much Needed Digital Literacy Awareness. 8th.Free Linguistic Conference. University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. July 9-11.
 
  •   Keynote Speaker. Paper. Beyond teacher transmission and Googling information to more creative language learning.5th National Undergraduate Conference on E LT, Linguistics and  Literature. Sanata Dharma University Yogyajakarta Indonesia May 12.
 
2017
  • Presenter. Paper. Digital Foot printing Approaches to ESP. 6th University of Malaya Discourse and Society  (UMDS) International Conference, Kuala Lumpur December 5-6  
 
  • Key Note Speaker. What language phone aps and the success of Pokemon-Go can teach us about
         autonomous vocabulary learning. International Language and Language Teaching Conference
         Sanata DhammaUniversity, Yogyajarta Indonesia November 12. 
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​​​​2016

  • ​Presenter. Digital shifting sands.Paper for Digital learning focus group. Japanese Association of Language Teachers 29th International Convention, Aichi Convention Centre, Nagoya, Japan. Nov 26- 28.
 
  • Invited Plenary Speaker.Annual Teaching and Research Conference, The W.H. questions of developing vocabulary in the circus of a low tech classroom. Workshop. Weaving together the strands of learning new vocabulary: Stimulating motivation. Universitas Mulawarman, Samarinda,Indonesia.October 22.
 
  • Invited Main Speaker. Language in the Online and Offline World 5th Conference Petra Christian University, Surabaya Indonesia. April 18-20.Paper ;Business discourse and being ourselves;Digital and cross cultural challenges.

​2015
  • Presenter. TESOL International Association Regional Conference Singapore. Through the Looking Glass: Reflections on ASEAN Reflective Practice. December 3-5.
 
  • Invited Workshop Half Day. TESOL International Association Regional Conference Singapore Pre Conference.  Building our own learning culture: ASEAN teachers as reflective learners. Singapore December 3.
 
  • Invited Main Speaker. International Conference on English Language Teaching. Paper: The Art of Language Learning Applications are Old School Acquisition at the Core. Workshop. Untangling text, task and transitions to the inner world. Melaka October 18-19.
 
  • Presenter Global Access to Post Secondary Education. Innovating equity in English Language Teacher Education; Malaysian Planning and Practice. Sunway University Oct 5-8.
 
  • ESAP symposium Workshop.Reading and tackling the role of responses; More than comprehension questions. August 15.
 
  • Workshops. (half days) Fattah Education/Kazakhstan teachers Learning to learn; Retain new concepts and words while stimulating thinking. Almaty, Kazakhstan. April 8, 10.

2014

  • Workshop Pekanbaru Education Fair. Language Ideas Skills and Text; Integrating Content and Language Learning. 2 versions: Principals,Teachers. Pekanbaru, September 12 13.
  • Presenter. ASIA TEFL 12th International Conference & Malaysian English Language Teachers Association 23rd International Conference. Paper. Plurilingual Positioning and its Acceptance in Classroom Teacher Education. Kuching Malaysia, August 28-30.
  • RELC 49th International Seminar on Critical Competencies for the 21st Century Language Classroom. Paper. Native speakerism and myths of expertise in need of deconstruction: Critical approaches. Regional Language Centre, Singapore.

2013

  • Keynote Speaker. Dynamic Secretary & PA Conference: A Holistic Approach to Strengthen Integrity and Interpersonal Skills. Paper. Cross Cultural Challenges in Effective Business Writing and Communication. Kuala Lumpur December 4-5. Invited keynote speaker.
  • Featured Speaker International Conference on English Language Teaching 2013. Experiment, Engage, Enchant: Rocking ELT with New Rhythms.
  • Paper Rhythm and spaces through autoethnography: Dancing to one’s own drum across cultures. 
  • Workshop. STRIPping down sound features; making meaning through suprasegmentals. Melaka, November 18-20.
  • Presenter and Poster Session Judge. Malaysian English Language Teachers Association 22nd International Conference. Paper Bubble, Bubble, Change is Trouble: Reflecting on the Certainty of Teaching`Recipes’. Johor Bahru May 28

2012

  • Sunway 25th Anniversary Expo. Keynote speaker. The Whole Classroom is a Circus.
  • Presenter 4th Asia Conference on Education. Paper. Teacher Education Interactional Data: A Springboard for Transformative Reflection. Osaka October 25-27.
  • Presenter. Japanese Association of Language Teachers, Fukuoka.  Conference and Educational Materials Expo. Paper Something’s cooking in the kitchens of classroom practice: deconstructing formulas through reflection. Fukuoka October 28.

2011

  • Plenary keynote speaker Mongolian English Language Teachers Association 5th International Conference. Multiple identities as teachers: Speaking all in English language classrooms. Workshop: Seize the challenges in creating cooperative classrooms without culture clash. Ulaanbaatar October 7-9.
  • Keynote speaker International Conference on English Language Teaching: Teaching English as a Performing Art: Deconstructing through the teacher’s performance of presenting ones self. Damai Laut, Malaysia September 18-19.
  • Keynote speaker Korean English Educators Society International Conference. Paper. Reflecting and co-constructing through the maze of native speaker myths. Chungbuk, Korea. August 3.
  • Presenter.Asia TEFL 9th International Conference. Paper: Developing early acceptance in teacher education courses: Reflections within and on the research. Seoul July 27-29
  • Presenter. Asia HRD 10th Creating Value through People Development Full Day Workshop Building interaction in rural Malaysian classrooms. Sponsored by SMR Sdn. Bhd. Kuala Lumpur April 19-21

2010

  • UNESCO/MOE Asia Pacific Teachers Development Course workshop ELTEC, Reflective techniques for the teacher who values self and classroom learning. Kuala Lumpur August 10
  • Plenary keynote speaker Mongolian English Language Teachers Association 4th International Conference.  Reflective teaching: Reflective learning. Workshop ‘Exploring the hows, whats and whys of classroom interaction through self questioning. Ulaanbatar May 7-9

2009

  • Featured Speaker International Conference on English Language Teaching. Paper New literacy’s cut and paste and how teachers can assist creativity.  Workshop Sending the message: simplifying and elaborating spoken and written text for classroom use. Malacca November 10-12. Symposium Participant November 13-14
  • Presenter RELC 44th International Seminar Paper. Lets Facebook it; Teachers losing the literacy battle as games gain. Singapore April 20-22

2008

  • Featured Speaker & Symposia participant MICELT 3rd International Conference on English Language Materials. Paper Creative teacher in- service training: Rural research and everyday needs.  Workshop Managing lesson plans for best practices: questioning ourselves to stretch learner limits. Malacca Malaysia October 14-17
  • Opening Forum Panel Speaker. Developments in the pedagogy of international languages: A gateway for practitioners. IPBA Conference Kuala Lumpur June 2-4
  • Contributor to Ministry of Education roundtable on teaching primary English Language Literature Putrajaya. March 12. Three follow up meetings.

2007

  • Presenter Asia TEFL 4th International Conference Paper Deconstructing reliance on ‘native speakerism’: a rural Kiwi empowering reflection. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia June 8-10
  • Presenter RELC 42nd International Seminar Paper Exploring our teaching practices through self-questioning during and after classroom interaction. Regional Language Centre, Singapore April 23-25
  • Workshop British Council Teachers Club Penang Pairing up for talk and getting groups going large classes Penang, Malaysia March 24.

2006

  • Presenter RELC 41st International Seminar Paper In service or in servitude of native speaker myths: dilemmas of internationalizing pedagogy. Regional Language Centre, Singapore April 24-26.
  • Invited Speaker MICELT Biennial Conference Workshop. In quest of effective teacher questioning: mirroring language acquisition. Malacca, Malaysia May 8-10.

2005

  • Invited participant National Teacher Education Division/ELTC Colloquium on Developing Pedagogy Standards for English language Teaching in Malaysia. Melaka September 26-28; Genting December 6-8; Kuala Lumpur, Jan 13-16 2006.
  • Presenter Teachers Education Division/English Language Teaching Centre EteMS Conference `Fostering Schools That Learn. Workshop Pair Work and Talking Maths in Action. Subang Jaya, Malaysia Nov 22-24.
  • Presenter Malaysian English Language Teachers Association Conference Paper Culturing Motivation for Language Learning within Oneself and Classrooms. Subang Jaya, Malaysia  May 30-June 1.
  • Invited Speaker MICELT 1st International Conference on English Language Materials Paper Turning textual terror into listening skill leaps: from the material to motivation. Malacca, Malaysia April 28-29.
  • Presenter RELC 40th International Seminar Paper Linking listening and spoken grammar to alleviating classroom literary lethargy. Singapore April 19-21.
  • Presenter IATEFL Annual Conference Paper Motivating and Organising Rural Teacher Empowerment. Cardiff, Wales April 8.

2004

  • Plenary speaker MICELT Second Regional Conference on Creative Writing and Literature. Listening as a needed skill in understanding literature: The Cinderella Skill. Malacca, Malaysia Oct 24.
  • Invited presenter SEAMEO UNESCO Education Congress Paper Beyond the roles of dispensing English Language teaching: creating interactive rural learning. Bangkok May 27-29.
  • Plenary speaker MICELT Biennial Conference. Avoiding Motivation Alienation: Ama and Cigku’s Moves for Classroom Change. Malacca , Malaysia May 10-12.
  • Presenter RELC 39th International Seminar Workshop Net Gain for Clear Communication- Effective Writing for E Mail. Regional Language Centre Singapore April 19-21.

2003

  • Co-Presenter RELC 38th International Seminar with Anita Dodson Paper Evaluating Perceived Needs : An Analysis of Rural Malaysian Teaching. Regional Language Centre Singapore November 3-5.
  • Presenter Sixth International Conference on Language and Development. Paper Oh teacher oh source, Ignore not the learner resource. Tashkent, Uzbekistan October 17-19.
  • Presenter Malaysian English Language Teachers Association Conference. Paper Surveying Progressive English Language Teaching and Creating Progressive English Language Teaching Subang Jaya, Malaysia May 18-20.
  • Invited Speaker; Post Graduate seminar series Assumption University. Paper Developing Cross- Cultural Awareness in Service English. Bangkok March 21.

2002

  • Presenter Institut Perguruan Bahasa- Bahasa Antarabangsa Conference English Language and Development for Equity in the 21st Century. Paper Building the Dynamics of Equity in an English Language Classroom. Kuala Lumpur 24-26 September.
  • Presenter MICELT Biennial Conference Workshop English may be international mis-communication: A cultured view of hospitable English. Seremban, Malaysia May 7-9.
  • Presenter. RELC 37th International Seminar Paper English is our Business Across Cultures. Regional Language Centre, Singapore April 23-25.

2001

  • Presenter. RELC 36th International Seminar. Paper Speaking Grammatically… Grammatically Speaking. Singapore April 23-25.

2000

  • Presenter MICELT Biennial Conference. Paper School ha, Gula or Hula? Steps towards accurate tourism English. Malacca, Malaysia May 15-17.
  • Plenary Discussant Singapore Teachers Union / Singapore Association of Applied Linguistics. Paper The Teaching and Use of Standard English. Singapore May 26-27.
  • Workshop. RELC 35th International Seminar. English for Specific Purposes can be as culturally loaded as yoghurt. Regional English Language Centre Singapore April 15-17.
  • Presenter 20th Annual Thai TESOL Conference. Paper Walk the Talk–Integrating segments of sound and fluency.  Workshop The tourist lands in the breach: facing the tasks of English and international tourism. Kong Khaen, Thailand January 20-22.

1999

  • Workshop Presenter Malaysian English Language Teachers Association. `Taking the Elevator - Tasks for more than Tourism.’ Kuala Lumpur May 17-19.
  • Presenter with James Suresh. Singlish or English for Singaporeans. The development and legitimacy of Singlish in Singapore. Management Development Institute of Singapore. Singapore Hilton. November 20

1998

  • Presenter CLESOL, The Practicalities of Implementing Greater Learner Autonomy. Palmerston North, New Zealand Sept 23-26.
  • Presenter MICELT, Tourism: Text, Topics and Needs: A Case Study of Selected Thai Materials. Penang,Malaysia May 18-20.

1997

  • 7th International Conference on Thinking. Paper 'Teacher Thinking in Language Learning Strategies’. Suntec City, Singapore June 3-5.
  • RELC 32nd International Seminar, Workshop. Multi-tasking Listening Activities Regional Language Centre Singapore April 21-24.
  • Presenter TESOL 31st Annual Convention Paper Integrating Pronunciation for Fluency in Presentation Skills. Orlando, Florida. March 13.

1996

  • Presenter Language in Education Conference Output in Pair-work Tasks: Researching Talk and Vocabulary Learning. International. University of Hong Kong. December 17.
  • Workshop (half day) Temasek Polytechnic EDR n Introduction to Using Group Activities in Tutorials and Lectures: Co-operative Learning. Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore October 19. 
  • Guest Speaker International Conference for English Language Teaching Building Up to a Notable Speech: Presenting and Note taking Malaysian. Penang May 20-23.
  • Presenter Temasek Polytechnic Specifics and Tasks in English Language Teaching. Temasek Polytechnic Education Fair Singapore. June 28-29.

1995

  • Presenter, Co-chair. Polytechnics Language and Engineering Seminar Engineering Meaning: Needs, Skills and the Specifics of Acquiring Language. Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore Nov. 10.
  • Presenter Chulalongkorn University Language Institute International Conference I'd like to present but how are you going to score me. Bangkok Nov 27-29.
  • Presenter Malaysian English Language Teachers Association Biennial Conference. Spoken English Skills for Specific Contexts. Kuala Lumpur May 22-24.
  • Workshop University of San Carlos A Framework for Developing Language Fluency. Graduate School, Cebu, Philippines. May 12 (day long)
  • Workshop Philippines University of Southeastern Philippines Teaching and Learning Strategies for English Towards the Third Millennium at Davao City, and DECS Region 11. May 15-17.
  • Co-Presenter with Issy Yuliasri. RELC 33rd Regional Seminar. Crossing Into EFL Culture: Teacher Development Though Learner Talk. RELC 33rd Regional Seminar `Language, Culture and Literature in Language Learning’ Regional Language Centre Singapore April 17-19.

1994

  • Presenter Singapore Tertiary English Teachers Society Seminar Pronunciation in Presentation Speaking Contexts’ Workshop Teaching Spoken English: Should Our Students Sound Like Us Singapore National Institute of Education 30 Nov- Dec 1.
  • Workshop IKIP Semarang (2days) Group Work in Large EFL Classes. Teacher development seminars. IKIP Semarang, Indonesia. July 1-2.
  • Workshop Presenter Group Work Fluency in Large Classes. 42nd TEFLIN International Conference, Ujung Pandang, Indonesia. Oct 6-8.
  • Co presenter with George Jacobs. Eight Ways to Encourage Cohesivenss and Iindividual Accountability in Group Activities in Reading and Writing.RELC Regional Seminar. April 18-20  
  • Co- Presenter `Eight Ways to Enhance Group Effectiveness.’ Paper 11 March at TESOL 28th Annual Convention, Baltimore March 8-12
  •  Guest lecture at Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey. `Moving into South East Asian Teacher Training: A Pacific Perspective Meets ASEAN.’ March 3

1993

  • Presenter IKIP Malang Designing and Teaching Effective Listening Tasks interactive lectures and Workshop on Effective Group Work : from discussion to role play. Malang, Indonesia June 14-15.
  • Presenter International Language in Education Conference Task as a Unit of Teaching Analysis Workshop: Effective Pair Work: Designing Tasks for Talk and Content Learning University of Hong Kong. Dec 15-17.
  • Workshop RELC Alumni Annual Seminar Effective Pair work -Designing Tasks for Talk and Content Learning. RELC Alumni. Regional English Language Centre, Singapore July 11.

1990

  • Presenter Second National Conference on Community Languages and English for Speakers of Other Languages Pair work and discussion - the effect of split information tasks on the acquisition of mathematics vocabulary. August Wellington.’
  • Workshop Presenter with Margaret Franken A content-based approach to the teaching of essay writing.’
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