CURRICULUM VITAE

ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. CECILIA CHEONG YIN MEI

(B.Ed.(Hons)(TESL)(UPM)(1994), MESL(UM)(1997), PhD(Communication & Professional Discourse)(UM)(2013))
Cecilia Cheong Yin Mei (PhD) is an Associate Professor in the English Language Department, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya. She is currently the Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Studies, overseeing 9 undergraduate programmes. She was formerly the Faculty's Head of Multimedia Planning Unit, where she headed a few committees.  Her research interests include (Critical) Genre Analysis, Multimodal Discourse Analysis, English for Specific Purposes, and Communication and Professional Discourse.   She has been a Principal Investigator of various research projects, particularly involving the study of various professional genres and multimodal texts and discourses.  She was a Co-Investigator of the University’s Research Grant sub-programme on Health Tourism in Malaysia; the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education’s Strategic Plan for the Development of English Language at Public Higher Education Institutions; and West Chester University, USA’s Research and Creative Activities (RACA) project on the meaning of ‘quality’ in online courses at a Malaysian university.  She is currently the Principal Investigator (UM) and Consultant of Universitas Medan Indonesia's International Grant project on the analysis of communicative competence of air navigation students of Medan Aviation Polytechnic based on the Indonesian Aviation Curriculum.  Cecilia has supervised postgraduate students' research to completion, and currently supervises several PhD and Master's students’ research on Critical Genre Analysis, English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and Multimodality.  She has taught ESL and EFL for
PROFILE
Address
Department of English Language, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics Office of The, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Website
umexpert.um.edu.my/ceciliac
CONTACT
Telephone
0379673139
Email
ceciliac
RESEARCH ID
QR Code
Orcid id
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1674-5763
Researcher id
B-8343-2010
Scopus id
57221961463
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Doctoral Degree (PhD), Communication & Professional Discourse, Universiti Malaya (UM), 2013
Master Degree, English Language Studies, Universiti Malaya (UM), 1997
Bachelor Degree, English Language Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), 1994
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP/ FELLOWSHIP
Secretary, Association Internationale De Linguistique Appliquee / International Association of Applied Linguistics (aila), International
Chief Editor/ Editor in Chief, Editor-in-chief of The English Teacher (e-issn 2716-6406), International
Advisory Board, International Editorial Advisory Board, Philippine Journal for Language Teaching (pjlt), International
Vice President, Vice President 1/president Elect, Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics, National
WORKING EXPERIENCE
University Malaya (Jan. 2022 to Jun. 2026)
Others
University Malaya (Feb. 2025 to Feb. 2026)
Task Force Member
University Malaya (Apr. 2025 to Oct. 2026)
Task Force Member
University Malaya (Mar. 2025 to Dec. 2025)
Committee Members
RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENT
Research Areas
Computer-Mediated Communication, Media & Professional Discourse , Problems of Reading Literary Texts in English , Syllabus Design for ESP, Kajian Pengajaran dan Keberkesanan Penggunaan Bahasa Inggeris di IPTA, Language in Advertising , Multi-dimensional Genre Analysis and Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Tourism Websites
H Index: 5.00
Total Journal Publication: 24
Sum of Citation: 77.00
Books: 9
Proceedings: 0
Research Grants: More than RM Three hundred and fifty five thousand two hundred and twenty