Curriculum Vitae

DR. GAN YEE CHIN

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Malaysian Languages and Applied Linguistics
    Faculty of Languages and Linguistics
  • ganyeechin
  • 0379673112

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PH.D, (CHINESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE)
    Tsinghua University
  • M.ARTS, (CHINESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE)
    Tsinghua University
  • BSC, (HUMAN DEVELOPMENT)
    Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Programme Coordinator
    02 Mar 2023 - present (Department of Malaysian Languages and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Coordinator
    04 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2025 (University Malaya)
  • Coordinator
    02 Mar 2023 - 01 Mar 2025 (Department)
  • Committee Members
    06 Sep 2023 - 05 Sep 2024 (Department of Malaysian Languages and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Committee Members
    06 Jul 2023 - 16 Jul 2024 (Department of Malaysian Languages and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Acting Head of Department, FLL, UM
    11 Jun 2024 - 13 Jun 2024 (Department of Malaysian Languages and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Acting Head of Department, FLL, UM
    14 May 2024 - 15 May 2024 (Department of Malaysian Languages and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Acting Head of Department, FLL, UM
    06 Apr 2024 - 12 Apr 2024 (Department of Malaysian Languages and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Committee Members
    02 Mar 2023 - 01 Mar 2024 (University Malaya)
  • Acting Head of Department, FLL, UM
    02 Feb 2024 - 02 Feb 2024 (Department of Malaysian Languages and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Acting Head of Department
    27 Dec 2023 - 29 Dec 2023 (Department)
  • Acting Head of Department
    02 Aug 2023 - 07 Aug 2023 (Department of Malaysian Languages and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Acting Head of Department
    29 May 2023 - 30 May 2023 (Department of Malaysian Languages and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Committee Members
    12 May 2022 - 12 May 2023 (Department of Malaysian Languages and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Acting Head of Department
    03 Mar 2023 - 07 Mar 2023 (Department of Malaysian Languages and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHINESE LINGUISTICS, MEMBER
    Since 2024 (International)
  • MEMBER OF THE MALAYSIAN ASSOCIATION OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS (MAAL), MEMBER
    Since 2024 (National)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Letter of Appreciation
    Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, 2024 (University)
  • CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENT SERVICE
    University of Malaya, 2024 (University)
  • FLL MOST VALUABLE PERSON AWARD 2022 (MVP)
    FLL, UM, 2023 (University)
  • Visiting Scholar, Syracuse University (United States)
    Syracuse University (US), 2017 (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
Scopus
  1. Huang X., Gan Y.C., Syed A. (2024). Narratives of Anxiety and Depression on YouTube: A Corpus-Based Thematic Analysis, Language and Health. 2(2). doi:10.1016/j.laheal.2024.09.001
Article in Proceeding
  1. Low, Y.N., Gan, Y.C. (2023). Comparing Linguistic Landscape of Restaurant Signs in Kimberley Street and Love Lane, Penang. Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics International Conference (MAALIC 2023). 22-26. Citra UKM. https://maal.org.my/maalic-2023-proceedings/
Other Publications
  1. Gan, Y.C. (6/12/2024). A Milestone Moment: The Graduation Ceremony as a Symbol of Life's Transitions. Oriental Daily Online newspaper. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  2. Gan, Y.C (05.12.2023). Challenges in Job Searching for Generation Z. Oriental Daily Newspaper [In Chinese]. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)

RESEARCH PROJECT

International
  1. 2023 - 2027, International Funding
    Research on the Semantic Map of Chinese Prepositions ( , National Social Sciences Fund ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2022 - 2024, Special Cooperation Project in Humanities (2022K2A9A2A20097289)
    Discursive Representations of Overseas Chinese, Korea Foundation ( Co-Researcher)
University
  1. 2024 - 2026, Bantuan Khas Penyelidikan (BKP Special)
    Enhancing Diabetes Literacy Materials: A Critical Multimodal Analysis of Diabetes-related Educational and Promotional Discourse in Malaysia ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2024 - 2025, University Grant - Managed by ADEC
    Mah Meri Indigenous Knowledge: Enhancing Communication And Presentation Skills Through Cultural Immersive Learning ( Principal Investigator(PI))

CONSULTANCY PROJECT

  • Content Creation for Ytl Foundation's Learn from Home Community Project, FrogAsia Sdn. Bhd.
    26 Dec 2023 - 29 Feb 2024 (National)
  • Cultural & Language Enrichment Programme (Clep) 10 July 2023,  SIYIDA EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY SDN BHD
    10 Jul 2023 - 10 Jul 2023 (National)

PAPER PRESENTED

INVITED SPEAKER
  1. Chinese Education in Malaysia and China, ur Story: 50 years of friendship between China and Malaysia, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Malaysia and Southeast Asia Research Centre for Humanities (SEARCH) (International) (20 Aug 2024 - 20 Aug 2024)
  2. Exploring Malaysian Culture, History and Language, Cultural and Language Enrichment Programme, SIYIDA EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY SDN BHD (International) (10 Jul 2023 - 10 Jul 2023)
  3. UMRC FORUM: THE CHALLENGES FACED BY EARLY-CAREER RESEARCHERS, Universiti Malaya Research Carnival (UMRC), Institute of Research Management & Services (National) (10 Jan 2023 - 10 Jan 2023)
  4. Get to know Chinese culture, Thammasat University-UM Intercultural Summer Programme, FBL, UM and Thammasat University, Thailand (International) (21 Dec 2022 - 31 Dec 2022)
  5. Mandarin Chinese variety in Southeast Asia: Taking Malaysian Vocabulary as an Example, Language as a window to culture webinar , Dong A University, Vietnam (International) (15 Dec 2022 - 15 Dec 2022)
POSTER PRESENTER
  1. A Corpus Assisted Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Public Signs in China During the Zero Covid-19 Policy, The twelfth International Corpus Linguistics Conference, Lancaster University (International) (03 Jul 2023 - 06 Jul 2023)

ACADEMIC/PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2023) Phd. Proposal Defense (Jiewei Chen), University, (Internal Examiner)
  2. (2023) Candidature Defence (Gokul Jayakumar), University, (Internal Examiner)
  3. (2023) Mobility Program (Outbound) & Related Collaborations Academic Affairs as Well as The Promotion of Higher Degree Programs of The Faculty of Language and Linguistics, International, (External Assessor)
  4. (2023) Reviewed Manuscript, International, (Reviewer)
  5. (2023) Ph.D. Candidature Defense, University, (Internal Examiner)
  6. (2022) Candidature Defence of Lai Lanlan (17201553/1), University, (Internal Examiner)
  7. (2022) Proposal Defence by Phd Candidate - Song Hu (S2107894), University, (Reviewer)
  8. (2022) Cd of Master's Degree Candidate : Li Shuyao (17222038/1), University, (Reviewer)
  9. (2022) Pd of Phd Candidate: Qingqing Zhang(S2035780/1), University, (Reviewer)
Contribution to external organisation
  1. (2024) Penemuduga Peperiksaan Lisan Jurubahasa Dialek Mandarin, National, (Resource Person)
Contribution to event
  1. (2024) Advisor, Organizing Committee, University, (Event Organiser)
  2. (2023) Panel of Judges for The Eslite Spectrum Malaysia Best Malay Slogan Competition, National, (Panelist/Moderator)
  3. (2023) International Malaysian Languages and Linguistic (Chinese) Workshop 2023 (Imcl2023), International, (Event Organiser)
  4. (2023) Tongji-UM Symposium On Frontiers in Applied Linguistics of Global Asia, International, (Event Coordinator)
Media appearance
  1. (2024) Expert Opinion On "Chinese Character of The Year" At The Business Station (Bfm) Podcast, National, (Interview)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
  1. (2024) SOCIOCULTURAL ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AND COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE IN CHINESE CIVIL AVIATION UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: A CORPUS-BASED APPROACH, HUANG DENGXIAN
  2. (2024) Research on the Interaction Mechanism of Grammaticalization and Subjectification of "He"Type Function Words, SHI MIAO
  3. (2024) LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL CHALLENGES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING FOR CHINESE DOCTORAL STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY IN A SELECTED MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITY, SUN KAIXUAN
  4. (2024) A Descriptive-Comparative Study on the Translation of the Culture-Specific Items of Fushengliuji, XU ZHANG
  5. (2024) RESEARCH ON CORPUS-BASED STUDY OF THE CHINESE CLASSICAL TRANSLATOR¿S STYLE, WANG YANGZI
  6. (2024) Subtitle Translation From the Perspective of Multimodal Discourse Analysis: A Case Study of The Wandering Earth, ZENG GUIMEI
  7. (2023) A Corpus-Based Contrastive Analysis of Artificial Intelligence in China and US Press, YIWEN FAN
  8. (2023) Translation Strategies in Chinese Smartphone Brand Taglines and Their Impacts on Malaysian Consumers, ZHAO MIN
  9. (2022) A COMPARISON OF MACHINE AND HUMAN ERRORS IN CHINESE-ENGLISH LITERARY TRANSLATIONS, Jinhao Jiang
  10. (2022) A CORPUS-BASED STUDY OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION NARRATIVES IN SELECTED YOUTUBE VIDEOS, HUANG XINXIN
  11. (2021) THE APPLICATION OF DATA-DRIVEN LEARNING APPROACH IN ENGLISH VOCABULARY LEARNING, Xu Zhang

COURSE ATTENDED

Internal / External Course
INTERNAL COURSE- ORGANIZED BY PTJ
  1. PREPARING ONLINE ASSESSMENTS USING QUIZ ON MOODLE (SPECTRUM) , Online (25 Mar 2022 - 25 Mar 2022)
  2. TAKLIMAT PEMBELAJARAN TERADUN GANTIAN, Microsoft Teams (14 Feb 2023 - 14 Feb 2023)
  3. ACU UM EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, Hotel Ve Bangsar South Kuala Lumpur (03 Jun 2022 - 03 Jun 2022)
  4. E-LEARNING INNOVATION ASPIRATION, Microsoft Teams (31 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2023)
  5. EMERALD TEACHING AND LEARNING 2023, Universiti Malaya (20 Feb 2023 - 24 Feb 2023)
  6. SUPERCHARGE YOUR CLASS WITH CHATGPT, Dalam Talian (19 May 2023 - 19 May 2023)
  7. EMERALD RESEARCH AND SUPERVISION 2023, Universiti Malaya (15 Aug 2023 - 17 Aug 2023)
  8. EMPOWERING TRAINERS THROUGH FLIPPED LEARNING, Dewan Bankuasi, Level 1 Mercu Alam Bina, UM (23 Aug 2023 - 23 Aug 2023)
  9. ASSESSING WRITING , Dewan Persidangan Fbl (02 Nov 2023 - 02 Nov 2023)
RESEARCH
  1. REGIONAL WORKSHOPS: "THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON THE CHINESE DIASPORAS WORLDWIDE", (11 Sep 2023 - 22 Sep 2023)