Dr Uma Maniam

Profile

I started my teaching career as an English teacher in several Malaysian primary and high schools since 1998. Upon completing my PGCE equivalent diploma and postgraduate studies, I continued my teaching journey in the Malaysian higher education institutions teaching diploma and bachelor degree programmes. Before I took up my role as a teaching fellow in the School of Education, I worked in the Queen’s Belfast University and Language Centre, University of Leeds as a pre-sessional teacher for five consecutive years. During my doctoral studies between 2015 until 2018, I also worked as a personal tutor and adjunct MA dissertation supervisor in the School of Education, University of Leeds.

Research interests

My research interests are in the following areas:-

• Bilingualism and Multilingualism
• Language Learning and Motivation
• Teaching Pedagogies and Practice
• Middle Leadership in Higher Education
• Educational Leadership and Management

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

• Doctor of Education
• MA Education (TESL)
• BA English Language and Linguistics
• CELTA
• Diploma in Education (PGCE equivalent)

Professional memberships

• BALEAP
• British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS)
• Teaching and Education Research Association (TERA)

Student education

I teach modules for TESOL studies on the BA English, Language and Education and MA TESOL modules. I teach the following modules:

• International Perspectives of Pedagogy and Practice
• Technology Enhanced Language Teaching
• Second Language Acquisition and Learning
• Education, Multilingualism and Social Justice
• Analysing Language Teaching

I also supervise postgraduate students.