Dorcas Lam

Contact

• workRoom ELG16 E
  Malaysia Campus
  Jalan Broga
  43500 Semenyih
  Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia
• work+6 (03) 8924 8297
• Dorcas.Lam@nottingham.edu.my

Biography

Born and bred in Kuala Lumpur, Dorcas has been teaching at universities in the United States and Malaysia since 2012. She has developed a passion for language and literature since young and went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in English (Literature) from the United States.

Dorcas enjoys dissecting writings and discussing themes in literary works. She had also managed the Business Writing Centre at Oklahoma State University and would like to investigate how the concept of the Writing Centre and the Writing Across the Curriculum initiative can be adopted to produce better writers in Malaysia. She has pioneered one-to-one writing consultation service at the University of Nottingham.

Teaching Summary

Modules taught include:

• Foundations in Language and Literature
• Introduction to Social Science

Research Summary

Dorcas is currently working on the following research projects:

1. Writing needs among postgraduate students
2. Perception of writing among foundation students
3. Religiosity and the experience of singleness in Malaysia

Selected Publications

• LAM, D. Y. P., KOH, K. S., GAN, S. W. and SOW, J. T. Y., 2023. Religiosity and the Perception of Interreligious Threats: The Suppressing Effect of Negative Emotions towards God Religions. 14(3), 366
• LAM, D., 2021. An Experiential Learning Approach to Oral Presentations InForm: A Journal for International Foundation Programme Professionals. 43-45
• ONG, S. S., RODRIGUES, P. D. and LAM, D., 2018. Choice of language learning strategies: A case study of proficient and less proficient EFL students in the development of speaking skills of an intensive English programme BERJAYA Journal of Services & Management. 96-107

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• LAM, D. Y. P., KOH, K. S., GAN, S. W. and SOW, J. T. Y., 2023. Religiosity and the Perception of Interreligious Threats: The Suppressing Effect of Negative Emotions towards God Religions. 14(3), 366
• LAM, D., 2021. An Experiential Learning Approach to Oral Presentations InForm: A Journal for International Foundation Programme Professionals. 43-45
• ONG, S. S., RODRIGUES, P. D. and LAM, D., 2018. Choice of language learning strategies: A case study of proficient and less proficient EFL students in the development of speaking skills of an intensive English programme BERJAYA Journal of Services & Management. 96-107