Education
Dual PhD in Language Learning and Assessment
Universiti Malaya, Malaysia & ATILF, CNRS-University of Lorraine, France
  • 2020-2025

  • Thesis defended on June 6th, 2025

  • Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Alex Boulton (UL), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Roshidah Hassan (UM) & Assoc. Prof. Dr. Patricia Nora Riget (UM)

  • PhD Thesis titled: "The effects of data-driven learning on French as a foreign language learners' acquisition of adjective order"

  • Thesis summary: Research specialising in corpus-based approaches and advanced statistical methods applied to the morphosyntactic phenomenon of attributive adjective placement in French, with a particular focus on direct applications in language teaching and learning through data-driven learning (DDL), targeting beginner learners of French as a foreign language (FLE) in Malaysia.

Master's Degree in Sociolinguistics
Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), France
  • 2016-2018

  • Master thesis defended on June 22nd, 2018 - Summa cum laude

  • Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jérôme Samuel

  • Master thesis titled: "Perception of the national language among the non-malayophone communities in Malaysia"

  • Master thesis summary: Research specialising in language policies in Malaysia, with a focus on multilingual education, schools using Chinese as the medium of instruction, and perceptions of Malay as the national language within the Chinese diaspora introduced during British colonisation.

Bachelor's Degree in French Language and Linguistics
Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
  • 2011-2016

  • Graduated summa cum laude

Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching French as a Foreign Language (FLE)
Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), France
  • 2014-2015

  • Graduated magna cum laude