Professors

Ampuan Hj Brahim bin Ampuan Hj Tengah

Hj Asbol bin Hj Mail

Noor Azam OKMB Haji-Othman

Distinguished Professor

David Deterding

Associate Professors

Abdillah Noh

Ahsan Ullah

Debbie Ho

James McLellan

Khondker Iftekhar Iqbal

Senior Assistant Professors

Hjh Asiyah Az-Zahra bte Hj Ahmad Kumpoh

Dk Noor Hasharina bte Pg Haji Hassan

Md Shafi Noor Islam

Paul Deyuan He

Hj Ramlee bin Hj Tinkong

Rommel Curaming

Rui Oliveira Lopes

Salbrina Hj Sharbawi

Sharifah Nurul Huda Alkaff

Yabit Alas

Yong Liu

Assistant Professors

Hannah Ho Ming Yit

Hasmidar Hassan

Kathrina bte DP Haji Mohd Daud

Lalu Nurul Yaqin

Magne Knudsen

Maria Carinnes Alejandria

Maslin bin Haji Jukin/Jukim

Meredian Alam

Muhammad Arafat Bin Mohamad

Shirley Chin

Siti Badriyah Hj Mohd Yusof

Siti Mazidah binti Hj Mohamad

Van Dao Truong

Lecturers

Ak Hj Ashrol Rahimy bin Pg Hj Damit

Asmali Hj Sulaiman

Hjh Aznah binti Hj Suhaimi

Chester Keasberry

Daniel Wee

Ena Herni binti Wasli

Gabriel Yong

Ishamina Athirah Muntassir

Izni Azrein bin Noor Azalie

Khairunnisa Haji Ibrahim

Mardina binti Hj Mahadi

Mohd Norazmie bin Haji Mohd Yusof

Mohd. Zefri Ariff bin Mohd. Zain Ariff

Muhammad Najib bin Noorashid

Nani Suryani binti Hj Abu Bakar

Noreena Liu

Norzurianie Hj Kamarulzaman

Nur Raihan Mohamad

Rinni Marliyana binti Hj Amran

Sarah Hanaa Haji Ahmad Ghazali

Assistant Lecturers

Mayyer Ling

Tutors

Exzayrani binti Awang Sulaiman

Pg Mohd Rahiman Pg Aliudin

Shariza Wahyuna Hj Shahrin

Siti Ifwah Fauzani binti Hj Chuchu

Administrative Staff

FASS Administrative Staff

Graduate Students

FASS Graduate Students & Alumni

 

Debbie Guan Eng Ho

Room(s) 1.76
Phone Ext 1409
E-Mail debbie.guan@ubd.edu.bn
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Academic Qualifications


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Teaching

  • Discourse analysis
  • Language & society
  • Language acquisition
  • World Englishes
  • Analysing talk
  • Bilingualism
  • Systemic Functional Grammar

Research Interests

  • Systemic Functional Grammar
  • Cross-cultural Pragmatics
  • Language & Discourse
  • World Englishes

Current Research Projects

  • Investigating the syntactic constraints in code-switched Malay-English casual conversations in Brunei (started in August 2011). (see here)

Publications

International Journals

Ho, D. G. E., & Deterding, D. (2016). The grammar of Brunei English. World Englishes, 35(4), 542–553.

Henry, A., & Ho, D. G. E. (2016). Code-switching in Bruneian online retail transctons. World Englishes, 35(4), 554–570.

Ho, D. G. E., Henry, A., & Alkaff, S. (2012). You don’t seem to know how to work: Malay & English spoken complaints in Brunei. Pragmatics 22(3), 391–417. (PDF Version)

Chin, G. V. S., Ho, D., & Sharifah Nurulhuda Alkaff. (2012) The Teaching of English Literature in the Bruneian ESL Secondary Classroom: A Preliminary Investigation. The International Journal of Learning 18(9), 117–134.

Henry, A., & Ho, D. G. E. (2010). The act of complaining in Brunei – then and now. Journal of Pragmatics, 42(2), 840–855.

Ho, D. G. E. (2009). Systemic textual analysis in the ESL writing classroom: Does it work? RELC Journal, 40(3), 333–359.

Ho, D. G. E. (2009). Systemic Text Analysis: A potential instruction tool in the ESL writing classroom. Procedia Social & Behavioural Sciences (1), 660–664.

Ho, D. G. E. (2009). Exponents of politeness in Brunei English. World Englishes, 28(1), 1–17.

Ho, D. G. E. (2008). English in the expanding circle – a third diaspora? Asian Englishes, 11(1), 36–50. (on-line version)

Ho, D. G. E. (2006). The focus group interview: Rising to the challenge in qualitative research methodology. ARAL, 29(1), 05.1 – 5.19.

Ho, D. G. E. (2006). I don’t want west. I don’t want east. So how leh? English Today, 22(3), 10–16.

Local Journals

Ho, D. G. E. (2005). Talking grammar in the formal ESL classroom: Teacher talk in one grammar lesson. Southeast Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 5(1&2), 17–29. (PDF version)

Books

Ho, D. G. E. (2006). Classroom talk: Exploring the sociocultural structure in formal ESL learning. Bern: Peter Lang AG.

Book Chapters

Ho, D. G. E. (2021). Chinese dialects in Brunei: Shift, maintenance or loss? In H. M. Y. Ho & D. Deterding (Eds.), Engaging modern Brunei: Research on language, literature and culture (pp. 67-93). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4721-2_5

Ho, D.G.E. (2017). Thematic options and success in ESL writing. In P. Mickan & E. Lopez (Eds.), Text-based research & teaching: A social semiotic perspective of language in use (pp. 281–304). London: Palgrave MacMillan.

Ho, D. G. E. (2016). The attitudes of university students towards their native and non-native English speaking lecturers in Brunei. In Noor Azam Haji-Othman, J. McLellan & D. Deterding (Eds.), The use and status of language in Brunei Darussalam: A kingdom of unexpected linguistic diversity (pp. 97–123). Singapore: Springer. (Pubisher's Link).

Ho, D. G. E., & Henry, A. (2014). A text-based approach to writing in the ESL classroom. In M. B. Paradowski (Ed.), Teaching Languages off the Beaten Track (pp. 209–230). Frankfurt: Peter Lang.

Ho, D. G. E. (2012). The focus group interview: rising to the challenge in qualitative research methodology. In G. Walden (Ed.), Focus Group Research (pp. 295–310). New Delhi: SAGE Publications.

Ho, D. G. E. (2009). Mandarin as mother tongue in Brunei Darussalam: A case study. In K. Kosonen & C. Young (Eds.), Mother tongue as bridge language of instruction: policies and experiences in Southeast Asia (pp. 139–147). Bangkok: The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) Secretariat.

Encyclopedia Entries

Ho, D. G. E. (2012). Focus groups. In C. A. Chapelle (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (pp. 2130–2136). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Ho, D. G. E. (2012). Interviews. In C. A. Chapelle (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (pp. 2839–2843). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Book Reviews

Ho, D. G. E. (forthcoming). Review of English in Malaysia by Toshiko Yamaguchi & David Deterding. Asian Englishes.

Ho, D. G. E. (2014). Review of Review of Singapore English: Structure, Variation, and Usage, by Jacob R. E. Leimgruber, South East Asia 13, 34–35. (PDF Version).

Ho, D. G. E. (2013). Review of Brunei English: A New variety in a Multilingual Society, by David Deterding and Salbrina Sharbawi. South East Asia 13, 40–41. (PDF Version).

Ho, D. G. E. (2012). Review of Feminism and the Women’s Movement in Malaysia: An Unsung (R)evolution, by Cecilia Ng, Maznah Mohamad, Tan Beng Hui. South East Asia 12, 37–38. (Online Version)


Conference Presentations

Ho, D. G. E. (2008). Mandarin as mother tongue school language in Brunei Darussalam – a case study. Paper presented at SEAMEO Workshop, 19–21 February 2008, Bangkok, Thailand.