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Liyana Putri Abd Ghani

English, Lecturer

Office 38, 3rd floor, Language Centre / University Technology Hub (UTH) building liyana.ghani@ubd.edu.bn +673 2463001 ext. 2403

Academic Backgrounds


  • MA Appled Linguistics TESOL (University of Melbourne)

  • BA Education TESL (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)

Teaching Areas


  • LE-1503 Academic Essay Writing and Presentation Skills

  • LE-0203 Language and Communication Skills for Nurses

  • Professional Communication for International Affairs Officers from Southeast Asian Countries

  • Postgraduate Certificate Programme in Professional Communication for Diplomats from the People’s Republic of China

Research Areas


  • Vocabulary knowledge and development

  • Motivational factors that affect learners of English as a second language

  • Language aesthetics

• Noor Azam Haji-Othman, Hajah Suciyati Haji Sulaiman, Dk Liyana Puteri Pg Abd Ghani, Saidai Haji Hitam & Zurinah Haji Ya’akub. (Forthcoming).

• Codeswtiching practices at Universiti Brunei Darussalam’s Language Centre’. In R. Barnard & J.A.H. McLellan, Codeswitching in university English language classes: Case studies and perspectives from Asian contexts. Multilingual Matters (ETA 2013)

• Editorial work involving proofreading and translations of texts from Bahasa Melayu to English.