DMin Shen

Deputy Director
Mandarin

Deputy Director Office and Office 29, 3rd floor,
Language Centre / University Technology Hub (UTH) building
min.shen@ubd.edu.bn

Academic Background

PhD in Education (University of Malaya)

MA Regional Studies (University of Malaya)

BA Asian Language and Literature (Beijing Foreign Studies University)

Teaching Areas

Mandarin Language

ASEAN Language for Brunei Studies

Mandarin for Chemical Engineering

Research Areas

Chinese Language Education

Dissemination of Chinese Language

TCSL

Chinese Syntax (applied linguistics)

Language in Culture and Society (sociolinguistics)

Intercultural Studies

Ms Yuki Akita

Programme Leader (MLP)
Japanese

Office 11, 3rd floor,
Language Centre / University Technology Hub (UTH) building
yuki.akita@ubd.edu.bn

Academic Background

MA Language Learning and Education (University of York)

BA Applied Linguistics (Aoyama Gakuin University)

Certificate for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (H.Academy, Japan)

Teaching Areas

Japanese Language and Culture

Research Areas

Second Language Acquisition Theory

Motivation in second and foreign language learning

Cognition and the related psychological dimensions of bilingualism

Tuan Saidai Haji Hitam

Arabic

Office 34, 3rd floor,
Language Centre / University Technology Hub (UTH) building
saidai.hitam@ubd.edu.bn

Academic Background

MA in Arabic Studies and Islamic Civilization (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)

BA.Ed Islamic Studies (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)

Certificate – Arab Intensive Studies (Cairo)

Teaching Areas

Arabic Language

Research Areas

Teaching Arabic as Second Language

Arabic Language Morphology

Mr Tay Kok Jun

Mandarin

Office 6, 3rd floor,
Language Centre / University Technology Hub (UTH) building
kokjun.tay@ubd.edu.bn

Academic Background

M.A (Chinese Language), Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, 2018

B.Ed (Chinese Language With Education), Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, 2012

Teaching Areas

Teaching Mandarin as Foreign Language

Research Areas

Education (Teaching Method and Pedagogy)

Chinese Classical Prose (Mo Tzu)

Ms Yoon Yeohee

Korean

Office 10, 3rd floor,
Language Centre / University Technology Hub (UTH) building
yeohee.yoon@ubd.edu.bn

Academic Background

M.Ed. in Education of Korean Language As a Foreign Language, Yonsei University, the Republic of Korea (2005)

B.A. in English Education, Seoul National University, the Republic of Korea (1993)

Teaching Areas

Korean Language and Culture

Research Areas

Curriculum and Teaching/Learning Materials Development

Intercultural Communication Competence

Language and Culture

Language Learning Styles and Strategies

Ms Eum Sangran

Korean

Office 26, 3rd floor,
Language Centre / University Technology Hub (UTH) building
sangran.eum@ubd.edu.bn

Academic Background

Certificate of Korean Teacher (2nd level), National Institute of Korean Language, Korea (2014)

MA, Graduate School in Ewha Womens’ University, Korea (2011)

BA, Hanguk University of Foreign Studies, Korea (1994)

Teaching Areas

Korean Languages Level 1- 6

Research Areas

Error Analysis

Intercultural Studies

Dr Balazs Huszka

German

Office 16, 3rd floor,
Language Centre / University Technology Hub (UTH) building
balazs.huszka@ubd.edu.bn

Academic Background

PhD in Linguistics, University of Pannonia, 2011

University degree in German language and literature and their teaching methodology, University of Szeged, 2004

College degree in German language, University of Szeged, 2001

Teaching Areas

German Language

Research Areas

Experimental phonetics of German

Modern theories of syntax

Indonesian proverbs

Indonesian and Malay literature

Cognitive Metaphor Theory

Dr Omar Colombo

French

Office 12, 3rd floor,
Language Centre / University Technology Hub (UTH) building
omar.colombo@ubd.edu.bn

Academic Background

PhD in Linguistics, Specialization Didactics & Linguistics, University Stendhal-Grenoble 3, France, 2009

MA Degree in Linguistics, University Stendhal-Grenoble 3, France, 2005

MA 1st Degree (Maîtrise)in Didactics of French as a Foreign Language, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France, 2003

BA in Linguistics, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France, 2002

BA in Didactics of French as a Foreign Language, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France, 2002

MA in Political Science, Università degli Studi, Milan, Italy, 1999

Teaching Areas

French

Italian

Didactics of Foreign Languages / Foreign Language Teaching Methodologies

Linguistics

Research Areas

Teaching & Learning Foreign Languages, Italian and French

Multilingualism, Comparison of Languages, Interlinguistic Transfer

Distance & Hybrid Learning / Technology Enhanced Learning

Dr Tran Trong Nghia

Vietnamese

Office 31, 3rd floor,
Language Centre / University Technology Hub (UTH) building
trong.tran@ubd.edu.bn

Academic Background

PhD. in Linguistics, USSH – VNU Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2016)

Master in Linguistics and literature, USSH – VNU Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2011)

Teaching Areas

Vietnamese Language

Research Areas

Vietnamese Studies

Vietnamese Language Teaching