Dr Min 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
