Dr. Daron Benjamin Loo
Dr. Daron Benjamin Loo
Pusat Penataran Ilmu Dan Bahasa · Pusat Penataran Ilmu Dan Bahasa, UMS
daronloo@ums.edu.my
Summary

Dr. Daron is an applied linguist and English language practitioner whose work sits at the intersection of language, discourse, and social meaning. He has taught English language and linguistics at universities in Australia, Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia, delivering courses in both academic and communicative English, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate-level courses on topics in linguistics. His research spans classroom-based and discourse-oriented inquiries, with a particular focus on teacher–student interaction and the ecological dimensions of language learning. More broadly, his work engages with how language constructs and mediates social realities, including issues of identity, representation, and belonging. His recent research also explores interculturality, multilingual practices, and the role of local contexts in shaping language use and learning. Dr. Daron is open to supervising research in the broad field of applied linguistics and English language studies. Topics that he is currently supervising include the discursive construction of identity in mass media; semiotics analyses of multimodal discourse; and the critical examination of classroom interaction and engagement.

Dr. Daron Benjamin Loo holds Doktor Falsafah (Ph.D) from Lain-lain , among other qualifications, and has established themselves as a respected expert in their field.

Education
Doktor Falsafah (ph.d)
Sarjana Linguistik Gunaan
Sarjana Muda Sastera Dalam Bahasa Inggeris
Stats
Publications:
42
Projects:
8
Grants:
RM 108,526.00
Scopus Metrics
Scopus Author ID:
57195202360
H-Index:
6
Documents:
33
Citations:
96
Research Interests
LINGUISTICS - Applied Linguistics
LINGUISTICS - Corpus Linguistics
LINGUISTICS - Discourse Studies (Including Critical Linguistics, Text Linguistics, Mediated Discourse Analysis, CDA, Genre Studies, Genre Analysis, Conversation Analysis, Social Interactions Analysis (Macro and Micro), Semiotics, Multimodality, Health Discourse, Professional Discourse, Social Media dan Public Discourse)
LINGUISTICS - Intercultural and Cross-cultural Communication (Including Intercultural Interaction)
Latest Grants
Forms And Functions Of Narratives Among Healthcare Workers: A Case Study Of Hospital Wanita Dan Kanak-kanak, Sabah
Discourse Of Normalized Exclusion Among Stateless Children In Sabah: An Examination Through Ethnography Of Altenative Learning Centres
A Framework For Measuring Inclusive Multilingualism Among Ethnic Groups In East Malaysia
Latest Publications
Drawing Fear: Visual Representations Of Oral Presentation Among Malaysian Undergraduates
A Systematic Review Of Formative Assessment In English As A Foreign Language Writing
Mixed Marriages And The Issue Of Ethnic Identity In Sabah, Malaysia
Is This Acceptable? Malaysians’ Perceptions Of Orthographic Variations Of Personal Names
Making It Local: Teachers’ Sociomaterial Practices In Localising Global Curricula
Administrative Positions
Pusat Penataran Ilmu Dan Bahasa