Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thomas Chow Voon Foo

Name of Staff :  Associate Professor Dr. Thomas Chow Voon Foo
Designation    :  Dean
Qualifications :  Ph.D. (USM), B.A. (Hons.) TESOL (University of Strathclyde), Cert. Ed. TESL (MPJN).

Recent Publications

  • Hossein Vafadar & Thomas Chow Voon Foo (2020).  The Effects of Communication Strategies Instruction on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Willingness to Communicate, The Asian EFL Journal Quarterly, Vol. 24/4, 130-173.
  • Hossein Vafadar,  Thomas Chow Voon Foo & Afsar Rouhi (2019). The Effects of Communication Strategies on Intermediate EFL Low and Mid-Willing Learners’ Willingness to Communicate: Personality Types and Learners’ Choice, Taiwan Journal of TESOL

Vol. 16/2, 101-150.

  • June Chiang Kai Sing, Thomas Chow Voon Foo & Malini Ganapathy. (2018).  Graded Readers: The Importance of Using Stylistic Devices to Maximise Language Learners’ Aesthetic Reading, International Journal of Language, Literacy and Translation, Vol. 1/1, 1-8.
  • Mayyada Mahdi Ra’uf  & Thomas Chow Voon Foo. (2017).  Academic Writing in Science: Iraqi EFL Postgraduates’ Difficulties in Writing Abstracts of Theses and Dissertations in Physical Disciplines,  Advanced Science Letters,  Vol. 23/4, 2734–2739.
  • Hosein Vafadar Samian, Thomas Chow Voon Foo & Hassan Mohebbi. (2016). The Effects of Giving and Receiving Marginal L1 Glosses on L2 Vocabulary Learning by Upper Secondary Learners, English Language Teaching, Vol. 9/2, 66-76.
  • Maki Naiemi & Thomas Chow Voon Foo. (2015). Vocabulary Acquisition through Direct and Indirect Learning Strategies, English Language Teaching, Vol. 8/10, 142-151.
  • Waltraud Brigitte Mayr, Thomas Chow Voon Foo & Akmar Mohamad. (2015). Target Situation Analysis in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Malaysia-based Multi-national Enterprises: the case of German, International Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 7/2, 94-132.
  • Maki Naiemi & Thomas Chow Voon Foo. (2015). Vocabulary Acquisition through Direct and Indirect Learning Strategies, English Language Teaching, Vol. 8/10, 142-151.
  • Seyed Saber Alavi, Thomas Chow Voon Foo & Mansour Amini. (2015). L2 Proficiency Development through Noticing Feedback, International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding, Vol. 2/5, 25-41

Research Interest

  • ESL Writing
  • ESL Pedagogy
  • Feedback and teacher-learner interaction

Official Correspondence Address:

School of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences
Wawasan Open University
54 Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah,
10050 Penang

Email Address:

thomaschow@wou.edu.my

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