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Just English features articles written by respected writers from the United Kingdom, and Malaysia. These articles discuss the issues of the real-world in clear and concise English. Articles are divided into three levels: Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced. Such levels are determined by the graded-language standards for Just English.
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ABOUT THE EDITOR
Mr. Jayakaran Mukundan holds a doctorate in English Studies from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and has numerous publications. Presently, he is a lecturer at the Faculty of Educational Studies, UPM. He has been a researcher and writer of books on Class Readers, his most important contribution to readers being the book Class Readers: Theory and Practice (Longman, 1998), which he wrote with Ting Su Hie and Ali Abdul Ghani. He is also a writer for young adult readers, the more popular ones being The Race (Longman) and Side-by-Side (Arah Indah).
In 2003, he, together with 2 other Malaysians, were involved in a Creative Writing Project for South East Asia organised by IELE, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand. His new reader "Murthi and the Spirit of the Tree", which he wrote after the Thailand project will be published soon. Jaya's main research interests are in Writing and Teaching Materials.
His latest book is Readings on ELT Material (2003), published by UPM Press. Jaya is Chair of the Malaysia International Conference on English Language Teaching (MICELT) which he started in 1995. He also manages the MICELT website.
ABOUT THE ONLINE MENTOR
Our mentor, Ted Long was a lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya (UM). He upgraded his professional skills in Universities in Plymouth, Leeds, Edinburgh, Warwick, Hawaii and Hungary. Today he teaches critical thinking skills in UM and is a freelance English consultant to private colleges, English software consultant, corporate trainer, voice artiste, speech trainer and a qualified tennis coach. He has written content for computer software, stories and text books on English. He also participates in community service by giving free talks/training on EQ (emotional quotient), public speaking, storytelling and interpersonal skills.
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