Ms Lalitha Velautham

Biography/ Background

Lalitha has a background in Applied Linguistics and has taught English for Academic and Specific Purposes both in Malaysia and Australia. Lalitha holds a Masters in English as a Second Language, a Bachelor of Education (Teaching of English as a Second Language) (Hons) and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education. Her role in the Discipline of Higher Education is to lecture on the Integrated Bridging Program-Research, to conduct researcher education and development workshops and to assist international postgraduate research students to participate fully in their disciplinary communities. Lalitha also serves on the Pre-Enrolment Program (PEP) screening panel at the University of Adelaide.

Research Interests

English Language teaching and learning, postgraduate supervision, researcher education, higher education promotional media discourse, international postgraduate student perspectives, the internationalization of higher education.

Conference Presentations

Velautham, L. (2012). Investigating the Use of an Online Discussion Tool to Enhance Communication Across Cultures in Postgraduate Supervision. 7th Malaysia International Conference on Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Kuala Lumpur.

Picard, M. and L. Velautham (2011). Developing EAL listening independently through online, adaptable, self-access  tools. The Tenth Biennial Conference of the Association for Academic Language and Learning. The University of South Australia.

Velautham, L. and M. Picard (2010). Collaborating equals: Engaging Faculties through Teaching-led research. The Ninth Biennial Conference of the Association for Academic Language and Learning, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland.

Velautham, L. and M. Picard (2010). Reshaping HDR supervisor writing advice through unpacking discourses The HERDSA 2010 International Conference, Hilton on the Park, Melbourne.

Velautham, L. (2009). Pronunciation in context: Strategies for postgraduate EAL students. Teaching and Learning Forum, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia.

Picard, M. and L. Velautham (2009). Critical Discourse Analysis: enhancing the quality and uptake of supervisor writing advice. The HERDSA 2009 International Teaching and Learning Conference, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory.

Velautham, L. (2002). Literature in the ESL Classroom. The Fourth Malaysia International Conference on English Language Teaching, Hilton Hotel, Seremban.

Velautham, L. (2000). Motivating ESL/EFL Learners in a Reading Class. The Third Malaysia International Conference on English Language Teaching, Riviera Bay Resort, Malacca.

Velautham, L. (2000). A Discourse Analysis of a Malaysian Short Story. International Conference on Language and Cognition, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Research Funding

Research Grant

Picard, M. and L. Velautham (2010). Developing every day and academic listening skills: online, adaptable self-access materials for EAL students. The University of Adelaide, Association for Academic Language and Learning.

Publications

Recent Publications

Picard, Michelle Yvette; Warner, Richard; Velautham, Lalitha. Enabling postgraduate students to become autonomous ethnographers of their disciplines Postgraduate Education: Form and Function, 2011 / C. Nygaard, N. Courtney and L. Frick (eds.), Ch. 10, pp.149-166.

Velautham, Lalitha; Picard, Michelle Yvette. Reshaping HDR supervisor writing advice through unpacking discourses. Proceedings of the 33rd HERDSA Annual International Conference, 6–9 July 2010. p.13.

Velautham, L. and M. Picard (2009). "Collaborating equals: Engaging faculties through teaching-led research " Journal of Academic Language and Learning 3(2): 132-139.

Book Reviews

Velautham, L. (2003). Ordinary people, magical lives. New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur, New Straits Times Press. 8 January: p.7.

Velautham, L. (2002). Swept along by a tide of events. New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur, New Straits Times Press. 8 May: p.6.

Velautham, L. (2002). Rich nuggets from multicultural writers. New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur, New Straits Times Press. 9 October: p.7.

Velautham, L. (2002). Diamonds shine through in Desai’s dust. Sunday Star. Kuala Lumpur, Star Publications. 3 February: p.16.

Velautham, L. (2000). Crisp delivery of a brutal tale. Sunday Star. Kuala Lumpur, Star Publications. 11 June: p.16.

Velautham, L. (1998). Thriller with a soul. New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur, New Straits Times Press. 22 March: p.19.

Velautham, L. (1998). Explosive twist to an old plot. Sunday Star. Kuala Lumpur, Star Publications. 19 July: p.8.

Velautham, L. (1997). Dash of intrigue in overworked tale. Sunday Star. Kuala Lumpur, Star Publications. April 20: p.23.

Velautham, L. (1997). Coming of age in a middle-class family. New Straits Times. 9 August: p.9.

Velautham, L. (1997). Alluring themes of relationships. Sunday Star. Kuala Lumpur, Star Publications. 8 June: p.18.

Velautham, L. (1996). Spiel of delightful voices. Sunday Star. Kuala Lumpur, Star Publications. 24 November: P.19.

Velautham, L. (1996). Seeing the life beyond this life. Sunday Star. Kuala Lumpur, Star Publications. 28 January: p.10.

Velautham, L. (1995). Moving tale of a migrant’s rite of passage. Sunday Star. Kuala Lumpur, Star Publications. 24 September: p.1

Professional Associations

Member, Association for Academic Language and Learning (AALL).

Member, The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)

Member, Asia TEFL

Entry last updated: Sunday, 28 Oct 2012