Personal Details

Full name:                   Simon Philip Botley
Date of birth:               13th January 1965
Religion:                      Muslim (name: Faizal Hakim)
Marital Status:             Married
Nationality:                 British
Phone (mobile):          (06 82) 013 8166511
Email:                          simon@leadinstitute.com.my (corporate)
                                    spbotley@yahoo.co.uk (private)
Web Page:                   http://www.spbotley.yolasite.com
Education
Ph.D. Linguistics, Lancaster University, UK (2000). Title: Corpora and Discourse Anaphora: Using Corpus Evidence to Test Theoretical Claims.
M.Sc. Information Technology, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK (1992-1993).  Dissertation:  SPOCk: A Computer-Aided Linguistic Analysis Tool for Students.
M.A. Linguistics, University of Leeds (1987-1988).  Dissertation: Cohesive Anaphora in Learned and Scientific Writing.
B.A. (Hons.) Communication Studies, Sheffield City Polytechnic (now Sheffield Hallam University) (1984-1987).



Employment History


Senior Manager:                                           Leadership Institute of the Sarawak Civil Service, Kuching, Sarawak,
                                                                        Malaysia (March 2016-present)
Associate Professor in English Language: MARA University of Technology (UiTM), Kuching, Sarawak,
                                                                       Malaysia (Sept. 2004-Dec. 2015)
Lecturer in English Language:                  MARA University of Technology (UiTM) Kuching, Sarawak
                                                                      Malaysia (Sept. 2002-Sept. 2004)
Senior Lecturer and Dean of the School
of Languages and Liberal Arts:                 INTI College Sarawak, Malaysia (May 2000-August 2002)
Linguistics Tutor/Lecturer:                        Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language, Lancaster
                                                                      University, UK (1998-1999).
EFL Teacher:                                               British Council Studium, Lodz, Poland (1997-1998).
Adjunkt (Associate Professor):                  Institute of English, the University of Lodz, Poland (1997-1998).
Linguistics Tutor/Lecturer:                        Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language, Lancaster
                                                                      University, UK (October 1996-June 1997).
Research Associate/
Computer Grammarian:                            UCREL unit, Lancaster University, UK (1994-1996).
Research Assistant:                                     Addison-Wesley Longman, Harlow, UK (1993-4).
Research Editorial Assistant and
Part-time Linguistics Tutor:                       Lancaster University, UK (1989-1992).

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Research Interests:

Corpus linguistics, learner corpora, corpus-based error analysis, endangered languages, discourse analysis, genre analysis, anaphor resolution, descriptive grammar, sociolinguistics, semantics and pragmatics.


Research Experience:

Project Investigator, ‘Discoursal Aspects of Interlanguage in Argumentative Essays of UiTM Sarawak Diploma Students’,
Dana Kecemerlangan project (2010-2013).
Project Investigator, project entitled ‘The Communicative Ability of UiTM Graduating Students: Focusing on
Grammatical Accuracy, Dana Kecemerlangan (2009-2014)
Project Investigator,– ‘Language Policy and Sociolinguistic Norms of  Tertiary Students in UiTM Sarawak’
Dana Cemerlang Institutional Research (commenced 2009)
Project Investigator, project entitled ‘A Corpus-based Investigation of the Interlanguage of University Students
in East Malaysia’, funded by FRGS, Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education (2007-2010)
External research partner, ‘CALES-UNIMAS’ project, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (2005-2008)
Project Head, CALES 2 (Corpus-Based Archive of Learner English in Sabah-Sarawak) project, MARA
University of Technology, Sarawak Branch (2004-2007)
Project Head, CALES (Corpus-Based Archive of Learner English in Sarawak) project, MARA University of
Technology, Sarawak Branch (2003-2004)
Doctoral work on the corpus-based study of discourse anaphora, Lancaster University (part-time, 1989-2000).
Research Investigator, PELCRA (Polish English Language Corpus Research and Applications) project,
University of Lodz, Poland (1997-1998)
Research Associate, ATR Treebank Project, University of Lancaster, UK (1995-1997)
Research Associate, British National Corpus Tag Enhancement Project, University of Lancaster, UK
(1995-1996)
Research Assistant, Addison-Wesley Longman, (ASDIC Project - 1994-1995)
Research Assistant on the IBM/Lancaster Treebank and the British National Corpus, University of Lancaster,
UK (1990-1994)

Teaching and Consultancy


UiTM Sarawak Branch (2002-2015): 
  • Diploma and Degree levels:  academic reading skills, English grammar, English proficiency, MUET preparation, job application skills and speech communication (public speaking), English for Academic Purposes, English for Occupational Purposes, critical thinking. 
  • Masters Level: Sociolinguistics, Academic Discourse, Research Methodology and Pragmatics.  
  • Consultancy: academic writing and research methodology and presentation skills courses to various government departments and education institutions as well as in-house.
  • Supervision: supervising candidates at Doctoral level, as well as Masters by Research and Masters in TESL.
INTI College Sarawak, Kuching (2000-2002): TOEFL, English composition skills and critical thinking for business
students.

British Council Studium, Lodz, Poland (1997-1998): English as a Foreign Language (Cambridge First Certificate),
course planning and assessment, Cambridge First Certificate Examiner.

Lodz University, Poland (1997-1998): Phonetics and phonology, functional syntax and corpus linguistics.

Lancaster University, UK (1990-1999): Linguistics and corpus linguistics, general linguistics, semantics, language
acquisition, language variation, sociolinguistics at undergraduate level.





Administration


UiTM Sarawak: Committee Service:
Campus Taskforce on New Programmes (Member) (2011)
Development committee for proposed Diploma in English (Cross-Cultural Communication) (Head) (2011)
Staff Development Committee (Member) (2012-2015)
Testing and Evaluation Committee (Member) (2013-2015)
Technical Committee for Research (Member) (2003-2010)
Academic Journals (Editorial Committee) (2003-2010)
Steering Committee, Yayasan Sarawak Debate Challenge Trophy (Member, 2003-2012)
Research Advisory Committee (Member, 2008-2010)
Research Advisory Panel for Academy of Language Studies (Head, 2008-2010)
English Language Advisor, Debate Unit, UiTM Sarawak (2006-2012)

College Faculty Administration:
Dean/Head of a Languages and Liberal Arts faculty in INTI College Sarawak (2000-2002).
Management of a large staff of lecturers, course planning, course marketing, academic administration, financial planning,
committee work and quality assurance.
 
Research Management:
Management of three funded learner corpus Projects at UiTM (CALES) (2003-2010)
Management of PELCRA project in Poland (1997-1998).
Research grant applications (EPSRC and the European Language Resources Association (ELRA) (1996-1997 as well as
FRGS applications in UiTM Sarawak). 

Conference Management:
1.      The BICOLL conference at MARA University of Technology, 8th-9th June 2010 (co-Assistant Chairperson).
2.      The Language Educators’ Conference, UiTM Sarawak, Malaysia, 2002.
3.      The DAARC2 conference on discourse anaphora, in 1998 (Lancaster University, UK).
4.      The TALC96 conference on teaching and language corpora, in 1996 (Lancaster University, UK).
5.      DAARC96 conference on discourse anaphora, in 1996 (Lancaster University, UK).



Publications


Refereed Journal Articles:

1.    Botley, S P and A M McEnery (2001a): Demonstratives in English: a Corpus-Based Study. Journal of English Linguistics Volume 29, Number 1.
2.    Botley, S P and A M McEnery (2001b): Proximal and Distal Demonstratives: a Corpus-based Study. Journal of English Linguistics Volume 29, Number 3.
3.   Botley, S P (2006): Indirect Anaphora: Reaching the Limits of Corpus-Based Linguistics. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 11:1
4.     Botley, S P and Dillah, D (2007). Investigating Spelling Errors in a Malaysian Learner Corpus, Malaysian Journal of English Language Teaching Research, Vol. 3, pp.74-93,  www.melta.org.my.
5.  Botley (2007). Corpus-Based Linguistics: a Case of Methodological Pluralism, Journal of Language Studies, Volume 3, June 2007 pp. 37-53 Shah Alam: UPENA.
6.   Wan Hassan, S Z, Faizal Hakim, S, Rahim, M, Noyem, J F, Ibrahim, S, Ahmad, J & Jusoff, K (2009). The Communicative Ability of Universiti Teknologi MARA Sarawak Graduates, English Language Teaching, Vol. 2, No. 2, June 2009.
7.   Botley, S P & Ramanair, J. (2009). The Future of Corpus Linguistics in Borneo.  Sarawak Gazette Issue 2, July CXXV, 2009.
8.    Botley, S. P. (2014). Argument Structure in Learner Writing: A Corpus-Based Analysis Using Argument Mapping, Kajian Malaysia, Vol. 32, Supp. 1, 2014, 29–61.


Edited Collections and Proceedings:

 1.  Botley, S P, Glass, J, McEnery, A M and Wilson, A (1996a) (eds.): Approaches to  Discourse Anaphora: Proceedings of the DAARC96 Colloquium, UCREL Technical  Papers 8 (Special Edition), Bailrigg: Lancaster University.
2.   Botley, S P, Glass, J, McEnery, A M and Wilson, A (1996b) (eds.): Proceedings of Teaching and Language Corpora 1996, UCREL Technical Papers 9 (Special Edition), Bailrigg: Lancaster University.
3.  Botley, S P and McEnery, A M (1998) (eds.): New Approaches to Discourse Anaphora: Proceedings of the Second Colloquium on Discourse Anaphora and Anaphor Resolution (DAARC2), UCREL Technical Papers 11 (Special Edition), Bailrigg: Lancaster University.
4.  Botley, S P and McEnery, A M (eds.) (2000): Corpus-based and Computational Approaches to Discourse Anaphora. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
5.   Botley, S P, McEnery, A M and Wilson, A (eds.) (2000): Multilingual Corpora in Teaching  and Research. Amsterdam: Rodopi Press.


Book Chapters:

 1.   Garside, R, Fligelstone, S and Botley, S P (1997): ‘Discourse annotation: anaphoric relations in  corpora’. In Garside, R, Leech, G and McEnery, A M (eds.): Corpus Annotation, Harlow:  Addison-Wesley Longman, (p. 66-84).
2.   Botley, S P and McEnery, A M (2000) ‘Discourse Anaphora: The Need for Synthesis’, in  Botley, S P and McEnery, A M (eds.) (2000): Corpus-based and Computational Approaches to Discourse Anaphora. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (p. i-v).


 Research Reports:

 1.   Botley, S. P., De Alwis, C., Metom, L., and Izza, I. (2005). CALES: A Corpus-Based Archive of Learner English in Sarawak. Final Project Report, Unit for Research, Development and Commercialisation, Universiti Teknologi MARA.
2.    Botley, S P, Metom, L and Dillah, D (2007). A Corpus-Based Archive of Learner English in Sabah/Sarawak (CALES Phase 2). Final Project Report, Unit for Research, Development and Commercialisation, Universiti Teknologi MARA.
3.  Botley, S P and Metom, L (2011). A Corpus-based Investigation of the Interlanguage of University Students in East Malaysia. Final Project Report, Research Management Institute, Universiti Teknologi MARA.
4.    DeAlwis, C, Johari, A and Botley, S P (2011) Language Policy and Sociolinguistic Norms of  Tertiary Students in UiTM Sarawak  – Final Report, Research Management Institute, Universiti Teknologi MARA (Dana Cemerlang Institutional Research).

 Conference Papers and Presentations (* = refereed):

1.   * Botley, S P and McEnery, A M (1991).  ‘A Graphical Representation Scheme for Anaphoric Links in Natural Language Texts’. In Proceedings of the 13th Colloquium of  the British Computer Society Information Retrieval Specialist Group, University of  Lancaster, 1991 (p. 35-42)
2.    Botley, S P (1991). The Corpus-Based Study of Anaphora, presented at ICAME 91, Ilkley, UK.
3.  * Botley, S P (1996). ‘Demonstrative Features in Three Written English Genres’. In  Botley, S P, Glass, J,  McEnery, A M and Wilson, A (eds.): Approaches to Discourse  Anaphora: Proceedings of the DAARC96 Colloquium, UCREL Technical Papers 8  (Special Edition), Lancaster University. (p. 86-105)
4.     * McEnery, A M, Tanaka, I and Botley, S P (1997a). ‘Corpus Annotation and Reference Resolution’. In Proceedings of ECACL97/Workshop on Anaphor Resolution, 1997 (p. 67-74)
5.   * Botley, S P (1997b). ‘Corpus-Based Testing of Cognitive Theories of Discourse Anaphora’. In: Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B and Melia, P J (eds.): Proceedings of the Practical Applications of Language Corpora (PALC97) Conference. University of Lodz Press, Poland, 1997 (p. 336-349).
6.     * Botley, S P and Uzar, R (1998). ‘Investigating Learner English Anaphora the PELCRA Way’, In Proceedings of DAARC2, Lancaster University, August 1998 (p. 43- 53).
7.      * Uzar, R and Botley, S P (1998). ‘Higher Quality Data-Driven Learning Through the Testing of Definite and Indefinite Articles’. In Proceedings of Teaching and Language Corpora, University of Oxford, July 1998. (p. 31-32).
8.    Botley, S P (2003). ‘Corpus-Based Linguistics: a Case of Methodological Pluralism’.  Presented at the Research Seminar Moving Towards Excellence in Research, Mara University of Technology Samarahan Campus, Malaysia, August 2nd, 2003.
9.  Botley, S P (2004). ‘Computers Really CAN Help Language Teachers (and Learners)’.  Presented at the Academic Conference, UiTM Sarawak Branch, Santubbong Resort, 14th-15th June 2004.
10.  Botley, S P, C Delwis, L Metom and I Izza. (2004). ‘Learner English in the Real World - the CALES Experience', paper presented at 2nd International Conference on Language, Linguistics and the Real World, University of Malaya, 7th-9th December 2004.
11.  Botley, S P (2005). 'Corpus-Driven Performance Feature Analysis'. Presented at the Borneo Language Teaching Conference (BLTC), UiTM Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, June 2005.
12.  * Botley, S P, Haykal Hammaad Zin and Monaliza Bt. Sarbini (2005). 'Lexical and Grammatical Transfer by Malaysian Student Writers', In the Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Translation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, 2nd - 4th August 2005. (p. 408-419).
13. * Botley, S P & Ramanair, J. (2006).  ‘Corpus Linguistics in Borneo: the Future’. Presented at the Eighth Biennial Conference of the Borneo Research Council (BRC), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 31st July – 1st August 2006.
14.  * Botley, S P (2006).  ‘Exploring the Idiom Principle in a Learner Corpus’, Presented at the Science and Art of Language Teaching International Conference, Academy of Language Studies, UiTM Perlis, 20-22nd November 2006.
15.  Botley, S P and Metom, L (2008). ‘The CALES Learner Corpus: Progress Report’, presented at the 17th MELTA International Conference, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, 28th May 2008.
16.  Wan Hassan, S Z, Botley, S P, Rahim, M, Noyan, J F, Ibrahim, S and Ahmad, J (2008). ‘The Communicative Ability Of UITM Graduating Students: Focusing On Grammatical Accuracy’, paper presented at the UiTM Sarawak Academic Conference, December 2nd-3rd 2008.
17.  * Botley, S. P., Metom, L. and Dillah, D. (2009). ‘A Corpus-Based Archive of Learner English in Sabah/Sarawak (CALES Phase 2)’, In Proceedings of the UiTM Conference on Social and Scientific Research (CSSR 08/09), A Famosa Resort, Melaka, 14th-15th March 2009.
18.  * Botley, S P (2009). ‘Investigating the Idiom Principle in Malaysian Secondary School EFL Writings’, presented at the 6th Malaysian International Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures (MICOLLAC), Universiti Putra Malaysia, 28th-30th April 2009.
19.  * Botley, S. P. (2010a). ‘Linking Interlanguage to Sociolinguistic Variables: Some Borneo Challenges’, 7th International Malaysian Studies Conference (MC7), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16th-18th March 2010.
20.  Botley, S. P. (2010b). ‘Pronominal Errors in a Corpus of EFL Writings  by Malay Students’, Borneo International Conference on Language and Literature (BICOLL 2010), UiTM Sarawak, 8th-9th June 2010.
21.  Botley, S. P. (2010c). ‘CALES: A Learner Corpus for Borneo’, Borneo International Conference on Language and Literature (BICOLL 2010), UiTM Sarawak, 8th-9th June 2010.
22.  * Botley, S. P. (2010d). ‘A Corpus-Based Comparison of Idiom Use by Malaysian, British and American Students’, in Proceedings of the Conference on Scientific and Social Research (CSSR 2010), 4th-7th December 2010, Seri Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.
23.  Wong, S. L. K. and Botley, S. P. (2011).  ‘A Corpus-Based Comparison of Language Errors Made by Form Five Chinese and Bumiputera ESL Learners’, in the Proceedings of the IPGTA Seminar, Kota Samarahan, 27-29 July 2011.
24.  * Botley, S P (2012a). ‘Argument Structure in Learner Writing: a Corpus-Based Analysis’, presented at the Malaysia Corpus Research Colloquium: Corpus Research in Malaysia: Progress and Prospects, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 5th April 2012.
25.  Kadri, A and Botley, S P (2012). ‘Discoursal Aspects of Argumentative Essays: a Corpus Approach’, presented at the 21st MELTA conference, Kuching Sarawak, 7-8th June, 2012.
26.  * Botley, S P (2012b). ‘Investigating Dysfluency in Malaysian Spoken Discussions’ presented at the 2nd International Conference on Linguistics, Literature and Culture (ICCLIC), Park Royal Resort, Pulau Pinang, 7th-9th November 2012.
27.  Prisawit, P and Botley, S P (2013). ‘Whole Brain Teaching: Motivation and Learners’ Perception in a Malaysian University ESL Context’, presented at the 1st Borneo Research Education Conference (BREC 2013), Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak, Kuching, Sarawak, 20th – 21st August 2013.
28.  * Runggol, C J and Botley, S P (2013). ‘The Pragmatics of Complimenting in the Iban Community of Sarawak, Malaysia’, presented at the International Conference on Languages, Linguistics and Society 2013 (ICLALIS 2013), Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 22nd – 24th October, 2013.
29.  * Botley, S P (2014). ‘Errors Versus Mistakes: A False Dichotomy’, presented at the 12th Asia TEFL and 23rd MELTA International Conference, Kuching, Sarawak, 28-30th August 2014.
30.  * Rimbarr, H and Botley, S P (2014). ‘The Influence of Spell-Checkers on Students’ Ability to Repair Spelling Errors’, presented at the 12th Asia TEFL and 23rd MELTA International Conference, Kuching, Sarawak, 28-30th August 2014.
31.  * Botley, S P and Monaliza Bt. Sarbini (2014). ‘Teaching Argumentative Writing Skills Using Argument Mapping Software’, to be presented at the International Conference on Language Studies 2014 (iCLS 2014), Kuching, Sarawak, 27-28 October 2014.

Works in Progress:

Books:

1.    Botley, S P (in preparation) Learner English in Sarawak and Sabah: a Corpus Based Approach. Shah Alam: UiTM Press.

Journal Articles:

1.  Botley, S P (in preparation). Idioms in Malaysian Learner English: A Corpus Study. Corpora Journal, Edinburgh University Press.
2.  Botley, S P, Metom, L & Dillah, D (in preparation): Learner Variables and Learner Performance in English: The Malaysian Challenge. MELTA Journal.

PhD Thesis:

 Botley, S P (2000): Corpora and Discourse Anaphora: Using Corpus Evidence to Test Theoretical Claims. Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language, Lancaster University.





































Activities and Interests



Invited Talks (selected):

  • Invited talk on Corpus Linguistics to the PROFESS group (March 2nd 2013), Batu Lintang Teacher Training Institute, Kuching
  • UiTM Sarawak Lunch-Time Seminar Series (13th July 2011), A Corpus-Based Comparison of Idiom Use by Malaysianand Native Speaker Undergraduates
  • UiTM Sarawak Lunch-Time Seminar Series (20th February 2008): Native Language as a Sociolinguistic Variable
  • UiTM Sarawak Lunch-Time Seminar Series (15th August 2007): Investigating Spelling Errors in a Learner Corpus
  • UiTM Sarawak Language Department Colloquium on Learner English, 18th May 2006.
  • Swinburne University of Technology, Kuching: Presentation on Public Speaking and Oral Presentation Skills (17th May 2006)
  • Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Kota Kinabalu, 13th December 2004 - Learner Corpus Linguistics - the Borneo Experience.
  • Dewan Undangan Negeri Seminar 2005: The Quest for Communication Excellence: The Craft of Speechwriting: Speeches with the Power to Persuade and Convince, Holiday Inn, Kuching (17th November 2005)
  • Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Sarawak Campus, 11th July 2003 – Corpus Linguistics and the Language Teacher, Language Department Language Colloquium.
  • Universiti Tanjungpura, Pontianak, Indonesia, July 2000 – invited lecture on the use of computers in language teaching.
  • Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), Sarawak Campus, Kuching, 2000-2001 – 3 invited lectures on the subjects of Phrases, Discursive Text and Narratives.
  • University of Lodz, Poland, May 1998: Order, Order: Indirect Anaphora and Uncertainty in Parliamentary Language.     
  • Tohoku State University, Japan, March 1997: Anaphora in the Real World:  What a Corpus Can Tell Us About Pronouns.
  • Lancaster Linguistics Circle, March 1995: Pronouns in Theory and Reality.
  • Lancaster Linguistics Circle, 1990: Cohesion by Numbers.
 

Others (selected):

  •  English Debate Judging and Training (Advisor, UiTM Sarawak Debate Club, 2006-2012)
  • Public Speaking - Past President, UiTM Sarawak Toastmasters Club (2007-2008), Member, Azam Toastmasters Club (2014-2017), Hornbill City Toastmasters Club (2017-present).
  • Reading (Science Fiction, 20th Century Thrillers, Post-Colonial Malaysian Fiction, history)
  • Writing (novel, poetry, member of Wordsmiths of Kuching (WOK))




















Referees

Professor Dr. Tony McEnery,
Dean of Faculty of Social Science,
Lancaster University,
Bailrigg,
Lancaster LA1 4YT, UK


Professor Dr. Ruslan Mitkov,
School of Languages and
European Studies,
University of Wolverhampton,
Wolverhampton
WV1 1SB, UK
 
Professor Dr. Abdul Rahman Deen
Former Campus Director,
UiTM Sarawak,
Jalan Meranek,
94300 Kota Samarahan,
Sarawak, Malaysia
 
Professor Dato’ Dr. Jamil Hj. Hamali
Campus Rector,
UiTM Sarawak,
Jalan Meranek,
94300 Kota Samarahan,
Sarawak, Malaysia


 

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