Carmel Heah

Doctor Carmel Heah Lee Hsia is a Malaysian academic and education consultant. She is a senior lecturer in the Language and Communication Centre of the School of Humanities & Social Sciences at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Heah holds three degrees and a postgraduate diploma: a Master of Arts in English Language and Linguistics, a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English Literature and a Diploma in Education (all from the University of Malaya), and a Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Liguistics from the University of Edinburgh. She is the author or co-author of four books, academic papers and journal articles.
Heah conducts corporate and professional training in business and technical writing skills and presentations.

Publications

Books

• Leong, Eng Choon; Heah, Carmel Lee-Hsia; Ong, Kenneth Keng Wee (2015). Guide to Research Projects for Engineering Students: Planning, Writing and Presenting. Singapore: CRC Press. ISBN 9781482238785. Retrieved 10 June 2016. 
• Heah, Carmel Lee Hsia; Huang, Minting; Tam, Moh Kim (2007). The art of academic writing. Singapore: Pearson/Custom Pub. ISBN 9810678029. Retrieved 7 July 2014. 
• Khong, Chooi Peng; Heah, Carmel (2001). Essential communication strategies for engineers. Singapore: Prentice Hall. ISBN 9814096601. Retrieved 7 July 2014. 
• Hughes, Richard; Heah, Carmel Lee Hsia (1989). Common errors in English. Petaling Jaya: Penerbit Fajar Bakti. ISBN 9676506567. Retrieved 7 July 2014. 
• Heah, Carmel Lee Hsia (1989). The influence of English on the lexical expansion of bahasa Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Ministry of Education. ISBN 9836208305. Retrieved 7 July 2014. 

Selected articles and presentations

• Heah, Carmel; Kathpalia, Sujata S. (2013). "Conventional and culture-specific metaphor in Singapore financial discourse". In Williams, Christopher; Bondi, Marina. Academic English across cultures. 10. ISBN 9788872287217. Retrieved 7 July 2014. 
• Heah Lee Hah Carmel (December 2012). "A strategy-based approach to pronunciation training for international faculty" (PDF). World Englishes 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2014. 
• Kathpalia, Sujata S.; Heah Lee Hah Carmel (December 2011). "Metaphorical Competence in ESL Student Writing". RELC Journal. 42 (3): 273–290. Retrieved 7 July 2014. 
• Heah Lee Hah Carmel (June 2011). "Exploring the Educational Potential of Social Media in an Academic Writing Course" (PDF). eLearning Forum Asia Conference. Retrieved 11 July 2014. 
• Heah, Carmel (May 2010). "eUreka – A Digital Tool for Implementing Project-Based Writing Courses". Global Learn. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. pp. 1428–1441. ISBN 9781880094792. 
• Heah, Carmel; Kathpalia, Sujata S. (April 2010). Robertson, Paul; Cheng, Winnie, eds. "Integrating Product, Process and Team Teaching in Writing Instruction" (PDF). The Asian ESP Journal. 6 (1): 59–71. Retrieved 6 June 2016. 
• Kathpalia, Sujata S.; Heah, Carmel (December 2008). "Reflective Writing : Insights into What Lies Beneath" (PDF). RELC Journal. 39 (3): 300–317. Retrieved 7 July 2014. 
• Kathpalia, Sujata S.; Heah, Carmel (Spring 2007). "Planning Syllabus through Professional Partnership". LSP & Professional Communication. 7 (1). Retrieved 7 July 2014. 
• Pressman, D Elaine; Heah, Lee Hsia (1987). "Speech and Hearing in Pacific Island Nations: Big Problems for Little Countries" (PDF). Human Communication Canada. 11 (1): 27. Retrieved 11 July 2014.