Personal Profile
Angvarrah Lieungnapar
Email address: angvarrah.li@ssru.ac.th
1. Brief Information
Angvarrah
Lieungnapar is a lecturer in the Business English program at Suan
SunandhaRajabhat University. She gained a master’s
degree in English for Specific Purposes from Kasetsart University and a
doctorate in Applied Linguistics from King Mongkut's
University of Technology Thonburi. She was granted a
scholarship from the Office of the Higher Education Commission, Thailand and
Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University where she has been working as a lecturer and
researcher for almost 10 years. Her research interests
include English for Specific Purposes, genre analysis in
ESP, and corpus linguistics.
2. Educational Background
PhD. In Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Liberal Arts, 2018, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi
M.A. in English for Specific Purposes, Faculty of Graduate School, 2006, Kasetsart University
Diploma in Teaching Professional Skills, 2001, Sukothaithammathirat University
B.A. in English, Faculty of Liberal Arts, 2000, Thammasat University
3. Work Experience
1st June 2017 - present Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University
Full-time Business English lecturer
Business English Department
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Taught English for Specific Purposes
2009 – 2016 King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi
Part-time English lecturer
Faculty of Liberal Arts
Taught Foundation English Courses
2009-2017 Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University
Part-time Business English lecturer
Business English Department
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Taught English for Specific Purposes
2006 – 2008 Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University
Full-time Business English lecturer
Business English Department
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Taught Foundation English and English for Specific Purposes
2004 Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School, Nakornayok
Part-time English Teacher
Taught English: Reading
2003 Rajinibon School
Part-time English Teacher
Taught English, Reading and Writing, M.4
2000-2002 Rajinibon School
Full-time English Teacher
Taught English, Reading and Writing, M.4-6
4. Grants
2017 “Learners’ Reflections on Target Situation Needs of Business English (ผลของการรับรู้ความต้องการในการใช้ภาษาอังกฤษเพื่อการสื่อสารทางธุรกิจ)” Research Grant form Suan Sunandha Institute of Research & Development, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand.
2007 “The Development of Curriculum on English for Ground Staff Services” Research Grant form Suan Sunandha Institute of Research & Development, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand.
2006 “Needs Analysis of English for Applied Thai Traditional Practitioners” Research Grant form Suan Sunandha Institute of Research & Development, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand.
5. Proceedings
February 16-17, 2018 “The Effect of Exploring a Target Needs on Decision Making on the Job Training of Business English Students”, The IRES International Conference, Zurich, Switzerland.
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February 16-17,2018 “Students' Perceptions towards the Improvement of English Skills through Researching Target Needs Analysis”, The IRES International Conference, Conferences in Zurich, Switzerland.
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June 22-24, 2017 “The Quality of Choices Determines the Quantity of KEY Words”, Doing Research in Applied Linguistics 3 / 19th English in South- East Asia Conference 2017 (DRAL 3/19th ESEA), KMUTT Knowledge Exchange for Innovation Center (KX), Bangkok, Thailand.
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2017 “Different Views from Different Positions toward the Preferable Qualifications of Business English Graduates”, International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS), pp. 17-21, Volume 3, Issue 10.
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March 28-31, 2017 “The Development of Learning Management of Business English Students to Achieve the Needs of Entrepreneur in Various Careers”, 4th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts (SGEM 2017), HOFBURG Congress Center, Vienna, Austria. (Book proceedings)
December 13-14, 2012 “Linguistic and Discourse Variation in the Genre of Popular Science” (Best Paper Award), The 4th International Conference on Language and Communication: Current Issues and Future Directions in Media, Communication and Language (ICLC 2012), National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Bangkok, Thailand.
Available online at:
http://iclc.nida.ac.th/main/images/proceeding_iclc2012.pdf
April 21-22, 2011 “Top-down versus Bottom-up Approaches toward Move Analysis in ESP”, The International Conference on Doing Research in Applied Linguistics, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
Available online at:
http://arts.kmutt.ac.th/dral/index.php?q=content/proceedings-international-conference
August 4-5, 2010 “Factors Influencing Comprehension of Comic Strip”, The International Conference on Humour in ASEAN, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. (CD proceedings)
6. Papers
2017 “Genre Induction from a Linguistic Approach”, Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics (Vol. 6, No. 2, January 2017, pp. 319-329) (Scopus index).
Available online at:
http://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/IJAL/article/view/4917/3511
2016 “A Corpus-Based Approach to Learning a Tour Guide Talk”, International Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (Vol. 2, No. 2, April 2016, pp. 58-63) (Google Scholar).
Available online at:
http://kkgpublications.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/2/Volume2/IJHSS-20002-2.pdf