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18th ICLLCE 2020 Kuala Lumpur, 12 September 2020.

We are back!! We are pleased to announce that after a long pause, our conferences are now back on track.

18th ICLLCE was our first ever HYBRID academic conference where we combined virtual and physical presenters in one event.

Social distancing based on World Health Organization (WHO) standards was implemented on physical presenters and audiences.

Visit to https://icsai.org to join our future hybrid events. Choose between presenting at the conference venue or virtually from your home/workplace.

A regular topic of discussion during breaks at our events!

Are teaching and research mutually exclusive? Is the 4* researcher who is also a stellar teacher a realistic expectation? Times Higher Education surveyed academics to find out. Jack Grove reports

"THE’s Asia-Pacific University Ranking 2018 analysed universities across 38 nations in East Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania. The overall ranking features over 250 universities from 13 different nations."

Best universities in the Asia-Pacific region 2018 The top universities in the Asia-Pacific region according to data from Times Higher Education

With journals and conferences setting strict limits on page count, it is beneficial for young researchers to know the difference between what's important vs fillers in the Literature Review section of their papers. We recommend the following site from USC as a start:

Research Guides: Organizing Your Social Sciences Research Paper: 5. The Literature Review The purpose of this guide is to provide advice on how to develop and organize a research paper in the social sciences.

I don’t know why we call them “soft skills.” They’re certainly not easy to learn, although they are as valuable and necessary as the skills doctors use in surgery, bankers use to assess risk and physicists use to split atoms."

How a humanities degree will serve you in a disruptive economy A report from RBC Royal Bank reaffirms what thought leaders keep insisting -- there will be more and more demand for a liberal arts education in our increasingly digital world.

"International students accept their offers in good faith, believing that if they have met the entry criteria, their English must be good enough to allow them to fulfil their academic potential. But the fact is that an IELTS score of 5.5 – or even one a few notches higher – may not be sufficient for them to learn and perform at the true level of their ability. And, for some, that realisation can be devastating."

Language requirements for international students are too low Overseas students’ academic potential is hobbled if their English does not far exceed current thresholds, says Danijela Trenkic

"One of the toughest skills to master as a young researcher is writing successful grant applications"

The anxieties of sharing grant applications Adam Micolich is an Associate Professor in the School of Physics at the University of New South Wales. He has a long-­standing interest in issues affecting early and mid­-career researchers, some o…

It's getting warmer. Time to think about them papers LOL

PHD Comic: Summer Link to Piled Higher and Deeper

"Asia’s leading universities still lack the global standing that is enjoyed by many of their peers in the UK and the US, according to Times Higher Education’s list of the world’s most prestigious universities."

THE World Reputation Rankings 2018: results announced Analysis reveals Asia’s top universities still have low levels of prestige outside continent

"The study also found that it is nearly impossible for people to achieve proficiency similar to that of a native speaker unless they start learning a language by the age of 10".

Cognitive scientists define critical period for learning language Study shows children remain adept learners until the age of 17 or 18.

No words to express ownership but many that describes sharing

Found: An Unknown Language Spoken in a Single Malaysian Village It has no words for ownership and lots of ways to talk about sharing.

Thank you to those who have attended our 9th International Conference on Language, Education and Innovation 2018. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we hope you had a wonderful and fruitful time with us. We really hope to see everyone again in future conferences!

Here are the official photos taken at the conference. Please feel free to tag yourself! More photos will be made available on our website.