Toshiko Yamaguchi is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, and teaches linguistics to postgraduate students. In her earlier academic career, her research centred on synchronic and diachronic aspects of the Japanese language. She is currently engaged in two book projects, both concerning second language or L2 users/learners: one on Japanese English grammar and the other on Japanese linguistics for L2 learners. Jariah Mohd Jan is an Associate Professor at the Department of English Language and former Dean at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya. Her main area of research specialisation is sociolinguistics, and she has published widely on gender and power in relation to language, pragmatics, and discourse. Her recent research interest and publications focus on (im)politeness, speech acts, women and leadership, discourse at the workplace, academic concerns of children in foster care, and language and culture of the Kerinchi community. Sheena Kaur is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, and currently Deputy Dean of Postgraduate Studies. She obtained her doctoral degree in Applied Linguistics from Lancaster University. Her research interests include applied linguistics, internationalisation of higher education, sociolinguistics, and the use of corpus methodology. She has presented at several national and international conferences and is a reviewer for several journals. Her most recent publications include a commentary on the coronavirus pandemic in Malaysia in the journal Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy .
