Awards

Hyacinth Gaudart Award for Outstanding English Language Teacher 2017
Awarded at 26th MELTA International Conference by HRH Permaisuri Johor, Raja Zarith Sofiah Sultan Idris at TH Hotel, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/18111
https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2017/08/318688/permaisuri-johor-rasmi-persidangan-antarabangsa-melta

Image Source: MELTA Facebook page

Winner of Teacher Research Programme (TRP) 2015

Awarded by Cambridge University Press. Award includes £1500 research grant and sponsored trip to Birmingham, UK to present research findings at IATEFL Conference & Exhibition, 2016
(http://languageresearch.cambridge.org/trp/2015-winner-trp) 

ICELT Silver Presentation Award 2015

Awarded by Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) for outstanding conference presentation at 4th International Conference on English Language Teaching (ICELT), Hotel Equatorial, Malacca

Basil Wijasuriya Silver Award, MELTA 2015

Awarded by MELTA for outstanding conference presentation at the 24th International MELTA Conference in The Royale Chulan Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Onestopenglish Creativity in the Classroom IATEFL Scholarship (UK) 2014

Awarded by Macmillan Education based on a selected research proposal for IATEFL 2014 conference. The scholarship included a free one-year IATEFL membership and a paid trip to Harrogate, United Kingdom to attend the 48th IATEFL conference

(http://www.onestopenglish.com/iatefl-scholarship-winner/553207.article)

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Onestopenglish ‘Teacher of the Month’ for November 2013 

Awarded by Onestopenglish (http://www.onestopenglish.com/community/teacher-talk/teacher-of-the-month/teacher-of-the-month-cynthia-james/553201.article)

Basil Wijasuriya Gold Award, MELTA 2013

Awarded by MELTA for outstanding conference presentation at the 22nd MELTA International Conference in Johor Bahru

Innovative Teacher Award, 3rd Place, Sabah State Level 2013

Awarded by Sabah State Education Office for my work on the Pre-Writing Module for UPSR

Best Teacher Blogger Award 2012

The blog Beyond Chalk & Talk (http://cindyjbj79.blogspot.com) has been awarded Best Teacher Blog award by US-based education website WeAreTeachers (http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/blog-wat/2013/01/30/best-teacher-blogger-awards-2012)