Carolyn Marie Choo

Carolyn Choo is an educationist with over 16 years of experience. Her areas of specialization include literacy, literature and early childhood education. She has worked with students of all ages, from preschoolers right up to college students, adult learners and undergraduates. A certified trainer and practical examiner (early childhood) with Montessori Centre International UK, she has enthused local and international students with the Montessori method of Education. She is currently the Head of the Department of Early Childhood Education with a local college in Malaysia. Apart from her academic functions, she has been entrusted with the corporate communications of the faculty.

Her other experiences include human resource management with a public listed trading company handling fashion lines and corporate communications with a manufacturing company. She is also a qualified tour guide.

Ms Choo’s publications and writings include:

1. Singapore: the PAP & the problem of political succession (1985)
2. Unpublished MA dissertation: A Descriptive Study of the Oral Communication Strategies of Approximation and Word Coinage (1990)
3. Royal Selangor Corporate Newsletter (1993 & 1994)
4. Conference & product brochures, product and course flyers and leaflets, instructional manuals (1993 – present)
5. News articles for Montessori International and ARNEC Newsletters (2008 - present)
6. Emcee scripts (Convocation and product launches) (19993 – present)
7. Liturgy scripts (Catholic church) (1994-1997)
8. Radio scripts (Primary English programme) (1980s)
9. Video script (hotel launch) (1980s)

Ms Choo holds a BA (Hons) majoring in English, MA (Linguistics) and a Montessori Early Childhood Diploma (St Nicholas, UK).