THE sudden passing of Prof Dr S. Ganakumaran (pic) on Feb 18 shocked and saddened many of us in the English language teaching fraternity. He was an icon and household name in the English language and English literature teaching community in the country. At the time, I was taking the Bachelor of Education in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) programme together with 20 other Malaysian English language teachers. Ganakumaran had written hundreds of letters, features, articles and papers on the teaching of English language and English literature. For a number of years, he had been the Malaysian English Language Teaching Association (MELTA) president, organising many conferences which provided a source of inspiration for English language teachers in the country.

Source: The Star February 28, 2021 00:50 UTC