Staff Directory
Academic Qualification
- Doctor of Philosophy - Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Sheffield
- Master of English As a Second Language - Masters Degree, Universiti Malaya (UM)
- TESL - Bachelor Degree, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Nor Zainiyah Norita Binti Mokhtar (Dr.)
Assistant Professor
IIUM Pagoh Campus
KULLIYYAH OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AND CONTEMPORARY LANGUAGES
mnzainiyah@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile
Nor Zainiyah Norita Mokhtar has been in the education field for the last 24 years and has been in service with the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) for 22 years. She completed her PhD at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. Her research interests revolve around teaching and learning strategies, linguistics (particularly Pragmatics and Semantics), Intercultural Communication from the linguistic perspective and areas pertaining to literacy issues amidst children in primary education. She is the Coordinator for the High Immersive Programmes under the Flagship of National Education Philosophy, IIUM which involves a collaboration of programmes with schools in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore and Brunei in the near future. Another involvement is with the River of Life Flagship in IIUM. This flagship caters towards the conservation and river care in Malaysia. She is also actively involved in designing a course pertaining to sustainable development and has participated in developing the course modules and training of the trainers. Her tenure as a visiting professor at the University of Brawijaya, Indonesia, has recently ended where she was lecturing on TPACK as a teaching strategy in language learning.
She started her fellowship in COIL programme organized by the Barzinji Project under the Shenandoah University, Virginia, USA in 2021. She has collaborated in projects with both local and international universities as well as schools. Currently, she is in the midst of developing her third project in collaboration with the Shenandoah University, USA.
Area of Specialisation
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Education ~ Other Education n.e.c.
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Advancement of Social Sciences Knowledge ~ Social Measurements and Modelling - Intercultural Education and Linguistics (Pragmatics & Semantics)
Teaching Responsibilities
BASIC RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 2012/2013 |
COMMUNICATION SKILLS | 2011/2012 |
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC WRITING | 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC WRITING (EAW) | 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 |
ENGLISH LANGUAGE II | 2009/2010 |
ENGLISH LANGUAGE III | 2009/2010 |
ENGLISH LANGUAGE IV | 2011/2012 2009/2010 2008/2009 |
ENGLISH LANGUAGE V | 2010/2011 2008/2009 |
ENGLISH LANGUAGE VI | 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 |
ESP TEACHING METHODS | 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 |
FINAL YEAR PROJECT | 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 |
GRAMMAR & WRITING | 2008/2009 |
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS | 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNICATION | 2017/2018 2016/2017 |
INTERNSHIP | 2023/2024 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 |
INTERNSHIP 1 | 2016/2017 2015/2016 |
INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION | 2023/2024 |
INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT | 2012/2013 |
KAEDAH PENYELIDIKAN | 2017/2018 |
LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY | 2022/2023 |
LANGUAGE FOR INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
LANGUAGE FOR OCCUPATIONAL PURPOSES-ENGIN | 2010/2011 |
LANGUAGE FOR OCCUPATIONAL PURPOSES-ENM | 2011/2012 |
LISTENING & SPEAKING | 2008/2009 |
PUBLIC SPEAKING | 2012/2013 |
READING | 2008/2009 |
READING SKILLS | 2012/2013 |
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 2023/2024 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 |
SEMANTICS | 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ISSUES, POLICIES AND PRACTICES | 2020/2021 |
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ISSUES, PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES | 2021/2022 |
TESP METHODOLOGY | 2016/2017 |
THESIS WRITING | 2015/2016 |
WRITING SKILLS | 2012/2013 |
Supervision
Natural Learning And Sub-Strategic Skills In Creating Language In-Use For The Job Interview.
Ph.D
In Progress
Main Supervisor
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Translanguaging: Strategies Used By Translators In English As An Additional Language Classroom.
Master
Completed
2021
Main Supervisor
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Research Projects
Completed
2020 - 2023 | BAHASA MELAYU LITERACY DEVELOPMENT MODEL FOR ABORIGINAL STUDENTS IN KAMPUNG BHARU, LENGA MUAR JOHOR: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS |
2019 - 2022 | Islamic Social Finance Framework for B40 in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 1. |
2016 - 2023 | Reconceptualization Framework Through Gamification of Cohesiveness in Arabic Academic Writing Among IIUM Students |
2015 - 2021 | Profiling Second Language Learners' Anxiety in Learning the English Language for Communication : A Nationwide Study of Rural Secondary Schools' Students in Malaysia. |
On-Going
2016 - Present | A Framework for the Application of Cultural Intelligence's Skills in the Teaching and Learning Among Academics at Malaysian Higher Education Institution |
2016 - Present | Exploring Student Leaders' Cultural Intelligence in Higher Education Institutions Towards Authentic Leadership |
2009 - Present | Teachers' Perceptions and Attitudes in Using Learning Management System (LMS) in the English for Academic Purpose (EAP) Classrooms |
Award & Recognition
01 Aug, 2023 | Funding for Sabbatical Leave - Barzinji Project and Shenandoah University, USA | International |
11 Jul, 2022 | BEST EDUCATOR AWARD - KULLIYYAH LANGUAGES AND MANAGEMENT | KCDIO |
02 Sep, 2015 | AWARD 15 YEARS OF SERVICE IN IIUM - International Islamic University Malaysia | National |
Publications
Article
2023 | Analisis Kesalahan Tatabahasa Dalam Kalangan Murid Orang Asli Jakun Lenga, Muar Johor. 20231Analisis Kesalahan Tatabahasa Dalam Kalangan Murid Orang Asli Jakun Lenga, Muar Johor, () pp. 1-11 |
2023 | Focus group discussion on students’ perception of gamification in learning cohesion in Arabic. LSP International Journal, 10 (2) pp. 91-97 |
2023 | POLITENESS IN MARITAL RELATIONSHIP DEPICTED FROM HOLY QUR’AN: PRAGMATIC STUDY AND CULTURAL INTELLIGENT PERSPECTIVE. QURANICA- International Journal of Quranic Research, Vol. 15 (No. 2 (2023)) pp. 58-77 |
2022 | Islamic social finance and sustainable development goals: issues and challenges. Journal of Islamic Finance, 11 (2) pp. 56-67 |
2021 | Mendepani Cabaran Literasi Pembelajaran Bahasa Melayu Dalam Kalangan Murid Orang Asli Jakun Lenga, Johor: Satu Tinjauan Awal. Asian Journal of Civilizational Studies, 3 (3) pp. 83-102 |
2021 | ملامح التداولية في النصوص العربية: مقامات الزمخشري أنموذجًا. دراسات في السردانية العربية, 2 (1) pp. 1-29 |
Conference or Workshop Item
2024 | ENCAPSULATING PERCEIVED INCLUSION (SDG 10: REDUCED INEQUALITIES) IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A CLASS PROJECT BY STUDENTS FROM SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY USA AND INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA. In: INTED2024 18th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference, |
2023 | Analisis Kesalahan Tatabahasa Dalam Kalangan Murid Orang Asli Jakun. In: 5th ICLET 2023 The International Conference of Languages, Education and Tourism 2023, |
2023 | Komponen kepintaran budaya dan kesantunan berbahasa pelajar IIUM dan TUFS, Jepun dalam kelas pembelajaran kolaborasi bahasa secara atas talian. In: International Conference on Language, Education and Tourism 2023, |
2023 | التداولية في الاتصال بين الثقافات: العبارات العربية أنموذجاً = Pragmatics in intercultural communication: Arabic phrases as a model. In: 5th International Conference of Languages, Education and Tourism 2023 (ICLET 2023), |
2022 | IVEC 2022 CULTURAL "OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES" ASIA & OCEANIA. In: International Virtual Exchange Conference 2022, |
2022 | Roundtable | Implementing COIL Virtual Exchange in the Classroom. In: Roundtable | Implementing COIL Virtual Exchange in the Classroom, |
2021 | 3rd WEBINAR ON EDUCATIONAL LINGUISTICS Politeness: A Cultural Intelligence Perspective on Global Practices. In: 3rd Webinar on Educational Linguistics (Politeness: A Cultural Intelligence Perspectives on Global Practice, |
2021 | CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN INTERGRATING TPACK IN THE CLASSROOM. In: PENGUATAN STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA INDONESIA DLM KERANGKA TPACK (TECHNOLOGICAL PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE) SEBAGAI UPAYA OPTIMALISASI KOMPETENSI CALON PENGAJAR DALAM MENYONGSONG PEMBELAJARAN ABAD 21 PRODI PENDIDIKAN BAHASA DAN SASTRA INDONESIA, |
2021 | EFFECTIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES IN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM (INTERGRATING TPACK). In: PENGUATAN STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA INDONESIA DALAM KERANGKA TPACK (TECHNOLOGICAL PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE) SEBAGAI UPAYA OPTIMALISASI KOMPETENSI CALON PENGAJAR DALAM MENYONGSONG PEMBELAJARAN ABAD 21 PRODI PENDIDIKAN BAHASA DAN SASTRA INDONESIA, |
2021 | LEARNING STRATEGIES IN LANGUAGE TEACHING (Intergrating TPACK). In: PENGUATAN STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA DALAM KERANGKA TPACK (TECHNOLOGICAL PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE) SEBAGAI UPAYA OPTIMALISASI KEMPETENSI CALON PENGAJAR DLM MENYONGSONG PEMBELAJARAN ABAD 21 PRODI PENDIDIKAN BAHASA DAN SASTRA INDONESIA, |
2021 | Mendepani cabaran literasi pembelajaran Bahasa Melayu dalam kalangan murid orang asli jakun Lenga, Johor: satu tinjauan awal. In: 4th International Conference of Languages, Education and Tourism (ICLET) 2021, |
2019 | Advance qualitative research methodology workshop for centre of teaching and learning. In: Advance Qualitative Research Methodology Workshop, |
2019 | Basic qualitative research methodology workshop. In: Basic Qualitative Research Methodology Workshop, |
2019 | Relationship between strategies and maxims combination pattern with Malay politeness in radio talk show. In: First International Conference on Advances in Education, Humanities, and Language (ICEL), |
2017 | Power distance among leaders in tourism. In: The IRES - 238th International conferences on Economics and Social Sciences (ICESS), |
2013 | Malay students' politeness strategies. In: The Third International Conference on Foreign Language Learning and Teaching - FLLT2013, |
Book
Book Section
2020 | Focus group discussion and interview: some basic guidelines. In: Perbadanan Kota Buku, ISBN: , pp. 103-112 |
2017 | A society undeciphered. In: Singapore International Press, ISBN: 9789811126543, pp. 11-29 |