Mohd Hilmi Bin Hamzah

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Dr. Mohd Hilmi Hamzah

  • Associate Professor of Phonetics, Applied Linguistics Unit, School of Languages, Civilisation & Philosophy, Universiti Utara Malaysia
  • Deputy Director, Centre for University-Industry Collaboration (Industrial Training & Talent Development), Universiti Utara Malaysia

    Room No.: 049 FKBM Building
    Phone: (604) 9285516
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Biography:

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Dr. Mohd Hilmi Hamzah is an Associate Professor at the Applied Linguistics Unit, School of Languages, Civilisation and Philosophy, Universiti Utara Malaysia. His main area of expertise lies in Phonetics and Phonology, particularly in acoustic and auditory phonetics. He is a member of the International Phonetic Association and also the Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics. To date, he has published 23 articles in Scopus-indexed journals (h-index: 5) including Journal of Phonetics (Q1 SCOPUS/SSCI/AHCI) and Journal of the International Phonetic Association (Q1 SCOPUS/Web of Science). He has presented many papers at top international conferences in phonetics including International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (2011, 2015, 2019), Speech Prosody (2012) and Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016). He has completed two research projects in pronunciation teaching and learning awarded by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM Potential Academic Staff Grant) and Universiti Utara Malaysia (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Research Grant). He is currently leading a national research work on Orang Asli languages titled ‘MyAsli: A phonological model for the integration and preservation of endangered indigenous languages in Malaysia’, funded by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia under the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS). He has graduated ten post-graduate students (four PhD students and six master’s degree students in Applied Linguistics and Teaching of English as a Second Language). He is now the main supervisor for twelve PhD students in various areas under the Applied Linguistics discipline, including language vitality, phonotactic structure, vowel production, corrective feedback, and language motivation.

Education

  • B.HSc Political Science (International Islamic University Malaysia, 2000)
  • M.HSc TESL (International Islamic University Malaysia, 2007)
  • Ph.D Phonetics (University of Melbourne, Australia, 2013)

Areas of Specilisation

  • Phonetics & Phonology
  • Second Language Speech Learning
  • Speech Science & Technology
  • Pronunciation Teaching & Learning
  • Language Documentation & Revitalisation
  • Dialectology

Selected Publications

  • Hamzah, M. H., Fletcher, J., & Hajek, J. (in press). The perception of the word-initial singleton/ geminate consonant contrast in Kelantan Malay. Phonetica.
  • Hamzah, M. H., Bakri, M. H. U. A. B. (in press). Linguistic research on the Orang Asli languages in Peninsular Malaysia. GEMA Online® Journal of Language Studies.
  • Hamzah, M. H., Fletcher, J., & Hajek, J. (2020). Non-durational acoustic correlates of word-initial consonant gemination in Kelantan Malay: The potential roles of amplitude and f0. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 50(1), 23-60.
  • Hamzah, M. H., Madbouly, A. E. S., Halim, H. A., & Abdullah, A. H. (2020). The production of the English stop voicing contrast by Arab L2 speakers of English. Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 10(2), 434-444.
  • Hamzah, M. H., Hadjah, N. A. K. B., & Abdullah, A. H. (2020). “The production of English affricates by Yemeni EFL learners of English.” Proceedings of the Asian Conference on Language 2020 (ACL 2020), Tokyo, Japan, March 30-April 1, 2020, Tokyo: The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), pp. 9-24.
  • Alghorbany, A., & Hamzah, M. H. (2020). The interplay between emotional intelligence, oral communication skills and second language speaking anxiety: A structural equation modeling approach. 3L: The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies, 26(1), 44-59.
  • Aziz, A. A., & Hamzah, M. H. (2020). Investigating the use of Computer-Assisted Language Instruction: The case of Pakistani EFL teachers. Hamdard Islamicus, 43(1), 195-215.
  • Jdetawy, L. F., & Hamzah, M. H. (2020). Linguistic etiquette: A review from a pragmatic perspective. Technium Social Sciences Journal, 14, 695-717.
  • Hamzah, M. H., Hajek, J., & Fletcher, J. (2019). The acoustics of the word-initial singleton/geminate contrast in Kelantan Malay. In Yap Ghee Thai and Jane Setter (eds.) Speech Research in a Malaysian Context (pp. 28-52). Serdang: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press.
  • Hamzah, M. H., Fletcher, J., & Hajek, J. (2019). “The secondary roles of amplitude and F0 in the perception of word-initial geminates in Kelantan Malay,” in Sasha Calhoun, Paola Escudero, Marija Tabain and Paul Warren (eds.) Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019), Melbourne, Australia, August 5-9, 2019, Canberra, Australia: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc., pp. 2753- 2757.
  • Hamzah, M. H., & Bawodood, A. M. A. (2019). “Teaching English sounds via minimal pairs: The case of Yemeni EFL learners,” in Rovena Elaine Capel and Quah Seok Hoon (eds.). Proceedings of the 9th PELLTA International English Language Teaching Conference (iELT-Con 2019), Penang, Malaysia, April 17-19, 2019, Penang: Penang English Language Learning and Teaching Association (PELLTA), pp. 169-174.
  • Shehzad, M. W., Hamzah, M. H., Alkurtehe, K. A., & Rawian, R. M. (2019). The role of self-efficacy beliefs in reading comprehension performance: A systematic review of the literature. International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 5(2), 1416-1468.
  • Hamzah, M. H., & Bawodood, A. M. A. (2019). Teaching English sounds via minimal pairs: The case of Yemeni EFL learners. Veda’s Journal of English Language and Literature, 6(3), 97-102.
  • Hamzah, M. H., Subri, M. A. M., & Shaffiee, N. S. M. (2019). Pronunciation teaching and learning among Indian learners of English: The case of labiovelar approximants /w/. Veda’s Journal of English Language and Literature, 6(4), 1-8.
  • Hamzah, M. H., & El-Weshahi, O. G. (2018). “Deaffrication process among Arab learners of English: The case of voiceless postalveolar affricates /ʧ/.” Proceedings of the 11th Language for Specific Purposes International Conference & 10th Global Advances in Business Communication Conference (LSP-GABC 2018), Johor, Malaysia, June 25-27, 2018, Johor Bahru: Language Academy, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, pp. 11-15.
  • Begum, F. U., & Hamzah, M. H. (2018). The relationship between self-efficacy on teaching reading comprehension skills among secondary school teachers in Telangana State, India. Journal of English Educators Society, 3(2), 197-204.
  • Naser, I. M. M., & Hamzah, M. H. (2018). Pronunciation and conversation challenges among Saudi EFL students. Journal of English Educators Society, 3(1), 85-104.
  • Waleed, M. S., Hamzah, M. H., & Rawian, R. M. (2018). The relationship between metacognitive strategies and self-efficacy beliefs: A review of the literature. Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 6(2), 169-187.
  • Waleed, M. S., Hamzah, M. H., & Rawian, R. M. (2018). The relationship of self-efficacy sources and metacognitive reading strategies: Mediating role of reading self-efficacy beliefs. Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 6(1), 99-120.
  • Hamzah, M. H., Ahmad, A., & Yusuf, M. H. (2017). A comparative study of pronunciation among Chinese learners of English from Malaysia and China: The case of voiceless dental fricatives and alveolar liquids. Sains Humanika, 9, 1-9.
  • Hamzah, M. H., Nashuha, N. M. M., & Abdullah, A. H. (2017). “Explicit phonetic instruction in pronunciation teaching and learning in higher education settings: The case of voiceless dental fricatives and rhotics for Chinese learners of English,” in Azlina Murad Sani (ed.). Proceedings of the International Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 2017 (ICSoTL 2017), Kedah, Malaysia, April 4-5, 2017, Sintok: School of Education and Modern Languages, pp. 130-140.
  • Hamzah, M. H., & Cheang, A. N. (2017). The perception of the OPS-English programme in Malaysia. In Jayakaran Mukundan and Isolde Hon Pei Sha (eds). ELT Matters 6: Developments in English language learning and teaching. Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia: Syarikat Perniagaan Weng Sing.
  • Begum, F. U., & Hamzah, M. H. (2017). Effect of instrinsic and extrinsic motivation on teachers in secondary schools of Telangana. Pune Research Discovery, 2(2), 1-7.
  • Begum, F. U., & Hamzah, M. H. (2017). Reading comprehension skills of elementary school students in rural area, Telangana State: A theoretical approach. Veda’s Journal of English Language and Literature, 4(1), 12-17.
  • Ghulamullah, & Hamzah, M. H. (2017). English language segmental awareness of Pakistani elementary English teachers. International Journal of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies, 4(2), 488-495.
  • Ghulamullah, & Hamzah, M. H. (2017). Intelligibility and comprehensibility issues among Pakistani speakers of English. International Journal of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies, 4(2), 506-513.
  • Hamzah, M. H., Fletcher, J., & Hajek, J. (2016). Closure duration as an acoustic correlate of the word-initial singleton/geminate consonant contrast in Kelantan Malay. Journal of Phonetics, 58, 135- 151.
  • Hamzah, M. H., Hajek, J., & Fletcher, J. (2016). “The role of closure duration in the perception of word-initial geminates in Kelantan Malay,” in Carignan, C. and Tyler, M. D. (eds). Proceedings of the 16th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST 2016), Parramatta, Australia, December 6-9, 2016, Parramatta: ASSTA, pp. 85-88.
  • Hamzah, M. H., & Asokan, T. (2016). "The effect of participation instruction on ESL students’ speaking skills and language anxiety," in Abdul Halim Abdullah (ed.). Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Higher Order Thinking Skills (ICE-HOTS 2016), Johor, Malaysia, April 11-13, 2016, Johor Bahru: Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, pp. 715-727.
  • Hamzah, M. H., Mohd Norain, N. A., & Abdullah, A. H. (2015). Pronunciation research in the Malaysian context: A systematic review. LSP International Journal, 2(1), 63-73.
  • Hamzah, M. H., Fletcher, J., & Hajek, J. (2015). "Word-initial voiceless stop geminates in Kelantan Malay: Acoustic evidence from amplitude/F0 ratios," in The Scottish Consortium for ICPhS 2015 (ed.). Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2015), Glasgow, Scotland, August 10-14, 2015, Glasgow, UK: The University of Glasgow.

Professional Awards and Achievements

  • The Highest Publication in Scopus-Indexed Articles for the Year 2019 and 2020, awarded by the Vice Chancellor of Universiti Utara Malaysia, 20 October 2020.
  • Excellent Service Award for the year 2017, awarded by Universiti Utara Malaysia in conjunction with The Innovation Day & University Awards Ceremony (HIMPU 2018), held on 23 April 2018 at Muadzam Shah Hall, Universiti Utara Malaysia