Norma Binti Saad

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Norma Binti Saad

  • Senior Lecturer of Applied Linguistics

Room No.: 052 FKBM Building

Phone: (604) 9285519

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Biography:

Norma Saad is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the School of Languages, Civilisation and Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia. She obtained her MA in Applied Linguistics from Durham University, UK and her PhD in Applied Linguistics from Universiti Utara Malaysia. She has taught English courses at higher education for almost 30 years. Her research interests are pragmatics particularly studies on Speech Acts and Linguistic Politeness.

Education

PHD in Applied Linguistics (UUM, 2016)

Master of Arts (Durham University, 1991)

BA English Studies (UKM, 1986)

Areas of Specialisation

  • Speech Acts
  • Linguistic Politeness

Publications

Arkan Abdulhasan Nasar, Norma Saad & Nur Rasyidah Mohd Nordin. (2020). Wallah, I’d Love to Attend but I Swear I Cannot”: The Case of Invitation Refusal in Iraqi Arabic Dialect. International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change (12), 532 – 550.

Arkan Abdulhasan Nassar, Norma Saad, Nur Rasyidah Mohd Nordin.(2020). “A friend in need is a friend indeed”: The case of refusing a friend’s invitation in Iraqi Arabic dialect. International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology (29) 6 No. 6, 659-67.

Saad, N., Bidin, S. J., & Shabdin, A. A. (2019). Refusal and Politeness Strategies of Malay Speakers of English As A Second Language. Indonesian Journal of Cultural and Community Development, 3, 6-17. https://doi.org/10.21070/ijccd.v2i2.55

Norma Saad, Siti Jamilah Bidin & Ahmad Affendi Shabdin. (2018). Refusal strategies of Malay speakers of English and native speakers of English in International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling (10), 103-116.

Norma Saad, Siti Jamilah Bidin & Ahmad Affendi Shabdin. (2017). Sequence order and types of refusal strategies employed by Malay ESL students to refuse a request in Ina Suryani & Faharol Zubir (Eds.). International languages and Knowledge, integrated practices in language and learning: Unity through diversity. UniMAP Publication.