Rafizah Binti Mohd Rawian

Dr. Rafizah Mohd Rawian

  • Senior Lecturer of Applied Linguistics
  • Reference Expert for the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education’s MEA (Malaysian English Assessment)
  • University Representative in the Malaysian English Roadmap Monitoring Taskforce for Malaysian Public Universities.
  • Associate Editor-in-Chief of Malaysian Journal of Applied Linguistics (MJOAL)
  • Visiting Scholar at Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia.
  • Research Felo at Universiti Teknologi MARA Perlis
  • Coordinator of Postgraduate Program of School of Languages, Civilisation and Philosophy (2019- 2020)
  • Coordinator, Postgraduate Program, School of Languages Civilisation and Philosophy. (2019- 2020)
  • Coordinator, Research Methodology Course. School of Languages, Civilisation and Philosophy. (2020-2021)
  • Coordinator, Academic Writing Course. School of Languages, Civilisation and Philosophy. (2016- 2018)
  • CEFR (The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) Master Trainer
  • Certified Translator

Room No.: 355 SOE Building
Phone: (604) 9285543
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Biography:

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Education

  • Bed TESL (Hons) (UKM, 1994)
  • MSc Pedagogy (UPM, 2002)
  • PhD TESOL (USM, 2012)

Areas of Specialisation

  • TESL/TESOL
  • ESL/EFL Learning
  • Second Language Reading
  • Language Assessment

Selected Publications:

  1. Rafizah, R. (2021). Reading Prosody and Comprehension of Adult ESL Learners in Malaysia. TESOL International Journal, Vol 16(6.2), 56-91. ISSN 2094-3938.

  2. Suzana, A. & Rafizah, R. (2021). Using Lexical Profiling Tools to Enhance Lexical Richness. Asian EFL Journal, Vol 28 (2.2), 24-44. ISSN: 17381460

  3. NurulWahida, A., Nuraini, Y., Rafizah, R. Nuryazida, S. & Zaini, M. I. (2020). Evaluating User Experience of Using Cerdik BM Series 1 Interactive Pedagogical Tool. International Journal of Instruction, Vol 13(4). 409-426. P-ISSN: 1694-609X.

  4. NurulWahida, A., Rafizah, R., Sarimah, S. A., Mardzelah, M. & Tee. T. K. (2019). The Development of Interactive Case-based Smart Thinking and Industrial Problem Solving Stimulator to Enhance TVET Students’ Thinking Skills. Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol 14(5). 2643-2656. ISSN: 1823-4690.

  5. Waleed, M. S., Hilmi, M. H., Khaled, A. A. &, Rafizah, M. R. (2019). The Role of Self-Efficacy Beliefs in Reading Comprehension Performance: A Systematic Review of the Literature. International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, Vol 5 (2), Special Edition. 1416-1468. ISSN: 2201-1323.

  6. NorHasimah, I., Nazilah, M. & Rafizah, M. R. (2018). A New Revolution of Indie Literary Work. International Journal of Asian Social Science, 706- 711. e-issn: 2224-4441.p-ISSN: 2226-5139.

Professional Awards and Achievements

  • Excellence Service Awards (APC) – 2016 Universiti Utara Malaysia