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Faculty of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts
Faculty of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts

Associate Professor Dr Sabariah Binti Md Rashid

Associate Professor

Academic Qualifications

PhD (English Studies)
Master of Philosophy (Language Testing)
M.A. (Applied Linguistics)
B.A. (Hons) English Language Studies
Diploma in Education

Areas of Interest
Applied Linguistics
Language Testing and Evaluation
ESL Speaking and Writing
Cognitive Semantics
Translation and Interpretation (Semantic and Pragmatic Analysis)
Research

i. Principal Researcher

  • Title: Effects of Personality and Cognitive Factors on Scalar Implicature Computation among Adult Malay Learners of English
    Source of funding: Putra Grant: GP-IPS/2018/9651200
  • Title: Anxiety as a moderator of the relationship between self-efficacy and EFL writing performance of Iraqi undergraduate students
    ​Source of funding: Putra Grant: GP-IPS/2014/9528800
  • Title: The impact of cognitive approach on fostering ESL learners’ speaking ability
    Source of  funding: Putra Grant: GP-IPS/9395300

ii. Co-Reseacher

  • Title: English Language Teachers’ Conceptions and Assessment Experts’ Expectations of Language Assessment: Towards the Development of a Malaysian Language Assessment Literacy Index
    Source of funding: Putra Grant with Impact: UPM/700-2/1/GPB/2017/9550500
  • Title: The effects of self-assessment and lecturers’ Written Feedback on Tertiary Level Argumentative Performance and Learners’ Autonomy
    Source of funding: Putra Grant: GP-IPS/2014/9427200
  • Title: Development of self-assessment checklist for Malaysian tertiary level students’ report writing
    Source of funding: GP-IPM (UPM): GP-IPM/2014/9427200
  • Title: Oral Communication Skills: Test Implementation and Validation, Stakeholders’ Perceptions, Instructional Strategies, and Vocabularies
    Source of funding: RUGS, UPM
  • Title: The Manifestation of Cultural Identity via Pictorial Metaphors in Malaysian Advertisements: A Cognitive Metaphor  Approach
    Source of funding: RUGS 06- 05-08- 0595 RU/91589
  • Title: A Discourse Analysis of the features of radiotelephony context communication between air traffic controllers and pilots in the of Malaysia Aviation
    Source of funding: FBMK/0701/JB108
  • Title: The Development of the Mediated Employer-Employee Language  Profile (MELP) as a Mechanism to Benchmark English Language Needs of the Malaysian Service Sector Industry.
    Source of funding: E-Science Fund, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia /04-01-04-SF0437
  • Title: A theory of Communication Behaviour and Language Patterns in Customer Service Oriented Industry
    Source of funding: FRGS  06-04-03-052J/ 55175
  • Title: Bridging the gap between projected and actual lexical competence among ESL learners through a Corpus-Based approach
    Source of funding: FBMK/11201/JBI
  • Title: Inter-generational transmission of values across ethnic groups
    Source of funding: Ministry of Woman and Family Development

Publications

Journal Articles

a. SCOPUS /ERA/WoS Citation Indexed

  1. Hayder Kubashi, Sabariah Md Rashid, Vahid Nimehchisalem, and Helen Tan. (forthcoming, 2022). The effect of training course on the production of intonation among Iraqi EFL students. The Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers (JETT). Vol. 13 (1). ISSN: 1989-9572.
  2. Meijuan Zhao, Lay Hoon Ang, Florence Haw Ching Toh, Sabariah Md Rashid (2022). Translating narrative space in children’s fiction Bronze and Sunflower from Chinese to English. SAGE Open,
  3. Ahmed Khorsheed, Sabariah Md. Rashid, Vahid Nimehchisalem, Lee Geok Imm, Jessica Price, Camilo R. Ronderos (2022). What second language speakers can tell us about pragmatic processing. Journal Plosone, 1-12.
  4. Hayder Kubashi, Sabariah Md Rashid, Vahid Nimehchisalem, and Helen Tan. (2021).  Difficulties of Learning Intonation in Tonality, Tonicity, and Tones among Iraqi EFL Students. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, Vol. 12 (7), 13977-13989.
  5. Saeed Abdullah Alzahrani, Sabariah Md Rashid, Yong Mei Fung & Ilyana Jalaluddin. (2021). Reading comprehension difficulties: A case study on Saudi High School EFL Learners. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, [SCOPUS]
  6. Li Zhu, Lay Hoon Ang, Sabariah Md Rashid, and Nor Shahila Binti Mansor. (2021). Translation strategies of male-related traits from English online fragrance labels into Chinese: From a cultural perspective. International Journal of Academic Research in Business & Social Sciences. Vol. 11 (4), 1408-1422. [ERA]
  7. Yunchao, Zuo, Chwee Fang Ng, Sabariah Md Rashid, Florence H.C.Toh. (2021). Hopward Goldblatt’s Translation Practice & Translation Thoughts. International Journal of Academic Research in Business & Social Sciences. Vol. 11 (5), 569-578. [ERA]
  8. Hongxiang Zhu, Lay Hoon Ang, Sabariah Md Rashid, Nor Shahila Mansor (2021). Representing Chinese Malaysian Culture in the Street food through the Chinese-English translations techniques. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences., Vol.11 (4), 1395-1407. [ERA]
  9. Saeed Abdullah Alzahrani, Sabariah Md Rashid, Yong Mei Fung & Ilyana Jalaluddin. (2021). The Relationships between Vocabulary Size and Reading Comprehension: A case study on Saudi High School EFL Learners. Psychology and Education Journal, Vol. 58 (4) [SCOPUS]
  10. Guo Xiaohui, Lay Hoon Ang, Sabariah Md Rashid and Wue Hiong Ser. (2020). The translator’s voice therrought he translation of characters’ names in Bian Cheng. 3L: The Southeast Asian Journal of English Studies, Vol. 26 (3), 81-95. [SCOPUS]
  11. Jumaah, Ruaa; Md Rashid, Sabariah; Abdul Jabar, Mohd Azidan; & Ali, Afida (2020). A cognitive semantic analysis of Arabic verb of visual perception رأى (ra’a) in fiction writing. SAGE Open. [SCOPUS]
  12. Abed Shahouth Khalaf & Sabariah Md Rashid. (2020). Domestication or Foreignization: Strategies Adopted in the Amateur Subtitling of Swearwords in American Crime Drama Movies into Arabic. Dirasat, Human and Social Sciences, Vol. 47, No.2, Supplement 2, 498-514. [SCOPUS].
  13. Xiaohui Guo, Lay Hoon, Ang, Sabariah Md Rashid (2020). The Translator’s Voice through the translation of Characters’ names in Bian Cheng. 3L: The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies, 26(3), 81-95.
  14. KAP, Vasu, Yong, M.F., Nimehchisalem, V, & Md Rashid, Sabariah (2020). Self-regulated learning development in undergraduate ESL writing classrooms: Teacher feedback versus self-assessment. RELC Journal, 1-15. [SCOPUS]
  15. Ahmed Abdlateef Sabti, Sabariah Md Rashid, Vahid Nimehchisalem & Ramiza Darmi. (2019). The Impact of Writing Anxiety, Writing Achievement Motivation and Writing Self-Efficacy on Writing Performance: A Correlational Study of Iraqi Tertiary EFL Learners. SAGE Open, 1-13. [SCOPUS]
  16. Goh Ching Fen, Chan Mei Yuit, Sabariah Md Rashid & Ilyana Jalaluddin. (2019) The Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Product Information Brochure: How is Generic Structure Used to Persuade Potential Users? GEMA Online® Journal of Language Studies, Vol 19 (4). [SCOPUS]
  17. Ahmed Abdlateef Sabti, Sabariah Md Rashid & Ali Salman Hummadi (2019).  Interrelationships between Writing Anxiety Dimensions and Writing Goal Orientation among Iraqi EFL Undergraduates. International Journal of Instruction. Vol.12, No.4, 529-544. [SCOPUS]
  18. Ahmed Abdulateef Sabti, Sabariah Md Rashid and Hutheifa Yousif Turki. (2019). Code-Switching Between  Informal Iraqi Dialect and English language Among Iraqi Arab Speakers via WhatsApp Application: Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Factors.  Pertanika J. Soc. Sci. & Hum. 27 (3): 1431 - 1450 [SCOPUS]
  19. Abed, S. K., Sabariah, M. R. (2019). Pragmatic Functions of Swearwords in the Amateur Subtitling of American Crime Drama Movies into Arabic.  International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS), 15 (1), 197-131. [SCOPUS]
  20. Vahid Nimehchisalem, Seyed Ali Rezvani Kalajahi, Nur Izyan Syamimi Binti Mat Husin, Shameem Rafik-Galea, Ain Nadzimah Abdullah, Sabariah Md Rashid, Yong Mei Fung (2018). Developing a Self-Assessment Guide for Undergraduates’ Report Writing. Opcion, Ano 34, Especial No. 14, 594-634. [SCOPUS]
  21. Bandar Mohammad Saeed Al-Sobhi, Sabariah Md Rashid, & Ain Nadzimah Abdullah, (2018). Arab ESL Secondary School Students’ towards English Spelling and Writing. SAGE Open. [SCOPUS]
  22. Abdeelal N.M. & Sabariah Md Rashid. (2016). Grammar-related Semantic Losses in the Translation of the Holy Quran, with Special reference to Surah Al A’araf (The Heights). SAGE Open, [SCOPUS]
  23. A. Ali H. Al-Saidi & Sabariah Md Rashid. (2016) The illusion of untranslatability: A theoretical perspective with reference to the translation of Culture-bound euphemistic expression in the Qur’an. International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature, 5 (3), 81-90. [SCOPUS].
  24. Niveen R. M. Elshawa, Chan Swee Heng, Ain Nadzimah Abdullah & Sabariah Md Rashid. (2016). Teacher’s assessment literacy and washback effect on assessment. International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature, 5 (4), 135-141. [SCOPUS].
  25. Noureldin Mohamed Abdelal & Sabariah Md Rashid. (2015). Semantic loss in the translation of the holy Quran: The case of Surah Al-Waqiah. SAGE Open, 1-10. [SCOPUS]
  26. Letchumanan, K., Tan, B.H., Paramasivam, S., Sabariah Md Rashid & Muthusamy, P. (2015).  Incidental learning of Vocabulary through computer-based and paper-based games by secondary school ESL learners. PERTANIKA Journal of Social Science and Humanities, 23(3), 725-740. [SCOPUS]
  27. Saeed Raoofi, Swee Heng Chan, Jayakaran Mukundan & Sabariah Md Rashid. (2014). A qualitative study of writing strategies of university students. English Language Teaching, 7(11), 39-46. [Indexed in CNKIScholar; Education Resources Information Center (ERIC); Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA);Google Scholar; Index Islamicus; JournalTOCs; Linguistics Abstracts; ProQuest]
  28. Saeed Raoofi, Swee Heng Chan, Jayakaran Mukundan and Sabariah Md Rashid. (2014). Metacognition and Second/Foreign Language Learning. English Language Teaching, 7(1), 36-49. [Indexed in CNKIScholar; Education Resources Information Center (ERIC); Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA);Google Scholar; IndexIslamicus; JournalTOCs; Linguistics Abstracts; ProQuest]
  29. Sabariah Md Rashid and Nurul Nadia, M. (2013).Animal Metaphors in Malay with Semantic Derogation. PERTANIKA Journal of Social Science and Humanities, 21(S): 71-86. [SCOPUS]
  30. Sabariah Md Rashid, Pabiyah Hajimaming & Nurul Nadia Muhammad (2012). ‘Farm’ animal metaphors in Malay and Arabic figurative expressions: Implications for language learning. International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 1(7), 33-39.

b. Other Citation-Indexed Journals

  1. Saharah Musa Salman, Abdali Hamud Shihan, Sabariah Md. Rashid (forthcoming, 2022). A pragmatic analysis of implicatures in Covid-19 Coronavirus English Jokes: A Non-Gricean approach. Al-Adab Journal.
  2. Muhaida Akmal Mohamad, Sabariah Md Rashid, Yong Mei Fung, Ilyana Jalaluddin (2022). ESL Six-year old response patterns in early reading. MyJurnal.
  3. Muhammad Mokhtar Aliyu, Yong Mei Fung, Sabariah Md Rashid, & Vahid Nimehchisalem (2020). Undergraduates’ Experiences and Perceptions of a Problem-Based Learning Approach in ESL Writing Classroom. International Journal of Language and Literary Studies, 172-191.
  4. Ruaa Tala Jumaah, Sabariah Md Rashid, Mohd Azidan Abdul Jabar, Afida Mohammad Ali. (2020). The English verb see in fiction writing: A cognitive semantic analysis, Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) 11(3), 515-536.
  5. Muhammad Mokhtar Aliyu, Yong Mei Fung, Sabariah Md Rashid, & Vahid Nimehchisalem (2020). A Problem-based Learning Approach and its Effects on the Writing Performance of Nigerian Undergraduates. International Journal of Language Teaching and Education, 4(1), 23-35.
  6. Nur Sabrina Zafiran Mohd Jamil, Sabariah Md Rashid, & Zalina Mohd Kasim (2019). The OBJECT Metaphor in the Conceptualisation of Cancer in Malay Women’s Narratives, International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature IJALEL 8 (5): 131-138.
  7. Kayatri Vasu, Vahid Nimehchisalem, Yong Mei Fung, & Sabariah Md Rashid (2018). The Usefulness and Effectiveness of Argumentative Writing Self-assessment Checklist in Undergraduate Writing Classrooms. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences 8 (4), 203-219.
  8. Rashid, Sabariah Md, Nimehchisalem, V., Ngee Thai Yap,   Abdullahi, J., (2019). Cross-Language Perception of Non-native Stops and Fricatives among Malay and Hausa Native Speakers. Journal of Modern Languages and Communication, 11-26.  
  9. Kayatri Vasu, Vahid Nimehchisalem, Yong Mei Fung, & Sabariah Md Rashid (2018). The Usefulness and Effectiveness of Argumentative Writing Self-assessment Checklist in Undergraduate Writing Classrooms. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences 8 (4), 203-219.
  10. Mohammadipour, Sabariah, M. R., S. M., Rafik-Galea, S., & Yap, N. T. (2018). The Relationships between Language Learning Strategies and Positive Emotions among Malaysian ESL. International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 6(1), 86-96.
  11. Bandar Mohammad Saeed Al-Sobhi, Sabariah Md Rashid, Ain Nadzimah Abdullah, & Ramiza Darmi (2017). Arab ESL Secondary School Students’ Spelling Errors. International Journal of Education & Literacy Studies ISSN 2202-9478 Vol. 5 No. 3; April 2017, 16-23.
  12. Zubairu Malah & Sabariah Md Rashid (2017). Evaluating Lexical cohesion in Nigerian Newspaper Genres: Focus on the Editorials. International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature. Vol. 6 No. 1; January 2017, 240-256.
  13. Niveen, R. M., Ain Nadzimah Abdullah & Sabariah Md Rashid (2017). Malaysian Instructors’ Assessment Beliefs in Tertiary ESL Classrooms. International Journal of Education & Literacy Studies ISSN 2202-9478 Vol. 5 No. 2; April 2017, 22-46
  14. Hutheifa Y. Al-Duleimi, Sabariah Md Rashid & Abdullah, A. N. (2016). A Critical Review of Prominent Theories of Politeness. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 7(6), 262-270.
  15. Kamal Chaft Shaati, Zaitul Azma Zainon Hamzah, Sabariah Md Rashid & Pabiyah Hajimaming. (2016). Loss of the socio-cultural implicit meanings in the English translations of Mu’allaqat. International Journal of Foreign Language Teaching & Research, 4, (14), 11-21. ResearchBib (Academic Resource Index) (SIS)Scientific Indexing Services   I2OR (International Institute of Organized Research) ZDB (Zeitschriftendatenbank)
  16. Abed Shahooth Khalaf & Sabariah Md Rashid. (2016). Attenuating obscenity of swearwords in the amateur subtitling of English movies into Arabic. Arab World English Journal (AWEJ), 7, (1), 295-309.
  17. Rosseliiah Bokhari, Sabariah Md Rashid & Chan Swee Heng. (2015). Teachers’ perception on the implementation of the literacy, numeracy and screening (LINUS LBI 2.0) programme among lower primary ESL pupils. Malaysian Journal of ELT Research, 11(1), 108-121.[Indexed by Malaysian Citation Centre in MyCite Citation Report (2014)]
  18. Mohammad Mohammadipour & Sabariah Md Rashid. (2015).The Impact of Task-Based Instruction Program on Fostering ESL Learners’ Speaking Ability: A Cognitive Approach. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2(6),113-126.
  19. Abdali H.Shihan al-Saidi &Sabariah Md Rashid. (2015). Investigating Socio-pragmatic Failure in Cross-cultural Translation: A Theoretical Perspective. Arab World English Journal, 4, 113-126.
  20. Zubairu Malah & Sabariah Md Rashid. (2015). Contrastive Analysis of the Segmental Phonemes of English and Hausa Languages. International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, 1(2), 106-112.
  21. Swee-Heng Chan, Ain Nadzimah Abdullah, Bee-Hoon Tan, Sabariah Md Rashid, Mei-Yuit Chan, Helen Tan (2014). Designing and implementing an exit communication test to gauge oral proficiency in a university. International Journal of Education in Innovation, 2(2/3/4), 121-136.
  22. Abed Shahooth Khalaf, Sabariah Md Rashid, Muhd Fauzi Jumingan & Muhd Suki Othman. (2014). Problems in amateur subtitling of English movies into Arabic. Malaysian Journal of Languages and Linguistics, 3, 38-55. [Indexed in Linguist List, Malaysian Abstracting and Indexing System
  23. Sarah Syazana Baharuddin & Sabariah Md Rashid. (2014). English language learning anxiety and oral performance among undergraduate ESL learners. Journal of Language and Communication, 1(2), 137-153.
  24. Noli Maishara Nordin & Sabariah Md Rashid (2011). Read it right: How ESL Learners differ in their reading strategies. Journal of Language Studies, Volume 7(1). 141-157.
  25. Noli Maishara Nordin & Sabariah Md Rashid (2011). Reading strategies of English as a Second Language (ESL) High And Low Achievers. English Language Journal, 4, 49-66.
  26. Chan Swee Heng, Sabariah Md Rashid &. Rohimmi Noor (2010). Priorities of English Language Use among Final Year Undergraduates in Industrial Training. Journal of the Malaysian Modern Languages Association, Volume 6, 2010. pp. 800-813.
  27. Sabariah Md Rashid & Chan Swee Heng. (2008). Exploring the Interplay of Mode of Discourse and Proficiency Level in ESL Writing Performance: Implications for Testing. In The English Teacher (A Journal of the Malaysian English Language Teaching Association), Volume XXXVII, December 2008. pp. 105-122.
  28. Sabariah Md Rashid & Shameem Rafik-Galea. (2007). ESL Writing Variability: Writing Tasks, Gender and Proficiency Level. Indonesian JELT (Journal of English Language Teaching), Volume 3, Number 2, October 2007. pp. 227-239
  29. Sabariah Md Rashid & Media Sandra Kasih. (2006).The Minangkabau Terms of Address for Children, Teenagers and Adults: A Sociolinguistic Perspective. Jurnal Bahasa Jendela Alam, 4, 590-601.
  30. Sabariah Md Rashid & Melor Md. Yunus (2003). The Effects of Two Process Approach Writing Procedures on ESL Undergraduates’ Writing Performance, Jurnal VirTEC, 3(2), 25-32.
  31. Sabariah Md Rashid & Melor Mohd Yunus. (2003).   Writing with the Computer: A Malaysian ESL Experience, Studies in Foreign Language Education Journal, 18,113-126.

Books

  1. Rosli Talif, Chan Swee Heng, Ain Nadzimah Abdullah, Wong Bee Eng, Rohimmi Noor, & Sabariah Md Rashid. (2010). Perspectives and Defines of Workplace English in Malaysia.  Serdang, Selangor: UPM Publication.
  2. Wong Bee Eng, Chan Swee Heng, Rosli Talif, Noritah Omar, Ain Nadzimah Abdullah,  & Sabariah Md Rashid. (2006). Language and Language Use: Directions and Development of a BA English Programme.  Petaling Jaya: Prentice Hall.
  3. Rosli Talif, Shameem Rafik-Galea, Chan Swee Heng, Sabariah Md Rashid, Chan Mei Yuit, Liew Nyuk Lan, Mohd Faiz Sathi Abdullah, Mardziah Hayati Abdullah, Wong Bee Eng, Ain Nadzimah Abdullah, &. (2002). Diverse Voices 2: Selected Readings in Language. Serdang: UPM Press
  4. Sulaiman M. Yassin, Yahya Mat Hassan, Kamariah Abu Bakar & Sabariah Md Rashid (Eds).(1992). Asia Pacific Conference on Human Resource Development. Serdang: Universiti Pertanian Malaysia.

Book Chapters

  1. Sabariah Md. Rashid & Imran-Ho Abdullah. (2011). The Lexicalisation and Conceptualisation of ANGER in Malay. In Recent Research Topics in Malaysian English Language Studies, pp. 269-282. Serdang: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press.
  2. Chan Mei Yuit & Sabariah Md. Rashid. (2007). Towards the Use of Interdisciplinary Materials in Developing Science and English Literacy. In Research in Language, Literature and Communication. Volume 1. pp. 58-73. Serdang: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
  3. Rosli Talif, Wong Bee Eng, Ain Nadzimah Abdullah, Sabariah Md Rashid, Jariah Mohd Jan. (2007). Corpora Analysis: Benefits towards ESL Learners’ Vocabulary Competence.  In Theoretical and Practical Orientations in Language and Literature Studies, pp. 114-131. Pearson Longman.
  4. Sabariah Md. Rashid. (2006). English Phonetics and Phonology. In Language and Language Use, Directions and Development of a B.A English Programme
  5. Sabariah Md. Rashid & Shameem Rafik-Galea. (2005). DesigningTest Specifications for Assessing EAP Writing Skills. In Chan Swee Heng (Ed).ELT Concerns in Assessment. pp.147-167. Petaling Jaya: SASBADI-MELTA ELTSeries.
  6. Chan Mei Yuit & Sabariah Md. Rashid (2005) Developing Science and English Literacy through the Use of Interdisciplinary Materials. In A. Pandian,G. Chakravathhy, P. Kell,&S.Kaur.(Eds) Innovation and Learning in Diverse Settings. pp. 17-24. Serdang: UPMPress.
  7. Sabariah Md. Rashid & Chan Mei Yuit. (2004). “Bridging the Learning of Science and English: Considerations in the Development of Interdisciplinary Materials for Elementary Students”. In Shameem Rafik-Galea and Malachi, E. V. ELT Materials: Theory and Practice. (pp. 129-145). Petaling Jaya: SASBADI
  8. Sabariah Md. Rashid (2003). The effects of Mode of Discourse and Proficiency Level on the Malaysian ESL learners’ Writing  Performance. In  Rosli Talif, Shameem Rafik-Galea and Chan Swee Heng. Diverse Voices 2 (pp.200-211), Serdang: UPM Press.

 Proceedings      

  1. Mohammed Sani Ya’u, Sabariah Md Rashid, Afida Mohd Ali and Hardev Kaur. (2021). The semantic extensions of visual and auditory perception verbs in hausa fiction writings. Proceeding of the 10th Malaysia International Conference for Languages, Literatures and Cultures (MICOLLAC 2020).
  2. Li, W., Hoon, A. L., Sabariah, M. R. & Hazlina, A. H. (2018) The Transcreation Turn in Marketing Materials of Multinational Companies in China: A Pereliminary Analysis of Company Profiles. Proceeding of the 6th Malaysia International Conference on Foreign Language (MICFL2018).eISBN: 978-967-960-430-6
  3. Abed Shahooth Khalaf, Sabariah Md Rashid (2015). The effects of deleting swearwords on meaning conveyance in the amateur subtitling of English movies into Arabic. 
  4. Zubairu Malah and Sabariah Md Rashid.(2015). Contrastive Analysis of the Segmental Phonemes of English and Hausa Languages. In the Proceedings of the International Conference on Culture, Languages and Literature- ICCLL 20 (ICCLL). 
  5. Rosseliiah Bokhari, Sabariah Md Rashid and Chan Swee Heng. (2014). Teachers’ perception on the implementation of the literacy, numeracy and screening (LINUS LBI 2.0) programme among lower primary ESL pupils: A preliminary case study. In Proceedings of the 12th Asia TEFL and 23rd MELTA International Conference (28-30 August 2014).
  6. Nurul Nadia Muhammad and Sabariah Md Rashid. (2014). Cat Metaphors in Malay and English Proverbs.  Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 118, 335-342. [SCOPUS]
  7. Noli Maishara Nordina,, Sabariah Md Rashid, Sharifah Intan Safina Syed Zubir, Roslan Sadjirin (2013). Differences in reading strategies: How ESL learners really read, Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences 90, 468-477. [SCOPUS]
  8. Ahmed, M. Khorsheed & Sabariah Md Rashid. (2012). Effects of context on the computation of scalar implicatures by adult Malay learners of English. In Proceedings, 7th Malaysia International Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures (MICOLLAC): Research Rigour, Practicality, and Relevance in Current Contexts. (10-11 July 2012). ISBN 978-967-960-315-6.
  9. Sabariah Md Rashid & P. Hajimaming. (2012). Animal metaphors in Malay and Arabic figurative expressions: Implications for language learning. In Proceedings, International Symposium on Language and Communication: Research Trends and Challenges (ISLC). (10-13 June 2012). ISSN 978-605-86867-0-0.
  10. Egele, Angela Folahan & Sabariah Md Rashid. (2011). Washback of the Nigerian Senior Secondary School Certificate English Exam (SSCE). In Proceedings,20th MELTA International Conference of English Language Education and Global Learning: Policy, Practice, Performance.  (30 May – 1 June 2011)
  11. Sabariah Md Rashid & Zalina Mohd Kasim. (2009). Gembira: A case of the HIDDEN OBJECT and BEING IN THE AIR. In Proceedings, 6th Malaysia International Conference on Languages, Literatures, and Cultures: Universals, Distinctions and Cross-disciplinary Perspectives.  ISBN 978-963-41184-4-0.
  12. Sabariah Md Rashid & Chan Swee Heng. (2007). Exploring the Interplay of Mode of Discourse and Proficiency Level in ESL Writing Performance. In Proceedings, The 2nd Biennial International Conference for the Teaching and Learniing of English in Asia: Exploring New Frontiers.ISBN: 978-983-42061-2-Faculty of Communication and Department of Modern Languages, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
  13. Sabariah Md Rashid (2002). Validating the C-test amongst Malay ESL Learners. In Tunku Mohani Tunku Mohtar, Fatimah Haron & S. Nackeeran (Eds). Proceedings of Selected Papers of Fifth Malaysian English Language Teaching Association (MELTA) Biennial International Conference, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia (ISBN 983-40511-0-7)
  14. Sabariah Md Rashid & Melor Mohd Yunus. (2002). Overcoming Phobia in ESL Writing: Does the word processor help?  Selected Papers in Proceedings of the International Conference on The Challenge of Learning and Teaching in a Brave New World: Issues and Opportunities in Borderless Education (CD-Rom publication).

Monographs

  1. Sabariah Md. Rashid  (2000). Penilaian Kemahiran Bahasa Berdasarkan Ujian-C. In Bahasa, Sastera, dan Budaya Melayu, 4, 151-163.Faculty of Modern Languages, Universiti Putra Malaysia.

Modules

  1. Shamala Paramasivam, Sabariah Md Rashid, Shameem Rafik-Galea & Afida Mohd Ali.  (2008). Training English Module for Malaysian Air Traffic Controllers.
  2. Faiz Sathivellu Abdullah, Mardziah Hayati Abdullah, Sabariah Md. Rashid & Rohimmi Noor.  (2007).  Training of the Trainers’ Module for Malaysia Airlines Academy English Language Trainers
  3. Rosli Talif, Mardziah Hayati Abdullah, Shameem Rafiq-Galeea, Sabariah Md. Rashid & D. Lim Chong Lim. (2002).  Unit 4: Communicative Approach to Language Teaching.  In Module for GP 206 00 Foundations for TESL Methodology. Kuala Lumpur:  UNITEM.
  4. Sabariah Md. Rashid (1998). EDU 3040 Testing and Evaluation in TESL for the B.Ed. TESL Porgramme. Serdang, Selangor: Institute of Distance Education and Learning, Universiti Putra Malaysia.

Manuals

  1. Chan Swee Heng, Ain Nadzimah Abdullah, Sabariah Md Rashid, Zalina Mohd Kasim, Shamala Paramasivam, Shameem Rafik-Galea & Afida Mohd Ali.  (2009).  Test Manual: UPM - English Test for Pilots (ELTP). 

 

Professional Engagement

Invited Speaker

  1. Keynote Speaker at Universiti Malik Maulana Malang, Indonesia, Paper titled Forum on Linguistics and Literature (FOLITER) Conference “Engaging Linguistics and Literature: Perspectives and Insights beyond the Curriculum” (12/9/2015)
  2. Invited Speaker : Seminar on “Genre-based Approach in the Teaching of ESP Context” at UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, Indonesia, (22 Nov 2017)
  3. Plenary Speaker at International Seminar on Humanities “New Insights and Trends in Literature an Art across Languages and Cultures, (13 -14 November 2017)

Expert Reference

  1. Expert Reference for Test Design and Development (PPL) for Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM), December 2020.
  2. Expert reference for Development Malaysia English Assesment (MEA), Malaysia Educational Assessment (Grant, Ministry of Higher Education – RM 320, 000) (December 2017 – present)
  3. Chair, Assessor for Curriculum Review (Programme:  Bacelor Sains Pembangunan Manusia PJJ) : July 2018 – present
  4. Researcher/Consultant, Student Outcome Measurement (SOM) in Yayasan Amir Trust Schools Project, / Development of the Malaysian Bilingual Framework and Bilingual Competency Test for Malaysian Primary and Secondary level Students: LeapEd Services Sdn Bhd (Beginning May 2016)
  5. Technical Team Member, The Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) Project , UNICEF & EPRD, Ministry Of Education (Beginning March 2016)
  6. Advisory Panel Member, The ‘Tech + Talk’ Module for The National Service Training Programme 2.0 (PLKN 2.0), STARZA Corporation, Malaysia (2015-2016)
  7. Head (Expert Reference), Verification of LINTON English Test Equivalence to IELTS, LINTON University College (2014)
  8. Expert Reference, Diploma in English Studies (DES), Kolej Risda
  9. UPM-ELTP Examiners
  10. Facilitator, Workshop for Subject Syllabus, Two Year Marticulation Programme for English Subject, Malaysian Ministry of Education (2015)
  11. Facilitator, Workshop for Subject Syllabus, Incorporation of HOTS Elements in the Curriculum of  the Two Year Marticulation Programme for English Subject (30th July 2013)
  12. Test Developer, Trainer and Rater, UPM-English Language Test for Pilots (UPM -ELTP), endorsed by the Department of Civil Aviation, Malaysia (January 2008 – Present)
  13. Evaluator, Universti Sains Islam Malaysia’s (USIM) Module for Intensive English Programme (Postgraduate Study)
  14. Test Director, UPM-English Language Test for Pilots (UPM-ELTP), endorsed by the Department of Civil Aviation, Malaysia (January 2008 – December 2011)
  15. Moderator, Learning Outcomes for 2 courses: Introduction to General Linguistics & English Phonetics and Phonology, Open University Malaysia (OUM) (2009)
  16. Coordinator, DCA Project: Development, Construction and Rating of English Proficiency Test for Malaysian Air Traffic Controllers (September 2007-December 2008)

Academic Advisory Board / Board Of Studies / Assessor

  1. Auditor of Academic programmes
    - Doctoral and Master of Englsih programmes at Public Research Universities (2019 & 2021)
    - Panel, Assessor for UPM Bachelor Study Programmes Self Accreditation (May 2018 - 2021)
    - Panel, Assessor for Curriculum Review (Bachelor Programme, UPM)
  2. Universiti Putra Malaysia Auditor/Evaluation Panel, COPPA (2011-2021)
  3. External Assessor, Intensive English Language Programme (IELP, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) (2013)
  4. Evaluator, Universti Sains Islam Malaysia’s (USIM) Module for Intensive English Programme (Postgraduate Study)
  5. Board of Advisor, MARINST Maju Sdn Bhd,  (for Maritime English programmes/ courses) (2010-2011)
  6. Assessor, Introduction to General Linguistics Course; Twinning Programme (Faculty of Educational Studies & Institut Perguruan Temenggong Ibrahim, Johor Bharu)
  7.  Assessor, Introduction to General Linguistics Course; Twinning Programme (Faculty of Educational Studies & Institut Perguruan Ilmu Khas, Cheras)

Manuscript Reviewer

  1. Reviewer of various articles for publication in:

         i)  PERTANIKA Journal,

         ii)  GEMA Journal

         iii) 3L

         iii)  International Journal of Language and Literature

         iv)  Journal of Language and Communication

         v)   Jordanian Journal of Computers and Information Technology

Community Engagement

English language training (Upper Secondary School students, Selangor)