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

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Professor Dr Rogayah Bt A Razak

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Academic Qualifications

PhD Linguistics
Master of Arts (Teaching English as Second Language)
BSc English Literature Education

Areas of Interest
Psycholinguistics
Clinical Linguistics – language analysis involving individuals with communication disorders.
Multilingualism
Comprehension & Production of Grammar
Syntax
Morphology
Teaching/learning of language among multilingual learners
Development of language assessment tools
Research

INTERNATIONAL GRANTS

  1. Promoting global health in a linguistically diverse population: connecting health professionals, education, and society. PI (Maria Garraffa, Univ. East Anglia, UK). Catalyst Grant UK-Malaysia-ASEAN +3 Partnership Initiative: Catalyst Grants for Enhancing Graduate Employability. 2022-2024.
    £ 44,904.50. Co-researcher.
  2. Early identification and intervention of children with speech and language disorders in South East Asia Region: Developing capabilities, partnerships and research”. Global Challenge Research Grant. Academy of Medical Sciences, UK. 2020-2021. Principal Investigator. RM112,000.
  3. Developing Cross-linguistic lexical tasks for Malay children. CeLM pump priming fund, Univ of Reading, UK. Collaboration between University of Reading, UK, UPM & UKM. Co-researcher. 2014-2015.
  4. British Council’s Prime Minister Initiative 2 Connect (Project Code RC 147). 'Researching Syntactic Development for Malay and Chinese Children in Malaysia & Constructing Syntactic Assessment Tools for Speech & Language Therapy'. NN-013-2009. De Montfort University, Leicester (DMU) & Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). 2008-2010. Co-project leader / Project leader for UKM research team. RM256,651.01.
  5. Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award. The development of a prototype of a Malay language preschool assessment test. US State Department, US. Feb. – June 2006. Sole researcher. RM32,000.

NATIONAL GRANTS

  1. Classification of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) from Healthy Cognitive Aging (HCA) using multi-modal approach combining language task, eye-tracking, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and structural MRI. Dept. of Diagnostic Imaging, Faculty of Health Science, UKM. RM103,500. 2021-2023.CO-RESEARCHER.
  2. A Cloud-based Scheme with Energy-Efficient RNS Homomorphic Encryption for Secured Deep CNN Classification of Dyslexia Neural-Biomarkers. FRGS/1/2021/ICT07/UKM/02/1. FACULTY OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, UKM. Rm135,800. CO-RESEARCHER.2021-2024.
  3. Mainstream School Readiness for Hearing-Impaired Children With Cochlear Implants. Cila Umat (PI). GUP. 2016-2018. Institute HEARS. Research University Grant. Co-researcher. 2016-2018.
  4. Phonological Awareness and Global Visual-Spatial Ability among Malay Speaking Children with Specific Learning Disorder. FRGS/1/2015/SS05/UKM/02/2. Co-Researcher. 2/11/2015-1/11/2017. Fundamental Research Grant Scheme, Ministry of Higher Studies Malaysia. Co-researcher. RM70,000. 2015-2017.

 

Publications

Note: *= corresponding author

JOURNAL ARTICLES (WoS)

  • Aslam Norhan, Fatimah Hani Hassan, Rogayah A Razak, Mohd Azmarul A Aziz. (2023). Sentence Production in Bilingual and Multilingual Aphasia: A Scoping Review. Languages 2023, Volume 8, Issue 1, 72-90. WoS (ESCI) /Scopus (Q2 Language & Linguistics).
  • Abu Bakar N, Smith G, Razak RA and Garraffa M (2022) The comprehension and production of Wh- questions among Malay children with developmental language disorders: Climbing the syntactic tree. Front. Psychol. 13:948992. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.948992. WOS. Q1. IF: 4.232.
  • S Farah Najihah Binti Mohamad Ismail, Shin Ying Chu, Kok Beng Gan, Hye-Ran Park, Jaehoon Lee, Steven M Barlow, Rogayah A. Razak. (2021). Speech performance among healthy Malay female speakers during dual tasks & sentence complexity. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica/ International Journal of Phoniatrics, Speech Therapy and Communication Pathology. DOI:  10.1159/000517759. WOS. IF: 0.510. Q1 (Language & Linguistics).
  • Susheel Joginder Singh, Fatin Nur Syakirah Mohd Azman, Shobha Sharma, Rogayah Abdul  Razak. (2021).  Malaysian Parents’ Perception of How Screen Time Affects their Children’s Language. Journal of Children and Media (RCHM). DOI: 10.1080/17482798.2021.1938620. WOS. Q1 (Cultural Studies).  IF: 1.249.
  • Cho Kai Shuo, Rogayah A Razak*, Norsofiah Abu Bakar. (2021). Preliminary Findings on a Newly Developed Malaysian Multilingual Sentence Repetition Task for Multilingual Chinese Children in Malaysia. IIUM Medical Journal of Malaysia. 20(3), 93-100. WOS. Q4. IF. 0.14. https://doi.org/10.31436/imjm.v20i3.1704
  • Rahman, M.M.; Usman, O.L.; Muniyandi, R.C.; Sahran, S.; Mohamed, S.; Razak, R.A. A Review of Machine Learning Methods of Feature Selection and Classification for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Brain Sci. 2020, 10, 949. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10120949. WOS. Q2 IF 3.332.
  • A.Aziz, M.A., A Razak, R*., Hassan, M., Garraffa, M. (2020). Syntactic abilities in Malay adult speakers with aphasia: a study on passive sentences and argument structures. 34(7), 886-904. Aphasiology. link: https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2020.1742283 . WOS Q1. IF: 1.702
  • Magdalena Łuniewska, Zofia Wodniecka, Carol A. Miller, Filip Smolík, Morna Butcher, Vasiliki Chondrogianni, Edith Kouba Hreich, Camille Messarra, Rogayah A Razak, Jeanine Treffers-Daller, Ngee Thai Yap, Layal Abboud, Ali Talebi, Maribel Gureghian, Laurice Tuller, Ewa Haman. (2019). Age of acquisition of 299 words in seven languages: American English, Czech, Gaelic, Lebanese Arabic, Malay, Persian and Western Armenian. PLoS One. 14 (8). E0220611. p1-14 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220611.    WOS Q1 IF 2.776
  • Asifa Majid, Seán G Roberts, Ludy Cilissen, Karen Emmorey, Brenda Nicodemus, Lucinda O'Grady Bencie Woll, Barbara LeLan, Hilário de Sousa Brian L. Cansler, Shakila Shayan, Connie de Vos, Gunter Senft, Nicholas J. Enfield, Rogayah A. Razak, Sebastian Fedden, Sylvia Tufvesson (Mark Dingemanse, Özge Öztürk, Penelope Brown, Clair Hill, Olivier Le Guen, Vincent Hirtzel, Rik van Gijn, Mark A. Sicoli, Stephen C. Levinson. (2018). The differential coding of perception in the world’s languages. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (pnas) 115 (45) :11369-11376. WOS Q1. IF 9.58. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1720419115
  • Marniza and Maamor, Nashrah. 2008. The Malay Hearing in Noise Test. International Journal of Audiology, 47:6, 379-380. WOS. Q1.
  • A Aziz M and A Razak R (2015). Semantic Feature Analysis (SFA) in the Treatment of Naming Deficits: Evidence from a Malay Speaker with Non-Fluent Aphasia. Front. Psychol. Conference Abstract: Academy of Aphasia 53rd Annual Meeting. doi: 10.3389/conf.fpsyg.2015.65.00052. Frontiers | Semantic Feature Analysis (SFA) in the Treatment of Naming Deficits: Evidence from a Malay Speaker with Non-Fluent Aphasia (frontiersin.org)

JOURNAL ARTICLES (SCOPUS)

  • Linhong Hu, Rogayah A Razak, Zhongwen Tan. (2022). A narrative review of deep learning teaching model in high school EFL reading comprehension teaching design in China. Journal of Positive School Psychology. 6 (9): 413-428. http://journalppw.com
  • Rawal, A.R. & A Razak, R.  (2022) Student retention models in online higher education -A narrative review of models from past two decades.  Journal of Positive School Psychology http://journalppw.com. 6 (4), 6734 – 6743.
  • Hamim, Z.H., A Razak, R*., & Hamid, B. (2021). The morphosyntactic abilities of bilingual Malay preschool children based on the Malay and English Sentence Repetition Tasks. Pertanika Journal of Social Science & Humanities. 29(1), 71-90. Scopus & WOS ESCI. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.29.1.04
  • Nanthanat Uttarphan, Rogayah A Razak*, Cila Umat & Normah Che Din, Siti Zamratol-Mai Sara Mukari, Siti Sabzah Mohd Hashim, Tengku Mohamed Izam Tengku Kamalden, Zulkiflee Salahudin. (2020). School Readiness, Cognitive and Language Abilities of Six 6-Year-Old Malay Children with Cochlear Implants: A Case Study. Pertanika Journal of Social Science & Humanities. (2020). 28(3), 1717-1741. Scopus/ESCI WOS.  
  • A.Aziz, M.A., A Razak, R*., Garraffa, M. (2020). Targeting complex orthography in the treatment of bilingual dysgraphia: a case of a Malay/English speaker with conduction aphasia. Behav. Sci. Behav. Sci. 10, 109; doi:10.3390/bs10070109. Scopus.  IF 1.368.
  • Abeer Altaher, Chu Shin Ying, Rahayu M. Kamal, Rogayah A Razak. (2019). A report on assessment tools for individuals with Dysarthria. The Open Public Health Journal.  1874-9445/19. 384-386. Scopus.
  • Nurul Anis Yuzaidey, Normah Che Din, Mahadir Ahmad, Norhayati Ibrahim, Rogayah A Razak, Dzalani Harun. (2018). Intervention for children with dyslexia: A review on current intervention methods. Medical Journal of Malaysia. 73 (5). 311-320. Scopus.
  • Rogayah A Razak*, Amelia Inbam Neelagandan, Norlenawati Md Yusuf, Lim Hui Woan, Kartini Ahmad. (2018). Validation of the Malay Preschool Language Assessment Tool (MPLAT): The Screening and Diagnostic Versions. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine 2018, Special Volume (1): 191-115. Scopus.
  • Agnes Chong Shu Sze, Normah Che Din, Mahathir Ahmad, Norhayati Ibrahim, Rogayah A Razak, Pheh Kai Shuen. (2018). Phonological awareness & Global spatial ability among Malay speaking children with specific learning disorder. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, Special Volume (1): 115-124. Scopus.
  • Sze, C.S., Che Din, N., Ibrahim, N., Ahmad, M., A Razak, R., & Pheh, K.S. (2018). A review on phonological awareness and visual-spatial ability among children with dyslexia. Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia. 16. Special Issue, Faculty of Health Sciences Silver Jubilee. 16. 2. Indexed.
  • Ayasreh, A. & A Razak, R*. (2017). Effects of phonological and semantic cues on word learning among Jordanian children with SLI.  Medical Journal of Malaysia. 72, 21,-21. S2. Scopus.
  • A.Aziz, M.A. & A Razak, R*. (2017). Treatment of single word writing for a Malay patient with acquired dysgraphia following stroke: A single case experimental study. Medical Journal of Malaysia. 72. 20-20. S2. Scopus.
  • Kartini Wahab, Rogayah A Razak & Fazal Mohamed Mohamed Sultan. (2016). The verb phrase construction in Malay: A Minimalist Program approach. Pertanika – Journal of Humanities & Social Science. 24(S): 23-34. WOS Q4.
  • Norsofiah Abu Bakar, Rogayah A Razak*, Lim Hui Woan. (2016). Pemerolehan klausa relatif dalam kalangan kanak-kanak Melayu: Satu kajian awal [The acquisition of relative clauses among Malay children]. Gema Online Journal of Language Studies. 16(3): 145-165. Scopus.
  • A.Aziz, M., Abd Aziz, A., A Razak, R., Abd Hamid , B. (2013). Word retrieval deficits in Malay-speaking Adults with Non-Fluent Aphasia.  Procedia- Social & Behavioral Science. 94. 69-70.  www.sciencedirect.com. Scopus.

JOURNALS (INDEXED)

  • Yap, N.T., A Razak, R. Haman, E., Luniewska, M. & Treffers-Daller, J. (2017). ‘Construction of the Malay Cross-linguistic Lexical Task: A Preliminary Report'. Language Studies Working Papers from DELAL (Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics), ISSN: 2040-3461.  University of Reading. UK. Indexed.
  • Rogayah A. Razak*. (2016). Ulasan buku ‘Perkaitan sintaksis-semantik kata kerja dengan preposisi bahasa Melayu [A commentary on the book ‘The syntax-semantics ssociation of verbs and preposition in Malay sentences]. Jurnal Bahasa [Language Journal]. 16(1): 181-190. Indexed.
  • Manisah Mohd Ali, Rosadah Abd Majid, Norshidah Mohd Salleh, Rogayah A Razak. (2014). Lecturer’s readiness and knowledge on the support system for students with special needs in higher education institution. Asia Pacific Journal of Intellectual Disabilities. 1 (2). Pp. 53-61.

JOURNALS (NON-INDEXED)

  • Elaine Khoong, Chu Shin Ying, Farah Najihah Mohamed Ismail, Abeer Altaher, Rogayah A Razak. (2019). Speech-language pathology in Malaysia: Perspectives & Challenges. Viewpoint. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. V4. 1162-1166. American Speech-Language Hearing Association. 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  • Pheh, K.S., Indira, M., Normah, C.D., Sharanjeet, K., Rogayah, A. R., Zainora, M., Faudziah, A. M.,     Rokiah, O., Haliza, A. M., Arijit, C., Siti-Zamratol, M., Lim, H.W., Mohd-Azmarul, A. A., Manisah, A., Sariah, A. (2012). Construct Validity and Normative Data of Malay Reading Ability     Test: A Preliminary Study.  International Proceedings of the 3rd Learners Diversity Conference .  Bangi: Penerbit UKM. ISBN:978-983-2267-43-0
  • Azmarul A. Aziz, Mursyida Hassan & Rogayah A Razak. (2008). ‘Syntactic difficulties in sentence     comprehension of Malay Speakers with Aphasia’. National Health Sciences Conference Proceedings 7. pgs 115-121.  Allied Health Sciences Faculty., UKM: Kuala Lumpur.
  • Rogayah A Razak*, Norizan Rajak, Su’ad Awab, Salina Jaafar & Ummul Khair Ahmad. (2007). Corresponding grammatical analysis of parallel text English-Malay in a machine-aided translation software. International Translation Conference Proceedings 2007. Enriching the Repository of Knowledge in Malay. 111-122. Organized by  the National Institute of  Translation and Book Publication, Association of Translators Malaysia, Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka, &  Akademi Pengajian Melayu Universiti Malaya.
  • Marhaban, J. & A Razak, R*. (2002). ‘Pemahaman makna tak-literal dan strategi pemaknaan di     kalangan kanak-kanak Melayu tahap satu sekolah rendah’ [Comprehension of Non-Literal Meaning & Semantic Strategies among Malay Children in the Level 1 Primary Schools]. National Health Sciences Conference Proceedings 4. 4. pgs 115-121.  Allied Health Sciences Faculty., UKM: Kuala Lumpur.
  • Mazalan, F. & A Razak, R*. (2002). ‘Keupayaan sintaksis kanak-kanak Melayu berumur 2 tahun’ [Syntactic Abilities of 2 year old Malay Children]. pgs 112-117.  National Health Sciences Conference Proceedings 4. 4. pg 115-121.  Allied Health Sciences Faculty, UKM: Kuala Lumpur.

BOOK

  • Normah Che Din, Mahadir Ahmad & Rogayah A Razak (Ed). (2022) Pengurusan Klinikal Kanak-Kanak Disleksia [Clinical Management of Children with Dyslexia]. Penerbit UKM: Bangi, Selangor.
  • Norsofiah Abu Bakar & Rogayah A Razak. Kemahiran Sintaksis Kanak-Kanak dengan Kecelaruan Perkembangan Bahasa (in press). Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka: Kuala Lumpur.
  • Rogayah A Razak* & Radiah Md Yusoff (ed). (2018).  Teori Sintaksis Melayu  [Theory of  Malay Syntax.] Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka: Kuala Lumpur.
  • Rogayah A.Razak* & Nor Faridah Abd Manaf (eds). (2013). Memoirs of Tan Sri Ani Arope. Fulbright Alumni Association of Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur.

CHAPTER IN BOOK

  • Rogayah A Razak, Normah Che Din & Chong Szu Sze. (2022). Intervensi Kemahiran Literasi Dalam Kalangan Kanak-Kanak Disleksia dlm Normah Che Din, Mahadir Ahmad & Rogayah A Razak (Ed). Pengurusan Klinikal Kanak-Kanak Disleksia. Penerbit UKM: Bangi, Selangor.
  • Rogayah A Razak. (2022). From Kg Musai via Bloomington Indiana to WSU Spokane: Fulbrighter for Life in Khairul Anwar Mastor & Kartini Aboo Talib @ Khalid (ed). Bridging Cultures: Reflections of UKM Fulbright Scholars’ Experience. UKM Publisher: Bangi, Selangor.
  • Rogayah A Razak, Loke Xing Lin & Mohd Azmarul A.Aziz. (2021). Oral language skills and Literacy skills of Malay children with Dyslexia in Sandro Misciagna (ed). Learning Disabilities.  IntechOpen. Oral Language Skills and Literacy Skills of Malay Children with Dyslexia | IntechOpen DOI:10.5772/intechopen.99787. WoS.
  • Rogayah A Razak*, Lixian Jin, Lim Hui Woan, Mohd Azmarul A Aziz. (2016). Profiling Malay Children’s Syntactic Development: a Malay-LARSP. In Ball, M., Crystal, D. & Fletcher,P. (eds). Profiling Grammar: More Languages of LARSP. Multilingual Matters: Bristol, UK.
  • Jin, L., A Razak, R., Wright, J., Song, J. (2014). Issues in Developing Grammatical Assessment Tools in Chinese and Malay for Speech and Language Therapy. In South and Southeast Asian Psycholinguistics. Winskel, H. &  Padakannaya (Eds).  145-158. Cambridge University Press: London.
  •  Rogayah A Razak*. (2014). Pengenalan kepada Linguistik Klinikal [Introduction to Clinical Linguistics] in Mohamed Fazeli Jaafar (Ed.), Pengenalan Linguistik: Teori & Aplikasi [Introduction to Linguistics: Theoretical and Applied].  Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka: Kuala Lumpur.
  • A. Razak, R*. (2014). Studies on the acquisition of morphology and syntax among Malay children in Malaysia: Issues, Challenges and Needs. In South and Southeast Asian Psycholinguistics.  Winskel, H. & Padakannaya (Eds). 133-144. Cambridge University Press:  London.
  • Jin, L., Oh, B.L. & A Razak, R. (2012).’ Developing A Chinese LARSP’ in Martin J. Ball, David Crystal & Paul Fletcher (eds). Assessing Grammar: The Languages of LARSP. Multilingual Matters: UK.

Professional Engagements

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

  1. Event: Seminar Linguistik Kebangsaan (SiLK) 2022
    Theme: Perkembangan Bahasa Kanak-kanak Tipikal dan Tak Tipikal di Malaysia
    Date: 21-22 Sep 2022
    Organizer: Persatuan Linguistik Malaysia (PLM, DBP & UKM)
  2. Event: 21st International Symposium of Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition
    Theme: Child Language Acquisition Research in Malaysia: The Way Forward
    Date: 14 -16 Sep 2022
    Organizer: Centre of Child Bilingualism, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
  3. Event: Postgraduate Symposium School of Languages & Linguistics 2021
    Theme: Language & Cognition: Studies on Malay Children and Adults with language impairment
    Date: 21 Sep 2021
    Organizer: School of Languages & Linguistics, Faculty of Social Science & Humanities, UKM
  4. Event: International Seminar
    Theme: Developing assessment tools to assess language impairment in Children
    Date: 6 May 2018
    Organizer: Health Polytechnic, Surakarta, Central Jawa, Indonesia

INVITED SPEAKER

  1. Event: Johor Autism Summit 2023
    Theme/Topic: Preschool Language Assessment Tool (MPLAT) & its Use Among Children at risk of Language Delay
    Date: 10 -12 Mar 2023
    Organizer: Persatuan Kanak-Kanak Autisme Johor
  2. Event: International Work Life Balance Forum (IWLBF) 2023 (Webinar)
    Theme/Topic: Work-Life Balance among female academics
    Date: 15 Mar 2023
    Organizer: MARA Excellent Venture Sdn Bhd
  3. Event: The International Happiness Day (Webinar: Embracing Happiness)
    Theme/Topic: Language of Happiness
    Date: 20 Mar 2023
    Organizer: Center of Mental Health & Wellbeing, UCSI University
  4. Event: Webinar on Raising and Schooling Bilingual Children
    Theme/Topic: Child Bilingualism in Malaysia and its Influencing Factors
    Date: 19 Oct 2023
    Organizer: Centre for Research in Child Development, NTU/NIE, Singapore
  5. Event: The future of psycholinguistic research in Malaysia
    Theme/Topic: Webinar
    Date: 8th March 2022
    Organizer: Academy of Language Studies, Universiti iTeknologi Malaysia
  6. Event: Tips for Successful Application of the Fulbright Scholar Program
    Theme/Topic: Tips and Strategy in Preparing for the Fulbright Application and Interview
    Date: Monday 18th Oct 2021
    Organizer: iCaRehab, Faculty of Health Science, UKM
  7. Event: Meeting challenges in writing in international journals among psychologists in Indonesia
    Theme/Topic: Webinar. ‘Publishing in impact Journals: Challenges & Strategies’.
    Date: 5th August 2021. 9am
    Organizer: Dept of Psychology, Muhammadiyah Universiti Bandung, Indonesia
  8. Event: Child language disorders & multilingualism 2021
    Theme/Topic: Webinar ‘Sentence Repetition task & language abilities of multilingual children in Malaysia’
    Date: 30th July 2021
    Organizer: Malaysia  Association of Applied Linguistics
  9. Event: Child Bilingualism Centre Lecture Series, 
    Theme/Topic: Webinar. ‘The Morphosyntactic Abilities of Multilingual Malaysian Preschool Children Based on the Sentence Repetition Task’
    Date: 10th June 2021
    Organizer: Kulliyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge, International Islamic University Malaysia
  10. Event: 10th Malaysia International Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures.  
    Theme/Topic: Covenor for invited colloquium " Grammatical Skills in Children with Developmental Language Disorder: The Contribution of Linguistic Theory "
    Date: 14-16 August 2018
    Organizer: Hatten Hotel, Melaka. Organized by Faculty of Modern Languages & Communication, UPM
  11. Event: 2nd International Connect Malaysia (Connect’M) Conference 2018  
    Theme/Topic: Issues in Developing Local Assessment Tools for Malaysian Children
    Date: 16-19th July 2018
    Organizer: At University of Reading Malaysia. Conference is organized by Univ of Reading, UK, UKM and UPM.

ACADEMIC/ PROFESSIONAL/ ADVISORY ON BOARD OF STUDIES

  1. An expert with the National Examination Board (LPM) for the Malay Language Paper, STPM [High School form 6 Cert –Form 6)
  2. Project Writing Package on Malay Syntax. Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka [National Language & Literary Agency]. 2013-2017. Project Head.
  3. Member for the Clinical Linguistics Group in the Writing Package Project. Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka [National Language & Literary Agency]. 2013-2015.
  4. Host International Researcher form Max Planck Institute of Psycholinguistics, research on Jahai language in Ulu Perak and Grik. Examples of researches done - ‘Space in Jahai’ and ‘Semelai Languages’ in Malaysia. 2003-current.
  5. Member of Committee of Research Board – Malaysian Association of Speech and Hearing. 2007- 2011.

Adjunct Associate Professor

  1. Senior Associate Fellow (Expert Appointment), Faculty of Health Science, UKM. (2021-2022).
  2. Adjunct Associate Professor (2010-2011) at Malaysia University of Science and Technology.

International Advisory Board

  1. Appointed as a member of the International Advisory Board of the Hawaii Journal of the Humanities, the journal of the Division of Humanities at the University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii, USA. 2020-2023.

EDITOR

  1. Member of Editorial Board. Aphasiology Journal. Impact Factor 1.902 (2021), Q2 Impact Factor. (2023-2026)
  2. Editor (2019-2022). Journal of National Early Childhood Education / Jurnal Pendidikan Awal Kanak-kanak Kebangsaan (JPAK), National Child Development Research Centre. University of Education Sultan Idris.
  3. Editor.  (2019-2022). Journal of Southeast Asia Early Childhood (SAEC).
  4. Editor. (2020-2023). Member of Editorial Board, University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature (UCJLL).  Open Access Publications, University of Chitral, Pakistan.

REVIEWER FOR THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS

Invited to review for the following journals:

  1. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders.
  2. Computational Linguistics Pacific Ling 2011 conference
  3. GEMA Online Language Studies 
  4. Jurnal Bahasa [Language Journal), Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
  5. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies.
  6. Journal of Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics.
  7. Kajian Malaysia Journal of Malaysian studies
  8. KEMANUSIAAN The Asian Journal of Humanities.
  9. Pertanika Journal of Humanities & Social Science 
  10. Pendeta: Jurnal Bahasa, Pendidikan dan Sastera Melayu, UPSI
  11. Journal of Psychology and Language, Warsaw University, Poland.
  12. Journal of 3L: The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies

EXTERNAL / INTERNAL EXAMINER FOR POSTGRADUATE EXAMINATIONS

  1. 2022. External Examiner. Western Sydney University, Australia. PhD. thesis, Lexical and Grammatical Development in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Indonesian Kindergarten Children: Processability Theory and Developmentally Moderated Focus on Form.
  2. 2021. External Examiner. Qurtuba University, Pakistan. PhD thesis. “Diasporic Identity: A Comparative Study of Afro-Asian Novels”. English Department. 
  3. 2021. External Examiner. Universiti Putra Malaysia. Masters Thesis. ‘Predictors of Parental Engagement in Speech Therapy Home-based Program for Speech and Language Disordered Children.
  4. 2019. External Examiner for PhD thesis. Struktur Ayat dengan di-Kata Kerja dan O-Kata Kerja dalam Bahasa Melayu: Satu Pendekatan Generatif [Syntactic Structure of di-Verbs and O-Verbs in Malay: A Generative Approach.]. School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
  5. 2019. Internal Examiner for PhD Thesis. Pemerolehan Bahasa Peringkat Holofrasa & Telegrafik dalam kalangan kanak-kanak Melayu [The acquisition of language at the holophrastic and telegraphic stage among Malay children. Malay Language Program, Faculty of Social Science & Humanities, UKM.
  6. 2018. Internal Examiner for PhD thesis. A Minimalist approach to Passives in Standard Arabic. Linguistics Program, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, UKM.

CONSULTANCY

  1. Project Titles: Consultant to the research project ‘Development of Child Language Assessment Tools in Singapore’, Centre for Research in Child Development. National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore.
    Date: 2020 - current
  2. Project Titles: Founding Director, LangIT Education & Consultancy. Core activities: Language enrichment, Information Technology, special needs.
    Date: 2018-now
  3. Project Titles: Consultant to the ‘Growth in Bilingual & Biliteracy Proficiency: Environmental, Individual & Experiential Factors (GIBBER)’ -- Subproject 2 on English-Malay language development – a research grant awarded to the Centre for Research in Child Development, National Institute Education/ Nanyang Technological University by the Ministry of Education, Singapore.
    Date: 2021-2023

Major Achievements

  1.   Appointed as:
    • Member of Editorial Board. Aphasiology Journal. Impact Factor 1.902 (2021), Q2 Impact Factor. (2023-2026)
    • Member of Editorial Board.  (2019-2022). Journal of Southeast Asia Early Childhood (SAEC).
    • Member of Editorial Board. (2020-2023). Member of Editorial Board, University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature (UCJLL).  Open Access Publications, University of Chitral, Pakistan.
  2. Anugerah Individu Cemerlang (Inovasi), Bidang Sains & Teknologi, Kategori Prof. Madya, Majlis Anugerah Kecemerlangan MYRA kali ke-2. (UKM Prestasi 2020).
  3. Won the Award ‘Anugerah Keterlibatan Komuniti Kategori Pendidikan dan Keterlibatan Inovatif Bersama Komuniti (Kakitangan Akademik 2020 (Komuniti TUTUR). Malis Anugerah Sanjungan Bitara at the Quality Award Day, Faculty of Health Science, UKM. 2020).
  4. Finalist in the Innovation Award 2018, Ministry of Health Malaysia for Innovation ‘Malay preschool Language Assessment Tool’ (MPLAT).
  5. Won Silver Medal Award in Research Innovation Competition. Faculty of Education, UKM. 2014. ‘The effectiveness of Education Support System for students with limited abilities in UKM’.
  6. Won Internationalization Award 2014 by Faculty of Health Sciences, UKM’ Quality Day 2014.
  7. Awarded the distinguished Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award from the US Dept. of State in Jan- May 2006 at the Dept. of Speech & Hearing, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, United States of America.
  8. Founder of the Clinical Linguistics postgraduate program, the first program of its kind in Malaysia and South East Asia region, which had its first intake in 2007 at Faculty of Health Science, UKM.
  9. Authored and commercialized a product - the first standardized local test. (2018)- the Alat Ujian Bahasa Kanak-Kanak Melayu/Malay Preschool Language Assessment Tool (MPLAT) in Malaysia which is  used to screen and diagnose children at risk of language delay/disorders.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

  1. Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics (MAAL)
  2. Persatuan Linguistik Malaysia/ Linguistic Society of Malaysia (PLM)
  3. Fulbright Alumni Association of Malaysia (FAAM)
    • President (2018-2020)
    • Vice President (2016-2018)
    • Hon. Secretary (2016-2016)
  4. Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists, Europe (CATs)

Community Engagements

Selected Volunteer and Charity Work:

  • March- Aug 2020. COVID-19 Charity Drive, Kota Damansara PJ -collected funds for PPR residents Section 8 and Hot Meals for Frontliners at PPUM
  • Secretary, Resident Association Taman Tasik Pekaka, Seksyen 8, Kota Damansara, PJ.
  • 2012-2013. Advisor to the Project  ‘Masih Ada Yang Sayang (MAYS) –  a  yearly project in which undergraduate students Health Science Student Association, FSK, UKM organize community projects such visits to the orphanages.
  • Nov 2008-Jan 2009. Charity Seminar for ‘Save Adik Nabila Fund’- a seminar organized to collect funds for a 12 year old girl who has  ‘complex cyanotic congenital heart disease secondary to Down Syndrome’ organized by SMI Sdn Bhd 17th January 2009  at the Wisma MCA, Kuala Lumpur.  Collected fund was: RM45,000.
  • Charity activities through Fulbright Alumni Association of Malaysia.
  • Charity activities through Persatuan Penduduk Taman Tasik Pekaka Seksyen 8 Kota Damansara.