Curriculum Vitae

 

 

ASSOC. PROF. DR. HADINA BINTI HABIL

LANGUAGE ACADEMY

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

81310 Skudai, Johor

Malaysia

hadina@utm.my

Phone: 607-5531802

Fax: 607-5566911

 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

 

November 2003

Ph.D. in English Language (Language & Communication)

Universiti Putra Malaysia

Thesis:  Patterns of Electronic Mail Discourse in Two Malaysian Organisations

 

April 1994

M. Sc in TESP (Teaching English for Specific Purposes)

Aston University,UK

Thesis: The Application of ISO 9000 Series of Standards in Language Teaching as a Quality Control Measure: An Investigation Into the Applicability of the Service Quality Loop (SQL) as a  Model for ESP Programme Evaluation 

 

June 1990

Diploma in TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language)

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Shah Alam, Selangor

 

December 1987

Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance)

Eastern Michigan University

Michigan, USA

 

           

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

 

A member of The Association for Business Communication (ABC) since 2000.

 

A member of the Applied Linguistics & Professional Practice (ALAPP) Society since 2015.

 

Administrative position:

August 2010-September 2012:                       Deputy Director,

Research & Postgraduate Study

Language Academy UTM Johor Bahru

 

October 2012- 28 February 2015:       Deputy Dean (Development)

Language Academy, UTM Johor Bahru.

 

15 February 2016- present:                 Deputy Dean (Research, Innovation, Commercialization and Network)

Language Academy, UTM Johor Bahru.

 

1.      Bilangan Penyeliaan Pelajar Pascasiswazah

Number of Postgraduate Students Supervised

  Kedoktoran

PhD

Sarjana

Masters

Tamat  Completed  

6

9
Penyeliaan Sekarang Currently Supervising  

5

1
2.      Bilangan Tesis yang telah diperiksa

Number of Theses Examined

Tesis Kedoktoran

PhD Thesis

Tesis Sarjana

Masters Thesis

 

9

 

15

3.      Bilangan Penerbitan

Number of Publications

Jurnal Berwasit

Refereed Journals

Prosiding

Proceedings

Buku Karya Asal/Terjemahan

Books

17 6 0
4.    Bilangan Projek Penyelidikan

 Number of Research Projects

Tamat

Completed

Dalam Proses

Ongoing

  11 2
5.      Achievements

Awards (Selected)

Anugerah Khidmat Universiti, UTM 2007

Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang UTM 2010

Anugerah Jasa Bakti UTM 2011

Anugerah Khidmat Cemerlang UTM 2014

 

Research

 

No Title Role Vote no. Grant Amount  

Date

 

1. Developing a communication training framework for entrepreneurship development: a discourse analysis of women entrepreneurs Project leader UTM Flagship RM50,000 1/2/2016- 31/1/2018
2. An investigation of UTM-TECS written communicative ability of students Project leader UTM Flagship RM30,000 1/12/2014- 30/11/2015
3. Upgrading the communicative competency of nurses to meet the challenging global and competitive demand of the profession. Project leader Q.J130000.2441.01G30 UTM Flagship RM20,000 1/4/2013 – 31/3/2014
4. Bridging the gap between classroom experience and the real world: the case study approach. Project leader A.J160000.7741.4J090 UTM IDG RM12,000 2012-2013
5. Language Needs Of Engineers : Current And Future Trends

[ST vote 77234]

Project leader R.J130000.7718.3T035 UTM Short-term RM 2010-2012
6. Malaysians’ Awareness On Mental Illness: Towards An Innovative Health Campaign Model. Project leader Q.J130000.2641.04J51 RUG Tier-2 RM40,000 2011-2013
7. An Exploratory Study of Communication Roles of Tourism Advertising in Promoting Malaysian Culture Researcher R.J130000.7841.4L079 ERGS RM50,000 2012-2014
8. The Role of Intercultural Communication in Realising 1Malaysia Researcher
RUG

Tier-2

RM40,000 2011-2013
9. Asynchronous Learning Environment in English for Civil Engineering

 

Project leader RMC vote no: 71987 January 2004 – December 2004
10. Non Technical Skills for Engineers in the 21st Century: Developing a Guideline

 

Researcher (IRPA vote no: 74232) December 2003 – September 2006
11. English for Mechanical Engineering Syllabus Design and materials Preparation

 

Researcher (UPP Vote: 61895) October 1996 – December 1998
12 Survey on the UTM Students English Language Communicative Competence during Practical Training

 

Researcher   (UPP Vote: 71125) January – December 1997

 

 

Supervision

 

No. Name Title Level Status Year
1. Inayatullah Kakepoto Oral communication skills of engineers for Pakistan workplaces PhD Graduated 2013
2. Hafiza Aini Haji Hassan The Use of Conversation Analysis Approach in Teaching Group Discussion Skills to Pre-University Students PhD Graduated 2015
3. S. Hasimah Wati bt Zainal A Taxonomy for the Identification of Gaps and Communication Strategies in Task Fulfilment in Discussions PhD Graduated 2015
4. Ali Akbar Imani Metaphor Analysis of Dr Mahathir’s Business Speeches PhD Graduated 2015
5. Paramudia Oral Communication Needs of Business English Students in Indonesia PhD Completed 2016
6. Noraini Abdul Rahman Interdiscursivity of Incident Reports PhD Completed 2016
6. Rohayah Kahar An Intercultural Study of Asian Entrepreneurs in Trust Establishment for Small Business PhD Active
7. Chandravathani a/p Kandasamy Exploring cooperative learning method to enhance communicative competence among secondary schoolnbsp students PhD Active

Submitted for viva

8. Waseem Al-Kelani Intercultural communication PhD Active
9. Yasmin Hanafi Zaid Genre analysis of literature review section of doctoral theses in chemical engineering PhD Active
10. Farhanah bt. Mohd Fikri Understanding the structure of local and foreign short stories: an analysis of discourse PhD Active
11. Nor Aini bt. Abd Rahman Interdiscursivity of Incident Reports in an Oil and Gas Company PhD Graduated 2016
12. Yasmin Hanafi Zaid Genre analysis of literature review chapter of chemical engineering doctoral theses PhD Active
13. Hossein Bagheri Doctor-patient interaction in the context of NNS PhD Graduated 2015
14. Nik Murni bt Nik Mustafa Awareness level on mental health information among secondary school teachers and students in Johor M.Phil Graduated 2014
15. Nabila bt Johari Soft Skills in Entrepreneurship Course in Institution of Higher Learning M.Phil Submitted corrections after viva

 

Examiner

 

No Name

 

Degree Title of thesis Institution Year
1 Azian Abd Aziz

 

PhD Oral instructional language features of Science teacher trainees in teaching Science in English UTM 2010
2 Abdul Rahim Hj Salam PhD Technology supported face-to-face (F2F) collaborative knowledge building (CKB) among English as a Second Language (ESL) Pre-Service Teachers

 

UTM 2012
3 Siti Salina Ghazali PhD Language Education

 

UIAM 2012
4 Manvender Kaur a/p Sarjit Singh PhD A Corpus-based Genre Analysis of Work Procedures in Malaysian Petroleum Industry

 

UTM 2013
5 Seri Aznita binti Mat Said PhD Towards developing a content based English Language Curriculum in Malaysian higher education context.

 

UTM 2014
6 Nurhidayah binti Mohd Sharif MEd TESL Tertiary Skills through English Language Programs at an institution of higher learning. UTM 2014
7 Mahani bt Stapa PhD UTM 2014
8 Samira Yadollahi PhD UTM 2014
9 Aminahbibi bt Saidalvi PhD Using online peer feedback to improve ESL learners’ public speaking performance UTM 2016
10 Muhammad Arfin Salim PhD UTM 2016
11 Abdul Qahar Sarwari Masters Characteristics and factors affecting interpersonal communication among local and international students at Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP). UMP 2016
12 Abdul Shah Qasemi Masters English Language Needs of Engineering Undergraduates of An Afghan University

 

UMP 2016
13 Sareen Kaur Bhar PhD Language use and choice in selected Malaysian agricultural organisations UPM 2016
14 Seyed Jamal Ebrahimi PhD The Rhetorical Structure and Metadiscourse Markers of Malaysian Engineering Academic Lectures

 

UTM 2017
15 Rana Azah Suhail Masters Information seeking /providing sequence & 16question-answer response in doctor-elderly patients-companion consultation UPM 2017
16 Wan Irham bin Ishak PhD Discourse strategies and features of life insurance sales meeting UPM 2017

 

 

Publication

 

Habil, H., Othman, R., and Kahar, R., 2016. Nursing as a Global Career: Meeting the Challenges of the Profession from a Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) Perspective. International Journal of Knowledge Based Organization. IGI Global. Vol.5 Issue 4.

 

Johari, N., Kahar, R., Habil, H., and S.A.A. Hamid, 2015. Entrepreneurship Education: Incorporation of Soft Skills through Hands-on Experience, Man In India. 96 (1): 1-11.

 

Hossein, B., Ibrahim, N.A., and Habil, H., (2015). The Structure of Clinical Consultation: A Case of Non-Native Speakers of English as Participant, Global Journal of Health Science.

 

Imani, A.A., and Habil, H., 2014.  Health Metaphors in Dr Mahathir’s Business Speeches, In Malaysian Journal of Languages and Linguistics,

 

Zainal, S.H, Abd.Raof, A.H, and Habil, H., 2013. Task Fulfilment in Discussion: Methods in Identifying Gaps and Communication Strategies to compensate Ineffective Discussion. In Classroom Communication Research. Pages 15-32. Skudai: Penerbit UTM.

 

 

Zainal, S.H, Abd.Raof, A.H, and Habil, H., 2013. Routine Sequences in Pre-University Students’ Discussions.

In Malaysian Journal of Languages and Linguistics. Vol.1, Issue 2, Pages 83-93.

 

Zainal, S.H, Abd.Raof, A.H, and Habil, H., 2013.  Compensation features for task fulfilment in discussion. In Jurnal Teknologi Sosial Sains. Vol.3 Issue 65, Pages 33-38.

 

Imani, A.A., and Habil, H., 2013. Asean Rose Like the Proverbial Phoenix: A Critical Organizational Metaphor Analysis of ASEAN in Dr Mahathir’s Speech. ESP Malaysia. Vol.19, Issue 1. Pages 55-78.

 

Kakepoto, I., Habil, H., 2013. Technical oral presentation: Analysing communicative competence of engineering students of Pakistan for workplace environment. In Research on Humanities and Social Sciences. Vol.2, Issue 3, Pages 185-190.

 

Kakepoto, I., and Habil, H., 2013. Workplace Communication: Oral communicative competence of engineers in engineering workplace of Pakistan. In Information and Knowledge Management. Vol.2, Issue 3, Pages 131-138.

 

Bagheri, H., Ibrahim, N.A., and Habil, H., 2012.  ‘aha, ok, alright’ as Phatic Talk: An analysis on Opening in

Multilingual and Multicultural Clinical Consultations. In  Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences 66. Pages 8 – 16.

Puteh, M and Habil, H., Ahmad Azli, N., 2012. External quality audit: has it improved quality assurance in universities? In External quality audits & quality assurance in the higher education sector: the Malaysian Perspective. Sydney: Chandos Publishing.

Zainal, S.H, Abd.Raof, A.H, and Habil, H., 2012.  Task fulfilment in discussion: methods in identifying gaps and communication strategies to compensate ineffective discussion. In ELT in Action. Skudai: Penerbit UTM. Pages 40-52.

Kahar, R., Yamimi, F., Bunari, G., Habil, H., 2012. Trust building using social media. In Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences 66. Pages 564-570.

 

Kakepoto, I., and Habil, H., 2012. Oral communication skills of engineering students of Pakistan in Perspective of Industrial internships. In International journal of applied linguistics & English Literature. Pages 170-176.

Kakepoto, I., and Habil, H., 2012. The picture f modern workplac environment and oral communication skills fo engineering students of Pakistan. In International journal of applied linguistics & English Literature. Pages 42-48.

Imani, A., Habil, H., 2012. NNS postgraduate students’ academic writing: probelm-solving strategies and grammatical features. In Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences 66. Pages 460 – 471.

 

Mustafaa, F.Y., Kahar, R., Bunari, G., Zakaria, M.H., and Habil, H.,  2012. Persuasive elements in online direct response sales letters. In Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences 66. Pages 391 – 401.

Puteh, M and Habil, H. (2011). Student Feedback in Higher Education: A Malaysian Perspective? in Students Feedback: The Cornerstone to an Effective Quality Assurance System in Higher Education. Nair, S & Mertova, P. (ed) in Woodhead Publishing Limited: Cambridge. ISBN: 978 1 84334 573 2

Aminah Md Yusof, Rose Alinda Alias, Hadina Habil, (2011). Stereotyping in Graduate Education in Malaysia, Proceedings of the 17th International Business Information Management Association, November 14-15 2011.

Hadina Habil, and Shameem Rafik-Galea, 2010. Patterns and Functions of Email Communication in an Automative Malaysian Manufacturing Organisation, In Jurnal Bahasa Jendela Alam, Vol.6. Pp. 814-830.

Hadina Habil, 2010. Functions and strategies of email communication at the    workplace. In Rotimi Taiwo (Ed.) Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language strategies and social interaction, 479-489.  Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global.

 

Hadina Habil, and Rafik-Galea, S., 2009. Code switching in organizational email discourse, In David, M.K., Mclellan, J., Rafik-Galea, S., and Abdullah, A.N., (eds.) Code switching in Malaysia. Duisburg Papers on Research in Language and Culture, Vol.77, pp.120-140. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.

 

Hadina Habil, and Rafik-Galea, S., 2008. Language in the workplace: Insights into shared practices in organisations,  In, Habil, H., and H, Hassan, (eds.) New Perspective in Language and Communication Research, Skudai: Penerbit UTM.

 

 

Book Chapter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hadina Habil, 2008. Corporate communication: What is it doing in Language for Specific Purposes? In, Hamzah,M., and Abdullah, A.N., (eds.) ESP in Action: Series 1, Skudai: Penerbit UTM.

 

 

Hadina Habil, 2008. Reaching out: a corporate portrayal of telecommunication companies on the Web,  In, Habil, H., and H, Hassan, (eds.) New Perspective in Language and Communication Research, Skudai: Penerbit UTM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hadina Habil, Mustafa, M.A., and Bunari, G., 2008. Weblogs in ESL classroom,  In, Habil, H., and H, Hassan, (eds.) New Perspective in Language and Communication Research, Skudai: Penerbit UTM.

Hadina Habil and Hassan, H.A., 2008. Teaching discussion skills for MUET speaking examination: A comparison of two approaches, In, Boon, Y., H. Habil., and F.M, Noor, (eds.) Insights into Second Language Teaching and Learning, Skudai: Penerbit UTM.

Title:  English Communication for Learners in Engineering

Year:    2008, Second Edition

Publisher:  Pearson Education

Authors:  Salbiah Seliman

Zaidah Zainal

Hadina Habil

Tina Abdullah

Fauziah Ismail

Abdul Rahim Salam

Zairus Norsiah Azahar

 

Editor: Prof. Dr. Anie Attan

Title:  English Communication for Learners in Engineering

Year:    2004

Publisher:  Pearson Education

Authors:  Salbiah Seliman

Zaidah Zainal

Hadina Habil

Tina Abdullah

Fauziah Ismail

Abdul Rahim Salam

Zairus Norsiah Azahar

 

 

 

Journal – 2005

 

 

Title of Journal: Asian Business Discourse(s) – Linguistic Insights, Volume 29

 

Title of  article: Communicating at the Workplace: Insights into Malaysian Electronic Business Discourse

Publisher: Peter Lang AG

Year:  2005

2nd writer: Prof. Madya Dr. Shameem Rafik-Galea, UPM Serdang.

 

Journal – 2003

Title of Journal: Studies in Foreign Language Education, No. 18

 

Title of article: The Language of Electronic Mail (email) in Malaysian Organisations

Publisher: Institute of Foreign Language Education, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea.

Year :  2003

2nd writer:          Prof. Madya Dr. Shameem Rafik-Galea, UPM Serdang.

 

Journal – 1994

 

Title of Journal:  ESP Malaysia, Vol. 2, Issue 2,

 

Title of article: The Application of ISO 9000 as a Model for Language Programme Evaluation

 

Proceedings – 2008

 

Communicating at the Workplace: Insights into Ways Malaysian Communicate via Email

 

Proceedings of the 9th ABC European Convention, May 23-26, 2007.  Istanbul, Turkey.

 

Ayseli Usluata (Editor)

Publisher: T.C Yeditepe University Publications

Year of publication: 2008, pg. 155-166; ISBN 978975307040-9

 

Proceedings – 2003

The Dynamics of Electronic Mail As a Communication Medium

 

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Technology and Universities in Asia (ITUA 2002)

 

Soraj Hongladarom (Editor)

Publisher: Chulalongkorn University Press

Year of Publication: 2003, (page 357-368)

Co-author: Prof. Madya Dr. Shameem Rafik-Galea

 

Proceedings – 2003

Language in action: A Call for meeting memo via email

 

Proceedings of the Association for Business Communication European Convention

Publisher: University of Lugano; Year of Publication: 2003 (p.56)

 

Proceedings – 1995

English for Specific Purposes: Applications and Implications for Human Resource Development

 

2nd National ESP Seminar – selected papers

UTM

 

Monograph 2007

Evaluater

Monograph Publication

Social and Communication Skills in English Through The Use of Simulated Environment

 

Faculty of Management and Human Resource Development, UTM

Editor – Proceedings 2003

Editor

Proceedings of the 2nd National ESP Seminar – selected papers

 

English for Specific Purposes: Applications and Implications for Human Resource Development

 

Department of Modern Languages, FPPSM, UTM

 

SEMINAR PAPERS

 

May 2010

Bridging the gap: teaching business English to engineering students

 

Presenter

10th ABC Europe and 2nd GABC Conference, Antwerp, Belgium

 

May 2007

Communicating at the workplace: Insights into the ways Malaysians communicate via email

 

Presenter

ABC 9th  European Convention, Istanbul, Turkey

 

March 2007

Reaching Out: A Corporate Portrayal of Telecommunication Companies On The Web

Presenter

ABC 7th  Asia-Pacific Conference, Hong Kong

 

April 2006

LSP 2006 Exploring New Frontiers Matching Needs and Requirements of Corporate Language Training

 

Presenter

The 5th International LSP 2006 Seminar

 

April 2006

LSP 2006 Exploring New Frontier Using WEBLOGS in ESL Classrooms

 

Presenter

The 5th International LSP 2006 Seminar

 

April 2006

LSP 2006 Exploring New Frontier Meeting Clients Requirement in Corporate Language Training.

 

Presenter

The 5th International LSP 2006 Seminar

 

November 2004

Asynchronous Learning Environment: Empowerment or Inhibition?

 

Presenter

The CALL Asia 2004, Penang, Malaysia

 

December 2003

English Usage in the Digital Age: Internet ‘Lingo’ and English for Specific Purposes

 

Presenter

The CALL Asia 2003, Bangkok, Thailand

 

May 2003 Language in Action: The Call for Meeting Memo via Email

 

Presenter

The Association for Business Communication European Convention

Lugano, Switzerland

 

March 2003

Language in the Workplace: Insights into Shared Practices in Organisations

 

Presenter

The 4th Language for Specific Purposes International Seminar

Johor Bahru, Johor

 

April 2002

The Dynamics of Electronic Mail as a Communication Medium

 

Presenter

The CALL Asia 2002

Chulalongkorn University,

Bangkok, Thailand

 

November 2000

Corporate Communication: What Is It Doing In LSP?

 

Presenter

The 3rd LSP Conference

Johor Bahru, Johor

 

May 1999

Electronic Mail: The Fancies of the New Millennium?

 

Presenter

The first MICOLLAC

Hilton Hotel, Petaling Jaya

 

March 1997

Is Language Programme Evaluation a Supplier’s Prerogative or Customer’s Right?

 

Presenter

Poster Presentation

Thirty-first Annual Convention and Exposition

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.

Florida, USA.

 

May 1997 Enculturation Task as Initiation to the Discourse Community

Presenter

The MELTA Biennial International Conference

Petaling Jaya Hilton, Selangor

1997

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1997

Bridging the Gap in An ESP Programme – a Bridge Too Far?

Presenter

Paper presented at the Malaysian Science & Technology Congress

13-14 October 1997

Awana Golf and Country Resort, Genting Highland

 

Project Work: A Marriage of Convenience in ESP

 

Presenter

The Second International ESP Seminar

7-9 October 1997

Johor Bahru

 

1996

Portfolio Writing: A Hands-on Experience

 

Presenter

Workshop session conducted at the National Seminar on English Language Teaching and Learning

25-27 November 1996

City Bayview, Langkawi

29-31 May 2007

(paper accepted to be presented))

Amalan komunikasi efektif bagi kejayaan pengimplementasian pengurusan kualiti menyeluruh (TQM) di ector pembuatan di Malaysia

 

Co-presenter

Simposium Kebudayaan Indonesia-Malaysia X (SKIMX)

UKM, Bangi

22-24 June 2007

(paper accepted to be presented)

 

Effective communication: The essential components for successful TQM implementation

 

Co-presenter

13th  International Communication Conference 2007

Harbin Institute of Technology

Harbin P.R. China

10-12 October 2007

(paper accepted to be presented)

 

Organizational communication Practices and TQM implementation in manufacturing: How’s the connection?

 

Co-presenter

72nd  Annual Convention

Association of  Business Communication

Washington DC

 

10-13 July 2007

(paper accepted to be presented)

 

The contribution of effective communication practices for successful TQM Implementation

 

Co-presenter

The 2nd  International Conference on Interdiciplinary Social Science Conference

University of Granada, Spain

23-26 May 2007

(paper accepted to be presented)

 

Communicating at workplace: Insight into the ways Malaysians communicate via email

 

Presenter

Third Asia CALL International Conference

Istanbul

Turkey

 

 

RESEARCH REPORT

 

2005

 

Asynchronous Learning Environment in English for Civil Engineering

(vote no: 71987)

 

April 2005

Kajian pasaran penawaran kursus Sarjana Muda Komunikasi (B.Inggeris untuk komunikasi professional); Jabatan Bahasa Moden.

 

1999

ESP: Syllabus Design and Materials Preparation for Mechanical Engineering    (vote no: 61875)

 

1998

Survey on UTM Students’ English Language Communicative Competence During Practical Training  (vote no: 71125)

 

Teaching Responsibility

Semester Course Code & Name Description
Sem 2 Feb 2016/2017 MPB 1623/MPPZ 1434 Discourse Analysis
Sem 1 Sept 2016/2017 ULAB 1122

2 hours x 14 weeks

Academic English Skills
Sem 2 Feb

2015/2016

MPPZ 1343

3 cts x 14 weeks

Discourse Analysis
Sem 1 Sept

2015/2016

ULAB 1122 Academic English Skills
Sem 2 Feb

2014/2015

Sabbatical leave
Sem 1 Sept

2014/2015

MPB 1623/MPPZ 1434 Discourse Analysis
Sem 2 Feb 2013/2014 MPB 1623/MPPZ 1434 Discourse Analysis
Sem 1 Sept 2013/2014 MPB 1623/MPPZ 1434

 

Research Methodology