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Multimodal Representations of IS’s Ideology on FB

This is the title of my PhD student’s, Mr Omairi Hamid, thesis. The thesis is about:

  1. textual strategies of IS in portraying their ideology of FB
  2. visual strategies of IS in portraying their ideology on FB

He used two main theories which are Systemic Functional Linguistics in analysing verbal texts, whilst the multimodality was used as the analytical framework for analysing visual elements.

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PhD Viva Voce- Omairi Hamid Tarad Lafta

My PhD student, Hamid, successfully defended his thesis on 6 May 2021. He was awarded with an A for his thesis, what an excellent result. His thesis is on Multimodal Representations of Islamic State Organization’s Ideology on Facebook. Well done Hamid!

Special thanks to:

  1. Prof Dr Yeo Kee Jar – Chairperson
  2. Dr Kang Myoung Sook – Assistant Chairperson
  3. PM Dr Normah Mustafa (UKM) – External Examiner
  4. PM Dr Hadina Habil – Internal Examiner
  5. Mr Muhammad Arafat – secretariat
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COVID 19 Vaccines

Some say if you take the vaccine, you can live the most up to 2 years. Nonetheless, either you take the vaccine or not, you will ultimately DIE. When Allah says it is time for you to die, you will surely die. Death is inevitable.

I have taken the vaccine and what about you?

29 April 2021

I agreed to be vaccinated because it is for my own safety and also others. Insya Allah, the sound intention will definitely be rewarded.

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Benchmarking CEFR Public University Practices #2

It was such a great sharing session. We need more of this kind session for us to learn from each other in developing and implementing CEFR informed curriculum. Proud to announce that we, in UTM, have implemented CEFR informed curriculum in the 2019/2020 session. The first course of CEFR informed curriculum is UHLB 1112 , that is, English Communication Skills, followed by the second course which is UHLB 2122, Academic Communication Skills and lastly, UHLB3132 Professional Communication Skills.