PERSONAL DETAILS CURRICULUM VITAE Name : MOHD NAZRI LATIFF AZMI I/C No : 670804-11-5149 (A 0708161) Corresponding Addresses Faculty of Languages and Communication University of Sultan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak Campus, 21300 Kuala Terengganu Date of birth : 4 th August 1967 Marital status : Married with five children Country of birth : Malaysia Nationality : Malaysian Languages : Fluent English and Malay Phone : 09-6687993 (Ofc) 019-9157186 (H/P) E-mail address : mohdnazri@unisza.edu.my EDUCATION HISTORY 2010 : International Islamic University, Malaysia (IIUM) PhD. ESL 2003 : University of Malaya (UM) MA in English As Second Language 1999 : Science University of Malaysia BA (Hons.) in English Language and Literature Studies 1991 : Teachers Teaching College of Tengku Ampuan Afzan, EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Oct.2008 present November 2003-2008 April 1999-October 2003 December 1991 Mac 1999 : English Language Lecturer at Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin : Assistant Officer of District Education Office (Academic Sector -Language) of Dungun : English Language Teacher at SMK Sultan Omar (Secondary School) : English Language Teacher at SK Ladang Gajah Mati and SK Padang Pulut (Primary School) RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES National and State Education Levels:
1991-2008 : 1. District Assistant Trainer for Scouts 2. District English Key Personnel 3. Teachers trainer for Teaching Methodology (Futures Studies and Multiple Intelligences) 4. Teachers trainer for Public Examination of English Language (Lower Secondary Level) 5. Examiner of Public Examination (Upper Secondary School Level) 6. Teachers trainer for Item Building 7. Teachers trainer for English for the Teaching of Mathematics and Science 8. Teachers trainer for Items Building of Malaysian Examination Council 9. Teacher s trainer for ETeMS Teaching Courseware 10. District Supervisor of English Oral SPM Examination 11. District Teachers Debate Team (English) 12. Head of District Conventional and Action Researcher Team (2005-Now) 13. District English Language Motivator 14. Teacher s trainer for Ketengah Smart Learning Programme 15. Chief Adjudicator of English Debate Competition organized by UiTM Kampus Dungun (East Coast IPTAs) from 2000 now 16. Adjudicator of National Level Teacher s Debate Competition in conjunction of 2005 and 2007 Teacher s Day Celebration 17. Head of District Literacy Research organised EPRD,MOE 2006 and 2007 COURSES ATTENDED & HANDLED Name of Conference/ Seminar/ Workshop/ Course Designation Date and Venue Title of presented papers (if any) Global Summit on Education 2013 Dynasty hotel, Kuala Lumpur / 11-12 March 2013 Developing Muslim selfidentity through contemporary American literature South East Asia Psychology Conference 2012 (SEAP'12) Universiti Malaysia Sabah / 25-28 Sept. 2012 Personality Traits among Malay Students in Vernacular Schools
The Study of the USA Institutes for Scholars on American Contemporary Literature (SUSI 2012) Participant 15 June 27 July 2012-1st. National Conference on Active Learning UTeM / 10 11 December 2011 The Effects of the Implementation of Literature Circles as Active Learning Strategies 11th. UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development Oxford University UK /13 15 Sept. 2011 The Relationship between Multilingualism and Self- Identity Asean Conference of Scientific and Social Sciences Research Gurney Hotel, P.Pinang / 23-24 June 2011 Teaching English and Stress: Teacher Trainees vs. Experienced Teachers GLOCall 2010 (Globalization and Localization in CALL) Kota Kinabalu / 1 3 December 2010 Failure in ETeMS: Teaching Courseware Factor? International Journal Arts and Sciences at Harvard Harvard University USA / 31 May -3 June 2010 English Language Reading Culture vs. Academic Performance Research Trends and Advances: Postgraduates conference and colloquium Participant UNITAR KL / 7-10 December 2009 - International Conference on Literacy (LITCON 2009) Pulau Pinang / 7-9 Oct. 2009 Teachers' perceptions on English Language Reading Culture among Primary Schools Students
14th. International Conference on Thinking (ICoT) Participant KLCC / 22-26 June 2009 English and Asia: 1st International Conference on Language and Linguistics Kuala Lumpur / 24-27 November 2011 Reading Habits vs. Reading Culture: Students' Perception REFEREED ACADEMIC / PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL Publication Title Page ISBN Journal of Humanities and Social Science (Volume 8, Issue 3) February 2013 International Journal of Multidisciplinary Thought 2010 Asian Transaction on Basic and Applied Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 5) International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (Volume 2, Issue 2) Journal of Comparative Literature and Culture (JCLC) (Volume 1, Issue 1 2013) Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences (MOJES) (Volume 1, Issue 2, 2013) Multilingualism and Personality Traits among Malay Primary School Students in Vernacular Schools The Impact of National Language Policy on Second Language Development from Reading Culture Perspective Teaching English and Stress: Teacher Trainees vs. Experienced Teachers The Relationships between The San Diego Quick Reading Assessment and Student s Perception on Second Language Reading Ability Contemporary American Literature and Postmodernism from Islamic Perspectives Developing Soft Skills using Literature Circles 24-31 ISSN: 2279-0845 9-14 ISSN: 2156-6992 30-39 ISSN: 2221-4291 1-9 ISSN: 2319-7714 136-140 ISSN: 2325-2200 8-16 ISSN: 2289-3024
CHAPTER IN A BOOK Title of the Book Title of the Article Page ISBN Publisher Teaching and Learning in Diverse Contexts Teachers Perspectives on Primary School Students English Reading Culture 232-238 978-967- 5417-32-0 Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) RESEARCH REPORT Research Report Title Year Reference Number University Research Grant Scheme (URGS) Multilingualism, Self Identity and Personality Traits among Malay Primary School Students in Vernacular Schools 2012 UniSZA/11/GU/003 LIST OF WRITING NOT YET PUBLISHED Title Year Proposal for publication Publisher (if applicable) Active Learning Strategies in Teaching and Learning Literature 2013 International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Learning Perceptions of Teachers and Students on Second Language Reading Culture 2013 The Modern Language Journal Failure of ETeMS: The Teaching Courseware Factor? 2013 Journal of Malaysian English Language Teachers Association Contributing Factors of Students Reading Readiness 2013/14 The ASIAN EFL Journal Multilingualism and Temporary Language Disorder: A Case Study 2014 Journal of Language and Linguistics Usman Awang: A True Postmodernist in Malaysian Literature 2014 3L: Language, Linguistics and Literature (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
Precious Jade and Turnip Head within Interpersonal Metafunction: A Multimodal Discourse Analysis 2014 3L: Language, Linguistics and Literature (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) Self Identity vs. Nation Building: A Case Study 2013/14 Journal of Modern Education Review The Relationships between Language Policy and Discourse Analysis 2013/14 Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences POST GRADUATE SUPERVISON 1. Ahmad Taufik Hidayah Abdullah (PhD Student), Oral Presentation Skills among Undergraduates in University of Sultan Zainal Abidin (2010- in progress) 2. Nguyen Thi Quynh Anh (MA Student) Language Teaching Methodology using ICT (2010-in progress) 3. Regina Lim (PhD Student), The Effectiveness of Phonetics Approach Using Dictionary and Language Acquisition among Polytechnics Students (2010-in progress) 4. Nor Suriati Othman (MA Student), The Effect of Authentic Learning Environment in the English Language Classroom among Students of Diploma in Art and Design of UiTM.(2011-in progress) 5. Muhammad Muhaymein Ahmad Zawawi (MA Student), Multilingualism in Vernacular Schools: A Case Study.(2011-in progress) RESEARCH THAT HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT Title Source of Grant Total Allocation (RM/USD) Duration (Years) Starting Date-End Project Code Designation Multilingualism, Self Identity and Personality Traits among Malay Primary School Students in Vernacular Schools URGS RM3500 2011-12 UniSZA/11/GU/0 03 Head of Researcher Flagship Project: Malay Identity and Its Manifestation in Malaysia and in the Nusantara Region University Malaya Research Grant (Collaborative Research) RM125,000 2011-12 UM/FL008/2011 Co-researcher
Stress Level among Terengganu ELTs State Education Department 2010-2011 Co-researcher The Reversal of ETeMS Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris 2011-12 Head of Researcher ON-GOING RESEARCH Title Grant Total Allocation (RM) Duration (Years) Title The Impacts of Postmodernism in Malaysian Literature URGS RM8000 10 months UniSZA /12/GU (018) Head of Researcher Enhancing English language proficiency of UNISZA Students in Stimulated Environment URGS 12 months Co-researcher PROFESIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS (ACADEMIC/ PROFESSIONAL AWARD) Name of Award Best Paper Award in 1 st. National Conference of Active Learning 2011 (1 st. NCAL 2011) Awarding Organisation/ Body Universiti Teknologi Melaka (UTeM) Date Awarded 2011 (ADVISOR/ MEMBER OF PROFESSIONAL BODY) Organisation Designation (Date) Science and Education Publishing Editor of the American Journal of Educational Research (http://www.sciepub.com/journal/education) 1 Jan. 2013 31 Dis.2014 REFERENCES 1. Prof. Dr. Salmaan Hussain b Inayat Hussain
Department of Biomedical Science Faculty of Allied Health Science National University of Malaysia Tel: 03-40405628 / 0122981689 E-mail: s_inayathussain@yahoo.com 2. Associate Prof. Dr. Subramaniam Govindasamy (PhD Supervisor) Department of English Language and Literature International Islamic University, Malaysia Tel: 017-3615097 E-mail: subragov@yahoo.com 3. Madam Azizah Endut Dean, Faculty of Languages and Communication Gong Badak Campus University of Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) 21300 Kuala Terengganu MALAYSIA Tel.Number: Office 6096317989 Mobile 60179872885 Email: azizahendut@unisza.edu.my