Engku Haliza Engku Ibrahim is an Associate Professor at the English Language Division of the Centre for Languages and Pre-University Academic Development. She has taught all levels of English proficiency classes including English for Academic Writing. She has also taught Semantics, Linguistics, Sociolinguistics and Research Methodology.
Her main areas of research interests are second language vocabulary acquisition and reading in the second language classroom. She is also interested in Sociolinguistics, problem-based learning and the general area of second language acquisition. She is also a panel assessor for the Malaysian Qualifications Agency. Currently, she is the Dean of the Centre for Languages and Pre-University Academic Development.

• Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Education ~ Language Literacy (Including English (TESOL, ESL, TEFL) and other Languages) - Literature in Second Language Teaching, Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition

CORE COMPETENCE UPPER (CCU)	2001/2002
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC WRITING	2021/2022 2020/2021
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC WRITING (EAW)	2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 2002/2003 2001/2002 2000/2001
ENGLISH LANGUAGE VI	2020/2021
INTENSIVE EXPOSITORY WRITING	2002/2003
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS	2010/2011
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS	2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY	2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS)	2016/2017 2015/2016
SEMANTICS FOR ELT	2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009 2007/2008
SFC: READING SKILL	2003/2004
SFC: READING SKILLS	2004/2005 2001/2002
SFC: WRITING SKILLS	2001/2002
SOCIOLINGUISTICS	2014/2015 2006/2007 2005/2006 2004/2005 2003/2004 2002/2003

Completed

2015 - 2018	Profiling Students? Productive Vocabulary Against the Vocabulary Word List
2015 - 2018	Integrating Multicultural Perspectives in Teaching and Learning
2014 - 2017	Positioning the English Language Curriculum Within the Internationl Language of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)
2012 - 2013	Vocabulary Learning Strategies of Pre-University ESL Students
2011 - 2013	RU 2011: Measuring Vocabulary Size Of CELPAD Students
2011 - 2016	Metacognitive Strategies of ESL Learners in Vocabulary Learning (RU 2011)
2009 - 2011	Frequency Analysis of the Words in the Academic Word list (AWL) and non- AWL Content Words in Islamic Studies Research Papers
2009 - 2010	An Evaluation of Teachers' Code-Switching (A Case Study at IFLA,IIUM)
2009 - 2013	English Word : Islamic Definition
2009 - 2013	Error Analysis of Oral Presentations and Academic Writing in English for Academic Purposes(EAP)
- 2010	An Investigation Into the Perceptions of Students and Teachers Towards the Graded Readers Programme

On-Going

2021 - Present	Baseline Results of New Intake Students
2018 - Present	Formulaic sequences and writing development: Lexical bundles in the EPT writing section
2014 - Present	Workplace Oral Communication Needs of Financial Services Employees

Article

2021	Mapping IIUM students’ English language writing proficiency to CEFR. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 29 (S3) pp. 85-101
2020	Lexical bundles in non-native learner corpora. Journal of Critical View, 7 (16) pp. 724-728
2019	A comparison of lexical richness in L2 written productions. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 14 (20) pp. 174-181
2018	A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles. The Journal of Social Sciences Research, Special Issue 2 () pp. 570-577
2018	Gender, metacognition, and vocabulary learning strategies of Malay ESL learners. Advanced Science Letters, 24 (11) pp. 7988-7991
2018	Multicultural awareness and practice among language teachers. Advanced Science Letters, 24 (11) pp. 8410-8413
2018	Vocabulary learning strategies of Saudi English major students: strategy use and gender. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7 (3.25) pp. 21-26
2017	Analysing and synthesising morphemes: the case of Malay pre-university ESL students. Advanced Science Letters, 23 (5) pp. 4964-4967
2017	English idioms: An Islamic perspective. Advanced Science Letters, 23 (5) pp. 4960-4963
2017	The assessment of writing within the CEFR scale : A Malaysian context. Advanced Science Letters, 23 (5) pp. 4944-4947
2016	The Relationship between Vocabulary Size and Reading Comprehension of ESL Learners . English Language Teaching, 9 (2) pp. 116-123
2013	Code-switching in English as a foreign language classroom: teachers’ attitudes. English Language Teaching, 6 (7) pp. 139-150
2013	Effects of metacognitive listening strategy training on listening comprehension and strategy use of ESL learners. World Applied Sciences Journal, 21 ((Special Issue of Studies in Language Teaching and Learning) pp. 57-66
2013	Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives. World Applied Sciences Journal, 21 (Special Issue 4) pp. 95-101
2013	Measuring the vocabulary size of Muslim pre-university students. World Applied Sciences Journal, 21 (Special Issue 4) pp. 44-49
2013	Oral presentation errors of Malaysian students in an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Course. World Applied Sciences Journal, 21 ((Special Issue of Studies in Language Teaching and Learning) pp. 19-27
2013	Stakeholders’ Perceptions of an English for Occupational Purposes Course. World Applied Sciences Journal, 21 (Sp iss) pp. 73-87

Conference or Workshop Item

2019	A comparison of lexical richness in L2 written productions. In: 3rd Asia International Multidiciplinary Conference (AIMC) 2019,
2019	EPT and the CEFR: are they aligned?. In: 3rd International Language and Tourism Conference 2019 (ILTC 2019),
2019	EPT and the CEFR: are they aligned?. In: 3rd International Language and Tourism Conference 2019 (ILTC 2019),
2019	EPT and the CEFR: are they aligned?. In: 3rd International Language and Tourism Conference 2019 (ILTC 2019),
2019	EPT and the CEFR: are they aligned?. In: 3rd International Language and Tourism Conference 2019 (ILTC 2019),
2018	English Language textbooks and portrayal of culture: A content analysis. In: Malaysia Technical Universities Conference on Engineering and Technology (MUCET 2017),
2018	Problem-based learning (PBL) in sociolinguistics as a way of encouraging active learning. In: 2017 Malaysian Technical Universities Conference on Engineering and Technology, MUCET 2017,
2017	Multicultural awareness and practice among language teachers. In: 2017 3rd International Conference on Education (ICOED 2017,
2016	Lexical richness of pre-sessional and advanced EFL learner: A comparison. In: TESOL Indonesia International Conference,
2015	English idioms: a cultural consideration. In: 2015 International Symposium on Education and Psychology (ISEP 2015),
2015	Integrating multicultural perspectives in language teaching. In: The International Journal for Academic Disciplines London, UK,
2015	The role of vocabulary in reading comprehension. In: The Asian Conference for Language Learning 2015 (ACLL 2015),
2014	Measuring the vocabulary size of IIUM pre-sessional students . In: International Research Invention and Innovation Exhibition (IRIIE 2014) ,
2014	Morphemes and vocabulary: A world apart?. In: International Language Conference (ILC) 2014,
2014	Vocabulary learning strategies and vocabulary size of pre-university ESL learners. In: International Language Conference (ILC) 2014,
2013	An investigation of the relationship between metacognitive strategies and vocabulary size in an ESL environment. In: 2013 IEDRC Sydney Conferences,
2013	Assessing the skills of evaluation in the writings of postgraduates. In: Asian Conference for Language Learning,
2012	Critical thinking of EAW students. In: The 8th International Language for Specific Purpose (LSP) Seminar 2012,
2011	A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles. In: International Language Conference 2011,
2010	Teachers’ attitudes towards code-switching in the English as a foreign language classroom. In: Borneo International Conference on Language Learning 2010,
2009	An English dictionary for Muslim learners: is there a need?. In: Proceedings of the VIII Worldwide Forum on Education and Culture 2009,
2009	Measuring the vocabulary size of presessional students. In: International Conference on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education, "Fostering Multiliteracies Through Education: Middle East Perspectives.",
2008	Extensive reading with adult learners of English as a second language: habits and attitudes of a group of Malaysian pre-university students. In: International Conference on Literature, Languages and Linguistics 2008,
2008	The problem in Problem-Based Learning (PBL). In: International Language Conference 2008,
2007	Challenges in implementing problem-based learning (PBL). In: International Conference in Education,
2006	PBL and Sociolinguistics. In: Malaysian International Conference on English Language Teaching (MICELT),
2004	Teachers’ perception in the implementation of extensive reading.. In: Malaysian International Conference on English Language Teaching (MICELT). ,

Book

2011	Language studies in the Muslim world. IIUM Press, IIUM, ISBN: 9789670225234
2011	Research insights in English teaching and learning . IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-028-7

Book Section

2011	Inculcating Islamic values in teaching western short stories to Muslim learners. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789670225234, pp. 83-111
2011	Minimising students' communication apprehension: the application of groupwork learning strategy in English classrooms. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-028-7, pp. 1-21
2011	Responses to extensive reading: a survey of ESL learners. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-028-7, pp. 71-87
2011	Teaching English in multicultural classrooms. In: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-418-028-7, pp. 121-140