Nik Hanan Mustapha obtained her Bachelor degree (Hons.) major in Arabic Language and minor in Shariah Islamiyyah from the University of Jordan in 1995. She then pursued her study at the University of Leeds and obtained her MA in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language in 1996. Upon completion of her MA, she served at the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences, IIUM as an Assistant Lecturer. In 2006, she obtained her Ph.D in Arabic Language Studies at IIUM with the thesis entitled "Aspects of Grammatical Differences in the Readings of Abi Amr ibn al-Ala' and al-Kisaie" . She has presented papers at various national and international conferences. She has also supervised MA and Ph.D students, and is an internal and external examiner. She held various posts at the university level and kulliyyah level including Deputy Director (Industrial Networking & Practical Training) of the Alumni & Career Services Division, Coordinator of Arabic Writing Laboratory of KIRKHS, Fellow of Mahallah Hafsa, Academic Advisor of the Dept. of Arabic Language and Literature  and is currently Head of Curriculum Committee at the Department since 2016 . She was External Assessor for Arabic Language Courses at the International Islamic College, a member of the editorial board of Journal of Language and Literary Studies, and a member of the Postgraduate Committee of the Department. She is also a member of the Review Committee for Arabic Text Book for the Kurikulum Bersepadu Dini dan Kurikulum Bersepadu Tahfiz under the Ministry of Education.  She has secured several university and ministry research grants as principal researcher. She  won a Bronze Medal at the International Research, Invention & Innovation Exhibition (IRIIE 2014). Currently, she is an Associate Professor at the Department of Arabic Language & Literature.

• Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Linguistics and Literature ~ Applied Linguistics - Teaching and learning Arabic
• Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Linguistics and Literature ~ Applied Linguistics - Syntactical studies in Quranic Qiraat

• 2021: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), International League of Islamic Literature Malaysia

ADVANCED ARABIC SYNTAX	2023/2024
QUR'ANIC QIRAAT AND MODERN LINGUISTICS	2023/2024

Completed

2019 - 2022	The Usage of Arabic Novel in Empowering Writing Skill among BARB (Bachelor of Arabic Language and Literature) Students of IIUM
2016 - 2020	Motivational Strategies Used by Teachers in Enhancing Speaking Skill Among Learners in Islamic Secondary Schools
2016 - 2019	Productive Vocabulary and Derivative Skill in Arabic: An Explorative Study
2015 - 2019	Towards establishing a strategic self-regulatory instructional module for Arabic learning in Malaysia
2014 - 2015	Arabic Writing Efficacy Among Arabic Majors
2013 - 2015	Arabic Learner's Beliefs about Grammar Learning and Instruction : An Exploratory Study
2013 - 2017	Determining Factors of Vocabulary Deficiency Among IIUM Arabic Languages Learners
2011 - 2012	Teaching Arabic Language For Foreigners And Its Trends (KVC Project 2011)
2011 - 2012	How Do Students Activate Background Knowledge? An Insight into Arabic Learners (RU 2011)
2009 - 2012	Examining Language Learning Strategies used by BARB Students in Learning Arabic Language as A Second Language
2009 - 2010	Attention to Syntactical Choice by Learners of Arabic
2008 - 2011	The impact of self-efficacy and readiness on undergraduates' achievement in learning Arabic
2008 - 2011	Reading Strategies of Arabic Learners
2007 - 2007	The Impact of self-efficacy, subject difficulty, teaching experience, curriculum and assessment on the teaching of Arabic Language in secondary schools in Malaysia - Teachers' perspectives

On-Going

2021 - Present

Developing an Arabic Syntax Learning Module using Literary Texts (ASLIT): A Study in Perlis

30 Jan, 2023	Lantikan Pakar Bahasa Bidang Bahasa Arab - Others	State
16 Dec, 2022	Long Service Award 25 Years -	University
10 Jun, 2022	Best Educator Award GOLD - AHAS KIRKHS	KCDIO
22 Oct, 2019	Best Paper Award - Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa, Selangor	National
12 Jun, 2014	a?? Bronze Medal, International Research, Invention& Innovation Exhibition (IRIIE 2014) 11- 12 June 2014, for the poster entitled a????U?U????????? ??U?U???U?U??? U?U? ????U?U?U? U?????U?U? ??U?U?U????????? U?U? U??????!?? ??U?U??? ????U?U????? ??U???????U???a??. -	University

Article

2022	Persepsi dan strategi pelajar bukan Arab terhadap penggunaan novel dalam pembelajaran bahasa Arab. Issues in Language Studies, 11 (1) pp. 55-73
2022	Taṭwīr Mahārah al-Ittiṣāl al-Syafahi Lada Muta’allimī al-Lugah al-‘Arabiyyah Lugah Ṡāniyah fī Ta’līm al-Qāim ‘ala al-Nawātij. Alsinatuna Journal of Arabic Linguistics and Education, 7 (2) pp. 1-16
2022	Tatwir maharat al-ittisal al-syafahiy lada muta'allimi al-lughah al-'arabiyyah lughah thaniyah fi al-ta'lim al-qaim 'ala al-nawatij. Journal of Arabic Linguistics and Education, 7 (2) pp. 201-216
2022	The prepositions and their phonetic and semantic effect in the Quranic context: Aa applied grammatical study in the first quarter of the holy Quran. Researcher Journal for Islamic Sciences, 2 (2) pp. 1-46
2022	دلالات الواو والفاء في قصص السابقين من سورة الكهف وآثارهما في التناسب والمدة الزمانية = The Meanings of Waw and Fā’ in Surah al-Kaḥf stories and their effects on continuity and temporal period. Al-Irsyad, 7 (1) pp. 790-806
2020	كشف التنظيم الذاتي في استراتيجيات القراءة لدى الناطقين بغير العربية = Identifying self-regulation in reading strategies among non-native speakers of Arabic. Al-Qanatir International Journal of Islamic Studies, 19 (1) pp. 29-49
2018	Expert views on metacognitive strategies for Arabic Language learning: an application of the Fuzzy Delphi method. International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 7 (4.38) pp. 1034-1038
2018	إستراتيجيات تعلم النحو لدى دارسي اللغة العربية من الناطقين بغيرها = Syntax learning strategies among non-Arabic speakers = Strategi pembelajaran nahu di kalangan pelajar bukan Arab. Journal of Islam in Asia, 15 (3: Special Issue: Integration of Islamic Revealed Knowledge into Humanities and Social Sciences) pp. 155-190
2018	معيار الإعلامية لدى روبرت دي بوجراند وتجلياته في آيات القرآن الكريم: دراسة دلالية = The manifestation of Robert De Beaugrande’s standard of informativity in the Quranic verses: a semantic study. مجلة الدراسات اللغوية والأدبية (Journal of Linguistic and Literary Studies), 9 (1) pp. 3-23
2018	معيار الإعلامية لدى روبرت دي بوجراند وتجلياته في آيات القرآن الكريم: دراسة دلالية = The standard of Robert De Beaugrande’s standard of informativity in the Quranic verses: a semantic study = Manifestatasi Robert De Beaugrande piawaian nilai maklumat dalam ayat-ayat Al-Quran: satu kajian semantik. مجلة الدراسات اللغوية والأدبية (The Journal of Linguistic and Literary Studies (JLLS)), 9 (1) pp. 3-23
2017	Grammar efficacy and grammar performance: An exploratory study on Arabic learners. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 8 (4) pp. 123-128
2017	النظام الاشتقاقي والمفردات الإنتاجية = The system of etymological derivation and the derived words = Sistem terbitan kata dan perbendaharaan kata produktif. at-Tajdid, 21 (41A) pp. 147-161
2017	النِّظامُ الاشتقاقيُّ والمفرداتُ الإنتاجيَّةُ = The system of etymological derivation and the derived words = Sistem terbitan kata dan perbendaharaan kata produktif. At-Tajdid, 21 (41(a)) pp. 147-161
2016	An Evaluation of Internship Programme in Improving Graduate Skills and Marketability Among Arabic Language students in IIUM from the Perspective of Malaysian Job Market. Journal of Education and Human Development, 5 (1) pp. 206-212
2016	Translation strategy in reading comprehension among good and poor learners of non-Arabic speakers . The Online Journal of Islamic Education (O-jIE), 4 (1) pp. 37-52
2016	الفعالية الذاتية في الكتابة باللغة العربية = Self-efficacy in Arabic writing. DINAMIKA ILMU, 16 (1) pp. 75-92
2014	Vocabulary learning strategies: differences between Arabic and non-Arabic majoring students at the International Islamic University Malaysia. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 20 () pp. 28-32
2014	استراتيجيات تعلم المفردات العربية لدى الناطقين بغيرها: الجامعة الإسلامية العالمية بماليزيا نموذجا = Istiratijiyat ta'lim al-mufradat al-'Arabiyah lada al-natiqin bi-ghairiha al-Jami'ah al-Islamiyah al-'Alamiyah bi-Maliziya namudhajan. Global Journal Al-Thaqafah, 4 (2) pp. 123-131
2013	Arabic language efficacy questionnaire (ALEQ) : Assessing self-efficacy and achievement in Arabic language learning. GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies, 13 (1) pp. 155-167
2013	Arabic Language Efficacy Questionnaire (ALEQ): assessing self-efficacy and achievement. GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies, 13 (1) pp. 155-167
2012	المصادر اللغوية في تخمين معاني المفردات في قراءة النص العربي لغير الناطقين بالعربية = Al-masadir al-lughawiyyah fi takhmin ma'ani al-mufradat fi qiraat al-nass al-arabiyy lighairi al-natiqin bi al-arabiyyah . Global Journal Al-Thaqafah, 2 (2) pp. 87-94
2010	الاتجاهات نحو القراءة باللغة العربية : دراسة في المدارس الثانوية بماليزيا (al-Ittijahat nahw al-qiraat bi-al-lughah al-'Arabiyah : dirasat fi al-madaris al-thanawiyah bi-Maliziya). Journal of Linguistic and Literary Studies, 1 (1) pp. 35-56
2008	مدى التزام أبي عمرو بن العلاء والكسائي بمدرستيهما النحويتين: دراسة تحليلية في ضوء قراءات القرآن = Mada iltizam, Abi 'Amr ibn al-Ala' wa-al-Kisa'iy bimadrasataihima al-nahwiyatain: dirasah tahliliyyah fi dhau' qira'aat al-Quran . Journal of Qur'anic Studies, 10 (1) pp. 202-221

Conference or Workshop Item

2018	Analisis keperluan terhadap pengguna sasaran modul pembelajaran kemahiran menulis bahasa Arab berasaskan regulasi kendiri. In: 6th Malaysia International Conference on Foreign Languages,
2018	Expert views on metacognitive strategies for Arabic language learning: an application of Fuzzy Delphi Method. In: 4th International Conference on Arts, Education, Social Sciences 2018,
2017	آراء الخبراء في استراتيجيات تعلم اللغة العربية لدى الناطقين بغيرها. In: The International Conference on Translation in Education 2017,
2017	كشف التنظيم الذاتي في استراتيجيات القراءة باللغة العربية لدى الناطقين بغيرها = Kashfu al tanzim azzatiy fi istratijiyyat al qiraa'ah billughah al arabiyyah lada alnatiqiin bighairiha. In: 6th International Conference on Arabic Language & Literature (iCALL 2017),
2016	استخدام استراتيجيات القراءة في استيعاب كتب التراث اللغوية لدى دارسي اللغة العربية بماليزيا: كتاب شرح ابن عقيل أنموذجًا. In: The 2nd International Conference of Linguistic Studies (ICLS 2016),
2015	تأثير العناصر الإسلامية في استراتيجيات القراءة باللغة العربية = Ta'thir al 'anasir al islamiyyah fi istiratijiyyat al qiraah bi allughah al 'arabiyyah. In: 4th International Conference on Arabic Language 2015,
2014	استراتيجيات تعلم المفردات لدى دارسي اللغة العربية في الجامعة الإسلامية العالمية بماليزيا = Vocabulary learning strategies used by Arabic learners in IIUM . In: 2nd World Conference on Islamic Thought & Civilization (WCIT2014 ),
2014	الفعالية الذاتية في مهارة الاستماع لدى متعلمي اللغة العربية غير الناطقين بها. In: Language and Education Conference (LEC 2014) ,
2013	Grammar efficacy and grammar performance: an exploratory study on Arabic learners. In: International Conference on Languages, Linguistics and Society 2013,
2013	إستراتيجيات القراءة لدى الناطقين بغير اللغة العربية ومدى تاثيرها على مستوى استيعابهم القرائي = Istiratijiyat al-qiraat lada al-natiqin bi-ghayr al-lughah al-'Arabiyah wa-mada ta'thiruha'ala mustawa isti'abihim al-qur'ani. In: Mu'tamar Abu Dhabi li-Ta'lim al-Lughah al-'Arabiyah lil-Natiqin bi-Ghayriha ,
2012	المصادر اللغوية في تخمين معاني المفردات: دراسة في قراءة النصوص العربية = Linguistic sources in guessing word meaning: a study in reading arabic texts. In: World Conference on Islamic Thought 2012 (WCIT 2012),
2011	استراتجية تخمين معاني المفردات في القراءة: دراسة مقارنة بين التصنيفات المتعددة = Istiratijiyyat takhmin ma'ani ah-mufradat fi al-qiraat: dirasah muqaranah bayna al-tasnifat al-muta'addidat. In: Nadwah al-Dauliyah Haula Tajribah Ta'lim al-Lughah al-'Arabiyah fi Indonesia - Ma Laha wa-ma 'Alaiha,
2011	تعزيز ممارسة مهارة الكلام في حجرة الدراسة. In: The 7th International Conference on Arabic Language 2011,
2010	آثار اختلاف القراءات القرآنية في المعنى: دراسة نموذجية في قراءتَـي أبي عمرو بن العلاء والكسائي = Athar ikhtilaf al-qiraat al-Qur'aniyah fil al-ma'na : dirasah namudhajiyah fi al-qur'ani Abi 'Amr bin al-'Ala wa-al-Kisa'i. In: al-Mu'tamar al-Dawli lil-Qiraat wa-al-Qurra',
2010	استراتيجيات معاني المفردات في تعليم القراءة العربية للدارسين الضعفاء من غير أبنائها : اقتراحات للمدرسين (Istiratijiyyat ma'ani al-mufradat fi ta'lim al-qira'at al-arabiyyah lil darisin al-dhu'afa' min ghair abna'iha: iqtirahat lil mudarisin ) . In: المؤتمر الدولي للغة العربية "اللغة العربية بين الانقراض والتطور ، تحديات وتوقعات" (al-Mu'tamar al-duwali lil-lughah "al-lughat al-'Arabiyah bayn al-inqirad wa al-tatawwur, tahaddiyat wa tawqi'at"),
2010	النصوص الأدبية المقررة في مادة الأدب ومدى فعاليتها في تحقيق الهدف المرجو (al-nusus al-adabiyyah al-muqarrarah fi madah al-adab wa mada fi'aliyatiha fi tahqiq al-hadaf al-marju). In: المؤتمر الدولي للغة العربية "اللغة العربية بين الانقراض والتطور ، تحديات وتوقعات" (al-Mu'tamar al-duwali lil-lughah "al-lughat al-'Arabiyah bayn al-inqirad wa al-tatawwur, tahaddiyat wa tawqi'at"),
2008	استراتيجيات القراءة المعاصرة لدى الناطقين بغير العربية = Istiratijiyat al-qiraat al-mu'asirah lada al-natiqin bi-ghayr al-'arabiyah. In: al-Mu'tamar al-Duwali al-Awwal li-Ta'lim al-Lughah al-'Arabiyah lil-Natiqin bi-ghayriha,

Book

2017	المؤتمر العالمي السادس للغة العربية وآدابها: اللغة العربية وتحديابها في القرن الحادي والعشرين. Darul Syakir Enterpris, ISBN: 978-967-467-007-8
2017	مقاربات في الألسنية والتعليم والأدب، أبحاث محكمة لمؤتمر اللغة العربية وتحدياتها في القرن الحادي والعشرين = Muqarabaat fi al-Alsuniyyah wa al-Ta'lim wa al-Adab, Abhath Muhakkamah limu'tamar al-Lughah al-'Arabiyyah wa Tahaddiyyatiha fi al-Qarn al-Hadi wa al-'Ishrin. Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge & Human Sciences, IIUM, & Darul Syakir Enterprise, ISBN:
2015	أبحاث المؤتمر (محمكة) مقاربات في اللسانيات والأدبيات بين التقليد والتجديد- الجزء الثاني- الأدبيات (Abhath al-muktamar (muhakkamah): Muqarabat fi al-lisaniyyat wa al-adabiyyat bayna al-taqlid wa al-tajdid (al-juzuk al-thani: al-adabiyyat). IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-423-0
2015	أبحاث المؤتمر (محمكة) مقاربات في اللسانيات والأدبيات بين التقليد والتجديد- الجزء الأول - اللسانيات والتعليم -Abhath al-muktamar (muhakkamah): Muqarabat fi al-lisaniyyat wa al-adabiyyat bayna al-taqlid wa al-tajdid (al-juzuk al-awwal: al-lisaniyyat wa al-ta'leem). IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-422-3
2011	أبحاث المؤتمر: المؤتمر الثالث للغة العربية وآدابها الإتجاهات الحديثة في الدراسات اللغوية والأدبية (Abhath Al-mu'tamar : al-mu'tamar al-thalith lil-lughah al-'Arabiyah wa-adabiha, al-ittijahat al-hadithah fi al-dirasat al-lughawiyah wa-al-adabiyah)(Juz'al-Thani). IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-0225-33-3
2011	تعليم اللغة العربية للناطقين بغيها واتجاهاته (Ta'lim al-lughah al-'Arabiyah lil-natiqin bi-ghayriha wa- ittijahatuh). IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789670225391
2011	دراسات في قضايا اللغة العربية وآدابها (Dirasat fi qadaya al-lughah al-'Arabiyah wa-adabiha). IIUM Press, ISBN: 967-0225-55-5

Book Section

2020	استخدامات قائمة الكلمات في تحسين مهارة القراءة. In: Mashreq International for Books Sdn Bhd, ISBN: 978-967-2416-23-4, pp. 281-297
2010	Tabiat membaca dalam bahasa Arab. In: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, ISBN: 9789838614924, pp. 316-326
2010	Tabiat membaca dalam bahasa Arab. In: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, ISBN: 9789838614924, pp. 316-326
2009	استراتيجيات تعلم اللغة الثانية ودورها في تعلم اللغة العربية بوصفها لغة ثانية في غير بيئتها = Istiratijiyyat ta'allum al-lughah al-thaniyah wa-dauruha fi ta'allum al-lughah al-Arabiyyah bi-wasfiha lughah thaniyah fi ghair biatiha . In: Ulinnuha Press, Depok, ISBN: 9789793197247, pp. 426-432
2009	الخيارات النحوية عند الطلبة المتخصصين في اللغة العربية = al-Khiyarat al-nahwiyah 'inda al-talabah al-mutakhassisin fi al-lughah al-Arabiyyah . In: Ulinnuha Press, Depok, ISBN: 9789793197247, pp. 389-395
2007	The impact of self-efficacy, experience, curriculum and assessment on subject difficulty when studying Arabic language: teachers' perspective. In: Kaci Trading Sdn. Bhd., ISBN: 978-983-2599-73-9, pp. 461-474

Monograph

2019	Towards establishing a strategic self-regulatoryinstructional module for arabic learning in Malaysia (FRGS15-256-0497). In: ,
2016	Arabic learners’ beliefs about grammar learning and instruction: an exlporatory study. In: ,
2012	How do students activate background knowledge? An insight into Arabic learners. In: s.n,
2012	Teaching Arabic language for foreigners and its trends. In: s.n,