Staff Directory

Academic Qualification
- Doctor of Philosophy in Education - Doctor of Philosophy, University of Nottingham
- Master of Arts in Professional Studies in Education - Masters Degree, University of Leicester
- Bachelor of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - Bachelor Degree, University of Leeds
- Diploma in English as a Second Language - Diploma, Universiti Malaya (UM)
Faizah Idrus (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)
Associate Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus
KULLIYYAH OF EDUCATION
Other's position:
Head, Student Affairs and Development Division
ifaizah@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile
Faizah Idrus worked as an English teacher for five years before joining the Centre for Languages, The International Islamic University (IIUM) as a lecturer in 1998. She joined the Kulliyyah of Education upon completion of her Ph.D.
She teaches the undergraduate and post graduate courses in the Department of Language and Literacy, KOED for TESL programme. She also supervises Masters and PhD students.
In 2007, she won a medal for the most promising researcher in CELPAD. In 2012, she won the bronze medal in the IRIIE. She was the Head of Research, Kulliyyah of Education from 2015-2017. She held the position of Deputy Director, Centre for Teaching and Learning in June 2018 to December 2018. Then in January 2019-August 2021 she was appointed as the Deputy Dean of Students Development and Community Engagement, at Kulliyyah of Education, IIUM. Her research interests include but not confined to English Language Teaching and Learning, Language, Identity and the community, Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy, Cultural Intelligence and Diplomacy as well as the wellbeing of Indigenous Communities,
She teaches the undergraduate and post graduate courses in the Department of Language and Literacy, KOED for TESL programme. She also supervises Masters and PhD students.
In 2007, she won a medal for the most promising researcher in CELPAD. In 2012, she won the bronze medal in the IRIIE. She was the Head of Research, Kulliyyah of Education from 2015-2017. She held the position of Deputy Director, Centre for Teaching and Learning in June 2018 to December 2018. Then in January 2019-August 2021 she was appointed as the Deputy Dean of Students Development and Community Engagement, at Kulliyyah of Education, IIUM. Her research interests include but not confined to English Language Teaching and Learning, Language, Identity and the community, Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy, Cultural Intelligence and Diplomacy as well as the wellbeing of Indigenous Communities,
Area of Specialisation
- Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Arts and Culture ~ Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-Cultural Studies - Managing Multicuturalism
- Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Religious Studies ~ Islamic Studies - World Literature studies
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Education ~ Classroom Studies (Including Teacher-Student Language) - Sociolinguistics
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Education ~ Curriculum Development - Curriculum and Instruction
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Education ~ Pedagogy (Including Teaching Methodologies for Content and Language Subjects) - Teacher Education
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Anthropology ~ Social and Cultural Anthropology - Cultural Intelligence
Teaching Responsibilities
ACTION RESEARCH FOR ESL TEACHER | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
ACTION RESEARCH FOR ESL TEACHERS | 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 |
ACTION RESEARCH IN EDUCATION | 2017/2018 |
ADVANCED ENGLISH WRITING | 1998/1999 |
COMMUNICATING IN ENGLISH | 030901 |
COMMUNICATING IN ENGLISH I | 040701 030701 |
COMMUNICATION SKILLS | 2014/2015 2013/2014 2011/2012 |
CORE COMPETENCE LOWER (CCL) | 2002/2003 2001/2002 |
CORE COMPETENCE LOWER INTENSIVE (1ST HALF) | 2004/2005 |
CORE COMPETENCE UPPER | 2000/2001 |
CORE COMPETENCE UPPER INTENSIVE (1ST HALF) | 2002/2003 2001/2002 |
CORE COMPETENCE UPPER INTENSIVE (2ND HALF) | 2002/2003 |
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION | 2011/2012 |
DISCOURSE ANALYSIS FOR ELT | 2013/2014 |
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC WRITING (EAW) | 2007/2008 2006/2007 2005/2006 2004/2005 2003/2004 2002/2003 2001/2002 2000/2001 1999/2000 1998/1999 |
ENGLISH LANGUAGE V | 2007/2008 |
ENGLISH LANGUAGE VI | 2007/2008 |
FOU. OF MULTICULTURAL EDUC. IN ESL CONTEXT | 2021/2022 |
FOU. OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN ESL CONTEX | 2018/2019 |
FOUNDATIONS OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN ESL CONTEXT | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
FOUNDATIONS OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN ESL CONTEXTS | 2022/2023 2021/2022 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 |
GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT 2 | 040601 030601 |
GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT I | 040501 030501 |
GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS | 2011/2012 |
INTERNSHIP | 2015/2016 |
INTRODUCTION TO ELT METHODOLOGY | 2016/2017 2012/2013 2011/2012 |
INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE | 2021/2022 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 |
ISSUES IN TESL | 2017/2018 2014/2015 2012/2013 |
LANGUAGE FOR OCCUPATIONAL PURPOSES-ENGIN | 2003/2004 2002/2003 2001/2002 |
LANGUAGE FOR OCCUPATIONAL PURPOSES-ENM | 2007/2008 2006/2007 2005/2006 2004/2005 2003/2004 |
LINGUISTICS FOR THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER | 2016/2017 2015/2016 2012/2013 |
MEETING THE LITERACY NEEDS OF ESL LEARNERS | 2019/2020 |
PHONOLOGY FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER | 2016/2017 2015/2016 2012/2013 |
PRE-CORE COMPETENCE (PCC) | 2000/2001 1999/2000 |
PRINCIPLES OF LANGUAGE LEARNING & TEACHING | 2018/2019 |
PSYCHO-SOCIOLINGUISTIC FOR PERS. IN ELT | 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 |
PSYCHO-SOCIOLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER | 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 |
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS | 2020/2021 2018/2019 |
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 2015/2016 2014/2015 |
SEMANTICS FOR ELT | 2017/2018 2012/2013 |
SEMINAR ON PRACTICES IN TEACHING LITERATURE | 2022/2023 2021/2022 |
SFC: LISTENING INTENSIVE COURSE (2ND HALF) | 2004/2005 2001/2002 |
SFC: LISTENING SKILLS | 2002/2003 2001/2002 |
SFC: READING SKILLS | 2002/2003 |
SFC: SPEAKING INTENSIVE COURSE (2ND HALF) | 2001/2002 |
SFC: SPEAKING SKILLS | 2004/2005 2000/2001 |
SYLLABUS DESIGN AND MATERIALS PREPARATION FOR TESL | 2022/2023 |
TEACHING LISTENING AND SPEAKING | 2017/2018 |
TEACHING LISTENING AND SPEAKING IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS | 2014/2015 |
TEACHING LISTENING AND SPEAKING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS | 2013/2014 |
TEACHING LITERATURE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS | 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 |
TEACHING READING AND WRITING | 2017/2018 |
TEACHING WRITING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS | 2013/2014 |
UNDERSTANDING TEXTS | 031101 |
USRAH IN ACTION 1 | 2022/2023 |
Research Projects
Completed
2022 - 2022 | Public's Perceptions of Government Programmes and Current Issues |
2021 - 2022 | FGD on Public's Perceptions of Government Programmes and Current Issues |
2021 - 2022 | Exploring Cultural Intelligence Towards Promoting Sejahtera Institutional Excellence |
2020 - 2020 | READ Programme: Training Teachers to Empower Youth |
2018 - 2021 | Exploring the Relationship between Cultural Intelligence (CQ) and Transformational Leadership (TL) of Young Academic Leaders (YAL) at Selected HEIs |
2016 - 2021 | An Entrepreneurial Education Framework towards Producing Holistic and Employable Students for Malaysian Vocational Colleges |
2016 - 2021 | Profiling Science and Technology Undergraduate Students? English Communication Skills at the Higher Learning Educational Institutions (HLEIS) in Malaysia |
2016 - 2021 | Underlying Dimensions of Egalitarian Education in a Multi-Cultural Society: Aspirations and Challenges of Ethnic Malays' Education |
2016 - 2019 | Communicative English for Tourism Purposes: Training the Local Youths to Promote Places and Products of Interest in Vietnam: Training of the Trainers |
2015 - 2021 | Profiling Second Language Learners' Anxiety in Learning the English Language for Communication : A Nationwide Study of Rural Secondary Schools' Students in Malaysia. |
2015 - 2019 | Developing Charter School Model Curriculum for Disaster Affected Areas: Lessening the MOE Expenditure and Addressing Educational Imbalance |
2014 - 2018 | Intrinsic Motivation in Conducting Research among Academic Staff at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) |
2013 - 2016 | Exploring Cybernated Story Telling Via Multimodal Literacy : Students' Engagement and Instructional Strategies |
2013 - 2016 | Narrowing the Gender Gap: Investing the Factors that Influence Malaysian Boys' Literacy Development and Profiling their Literacy Needs |
2013 - 2016 | Modelling Culturally Responsive Teaching- Exploiting the Third Space Theory: A Case-Based Study in Malaysian English Language Classrooms |
2013 - 2015 | The Construction of Shared Malaysian Identity in The Literature Classroom : An Exploration on Selected Sub-Urban and Rural Areas in Malaysia |
2013 - 2014 | A Qualitative Study on Research Culture at International Islamic University Malaysia |
2012 - 2015 | Malaysian Human Capital Empowerment through Enchancing Vocational Schools Appeal : What Works in Vocational Schools |
2004 - 2006 | The Role of Coordinators in a Curriculum Change |
On-Going
2021 - Present | A Framework for Personalized Mental Fatigue Intervention through Brain Computer Interface (BCI) |
2021 - Present | Contemporary ELT Strategies in the 21st Century |
2020 - Present | R.E.A.D. Program: Training Teachers to Empower Youth |
2018 - Present | Developing metacognitive strategies framework for sustainable learning in enhancing graduate employability through education 4.0 among Malaysian higher education learners. |
2016 - Present | A Framework for Peace Education for Preschoolers: Bridging the Gap for Conflict Awareness and Resolution. |
2016 - Present | A Framework for the Application of Cultural Intelligence's Skills in the Teaching and Learning Among Academics at Malaysian Higher Education Institution |
2016 - Present | Exploring Student Leaders' Cultural Intelligence in Higher Education Institutions Towards Authentic Leadership |
2016 - Present | Contrast Between Moral and Islamic Religious Education: Dilemmas and Prospect |
2015 - Present | Undergraduates' Experiences in Learning and Utilising English Language in Academic and Social Interaction: Developing New English Learning and Social Interaction Models for Undergraduates |
2015 - Present | Development of Malaysian Muslim Adolescents? Self-identity and Spiritual Intelligence: A Case Study of Low SES Families |
2015 - Present | Peace Education: Theorizing of and Bridging the Gap for Conflicts Transformation in the Malaysian Secondary School Curriculum. A Case-Based Project |
2013 - Present | English Language Teaching and Language Education : Contemporary Issues in the Malaysian Setting |
Award & Recognition
22 Feb, 2012 | Bronze Medal in The Research and Innovation Exhibition (IIRIE) - IRKHS | University |
Publications
Article
Conference or Workshop Item
Book
2021 | Youth constructing their identities in the English language classrooms: lesson study from elected secondary schools in Malaysia. Partridge, ISBN: 9781543766431 |
2018 | Proceedings of The International University Carnival on e-Learning (IUCEL)2018. Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), ISBN: 978-967-2027-84-3 |
Book Section
2017 | A society undeciphered. In: Singapore International Press, ISBN: 9789811126543, pp. 11-29 |
2016 | The literature component in Malaysian secondary English language syllabus: aiding or impeding language learning? a participatory action research project. In: Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia, ISBN: 9789674602062, pp. 13-27 |
2016 | The literature component in Malaysian secondary English language syllabus: aiding or impeding language learning? a participatory action research project. In: Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia, ISBN: 9789674602062, pp. 13-27 |