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Associate Professor Dr. Abdul Rahman Bin Chik graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from Faculty of Arts, Kuwait University and Master of Arts from the University of Salford, United Kingdom, and Doctor of Philosophy from Faculty of Arts, University of Alexandria, Egypt. He was admitted to the Ministry of Waqf and Islamic Affairs, State of Kuwait as an Administrative officer (1980 until 1984) and thereafter, he joined the Language Centre of International Islamic University Malaysia in 1984. In 1990 he was transferred to the newly established Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (KIRKHS) as Founding Head of Department of Arabic Language and Literature. He has been in various academic administrative posts more than 30 years in Malaysia (UM and IIUM) and Brunei Darussalam (UBD) as Head of Department, Deputy Dean for Student Affairs, DD for Academic Affairs, DD for Language Centre, DD for Inter-Disciplinary Studies and Human Development, Dean for Student Affairs, and Dean for General Affairs, as well as Director of IIUM International Sdn. Bhd. of IIUM Holdings.

 

He is currently an Associate Professor at the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences since 2009. He has authored, co-authored and/or edited 21 books and 23 book chapters on Arabic Language Education, Curriculum Development, Arabic Textbook Evaluation amongst them:Ta’lim Al-lughah al-‘arabiyah li aghradh khassah: tajarib wa taqwim. (Riyadh: King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz International Center for Arabic Language, 2018); Ta‘lim al-Lughah al-Arabiyah fi Maliziya (Arabic Language Teaching in Malaysia) (Riyadh: King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for The Arabic Language, 2017); Majaalaat Ta’lim al-Lughah al-Arabiyyah Afaq Mustaqbaliyyah (Kuala Lumpur: IIUM Press, 2013); Lughat al-Shu’ub al-Islamiyyah fi Asia wa al-Harf al-Qur’aniy (The incorporation of the languages of the Asian muslim peoples into the standard qur’anic script) (Kuala Lumpur: IIUM Press, 2011); Ta’lim al-lugah al-Arabiyyah li al-natiqin bighairiha wa ittijahatuhu (Kuala Lumpur: IIUM Press, 2011); Al-Qamus al-Wazifi (Thematic - Functional Dictionary Arabic-Malay-English) (Kuala Lumpur: Telaga Biru, 2012); Athaar Al-Qiraat Al-Qur’aniyyah Fi Al-Dilalat Al-Sautiyyah. (Kuala Lumpur: IIUM Press, 2009); Kamus Besar Dewan Arab–Melayu (Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2006); Ta’allam wa takallam: silsilat ta’lim al-lughah al-Arabiyyah li ghairi al-natiqin biha, Vol. 1&2 (BSB: Universiti Brunei Darussalam, 2004); Al-Arabiyyah lughat al-Qur’an, Vol. 1&2. (Cairo: Dar al-Shurouk, 1998). He has written 30 articles published in both local and international journals and has also presented more than 80 papers at conferences in the area of Teaching Arabic as a Second Language, as well as Arabic for Specific Purposes.   His consultancy and research activities includes: Curricula Development in Arabic Language and Linguistics, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka; Determining Semantic Fields of Arabic Corpus in Malaysia; Developing an instructional model in enhancing productive skills through documentary films for learning Arabic as a foreign language in Malaysia; Applying an Instructional Design Model on Designing Online Lessons for Malaysian Students Enrolled in Arab Universities; The encyclopedia project on the Hajj and the holy mosques, (Case of Brunei Darussalam). He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board and Board of Reviewers of the Journal of Linguistic and Literary Studies (JLLS – E-ISSN: 2180-1665), and also used to be a member of Editorial Board of Al-Tajdid A refereed Arabic Biannual (ISSN: 1823-1926).  Further, he is a panel member of Majlis Perundingan Islam (MPI, Jabatan Perdana Menteri), Majlis Dakwah Negara (MDN), Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA), and a member of the Academic Advisory Board of Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM) for Darul Qur’an, as well as Board of Studies for Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UNISZA), University Malaysia Kelantan (UMK) and Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM). Associate Professor Dr. Abdul Rahman Bin Chik was seconded to Universiti Brunei Darussalam (1998-2004) and then invited visiting fellow at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 2010. Further, he was appointed as an expert and advisor for the programmes of TASL and Arabic for Specific Purposes (ASP) programmes at Kolej Universiti Islam Selangor (KUIS) and then an Academic Fellow of the ISESCO-Malaysia based at KUIS since 2015.   He was conferred World Scholars Recognition by World Arab Translators and Linguists Association (WATA) in 2008 and the Ismail Faruqi Best Book Award by IIUM in 2013.   He is actively involved in social and educational activities with NGOs, public and private sectors such as Arabic Language Society Malaysia (PBAM), Persatuan Ulama Malaysia (PUM), Ahli Lembaga Pengurusan Sekolah Agama Integrasi Al-Mujahideen, dan Nazir Masjid Al-Mujahideen. His international involvement in professional bodies includes: International League of Islamic Literature based in Riyadh (life membership), and World Federation of Arab-Islamic International Schools (WFAIIS), an OIC affiliated organization, as Chairman of Malaysian Office. He has been elected as Founding President of International League of Islamic Literature Malaysia (PPM-023-10-10022016) since 2016.