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Academic Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Education) - Doctor of Philosophy, International Islamic University Malaysia
- Master of Education - Masters Degree, Universiti Malaya (UM)
- Bachelor of Education - Bachelor Degree, Universiti Malaya (UM)
Adlina Binti Hj. Ariffin (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)
Associate Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus
ABDULHAMID ABUSULAYMAN KULLIYYAH OF ISLAMIC REVEALED KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN SCIENCES
adlina@iium.edu.my
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Expert Profile
Adlina Ariffin received her Bachelor and Master degrees in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) from University of Malaya in 1998 and 2003 respectively. She then pursued her doctoral studies at the International Islamic University Malaysia and graduated in 2013. The title of her thesis was The Reading of Legal Cases: Towards a Model of Effective Reading by Law Undergraduates.
Her research interest blossomed when she first embarked on her Masters degree in 2000 where she investigated the benefits of student collaboration on vocabulary development among ESL learners. From then on, she continued to be involved in various research undertakings at the Kulliyyah/Centre level, University level and national level. In 2013, she completed her research entitled Exploring the Common Practices of Law students in the Reading of Legal Cases: a case study of an EAP course at the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws which received the Endowment (B) Grant by the University and in 2016 she completed a collaborative research project entitled A Study on Benefits of Awarding Scholarship to Postgraduate International Students which was funded by the FRGS (Top-down) grant and a University level research under the Research Initiative Grant Scheme (RIGS) entitled Investigating Strategies Used by ESL Language Learners in Acquiring English Language at the Tertiary Level.
She has published in journals, conference proceedings and book chapters. Among her published works are Revisiting the Malaise of the Ummah: A Way Forward (2017), Mother Tongue & English Language: A Power Struggle (2015), A Study on the Reading Strategies Employed by Undergraduates and Practicing Lawyers in Case Reading (2015), The Challenges in the Reading of Legal Cases: Lecturers' Perspective (2014), The Reading of Legal Cases by Law Undergraduates: Some Problems and Suggestions (2014), Ideal vs Reality: Evidences from Senior Teachers' Experiences on the Malaysian School-Based Assessment System (SBA) (2014), A Comparative Analysis of Ibn Sina and Al- Ghazali: Their Philosophical Underpinnings and Contributions toward Muslim Education (2011). In 2018 she published a book entitled Reading Strategies of a Specialised Rhetorical Genre: The Case of Law.
Her research interest blossomed when she first embarked on her Masters degree in 2000 where she investigated the benefits of student collaboration on vocabulary development among ESL learners. From then on, she continued to be involved in various research undertakings at the Kulliyyah/Centre level, University level and national level. In 2013, she completed her research entitled Exploring the Common Practices of Law students in the Reading of Legal Cases: a case study of an EAP course at the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws which received the Endowment (B) Grant by the University and in 2016 she completed a collaborative research project entitled A Study on Benefits of Awarding Scholarship to Postgraduate International Students which was funded by the FRGS (Top-down) grant and a University level research under the Research Initiative Grant Scheme (RIGS) entitled Investigating Strategies Used by ESL Language Learners in Acquiring English Language at the Tertiary Level.
She has published in journals, conference proceedings and book chapters. Among her published works are Revisiting the Malaise of the Ummah: A Way Forward (2017), Mother Tongue & English Language: A Power Struggle (2015), A Study on the Reading Strategies Employed by Undergraduates and Practicing Lawyers in Case Reading (2015), The Challenges in the Reading of Legal Cases: Lecturers' Perspective (2014), The Reading of Legal Cases by Law Undergraduates: Some Problems and Suggestions (2014), Ideal vs Reality: Evidences from Senior Teachers' Experiences on the Malaysian School-Based Assessment System (SBA) (2014), A Comparative Analysis of Ibn Sina and Al- Ghazali: Their Philosophical Underpinnings and Contributions toward Muslim Education (2011). In 2018 she published a book entitled Reading Strategies of a Specialised Rhetorical Genre: The Case of Law.
Throughout her 19 years at the IIUM, she has held various administrative positions. She was the Course Coordinator for a few academic courses and Coordinator at the Centre for Languages and Pre-University Development (CELPAD) prior to joining DELL in 2016. She has been actively involved in research initiatives in developing new courses and evaluating present courses. From 2013 to 2016, she was the Deputy Dean (Research & Academic Quality) at the Centre for Postgraduate Studies, IIUM. At the same time, she also held the post of Deputy Chairman for the eMDPS Committee responsible for the administration of the Database of Foreign Universities under the purview of the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) and Malaysian Deans of Graduate Studies Council. During her tenure she was involved in a research collaboration project - Kajian Pembangunan Pelan Halatuju Pengajian Siswazah Malaysia 2016-2025 which aims to produce an education blueprint for postgraduate studies in Malaysia.
Currently, she is the Deputy Director (Grant Management Unit) at the Research Management Centre, IIUM. She has had a very colourful teaching experience, ranging from pre-sessional courses to English for Academic Purposes Course to English for Occupational Purposes Courses. In 2006, she was awarded the Best Teacher Award (Kulliyyah level) by the University. Presently, she is teaching courses related to English language and linguistics at the Department of English Language and Literature, KIRKHS. Her research interests are applied linguistics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics and English for Specific Purposes.
Area of Specialisation
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Cognitive Science ~ Psycholinguistics - Psycholinguistics
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Education ~ Language Literacy (Including English (TESOL, ESL, TEFL) and other Languages) - Literacy
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Education ~ History and Philosophy of Education - Islamic Philosophy of Education
- Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Cognitive Science ~ Linguistic Processes - Applied linguistics
Professional Membership
- 2010 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), International Literacy Association
- 2015 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), Interactive Muslimah Association
- 2018 - 2020 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), International Literacy Association
- 2019 - 2060 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics
Teaching Responsibilities
| ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSE | 2020/2021 |
| ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES | 2020/2021 |
| ERROR & CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS | 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 |
| FINAL YEAR PROJECT I | 2025/2026 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
| FINAL YEAR PROJECT II | 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 |
| FORENSIC LINGUISTICS | 2025/2026 |
| INDUSTRIAL TRAINING | 2024/2025 |
| INTRODUCTION TO DISCOURSE | 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 |
| INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS | 2017/2018 2016/2017 |
| LANGUAGE FOR OCCUPATIONAL PURPOSES-ENM | 2016/2017 |
| LEXICOGRAPHY | 2021/2022 |
| LINGUISTICS IN THE HUMANITIES | 2023/2024 2022/2023 |
| RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 2025/2026 |
| RESEARCH PAPER 1 | 2019/2020 |
| RESEARCH PAPER 2 | 2020/2021 2019/2020 |
| RESEARCH PAPER I (APPLIED LINGUISTIC | 2017/2018 2016/2017 |
| RESEARCH PAPER II | 2018/2019 |
| RESEARCH PAPER II (APPLIED LINGUISTIC) | 2017/2018 |
Supervision
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Bilingual First Language Acquisition (Bfla) Of Bangla And English: A Case Study.
Ph.D
Completed
2019
Member Supervisory Committee
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Cultural Aspects In Subtitling Animated Cartoon Contents From English To Arabic.
Ph.D
In Progress
Supervisor Supervisory Committee
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A Forensic Linguistic Analysis Of Manipulative And Misleading Strategies In Fraud Investments Websites.
Ph.D
In Progress
Main Supervisor
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A Corpus Assisted Discourse Study On The Language Of Groomers And Children.
Ph.D
In Progress
Main Supervisor
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Disclosures Of Depression Among Women On Social Media: A Corpus-Driven Analysis.
Ph.D
In Progress
Main Supervisor
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Towards Developing A Framework On The Linguistic Features Of Fake News
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Ph.D
In Progress
Main Supervisor
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Impoliteness Strategies Used by Social Media Users in Malaysian Online News Sites on Facebook and Instagram During Covid-19 Pandemic. Impoliteness Strategies Used By Social Media Users In Malaysian Online News Sites On Facebook And Instagram During Covid-19 Pandemic.
Ph.D
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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Acoustic Analysis Of Monophthong Vowels In Noise Among Malaysian Bilingual Young Adults.
Ph.D
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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Exploring Interpersonal Metadiscourse Markers as Persuasive Strategies in Job Interviews among Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Graduates
. Exploring Interpersonal Metadiscourse Markers As Persuasive Strategies In Job Interviews Among Technical And Vocational Education And Training (Tvet) Graduates .
Ph.D
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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Analysis of Hedges and Boosters in the Results and Discussion Section of Undergraduates' Final-Year Project (FYP) Reports. Analysis Of Hedges And Boosters In The Results And Discussion Section Of Undergraduates' Final-Year Project (Fyp) Reports.
Ph.D
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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Language Analysis Of The Promotional Discourse Of The Halal Food Industry.
Master
Completed
2022
Main Supervisor
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Formulaic Sequences And Lexical Bundles Of Pre-Sessional Malaysian University Students.
Master
Completed
2021
Co-supervisor
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Analysis Of The Relationship Between Collocation Competence And Writing Skills Of Djiboutian Efl Learners.
Master
Completed
2019
Main Supervisor
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The Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition By Esl Learners Through Selected English Songs: A Case Study.
Master
Completed
2019
Main Supervisor
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The Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition And Content Comprehension Among Esl Learners Through Subtitling Of English Movies: A Case Study.
Master
Completed
2019
Co-supervisor
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Learning Vocabulary Through Songs: A Study On The Role Of Music In Teaching English Verbs
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Master
Completed
2019
Co-supervisor
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The Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition By Esl Learners Through Selected English Songs: A Case Study.
Master
Completed
2019
Co-supervisor
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Higher Order Thinking Skills In Graduating Benl Students' Reflection Writing.
Master
Completed
2018
Co-supervisor
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An Investigation On The Use Of Gerunds In Students' Academic Writing At Iium.
Master
Completed
2018
Co-supervisor
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Lexical Ambiguity in Food Labelling by Malaysian Street Food Vendors. Lexical Ambiguity In Food Labelling By Malaysian Street Food Vendors.
Master
In Progress
Main Supervisor
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Using Authorship Attribution Concept in Identifying Idiolects to Detect Plagiarism in Students’ Academic Writing. Using Authorship Attribution Concept In Identifying Idiolects To Detect Plagiarism In Students’ Academic Writing.
Master
In Progress
Main Supervisor
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Authorship Discrimination Model Using Stylometric Text Features And Ensemble Learning Approach.
Master
In Progress
Co-supervisor
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Research Projects
Completed
| 2021 - 2022 | Investigating the Impact of Social Networks on Women Working from Home (WFH) in Alleviating Psychological Distress |
| 2018 - 2021 | Construction of Moral Values Education Course Module for Pre-Service Teachers |
| 2017 - 2020 | Enriching the Islamic Tradition in Research Inquiry: Some Practical Guidelines in Using Qualitative Data Collection Techniques |
| 2016 - 2018 | Investigating Strategies Used by ESL Language Learners in Acquiring English Language at the Tertiary Level |
| 2015 - 2019 | Pembangunan Pelan Halatuju Pengajian Siswazah Malaysia 2016-2025 Project 2: Pelaksanaan Pentadbiran Pengajian Siswazah di Malaysia |
| 2014 - 2017 | Kajian Terhadap Kepentingan Pembiayaan Kepada Pelajar Pasca Siswazah Antarabangsa Melalui Skim RA/GRA |
| 2010 - 2013 | Exploring the common Practices of Law Students in the Reading of legal Cases: a case study of an EAP course at the AIKOL |
On-Going
| 2023 - Present | A COMPARISON OF PROPENSITY BETWEEN READING AND ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE POST-PANDEMIC ERA |
| 2023 - Present | HALAL MALAYSIA: THE USE OF AMBIGUOUS TERMINOLOGIES ON FOOD LABELLING |
| 2023 - Present | An Alternative Model in Detecting Plagiarism in Academic Writing using the Authorship Attribution Concept |
| 2019 - Present | Mapping the best practices from traditional host countries to create an international student protocol for Malaysian hybrid environment. |
| 2018 - Present | The Influences of Islamic Civilization on Malay Muslim Women and Their Contributions in Malay Archipelago. |
| 2018 - Present | Developing a Model on Effective Promotion of Halal Concept to Increase Halal Awareness through Multi-Perspective Approaches for the Halal Food Industry |
Awards & Recognition
| 09 Jul, 2020 | Murabbi Award - International Islamic University Malaysia | University |
| 01 Jun, 2020 | Takrim Al-Akadamiyyin (Gold for Teaching) - KIRKHS | KCDIO |
| 24 Jul, 2019 | Top 30 Contributors to IIUM Research Performance 2019 - International Islamic University Malaysia | University |
Publications
Articles
Conference or Workshop Items
Books
| 2021 | Enriching the Islamic tradition in research inquiry: some practical guidelines in using qualitative data collection techniques.. InThought, ISBN: 9789674454869 |
| 2017 | Reading strategies of a specialised rhetorical genre: The case of Law. IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-480-3 |
Book Sections
| 2021 | Demystifying the minds via think aloud protocol. In: InThought Sdn. Bhd., ISBN: 9789674454869, pp. 113-136 |
| 2015 | Mother tongue and English language: a power struggle. In: USIM Press (Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia), ISBN: 978-967-440-234-1, pp. 17-29 |
| 2015 | Mother tongue and English language: a power struggle. In: USIM Press (Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia), ISBN: 978-967-440-234-1, pp. 17-29 |
| 2014 | Ideal vs reality: evidences from senior teachers’ experiences on the Malaysian School-Based Assessment System (SBA). In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674183110, pp. 130-143 |
Monograph
| 2021 | Construction of moral values education course module for pre-services teachers. In: IIUM Press, |
| 2018 | Laporan pelan halatuju pengajian siswazah Malaysia 2017-2025. In: Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia, |
| 2013 | Exploring the common practices of law students in the reading of legal cases: a case study of an EAP course at the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws. In: Unpublished, |