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BIODATA Date of Birth : April 15th, 1984 Age : 26 years old Place of Birth : Kangar, Perlis Nationality : Malaysian Gender : Female Marital Status : Married E- mail : mardziah@upnm.edu.my

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS MASTER OF HUMAN SCIENCES (ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE) (completing, Nov 2010) International Islamic University of Malaysia BACHELOR OF HUMAN SCIENCES (ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE) (HONS) (2007) International Islamic University of Malaysia

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS LANGUAGE TEACHER (June 2007-present) Department of Language and Culture, Centre for Liberal and Language Studies, UPNM LECTURER (April 2007 – May 2007) Professional and Technology College, Kangar Perlis

MAIN RESEARCH AREAS First and Second Language Acquisition English for Specific Purposes Pyscholinguistics and Sociolinguistics Testing and Evaluation Error Analysis

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Malaysian English Language Teaching Association (MELTA)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Subject Taught

• English for Oral Communication

• English for Academic Writing

• English For Academic Reading

• Basic Speaking Skills

• Fundamentals of Speech Communication

• Foundation English

• Business English

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RESEARCH Evaluation on Reading and Writing by using Multiple Blogging (2010-on going) Negative Transfer in Second Language Acquisition among NDUM Foundation Students (2010- on going) An Analysis on Preparation Period and Achievement in MUET (2010) Mathematics and Science in English in Relation to MUET’s Achievement and Students’ Perception (2009) Personality Factors in Relation to Second Language Performance (2008)

BOOK English For Academic Reading July 2009. Kuala Lumpur: Penerbit Universiti, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia. A Teaching and Learning Module. Co-written with Ahmad Thamrini Fadzlin. (ISBN 978-983-44136-3-7)

PUBLICATONS EteMS in Relation to MUET’s Achievement and Students’ Perception (2010) Proceedings of the 7th International Language for Specific Purposes Seminar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 4- 5 May 2010. (CD PROCEEDING: ISBN 978-983-9805-99-4)

CO-CURICULAR AND SOCIAL SERVICES INTERNAL AUDITOR (Sept 2007- current) Pusat Kualiti, UPNM.

COMMITTEE (March 11th, 2010) Jawatankuasa Sambutan, Protokol & Publisiti Forum Perdana Ehwal Islam (anjuran UPNM, JAKIM & RTM) INVITED SPEAKER (Oct 2009) MUET Briefing for UPNM Foundation Students COMMITTEE (May 23th – 25th 2008) Bengkel Semakan Dokumen MS ISO 9001: 2002 2 UPNM EMCEE (March 18th, 2008) Persidangan Kebangsaan Capaian Maklumat dan Pengurusan Pengetahuan (CAMP 08)

ACADEMIC COMMITTEE POSITIONS Committee of: Jawatankuasa Ahli Mesyuarat Bersama Jabatan UPNM Penyelaras Tugas Khas Jabatan Bahasa & Budaya, PPUB (August 2009 – current) Jawatankuasa Penerbitan Jabatan Bahasa & Budaya, PPUB (September 2009 – current) Jawatankuasa Penggubal dan Penilai Kertas Soalan Peperiksaan Akhir PPUB (2007 – current) Penyelaras Makmal Bahasa (July 2008-July 2009)

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Secretary of: Jabatan Budaya & Bahasa, PPUB (August 2009 – current) Jawatankuasa Pembelajaran Berterusan PPUB (November 2009- current)

CONTRIBUTION TO MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL DUTIES EXAMINER (2008-2010) Malaysian University English Test (MUET)

PROFESSIONAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT (Courses, Workshops, Seminars, Conventions, etc) PARTICIPANT (June 26th – 28th, 2010) Academic Workshop 2010, Heritage Hotel, Cameron Highland. PARTICIPANT (June 6th – 11th, 2010) Kursus Kepimpinan Pensyarah IPTA Siri 1/2010, Intan, Sg. Petani PRESENTER (May 4th-5th, 2010) 7th International Language for Specific Purposes Seminar, Best Western Premier Seri Pacific Hotel, KL. PARTICIPANT (March 13th - 14th, 2010) Latihan Sistem e-Marking MUET, Intan PARTICIPANT (February 24th, 2010) Kursus Kesedaran MS ISO 9001 Siri 1/2010, UPNM PARTICIPANT (Dec 21st – 23rd, 2009) Bengkel Halatuju Universiti, UPNM PARTICIPANT (November 30th - Dec 2nd, 2009) Kursus dan Latihan Sistem Pengurusan Kualiti 9001:2008, UPNM PARTICIPANT (October 28th, 2009) National Conference on Higher Education and Nation Building: ‘Education is the 1st Line of Defence’, Marriot Hotel, Putrajaya PARTICIPANT (June 30th, 2009) Workshop on Preparation of Research Proposal, UPNM PARTICIPANT (June 16th – 22nd , 2009) Kursus Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran, Grand Bluewave Hotel, Shah Alam. PARTICIPANT (June 9th – 12th, 2009) Bengkel Penyediaan Modul Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran, Pangkor Island Beach Resort, Perak PARTICIPANT (April 3rd, 2009) Kursus Modul Induksi Khusus Bil 1/2009, UPNM PARTICIPANT (November 24th – 28th, 2008) VADS – MdeC Industry Academia Collaboration VADS Business Process Outstanding Workshop, Equatorial Hotel, Bangi

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PARTICIPANT (July 14th – 22nd, 2008) Kursus Induksi Bil 3/2008, HUKM. PARTICIPANT (June 11th – 13th, 2008) Bengkel Audit Dalaman MS ISO 9000: 2000, UPNM

REFEREES Assoc. Prof. Dr Haja Mohaideen Department of English Language & Literature, Kuliyyah of Human Sciences, International Islamic University of Malaysia. e-mail: haja@iiu.edu.my Assoc. Prof. Dr Subramaniam Govindasamy Department of English Language & Literature, Kuliyyah of Human Sciences, International Islamic University of Malaysia. e-mail: subra@iiu.edu.my