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Rabiah Tul Adawiyah Bt Mohamed Salleh

Academic Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Languages and Linguistics - Doctor of Philosophy, WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Languages and Linguistics - Doctor of Philosophy, WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY
  • Master of Human Sciences (English Language Studies)- - Masters Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia
  • Bachelor of Human Sciences (English Language & Literature) (Honours) - Bachelor Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia

Rabiah Tul Adawiyah Bt Mohamed Salleh (Assoc. Prof. Dr.)

Associate Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus

ABDULHAMID ABUSULAYMAN KULLIYYAH OF ISLAMIC REVEALED KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN SCIENCES

Other's position:

Head, AbdulHamid AbuSulayman Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences

rabiahtuladawiyah@iium.edu.my
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Area of Specialisation


  • Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Linguistics and Literature ~ Language Acquisition (Including First Language Acquisition, SLA, Bilingualism, Foreign Language Learning) - Bilingualism, First Language Acquisition, Second Language Acquisition, Processability Theory


Professional Membership


  • 2024 : Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics


Teaching Responsibilities


DEVELOPMENTAL LINGUISTICS 2024/2025
ERROR & CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS 2018/2019 2017/2018
FINAL YEAR PROJECT I 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
FINAL YEAR PROJECT II 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING 2024/2025
LANGUAGE LEARNING AND ACQUISITION 2017/2018
LINGUISTICS IN THE HUMANITIES 2024/2025
PSYCHOLINGUISTICS 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 2024/2025
RESEARCH PAPER 1 2018/2019
RESEARCH PAPER 2 2023/2024
SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS 2021/2022
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SPEECH 2025/2026 2024/2025 2023/2024 2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019


Supervision


The Influence Of Prosodic Input In Malaysian English Infant-Directed Speech On Language Comprehension Among Malay- English Bilingual Infants.
Master Completed 2025 Main Supervisor
Investigating The Acquisition Of English Morphology Among Malay-English Bilingual Secondary School Students Under Different Home Language Exposure.
Master Completed 2025 Main Supervisor
The Development Of English Plural Expressions Among Malaysian Kindergarten Children.
Master Completed 2022 Main Supervisor
The Influence Of Social Media On Language Errors: A Study On Whatsapp Text Messages By Iium Students.
Master Completed 2021 Main Supervisor
The Development Of English Plural Expressions In Malaysian Autistic Children.
Master Completed 2020 Main Supervisor
Investigating The English Morphological Development Of Malay Esl Learners.
Master Completed 2020 Main Supervisor
Swearing Among Malaysian Youth.
Master Completed 2020 Co-supervisor
A Semantic Study On The Probability Of Modal Verbs Must And Might In Students' Writings And Speeches.
Master Completed 2020 Co-supervisor
Code Switching Among Bachelor Of English Language And Literature (Benl) Of International Islamic University Malaysia(Iium) Students.
Master Completed 2019 Co-supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2019 - 2022 Developing a new framework of English lexical and morphological development among Malaysian primary-school children.
On-Going
2025 - Present Constructing a Developmentally Moderated Language Learning Framework for Early Childhood ESL Classrooms
2025 - Present Developing an Integrated Theoretical Framework for the Origins of Human Language: A Comparative Analysis of Islamic and Contemporary Perspectives
2025 - Present Developing an Islamic Framework for Digital Multilingualism and Identity from the Prophetic Traditions in Imam Nawawi?s Riyadh as-Saliheen
2019 - Present Constructing a new developmentally moderated model of English instruction with focus on form for Malaysian public preschools.


Awards & Recognition


09 Jun, 2023 Highest Citation in Indexed Journal Award - KCDIO
09 Jun, 2023 Most Promising Academic Award - AHAS KIRKHS Takreem KCDIO
01 Jun, 2020 Promising Award For Research - Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences KCDIO


Publications


Articles

2025 A parallel between exams and life’s trials: an Islamic perspective. IIUM Today, () pp.
2025 Are we letting the rankings rule us now?. The Star, () pp. 20-20
2025 Away from him. IslamiCity, () pp.
2025 Beyond consumerism: reflections on death and the eternal. Islamonweb: The window to Islam, () pp.
2025 Bridging two paradigms: a social scientist’s reflections on knowledge integration at SRGIK-2025. Islamonweb, () pp.
2025 Bridging two paradigms: a social scientist’s reflections on knowledge integration in SRGIK-2025. IIUM Today, () pp.
2025 Educators must reach students through their screens. The Star, () pp. 17-17
2025 Gen Z, faith, and the digital frontier: a deeper look into islamic content online. IIUM Today, () pp.
2025 He has always been kind. IslamiCity, () pp.
2025 How Gen Z Muslims are reclaiming faith in the age of TikTok and Whatsapp?. IslamiCity, () pp.
2025 Languages of the heart: how families can preserve their heritage in the age of English. Islamicity, () pp.
2025 Learning through the screen: Malaysian parents’ perspectives on YouTube and their children’s English acquisition. Southeast Asia Early Childhood Journal, 14 (1) pp. 18-32
2025 My Rabb will never abandon us: a personal journey through love, loss, And tawakkul. MuslimMatters.org, () pp.
2025 Seeing isn’t believing: a lesson from Al-A’raf. Islamonweb : The window to Islam, () pp.
2025 Standing for truth in the face of comfort: lessons from a muslimah who risked it all. Islam on web, () pp.
2025 Tawhid as the anchor of identity in multilingual societies. IslamiCity, () pp.
2025 The dua from the darkness. Islamonweb, () pp.
2025 The ultimate convocation: reading the record of our lives. IslamiCity, NA (NA) pp. NA-NA
2025 The yearning for home. IslamiCity, () pp.
2025 اللهم صلِّ على محمد وعلى آل محمد : The simple zikr that changes everything. Islam on web, () pp.
2024 Lessons from the sirah: reflections on the vital role of youth in spreading Islam. Islam on Web, () pp.
2024 Preserve Malaysia's linguistic diversity. New Straits Times, 24 Aug 2024 () pp.
2024 The importance of linguistic inclusivity in university communication. IIUM Today, () pp.
2024 The onset of English lexical acquisition among Malaysian preschoolers. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, () pp.
2023 Exploring the effectiveness of DMFonF on English vocabulary and grammatical plural constructions among Malaysian preschoolers. GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies, 23 (4) pp. 56-78
2022 Challenges in teaching of English to pre-schoolers: a case study in Malaysian schools. Al-Risalah Journal, 6 (1) pp. 38-61
2021 A frontliner’s perspective: A conversation with Dr. Mohammad Farhan Rusli, Public Health Specialist, IIUM and Director, Selangor Task Force Operations. IIUM Mental Health and Psychosocial Care Team, 18 August 2021 () pp.
2021 Digital Trends in Language and Literature: Asia and the 21st century. Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English language and literature, 15 (1) pp. 9-13
2021 Instructing Malaysian children with HFASD in English as a second language. Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature, 15 (1) pp. 92-114
2021 IUM as a pusat pemberian vaksin (ppv): reflection at the grassroots level. IIUM Mental Health and Psychosocial Care Team, 11 September 2021 () pp.
2021 Lexical and morphological development: a case study of Malay English bilingual first language acquisition. Psychology of Language and Communication, 25 (1) pp. 29-61
2020 MCO generation and multilingualism in Malaysia. IIUM Emotional and Psychological Support Site, () pp.
2020 The acquisition of English grammar among Malay-English bilingual primary school children. GEMA Online® Journal of Language Studies, 20 (4) pp. 166-185
2020 Tips for parents to deal with stress during MCO. New Straits Times, () pp.
2020 Towards a new framework of English language learning in Malaysian preschools. Southeast Asia Early Childhood Journal, 9 (2) pp. 144-154
2019 A case study on the acquisition of plurality in a bilingual Malay-English context-bound child. GEMA Online® Journal of Language Studies, 19 (3) pp. 22-42
2016 The development of plural expressions in a Malay-English bilingual child. Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature, 10 (2) pp. 111-131
Conference or Workshop Items

2025 Islamic content on screens: analysing Gen Z’s perceptions on digital media’s influence on language and religiosity. In: 2nd International Media, Digital Culture and Religion Congress,
2022 English syntactic acquisition among Malay-English bilingual primary school students. In: 21st International Symposium of Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition,
2020 Bilingualism and environment: from childhood to adulthood. In: Bilingualism and Environment: From Childhood to Adulthood,
2020 Developing a new framework of English lexical and morphological development among Malaysian primary- school children. In: International Conference on Language and Literature 2020 (ICLL 2020),
2020 Morphological development of Malay ESL learners: The processability perspective. In: International Conference on Language and Literature 2020 (ICLL 2020),
2020 Raising children bilingual. In: Raising Children Bilingual,
2020 The acquisition of English grammar among bilingual Malay- English primary school children. In: DELL Research Seminar 2020,
2020 The acquisition of Malay plural marking among International students of International Islamic University Malaysia.. In: International Conference on Language and Literature 2020 (ICLL 2020),
2020 The development of English plural expressions among Malaysian kindergarten children.. In: International Conference on Language and Literature 2020 (ICLL 2020),
2020 The development of English plural marking expressions in Malaysian autistic children. In: International Conference on Language and Literature 2020 (ICLL 2020),
2019 Bilingualism. In: Psycholinguistics Talk,
2019 Constructing a new developmentally moderated model of English instruction with focus-on-form for Malaysian public preschools.. In: The LCRC Chapter,
2019 The relationship between family’s use of English at home with students’ proficiency in the language.. In: 1st International Conference on Education & Languages for Students and Adult Learners (ELSA 2019),
2018 Syntactic development in a Malay-English bilingual child: testing the prominence hypothesis and the lexical mapping hypothesis.. In: 18th International Symposium of Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition (PALA),
2011 Inculcating Islamic values in teaching Macbeth to Muslim learners . In: International Language Conference (ILC) 2011 ,
2011 Teaching Macbeth to muslim learners: an Islamic perspective . In: International Language Conference (ILC) 2011,
Book Sections

2023 The bilingual development of plural marking in a Malay-English child. In: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ISBN: 9789027212870, pp. 165-191