Curriculum Vitae

DR. HANAA NAJI SALEH SAMAHA

Lecturer
  • Department of English Language
    Faculty of Languages and Linguistics
  • 03-7123079

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • APPLIED LINGUISTICS
    English Teaching, English Learning, Learning Styles and Strategies
  • DISCOURSE AND PRAGMATICS
    Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics
  • LINGUISTICS STRUCTURE
    Syntax, Systemic Functional Linguistics, Functions of Languages

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PhD, (Philosophy)
    Universiti Malaya
  • M.ARTS, (English Language)
    Taiz University
  • B.Edu, (Education Department of English Studies)
    Taiz University

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Course Coordinator
    13 Oct 2023 - 19 Jan 2024 (Department of English Language, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Course Coordinator
    13 Oct 2023 - 19 Jan 2024 (Department of English Language, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Course Coordinator
    16 Mar 2023 - 27 Jun 2023 (Department of English Language, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS ASSOCIATION, MEMBER
    Since 2017 (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
  1. Al-Najhi, A & Samaha, H. (2023). Capture to Communicate: Rhetorical Move 1 in the Abstracts of Hard and Soft Science Post-Graduate Dissertations. Arab World English Journal
  2. Samaha, H., Yap, T., T, Rajandran, K. & Ghobain, E. (2023). A Semantic Morphosyntactic Exploration of Grammaticalized Modal Auxiliaries in Modern Standard Arabic. Natural Language Semantics
  3. Samaha, H., Yap, T., T, & Rajandran, K. (2022). Does the pronominal copula exist in the Arabic Verbless Clause? A Cardiff Grammar approach. Brill's Journal of Afroasiatic Languages Linguistics, 14(1), 111-138.
ESCI
  1. Al-Najhi, Ahlam; Samaha, Hanaa (2023). Capture to Communicate: Rhetorical Move 1 in the Abstracts of Hard and Soft SciencePost-Graduate Dissertations, ARAB WORLD ENGLISH JOURNAL. 14(3), 292-308. doi:10.24093/awej/vol14no3.18
  2. Samaha, Hanaa; Teng, Yap Teng; Rajandran, Kumaran (2021). Reverse and Reserve: A Cardiff Grammar Account on Reversibility in Equational Clauses in Modern Standard Arabic, GEMA ONLINE JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE STUDIES. 21(4), 147-171. doi:10.17576/gema-2021-2104-08
Scopus
  1. Samaha H., Ten Y.T., Rajandran K. (2022). "does the pronominal copula exist in the Arabic verbless clause?": A Cardiff Grammar approach, Brill's Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics. 14(1), 111-138. doi:10.1163/18776930-01401005
  2. Samaha H., Teng Teng Y., Rajandran K. (2021). Reverse and Reserve: A Cardiff Grammar Account on Reversibility in Equational Clauses in Modern Standard Arabic, GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies. 21(4), 147-171. doi:10.17576/gema-2021-2104-08

PAPER PRESENTED

ORAL PRESENTER
  1. A Cardiff Grammar Analysis of Mental Processes In Modern Standard Arabic, The 11th International Qualitative Research Conference (IQRC 2023), Qualitative Research Association of Malaysia (National) (23 Nov 2023 - 25 Nov 2023)
  2. The Pronominal Copula in Arabic Nominal Verbless Clauses from a Cardiff Grammar Perspective, The 47th International Systemic Functional Congress (ISFC-47), Shenzhen University (International) (23 Jul 2022 - 25 Jul 2022)
  3. A Cardiff Grammar Analysis of the Simple Nominal Clause in Arabic, The 7th Postgraduate Research Conference 2019, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya (National) (30 Nov 2019 - 30 Nov 2019)
POSTER PRESENTER
  1. The Cardiff Grammar Approach to The Simple Clause in Arabic, The 12th International Free Linguistics Conference, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universitit Malaya  (International) (10 Jul 2018 - 11 Jul 2018)

ACADEMIC/PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2023) Language Learning Strategies Used by Chinese Efl Students Xiaoshan Sun, University, (Internal Examiner)
  2. (2023) Transitivity Analysis On ‘The Clay Marble’ Novel by Minfong Ho, University, (Reviewer)
  3. (2023) Exploring Power Relations Between The Us and China: a Transitivity Analysis, University, (Internal Examiner)
  4. (2023) Vertical Grammatical Variability in Writing: Does Scaffolding Make a Difference?, University, (Reviewer)
  5. (2023) An Investigation of a Systematic Functional Clause Complexing Relations of Libyan Secondary Coursebooks, University, (Internal Examiner)
  6. (2023) : : 823, University, (Reviewer)
  7. (2023) Aspects of Number Marking in Izere Nouns, University, (Reviewer)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
  1. (2023) A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS STUDY ON THE DISCOURSE OF STROKE PATIENTS, MA XIANG
  2. (2023) REFERENTIAL COHESION IN RECOVERY-ORIENTED NARRATIVES OF MENTAL HEALTH MEMOIRS, OOI ZAO MAY
  3. (2023) Malaysians' Attitudes towards Malaysian English and Their Identity Constructions, XIAO CHEN
  4. (2023) A Systemic Functional Analysis of Selected Commencement Speeches in the 2020 Dear Class Virtual Graduation, THULAASI A/P PARANTHAMAN
  5. (2023) Chinese English-majors’ Awareness and Use of Cohesive Devices in Argumentative Essays, BINGQIN CHEN
  6. (2023) Malaysians' Attitudes towards Malaysian English and Their Identity Constructions, XIAO CHEN
  7. (2023) A Systemic Functional Analysis of Selected Commencement Speeches in the 2020 Dear Class Virtual Graduation, THULAASI A/P PARANTHAMAN
  8. (2022) CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS? LANGUAGE ATTITUDES TOWARDS MALAYSIAN ENGLISH, ZHANG MENGDI
  9. (2022) AN ECOLOGICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF CHINESE AND AMERICAN NEWS REPORTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, WANG HONGJIAO

TEACHING

Master
  1. (2023) TOA7013 - Fundamentals of Linguistics
  2. (2023) TOX7009 - Systemic Functional Linguistics
  3. (2022) TOA7013 - Fundamentals of Linguistics
Bachelor
  1. (2022) TIX2021 - Language Acquisition
  2. (2022) TIX2022 - Language in Technology and New Media

COURSE ATTENDED

Internal / External Course
INTERNAL COURSE- ORGANIZED BY PTJ
  1. EMERALD TEACHING AND LEARNING 2023, Universiti Malaya (20 Feb 2023 - 24 Feb 2023)
  2. BENGKEL E-LEARNING STAF AKADEMIK BAHARU, Microsoft Teams (09 Feb 2023 - 09 Feb 2023)
  3. EMERALD RESEARCH AND SUPERVISION 2023, Cube Universiti Malaya (28 Feb 2023 - 02 Mar 2023)
  4. ODL SIM DEVELOPMENT - IMPLEMENTING SELF-ASSESSMENT USING H5P PLUG-INS, Zoom (12 Jul 2023 - 12 Jul 2023)
  5. ODL SEMINAR: PREPARATION FOR MANAGING STUDENTS AND ODL COURSES, Dewan Semarak, Akademi Pengajian Melayu, Universiti Melayu (12 Sep 2023 - 12 Sep 2023)
  6. ASSESSING WRITING , Dewan Persidangan Fbl (02 Nov 2023 - 02 Nov 2023)
CONFERENCE
  1. THE 21ST AILA WORLD CONGRESS 2024., Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (11 Aug 2024 - 16 Aug 2024)