Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DETAILS
Professor Dr Ain Nadzimah Binti Abdullah
Senior Research Fellow
- School of Education
Faculty of Social Sciences & Leisure Management - ainnadzimah.abdullah@taylors.edu.my
BIOGRAPHY
From 1986 to 1991, Ain Nadzimah Abdullah was an English language teacher at the MARA Junior Science College in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu and MARA Junior Science College in Jasin, Melaka.
In 1991, Ain Nadzimah joined Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) (when it was Universiti Pertanian Malaysia) as a Language Instructor and was later promoted to Lecturer (1995), Senior Lecturer (2004), Associate Professor (2009) and finally to Professor (2017).
In April 2019, she retired from full time work at UPM and is currently serving UPM on an Amal Putra (voluntary-based) contract.
In October 2020, Ain Nadzimah joined Taylors University as Senior Research Fellow.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
(Qualification),(Institution)
(Qualification),(Institution)
- Doctor of Philosophy, UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA, Malaysia
- Masters of Arts in Linguistics-English as a Second Language, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, -
- Bachelor of Arts, THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTHERN IOWA, Malaysia
SUPERVISION
(Title of Thesis),(Name of Candidates),(Academic Level),(Role)
(Title of Thesis),(Name of Candidates),(Academic Level),(Role)
COMPLETED
- ATTITUDES, BARRIERS AND COPING STRATEGIES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN URBAN AND RURAL SETTINGS TOWARDS LEARNING-TEACHING DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC IN SHANDONG, CHINA, YANG SHUAI (Main Supervisor)
- CHINESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' EFL WRITING: WRITING ANXIETY, COPING STRATEGIES, PERSONALITY TRAITS, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS, CHENG BIYUN (Main Supervisor)
- BEHAVIORAL INTENTIONS AND ACTUAL USE OF MOBILE ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING AMONG CHINESE ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTORS IN CHINESE UNIVERSITIES, LIN ZENGFANG (Main Supervisor)
- BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF LECTURERS IN ASSESSING ENGLISH POETRY FOR LOWER AND HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS IN CHINESE UNIVERSITIES, CHEN SHUBIN (Main Supervisor)
ONGOING
- ANN JONES (Main Supervisor)
- HUANG FEIFEI (Co-supervisor (Internal))
- WAN CHENXING (Main Supervisor)
- YANG YUNQI (Main Supervisor)
- LI RUI (Main Supervisor)
- LYU YUNHE (Main Supervisor)
- HU KANGNA (Main Supervisor)