Guidelines on how to write a research proposal, thesis/dissertation

Each section in a research proposal or thesis requires certain conventions that we need to prepare. We also need to know the structure of the content, the flow of the arguments, and level of adequacy for the content in each section. The amount of the content may vary from one research another and the length [...]

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Tahniah! Dr. Azizi

Tahniah kepada Dr. Azizi bin Umar yang telah berjaya mendapat anugerah Ijazah Doktor Falsafah pada 24 Sept 2011. Azizi telah mendaftar sebagai pelajar siswazah di Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu (ATMA) UKM juga adalah dibawah penyeliaan saya. Ketika beliau memulakan pengajian Ph.D., beliau masih berkhidmat di sebuah Kolej swasta di Selangor. Bagaimanapun, semasa dalam pengajiannya [...]

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Tahniah! Dr. Yusmilayati

Tahniah kepada Yusmilayati bt. Yunos dari Pusat Pengajian Bahasa, Kesusasteraan dan Kebudayaan Melayu FSKK UKM yang telah dianugerah Ijazah Doktor Falsafah pada 24 Sept 2011. Yusmilayati mengikuti pengajian Ph.D. di Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu (ATMA) UKM. Kajian beliau telah diselia oleh penyelia utama Prof. Dr. Noriah Mohamed (kini berkhidmat di Brunei) dan saya sebagai penyelia kedua. [...]

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Mabruk Aumia, Hisain & Mohamad!

Congratulations to Aumia Saied Mohamad  Abdal Gader from Libya. She had completed her Master of Arts in English Language Studies in March this year. She is now preparing herself to pursue a Ph.D. soon. Besides Aumia, there are two other MA students, Hisain Mohammed Elzaalouk from Libya ( Dec 2010) and Mohamad Yahya Abdullah (May [...]

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Tahniah Pak Zainuddin!

Tahniah kepada Zainuddin Losi, M.Phil. yang telah berjaya menamatkan pengajiannya di Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu (ATMA), UKM 2011. Selamat maju jaya dalam karier anda. Zainuddin adalah dari Makasar Indonesia, dan kini sedang membuat persediaan untuk menyambung pengajian doktor falsafah. Zainuddin adalah pelajar  M. Phil di bawah penyeliaan saya di ATMA, selain daripada Roziana Rosli [...]

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Congrats Dr Ismie Roha!

Congratulations Dr Ismie Roha bt Mohd Jais,  Ph.D. in Language Education and Technology from UKM, 2011. Dr Ismie Roha is  my supervisee at ATMA, a center of excellence  in UKM.  ATMA is  multidisciplinary research center that was established in 1972. She is now the Head of  Academic Leadership & Talent Enhancement, ILQAM UiTM Shah Alam. All the best [...]

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Remembering professors who had taught me

There were people who might have influenced our life, life style, character,  thinking, and philosophy. NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY Deane M. Hargrave, Ph.D. Professor English education, reading (Arizona State University 1975) JAMES E. BARTELL, Ph.D. Professor (my B.Sc. degree’s supervisor) American literature (Washington University 1971) N.A.U., 1967 WILLIAM GRABE Regents’ Professor, Applied linguistics English Department, Northern [...]

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