Sahar Zarza, PhD

Overview

Dr. Sahar Zarza joined the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH) in January 2017. She is a PhD holder in English Language from the Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, University Putra Malaysia (UPM). Her MA specialization is also in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. She is a former recipient of MIS (Malaysia International Scholarship) sponsored by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia. Her areas of teaching interest comprise principles and methodology of foreign/English language teaching, curriculum development and material design, applied linguistics, discourse analysis, research methodology, and English for academic purposes (EAP). Her research interests focus mostly on applied linguistics, discourse analysis, genre analysis, written discourse, and English for specific purposes (ESP).

Education

• - PhD English Language (University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia, 2016)
• - MA
• - BA

Publications

Zarza, S.& Tan, H. (2020). Persuasive linguistic elements in NYT and NST editorials: Discoursal pragmatic interpretive study. Pertanika J. Soc. Sci. & Hum. 28 (1), 53 – 72.

Zarza, S. (2018). Hedging and boosting the rhetorical structure of English newspaper editorials. UKH Journal of Social Sciences, 2 (1), 41-51.

Zarza, S. &Tan, H. (2016). Patterns of schematic structure and strategic features in newspaper editorials: A comparative study of American and Malaysian newspapers. Discourse & Communication, 10 (6).

Zarza, S., Tan, H., Chan, S.H. & Afida M.A. (2015). Schematic Structural Analysis of Newspaper Editorials: A Comparative Study of the New York Times and New Straits Times. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 23 (S).

Rahmani, O., Aali, J., Junin, R., Mohseni, H., Padmanabhan, E., Zarza, S., Moayyed, M. & Ghazanfari, P. (2013). The origin of oil in the Cretaceous succession from the South Pars Oil Layer of the Persian Gulf. International Journal of Earth Sciences. 102. 102 (5), 1337-1355.

Alavinia, P. & Zarza, S. (2012). Toward a Reappraisal of the Role of MD Markers in EFL Learners’ Perception of Written Texts. The Journal of Language Teaching and Learning, 2, 1-23.

Alavinia, P. & Zarza, S. (2011). Metadiscourse Markers Revisited in EFL Context: The Case of Iranian Academic Learners’ Perception of Written Texts. Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies. 3 (2), 52-84.

Professional Qualification

• - Lecturer