Lecturers & Staff

Prof. Dr. Usman Kasim, M.Ed. I was born in Lueng Putu, Kab Pidie Jaya in 1953. I have been a  Lecturer at the English Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) Syiah Kuala University (Unsyiah) since 1985. In 1975 – 1982 I got my BA and Drs. degrees in English Education at the Department of English Education at FKIP Unsyiah.  In 1986 – 1987 I went to Singapore for a Diploma Cource in Dip. TESOL (Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at SEAMEO-RELC. In 1990 – 1991 I studied at Leeds University, majoring in M.Ed. TESOL (S2), Leeds, UK. In 2000 – 2003 I completed my course for Ph.D (S3) in English Education at State University of Malang, Malang, East Java. In 1992 – 1999 I was the Head of English Education Department of FKIP Unsyiah. In 2003 – 2007 I was in charge of Graduate Program in Language Education at PPs Unsyiah. In 2007 – 2011 I served as Vice-Director for Planning and Cooperation at Graduate Program (PPs) Unsyiah. In 2010 – 2014 I was a School Principal at SMA Lab School Unsyiah. Since August,  2014 I have been the Director of Syiah Kuala University Language Center.

My name is Dian Fajrina. I have been one of lecturers in English Department, FKIP UNSYIAH since January 1st, 2005. I graduated from Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia on December, 2009. In my department, other than teaching English skills, I also teach other subjects such as Sociolinguistics and Cross Cultural Understanding.

At the moment, I am studying for a Doctoral degree at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. My research project is focusing on students’ of English Education writing strategies and cultural transfer from Bahasa Indonesia as first language to English as target language.

My name is Zulfadli A. Aziz, I am a graduate of Syiah Kuala University (B.A in English Education), University of New South Wales, Australia (MA in Applied Linguistics), and University of Adelaide, Australia (PhD in Linguistics). I am currently teaching linguistics at Syiah Kuala University. My research interests cover linguistics in general, and sociolinguistic in particular. Being a civil servant, I have dedicated to providing help to students who are having difficulty in developing their future.

Burhansyah was born in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in 1976. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in the Study Program of English Education of Syiah Kuala University in 2001. He then continued his Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics at the University of Liverpool in the UK in 2007, and he was awarded the degree of Master of Arts from the university in 2008. He is a teaching staff member at the Study Program of the English Education in the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Syiah Kuala University Indonesia. He has been teaching at the university since 2006. His main research interest is in second/foreign language learning and teaching, particularly English as an SL/FL.

His publications can be found at: https://fsd.unsyiah.ac.id/burhansyah/

Tengku Maya Silviyanti lahir di Banda Aceh tanggal 15 Mei 1980. Maya kuliah di jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Unsyiah untuk program S1 nya. Maya lulus S1 tahun 2003.  Sejak sebelum lulusS1, Tahun 2007, Maya melanjutkan S2 pada Bidang Studi Educational Technology and TESOL di University of MAnchester, England. Maya merupakan staf pengajar di Fakultas KIP Unsyiah. 

Tengku Maya SIlviyanti was born on Mei 15, 1980. She took English Department for her undergraduate and she graduated in 2003. in 2006, she received a Ford Foundation Scholarship and she pursued her Master’s degree in University of Manchester, England, majoring at Educational Technology and TESOL. Maya teaches at English Department, FKIP Unsyiah.  Some of her subjects to teach are Teaching English to Young Learners, Literal Listening, Interpretive and Advanced Listening, Literal Reading, TOEFL, and Information and Communication Technology. Her research interests are English in Language Teaching, ICT use in English language teaching and students’ learning. She has published some of her works either in national or international journal. Beside, teaching at FKIP, Maya is a teaching staf at SMPIK Nurul Quran, Aceh Besar. She also run AlBayaan Centre “a place for everyone to study everything’.

My name is Yuliana. I was born on 13th of July in 1979. I was appointed as an English lecturer on April, 2006. In 2002, I graduated from undergraduate program in Teacher Training and Education Faculty, university of Syiah Kuala. In 2007, I continued my post graduate study in Birmingham University, United Kingdom. I received the title of  Master of Art in Applied Linguistics in 2008.

I was appointed as the Secretary of English Education Study Program for 2 periodes (2009-2013 and 2013-2017). In addition, my expertise in teaching involves in the lessons of  Speaking, Writing, English Curriculum and Material Development, Cross Cultural Understanding dan Micro Teaching. Sometimes I also act as supervisor in internship program at schools.

For publication, I have published some papers in international journals including indexed scopus journals, also international prosiding and national/local journals.

Diana is an English lecturer at Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. She was born in Tanjung Pinang on October 1, 1979. She finished her bachelor degree at English Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Syiah Kuala University in 2003 and obtained her M.Ed. in English Language Teaching from the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom in 2009. Her main research interests are English for Specific Purposes (ESP), Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL), and English Language Teaching (ELT).

Diana Fauzia Sari is a lecturer in the English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty Syiah Kuala University since April 2006. She was born and raised in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Some of her subjects to teach are Reading, Grammar, Listening, English for Specific Purpose/ESP, Writing, and ICT Language Learning and Presentation Skills. She received her Bachelor’s degree in English from FKIP, English Education Department, Syiah Kuala University in 2002.  She studied a Master’s degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language/Teaching English as a Second Language at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom/UK which was completed in 2010.

Dosen FKIP Bahasa Inggris. Lulusan S2 dari University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia 2007. Fokus research saya antara lain: TESOL studies, Sociolinguistics, Literature and Social Studies.

My passion for sharing knowledge and experience has made me who I am today. Reflecting on how Higher Order Thinking is lacking on most of my students’ works, I am interested in the issue; on how critical reading and writing would improve the output of UNSYIAH alumni and young generation in general. I like to share and conduct a collaborative research with those who are interested in the area. Please feel free to contact me. 

She is a lecturer in the Department of English Language Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education. She has joined as a lecturer in Syiah Kuala University since 2008. She finished her bachelor degree at English Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Syiah Kuala University in 2003 and obtained her M.Ed  in TESOL from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2008. Currently studying Linguistic in Ph.D program at Faculty of Cultural Sciences, North Sumatera University. Her research interests include English Language Teaching (ELT), Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL), Educational Research and Linguistics.

Dr. Kismullah, S.Pd., M.App.Ling. is currently the Coordinator for the English Department Undergraduate Study Program. He is also the Secretary for the Split Site Program ad hoc, overseeing the joint PhD degree program between Universitas Syiah Kuala and two universities in Malaysia (UM and UKM), and the joint master’s degree program between Universitas Syiah Kuala and The University of Rhode Island, USA.

Kismullah is a lecturer at the English Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP), Universitas Syiah Kuala. He was officially appointed as a lecturer at the English Department in 2008. At the department, he has been assigned to teach several units including all the language skill units: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. He also teaches several linguistics units, his area of expertise, including Sociolinguistics, Advaced Linguistics in English Language Teaching, Critical Review on Applied Linguistics, and Semantics and Pragmatics. Kismullah teaches at both the postgraduate and undergraduate programs.

His current teaching includes Teaching Material Development (Postgraduate), Critical review on Sociolinguistics in Language Teaching (Postgraduate), English Semantics and Pragmatics (Undergraduate), Cross Cultural Understanding (Undergraduate), Interpretive Listening (Undergraduate), World Literature (Arts – Undergraduate), TOEFL Preparation (Undergraduate), Translation and Interpreting (Undergraduate), Business English (Postgraduate).

In 2004, Kismullah received his Bachelor Degree in English Education from Universitas Syiah Kuala. In 2007, he received the Graduate Diploma in TESOL from La Trobe University where 2008 he also received the Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics. Kismullah did his PhD at Deakin University and received the doctorate degree, Doctor of Philosophy, in 2018.

His research interest includes English teaching, classroom pedagogy, language change, Dialectology, literacy and education, English Literature, and studies in Applied Linguistics.

Kismullah lahir di Glumpang Tiga, Pidie tahun 1981 dan mulai mengabdi pada Unsyiah tahun 2002, dan resmi diangkat resmi menjadi staf pengajar pada Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FKIP tahun 2008. Kismullah menempuh pendidikan jenjang sarjana di FKIP Bahasa Inggris Unsyiah dan selesai pada tahun 2004, dan melanjutkan ke jenjang S2 di La Trobe University dan selesai pada tahun 2008. Kismullah menyelesaikan pendidikan S3 di Deakin University, Melbourne (Burwood Campus), Australia dengan bidang konsentrasi sosiolinguistik dan dialektologi pada bulan Februari 2018.

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Buhanuddin Yasin was born in Meulaboh on 29 September 1960. He graduated his baccalaureate in English education in 1984 at the English Department of Teacher Training Faculty (FKG) Syiah Kuala University. Yasin holds a postgraduate diploma in advance studies, specialty in Business Administration from the University of Salford, Manchester, England (1993-1994). Yasin received his master degree in Education Management, major in Management information system technology/educational policy analysis from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia (1995-1997). Yasin completed his doctoral program in Education Management at State University of Malang. In addition, Yasin was also trained in three different areas of skill and knowledge, i.e. Business English, Business Training Limited, Manchester, England 1986) ; Modem Management, International Correspondence School, Pennsylvania, USA (1992) ; LEAD International, Leadership for Environment and Development, Jakarta, Indonesia (1997-1999); Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand (1998); San Jose, Costa Rica, Central America (1999) ; New Hampshire University, New Hampshire, USA (1999); and New York, USA (1999).

Siti Sarah Fitriani was born in Medan, 24 August 1981. She is a lecturer at the English Language Education Department of Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh – Indonesia. She completed her Bachelor degree majoring in English Education at Syiah Kuala University in 2006.  She finished her PhD program at University of New England (UNE), Armidale – Australia. Before taking her PhD candidacy at UNE, she had completed her Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics at Macquarie University, Sydney – Australia. Her research interest is in literacy, language teaching methods and approaches, including the use of genre approach for teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL), especially metacognition, and communicative language teaching generally.  She has taught EFL for more than 7 years at Syiah Kuala University, Aceh, Indonesia. She established a private foundation, Goodman Language Training, where she also teachers of EFL. She has attended and presented at national and international conferences. She is now a reviewer for SiELE and EEJ journal publications. She is also the editor-in-chief for the English Education Journal.

Masrizal is one of the faculty members within the Department of English Education, Faculty of Education and Educational Sciences, University of Syiah Kuala.

I was born in Aceh Besar, Indonesia and went to schools in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province. I completed my undergraduate degree in English Education at the State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh (now State Islamic University of Ar Raniry). Since the second year of my undergraduate study, I already started teaching English at a number of private institutions, including a few temporary teaching positions at the city’s state schools. Prior to graduation, I began employments at different international firms such as the Associated Press London, Globecast Asia Singapore, and the Embassy of Italy in Indonesia.

In 2007, I embarked on my postgraduate study to pursue a master’s degree in education at the University of Arkansas, USA, from which I was awarded a Master’s of Education degree in secondary education with special focus in English as a Second Language in 2009. Soon after graduation, I began my academic career at University of Syiah Kuala as a junior lecturer in the Department of English Education. In 2013, I enrolled on a PhD degree in the Department of Modern Languages, School of Humanities, University of Southampton, UK, under a supervision of Professor Roumyana Slabakova. My research topic is ‘the acquisition of English morpho-syntax by Indonesian child L2 English learners’. My research interest is anything within the area of English learning and acquisition, particularly early stage bilingualism and multilingualism.

Besides my permanent teaching position at the university, I am also involved in a number of different socially oriented organizations and educational institutions. I am also one of the founders of Liberty Language Center, Englishmate Foreign Language School, Yayasan Liwaul Mukhlisin, and Kamikaze Self-Defense School.

My passion for teaching and researching has motivated me to dedicate my full-time life to working at the Study Program of English Language Teaching at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education. In addition, I am assigned to the Language Center as the secretary where I also teach general and academic English to students, faculty members and staff of Syiah Kuala University. I am also involved in other academic activities to start up innovative programs at university.

Ika Apriani Fata is a Lecturer in the English Education Department, FKIP, Universitas Syiah Kuala. She was born in April 1986 in Banda Aceh. Completed junior and senior high school at MUQ (Madrasah Ulumul Qur’an) in East Aceh. 5 Juz of Qur’an Hafidzah (Certified).  Bachelor’s degree in English from UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta (2003). Master’s degree in Linguistics from the University of Indonesia (2008). Former KOHATI HMI at UIN Jakarta (2004). From 2011 to the present, being a Lecturer in the English Education Department, FKIP, Universitas Syiah Kuala. Her research interests include languages, linguistics, Islamic education, Islam and customs, teaching, education, and TEFL. From 2017 to 2021, she was the Head of the English Department. And former FKIP Head of Micro Teaching from 2021 to 2022. She has been a visiting scholar with the Oberlin Shansi Foundation in the United States of America (2014). She was recognized for her participation in numerous workshops and presentations while in the United States. She took part in the Mevlana Program’s exchange staff program to Turkey at Dicle University (2016). ika.apriani@unsyiah.ac.id is her email address.

A doctoral educator who loves travelling across the world. Completing his degree at Deakin University in TESOL is inadequate to associate himself as a social-science researcher in Education. He then  collaborated with some experts at University of Sydney and University Technology of Sydney to hone his research skills with Master of Arts (by Research) about social research in general domains such as case study, survey, interviews, quick count as well as specific domains such as teachers’ language awareness, artificial intelligence in language metacognition, teaching methodology, language assessment, communication strategies, teachers’ behaviour and beliefs, and computer-assisted language learning.

He finally completed his Master’s research study about communication strategies of university lecturers from University of Technology Sydney in 2017. It was found that there were still many areas of improvement in the optimisation of communication strategies in providing high quality input and interaction in classroom.

With regard to his doctoral degree at Macquarie University, he focused on Intercultural Approach to English teaching and learning; a recently-renowned language teaching approach that promotes the development of skills, knowledge, and attitudes towards the target language’s cultures. The approach thus inculcates intercultural values such as open-mindedness, tolerance, peace and cooperative in a multilingual and multicultural context. 

He also advocates the heightened awareness of discourse building in public, which is hardly independent of power and ideological relations such as  public policy making in many aspects especially political and educational sciences.

Principally, his research’s worldview asserts that education is not seen simply as a series of capacity building activities; it is a cultural reflection of society that are local, specific, experientially and ecologically-constructed. Therefore, there needs an encompassing approach to enhance educational achievement with a holistic intervention on people, organisation, community involved in education. 

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Having passion in education brought me to devote my life in teaching. I was graduated from English Education, Syiah Kuala University and completed Masters in Deakin University Australia. My focus areas are reading, grammar, listening, sociolinguistics, teaching methodology, and cross cultural understanding. I have particular attention on the influence of culture in language, how it changes people’s culture and the way we perceive something. Should there any interested in conducting research in those areas, feel free to contact me.

Nira Erdiana, S.Pd., M.Pd. is a lecturer in the English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty. She completed her bachelor degree in English Language Education in 2007 and master degree still in education as well in 2012, both from the University of Syiah Kuala. Her focus areas are grammar, reading, writing, language assessment, and teaching methodology. She is currently the editor-in-chief of Research in English and Education journal. Her research interest is in Education and her motto is language is a golden key to open every door.

Dr. Sofyan A. Gani, M.A. is an English lecturer in English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. He was born in Beureunuen, Pidie, Aceh. Sofyan obtained his undergraduate degree (S1) from Syiah Kuala University in 1985, his master degree from University of Wales, UK, in 2003, while his doctoral degree (S3) from State University of Jakarta (UNJ), Indonesia in 2005. From year 1997 to 2000 Sofyan had been assigned as the head of UPT Syiah Kuala Library. In year 2008 -2016 Sofyan was appointed as the head of English Education Department of Graduate Program (S2), Syiah Kuala University.

I graduated from Warwick University, Coventry, England majoring in Teaching English to Young Learners. Since I returned from my study, I have involved in teaching English for young learners in my region as instructor and provided training for Elementary school teachers. I also wrote the course book for primary level called “Let’s learn English”. The books are used for grade 4 and 5 at Elementary School. After returning from a master degree, in addition to working as a permanent teaching staff at Teacher Training and Education Faculty, I also worked as the administrative and teaching staff at Syiah Kuala University for more than 15 years.

My name is Asnawi.  I was born on November 5, 1974. I am from Nisam, north Aceh.  My father’s name is Muslem.  I graduated from undergraduate Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Syiah Kuala University in 2000 in the filed of English education. I completed my master degree at National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur in 2006 in the field of Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL).  I accomplished my doctoral program (Ph.D) at University of Science Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia in the field of Instructional Strategies and Design in 2015.  I married to Yulianti Djalaluddin in 2001. I have got five children so far, 2 sons and 3 daughters. I work for English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Syiah Kuala University, Darussalam, Banda Aceh. I started teaching at the faculty in 2001 until now.  So far, I have published 12 articles on scopus journals.

Saiful was born on February 22, 1972 in Ie Lhob, Southwest Aceh, the Province of Aceh, Indonesia. He has been teaching English at the Department of English, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Syiah Kuala University, Aceh since 2001. He finished his S-1 program (Bachelor Degree) in 1999 in the Department of English Education, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. In 2005, he completed his S-2 program (master’s degree) in the Department of English Language Education of State University of Malang, East Java, Indonesia. From 2008 to 2010 he did another S-2 program (master’s program) in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. In 2018, he obtained his Doctoral Degree in English Language Teaching from State University of Malang, Malang, East Java, Indonesia.

Yunisrina Qismullah Yusuf was born in Banda Aceh on June 17, 1980. She is a Professor at the Department of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Syiah Kuala. Her Bachelor’s degree is in English Education, which she received in 2002 from Universitas Syiah Kuala. She completed her Master’s in Linguistics in 2006 and Ph.D. in Phonology in 2013, both from the Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. Her supervisor was Prof. Dr. Stefanie Pillai. She was promoted to a Full Professor in the field of Phonology/Linguistics in 2021. Her articles have appeared in a number of reputable journals such as Language & Linguistics, Language & Communication, Language Sciences, Sage Open, Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences, among others. She also acts as a reviewer to a number of national and international journals. She is currently the editor-in-chief of Studies in English Language and Education journal. This is the first journal at Universitas Syiah Kuala to be indexed in Scopus. Her research interests are in the field of linguistics, English education, and literature.

Iskandar Abdul Samad is an alumni of University of New England (UNE), Australia. He completed his PhD degree at this university in 2015. His research interest is in language teaching methods and approaches, including the use of genre approach for teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and communicative language teaching generally. Before completing his PhD at UNE, he had completed his Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics at Macquarie University, Australia in 2007. He has taught English as a Foreign Language for more than 13 years at Syiah Kuala University, Aceh, Indonesia. He established a private foundation, Rumoh Bahasa, where he also teaches EFL. Iskandar is an avid reader and writer. He has attended and presented papers at national and international conferences and written books on teaching English for novice students.

Hendra Heransyah was born in Sinabang on 10 October 1979. He holds B.Ed (2004) and M.Ed (2008) degree in the field of English Education from School of Teacher Training and Education and Graduate School of Syiah Kuala University, Aceh. In 2010, He completed his studies and holds Master of TESOL from Deakin University, Australia in the field of TESOL.

My teaching areas are English Teaching Methodology, Speaking, Writing, and Micro Teaching. My research interests are EFL Pedagogy, EFL Speaking, EFL Writing, EFL Teacher Education and Professional Development.