Professor Dr Rogayah Bt A Razak

ROGAYAH A RAZAK is a psycholinguistics and clinical linguistics professor at the UCSI University, Dept. of Education, Faculty of Social Science & Liberal Arts. She is the current Dean of the faculty. She obtained her PhD in Theoretical Linguistics (Universiti Sains Malaysia), bachelor’s in English Literature Education, and master’s degree in TESL (Indiana University, USA. Her more recent publication is‘Multilingualism and developmental language disorder in Southeast Asian speech- language pathology practice: An international survey’ (Jan 2025). Her recent book was Kemahiran Kesedaran Fonologi Murid dwibahasa (2024). Her research interests include developmental language, language attrition of children and adults with communication disorders, and standardized test development. The Malay Preschool Language Assessment Tool, which she produced is now used by health professionals in the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Malaysia, and the private sectors.

She has been a long proponent of early identification and early intervention of children with special needs in schools.