Prof. Dr. M. Zaim, M.Hum. is professor in Linguistics at English Department of FBS UNP. He teaches various subjects, such as, Introduction to Linguistics, Morphology and Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics, Language Teaching Evaluation, Applied Linguistics, Educational Research on Psycholinguistics, Current Issues on Psycholinguistics, Curriculum Development on EFL. He is currently the Dean of FBS Universitas Negeri Padang. He was the Head office of LPMP of West Sumatra.
After finishing his Sarjana at IKIP Padang, Prof. Dr. M. Zaim, M.Hum. obtained Masters in Linguistics from Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta (1993). After completing his M.Hum he obtained Doctoral qualifications in Education at University of Tasmania, Australia (1998).
He has conducted some research, such as, Pergeseran Sistem Pembentukan Kata Bahasa Indonesia Pasca Orde Baru (2008), Upaya Peningkatan Kompetensi Pedagogik dan Profesional dalam Kegiatan MGMP Bahasa Inggris SMA Sumatera Barat (2009) , Kinerja Guru Bahasa Inggris SMA Kota Padang Panjang Pasca Sertifikasi (2010), Pendekatan Holistik untuk Meningkatkan Penguasaan Standar Kompetensi dan Kompetensi Dasar Mata Pelajaran Sasaran Ujian Nasional Tingkat SMA di Kota Bukittinggi dan Kabupaten Agam (2011). He has also written some books, such as, Metode Penelitian Bahasa (2008), English Morphology (2009).