Monisha Biswas

• PhD student (2nd year), Department of English Language and Literature, University of New Mexico, US
• Masters in Applied Linguistics and ELT (2017), Department of English, University of Dhaka 
• BA in English (2016), Department of English, University of Dhaka 
• Senior and Junior level courses (A1& A2) in Spanish, Department of Spanish,  Institute of Modern Languages (IML), University of Dhaka 

Mrs. Monisha Biswas is a PhD student at the Department of English Language and Literature, University of New Mexico, US. She holds the position of a Senior Lecturer (on study leave) at the Department of English, East West University. She has been working here since 2nd January, 2018. She completed her M.A. and B.A. (hons.) from the Department of English, University of Dhaka. 

Teaching experiences:

• Senior Lecturer: from 7th October, 2020 to present 
• Lecturer: from 2nd January, 2018 to 6th October, 2020
• Adjunct Faculty at the Department of English, Central Women's University from 17th September to 30th December, 2017

Other experiences:

• Member, Program Self-Assessment Committee (PSAC), IQAC, EWU
• Moderator, English Conversation Club, EWU from July, 2022 to August, 2024.
• Course Coordinator of ENG 101 (Basic English) since 2021
• Counseling students at the writing center, Department of English,  East West University
• Worked as a Course Coordinator of ENG 099 in 2019.
• Worked as a Mentor at the Department of English, University of Dhaka 
• Took part in International E-Project in 2016
• 100 Bangladeshi Youth Delegation tour to India in 2015

• EFL teaching in Bangladesh 
• Composition and rhetoric at the tertiary-level education 
• Evaluation and Assessment 
• Media rhetoric 

• Dean's Merit list of Honors for M.A. result
• Principal Jalaluddin Ahmed Trust Gold Medal for M.A. result
• Departmental Scholarship for B.A. (Honors) result
• Board Scholarships for M.A., B.A. and H.S.C Examinations

Tecahing Areas: GED (English) Courses and ELT and Applied Linguistics Courses

Courses Taught: 

ENG 099: Remedial English

ENG 100+7100: Improving Oral Communication Skills

ENG 101+7101: Basic English

ENG 102+7102: Composition and Communication Skills

ENG 145+7145: Introduction to Linguistics

ENG 155: Improving Reading and Writing Skills

ENG 7160: Academic Writing

ENG 207+7207: Psycholinguistics

ENG 255+7255: Second Language Acquisition (SLA) 

ENG 307: Academic Writing 

Textbooks used:

Compilation Books for ENG 099, 7100, 7101 and 7102. 

ENG 7145: Introduction to Linguistics

• Yule, G. (2022). The study of language (4 th ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press
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• ENG7154: English Phonetics and Phonology

  Roach, P. (2013), English phonetics and Phonology (3rd end). New York: Cambridge University Press.

• ENG155: Improving Reading and Writing Skills

  • Langan, J. (2001). English Skill (7 th ed.) / (Latest Edition). New York:McGraw-Hill Publications.
  • Murphy, R. (2009). Intermediate English Grammar (3 rd ed.) / (Latest Edition). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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  • ENG 7207: Psycholinguistics
    • Carroll,D.W. (2008).Psychology of Language(5th edition). Belmont, CA: Thomson Higher Education.
    • Scovel,T. (1998).Psycholinguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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• ENG7255: Second Language Acquisition
  • Gass, S. M., Behney, J., & Plonsky, L. (2020). Second Language Acquisition: An Introductory Course (5th ed.). Routledge.
  • Lightbown, P. M., & Spada, N. (2021). How Languages are Learned (4th ed.). Oxford University Press.
  • Ellis, R. (2015). Understanding Second Language Acquisition (2 nd ed.). Oxford University Press.

• Life-time member of Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA)
• Life-time member of TESOL BD 
• Member of Modern Language Association (MLA)
• Member of 100 delegation tour to India