A/2, Jahurul Islam Avenue
Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
M.Phil. in English Language Education
Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, India
M. A. in Teaching English as Second Language
Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, India
B. A. (Hons) in English
Aligarh Muslim University, India
I see myself as a passionate English language teacher. I have been teaching English in India and Bangladesh for about seventeen years. I have a genuine interest for learning and research. My studies have been published from University Putra Malaysia Press, Taylor and Francis online, and Languages in India.
Second Language Acquisition
Language Testing and Evaluation
ICT in language Education
Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis
Ud Duha, M. S., Richardson, J. C., Ahmed, Z., & Yeasmin, F. (2022). The use of Community of Inquiry framework-informed Facebook discussion activities on student speaking performances in a blended EFL class. Online Learning, 26(4). https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v26i4.3490
Ahmed, Z. (2022) Effects of online group discussions on first year EFL undergraduate learners' academic oral presentations. In R. A. Giri, S. Dawadi, S. Shrestha, S. Haque (Eds.), Enhancement Approach: Success Stories of EFL Teachers from Bangladesh and Nepal. (pp. 138-144). NELTA. https://nelta.org.np/uploads///upload/LiVNpo.pdf
Karim, A., Kabilan, M. K., Ahmed, Z., & Reshmin, L. (2021). The Medium of Instruction in Bangladeshi Higher Education Institutions: Bangla , English , or Both ? Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 00(00), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2020.1871353
Ahmed, Z., Sultana, S., & Manjet, K. (2020). Inconsistencies and Biases in English Language Testing in Bangladesh Civil Service Preliminary Examination. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 28 (S2), 247-262.
Karim, A., Ahmed, Z., Shahed, F. H., Rahman, M. M., & Mohamed, A. R. (2019). Challenges Affecting the Implementation of £50 Million In-Service Training Program for English Teachers in Bangladesh. The Qualitative Report, 24(10), 2457-2485.
Ahmed, Z (2018, November). Effects of Writing in a Class Blog on EFL Students’ Attitude towards Writing, In Proceeding of the 11th International Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (RAIS) Conference (pp 339-345), Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, USA. ISSN 2578-8574, ISBN 978-1-945298-16-5.
Ahmed, Z. (2018). Rhetoric and realities of ICT applications in teaching English literature. In Angadi, D. T., Patil, S.D.G., & Kedaranath (Eds.), Indian Indigenous Insights into Language, Literature & Culture. 13-20. ISBN 978-81-931871-8-0.
Alam, F., Haque, M. S. and Ahmed, Z. (2018) (Eds.). English Studies and the Marketplace. Dhaka: East West University. https://www.ewubd.edu/storage/app/media/English%20Dept/2018-english-studies-and-the-marketplace.pdf
Uddin, J., & Ahmed, Z. (2015). Impact of the use of rubrics on the performance of students. Chaos, 3(1), 46-62. ISSN 2304-3792.
Ahmed, Z. (2014). Writing in a class blog: Why, when and how. In Karunakaran, T. (Ed.) English Language Teaching in the Twenty First Century: Issues and challenges. 38-54. ISBN 978-955-659-437-9.
Ahmed, Z. & Karunakaran, T. (2013). Teaching writing: an analysis of the writing tasks used at East West University in Bangladesh. Languages in India, 13 (3), 103-117. ISSN 1930-2940.
Karunakaran, T. & Ahmed, Z. (2013). Teaching writing. International Journal of English Language and Literature, 55-61. ISSN 2347-2642.
Ahmed, Z. (2012). [Review of the book Teacher training essentials by C. Thaine]. ELTAI Journal, 8, 100-102. ISSN 2250-317X.
Attended a three-day-long technical training conducted by British Council, Dhaka on 24 – 27 June 2024.
Attended a three-day-long training conducted by British Council, Dhaka on writing teaching materials for teaching English to displaced Rohingya children in March 2019.
Conducted a day-long Training of Trainers (ToT) session for a project by British Council, Dhaka with English language teachers of displaced Rohingya children in Kutupalong Rohingya Refugee Camp, Cox’s Bazaar on 26th February, 2019 .
Attended a two-day-long workshop on Training of Trainers (ToT) organized by British Council, Dhaka on 11-12 March, 2019.
Conducted a workshop on teaching Academic Writing at the Secondary School level in University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh in September 2018.
Completed a thirteen-day training program on Language Documentation in East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh in December 2012.
Conducted a workshop on teaching Writing Skills in East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh in November 2012.
Participated in a five-day workshop on Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation conducted by British Council, Hyderabad, India in March 2012.
Conducted a one-day workshop on Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation for research scholars in English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India in March 2012.
Conducted a two-day-long workshop for teachers of spoken English in SpeakWell, Mumbai, India in February 2012.
Attended a five-day workshop on Capacity Building for Research Methodology conducted by Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, India in March 2011.
The following papers have been presented in conferences and seminars:
‘How EFL Undergraduate Learners Prepare for Oral Presentations: Voices from Bangladesh’ at the ELT SUMMIT 2020 organized by International Society for Educational Leadership (ISEL) held online on June 27-28, 2020.
‘Effects of Writing in a Class Blog on EFL Students’ Attitude towards Writing’ at the 11th International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences held at Johns Hopkins University, USA on November 19-20, 2018.
‘Rhetoric and Realities of ICT Applications in Teaching English Literature’ at the 1st International Conference on Language, Literature, Society & Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspective organized by SSKB College, Karnataka, India in February 26-27, 2018.
‘Mobile Dictionary Use among the Undergraduate Students of English: An exploratory study’ in Independent University, Bangladesh at the 8th BELTA International Conference in January 12-14, 2018.
‘Examining Interactive Multimedia Digital Content for Primary Level English Language Education in Bangladesh’ at the IML International Conference in November, 2017.
‘Impacts of teaching speaking skills in a flipped classroom: A study of ESL instructors at tertiary level in Malaysia’ at the East West University national conference on New Media and Identity Formation in January 2017.
‘Teaching and learning to use technology in ELT: An action research’ at the International Conference on Learning, Teaching, and Student Success (ICLTSS) organized by Montana State University, USA on 3-5 November, 2016.
‘Inconsistencies and biases in English language testing in Bangladesh Civil Service preliminary examination’ as an invited plenary speaker at the international conference on "Pluralism and Multiculturalism in Teaching and Research of English Language and Literatures" organized by Department of English, Vellore Institute of Technology, India on 15-16 April, 2016.
‘Effects of teacher-on-student’ bullying on students’ attitude towards learning’ at the Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA) national conference in September 2015.
‘On arriving at a list of most useful sub-technical vocabulary for academic engineering reading and writing: a corpus-based study’ at the 31st All-India Conference of Linguistics, held at University of Hyderabad in December 2009.
‘Teaching academic writing at East West University: anomalies in text selections and task design’ at the 1st International ESL EFL Conference and 6th Annual Conference of Rajasthan Association for Studies in English, held at Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth in November 2009.
‘Eng 101: Linguistic Description and Pedagogic Prescriptions’ at the department seminar held at the Department of English, East West University, Bangladesh in May 2007.
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