Publications

1. Biswas, M (2022). "English as a Status Marker on Facebook: The Case of Bangladeshi University Students." Crossings: A Journal of English Studies, vol.13 (1), pp.23-35. https://deh.ulab.edu.bd/publications/crossings/crossings-archive/2021-vol-13-no-1/biswas 

2. Biswas, M. (2021). Board Examinations in Bangladesh: Some Social Stereotypes and Their Negative Effects on Students. IDEAS: A Journal of Literature Arts and Culture, 6 (1), pp.123-138. https://www.academia.edu/44840357/Ideas_Journal_Vol_

3. Biswas, M. (2020). Written Feedback on Midterm Scripts: Students’ Expectations, Problems and Preferences. BELTA Journal, 4 (1), pp. 20-31. Doi: https://doi.org/10.36832/beltaj.2020.0401.02

• Biswas, M. (2023, December 8). Examining University Student's Disconnection between Acquisition and Application of Academic Writing Skills in Bangladesh. National Symposium: English Connects, Department of English and Humanities,  University of Liberal Arts (ULAB), Dhaka, Bangladesh. 
• Biswas, M. (2023, November 25). Listening: An Unheard Skill in Bangladeshi EFL Classrooms. BELTA National Conference 2023 in partnership with Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh.  
• Biswas, M. & Fatema, K. (2023, July 28-29). Students' Psychology in Applying Composition Writing Skills in Tertiary Level Literature Courses in Bangladesh. Teaching Literature and Interdisciplinarity, Department of English,  EWU and Association of Teachers of Literatures in English,  Bangladesh (ATLEB). 
• Biswas, M. (2023, May 4-5). Indirectness as a Politeness Strategy: A Comparative Study of Male and Female University Students of Bangladesh. Mapping Gendered Spaces in Language,  Literature and Culture, Department of English,  University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. 
• Biswas, M. (2021, September 2-4). English as a Status Marker on Facebook: The Case of Bangladeshi University students. Entangled Englishes in Translocal Spaces, Department of English, University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh.
• Biswas, M. (2020, January 27-29). Board examinations in Bangladesh: Some Social Stereotypes and Their Negative Effects on Students. First Multidisciplinary International Conference on the Social and Life Sciences (ICSL), East West University, Bangladesh.

Abir. (2022). “Integrative” or “Instrumental”?: Motivation that works closely during the adolescence days of Female English Language Learners of Different Universities of Bangladesh. THE JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING, LITERATURE, AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS (JELA), 4(2), 89–97. https://jela.stkippasundan.ac.id/index.php/jela/article/view/84

• Biswas, A., & Kabir, T.S. (2020). Assessing the Mentoring Service in Department of English: A Case from Bangladeshi Public University. BELTA Journal, 4(1), 32–43. https://doi.org/10.36832/beltaj.2020.0401.03
• Kabir, T.S. (2020) “Teachers’ and Students’ Perception of Using Translation (L1) for Developing Reading Skill.” Shanlax International Journal of English, 8(4), 1-11.

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1. Kabir, T. S. (2020). Developing Language Skills Outside the Classroom: Students' Perspective. Paper accepted for presentation at 10th BELTA International Conference 2020. 
2. Kabir, T. S. (2020). Exploring Common Errors in English Composition of Undergrad Level Students’. Paper presented in 1st Multidisciplinary International Conference on the Social and Life Sciences Gender, Health, Information and the Environment, East West University, 27-29 February 2020. 
3. Kabir, T.S. (2019). Assessing Student Awareness on Global Education: A Comparative Study on Attitudes of Undergraduate Students of University of Dhaka and East West University. Presented paper in 2nd Assembly on Futures of Higher Education, organized by Center for Genocide Studies, University of Dhaka and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), University of Dhaka, 29-30 March 2019.
4. Kabir, T. S. (2019). A case study of using translation as a tool for teaching English as a L2 for 1st year students of University of Asia Pacific. Paper presented in Transgressing/Transcending Borders through Translation, 5th International Conference, Department of English, East West University, 25-26 January 2019.
5. Kabir, T. S. (2018). A Case Study of the Condition and Factors Influencing the Professional Development in Training of English Language Teachers. Paper presented in "Rethinking Disciplinary Diversity: Challenges of Teaching English in the 21st Century" International Conference on English Language and Literature hosted by Department of English and Humanities, BRAC University on 15-16 November 2018.
6. Kabir, T. S. (2018). Teaching in a Digital Age: Facilitating Language Learning through Technology. Paper presented in 8th BELTA International Conference hosted by Independent University, Bangladesh on 12-14th January 2018.
7. Kabir, T. S. (2017). The Effects of Social Networking Sites on the Academic Language Usage of the Tertiary Level Students of Bangladesh. Paper presented in National Conference New Media and Identity Formation organized by East West University, Dhaka. 21 January 2017.

• Biswas, A., & Kabir, T. S. 2020. Assessing the Mentoring Service in Department of English: A Case from Bangladeshi Public University. BELTA Journal, 1(4), 32- 43. https://doi.org/10.36832/beltaj.2020.0401.03  
• Hasan, M.U., & Biswas, A. 2018. Mobile Apps in Self- Directed Language Learning: Attitudes of Bangladeshi Undergraduate Students. Green University Review of Social Sciences, 4(1), 83- 99.  
• Biswas, A. 2018. Self-Access Learning Centers in developing learner autonomy: attitudes of students from the Department of English, University of Dhaka. The Warwick ELT, 1(2), 65- 76.
• Biswas, A. 2018. Self-Access Learning Centers in developing learner autonomy: attitudes of students from the Department of English, University of Dhaka. The Warwick ELT, 13. URL: https://thewarwickeltezine.wordpress.com/2018/05/30/715/

• Biswas, A. (2020, February). Cultural Fluency: An Assessment of Tertiary Level Learners’ Usage of English in Speaking. IML Regional Conference on Foreign Language Education for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Institute of Modern Languages (IML), University of Dhaka. 
• Kabir, T, S. & Biswas, A. (2019, March). Assessing Student Awareness on Global Education: A Comparative Study on Attitudes of Undergraduate Students of University of Dhaka and East West University. 2^nd Assembly on Futures of Higher Education, jointly organized by the Centre for Genocide Studies, University of Dhaka and Friedrich- Ebert- Stiftung (FES). 
• Hasan, M.U. & Biswas, A. (2017, November). Mobile Apps in Self-directed Language Learning: Attitudes of Bangladeshi Undergraduate Students. 1^st IML Conference 2017, Institute of Modern Languages, University of Dhaka.

• Biswas, A. 2020. Asthma. Ten Square Hundred- Word Stories From Bangladesh. Skylark Printers, Dhaka.

Mahmud, S.S. (2017) “Using Songs as a Prompt for Writing an Academic Response Paper:   A Comparative Analysis with the Traditional Reading Based Prompt”. Language In   India, 17 (4). P. 190-202.

Faruk, G.F. & Mahmud, S.S. (2014) “Comprehending a Culturally Unfamiliar Text: The Role of Pre-Reading Activities”. International Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studies (IJHCS), 1(3), P.146-154

22nd International Conference of NELTA:  Presented a paper titled “A Comparative Analysis of Flipped Classroom as Performance Enhancer” in 22nd International Conference (24th-26th February, 2017) of NELTA.

• Kaminy, Khadijatul. “Gun Island: An Experiment with Fictional Time.” Spectrum vol.14 and 15, January 2018-2019, pp.126-133.

Kaminy, Khadijatul. “Decoding the Sundarbans: ‘Other’ Space in The Hungry Tide.” Dialogics, vol. 1, January 2021, pp.137-146.

• Kaminy, Khadijatul. “Translating Humayun Ahmed: Exploring the Strategies.” Exposure: The Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, vol. 7, no.1, June 2021, pp.68-76.

• Kaminy, Khadijatul. “Julius Caesar: The Essence and Illusion of Democracy.” Erothanatos, vol.3, no.1, 2018, https://www.erothanatos.com/vol3issue1. Accessed 23 December 2022.

• Kaminy, Khadijatul. “Engaging with the Environment: Non-western Food Practices.” IN: Non-western Approaches in Environmental Humanities. 11-13 July 2022, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.

Kaminy, Khadijatul. “গন্তব্য.” My City My Home, Birmingham, 2021, pp. 430-433.

Kaminy, Khadijatul. “Where Reality Meets Fiction.” The Daily Star, 21 April 2018, p.11.

Kaminy, Khadijatul. Reconstructing Feminist Ecocriticism: A Critical Study of Amitav Ghosh's Selected Novels. Women's Link vol. 30, no. 01, January 2023. pp 41.

1.International Conference on Magic and Literature, 27-28 May 2016: The following paper was presented at the conference, hosted by Department of English and Humanities, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB): 

-"Wingardium Laviosa: Levitation of Witchcraft From Macbeth To Harry Potter."

2.International Conference on Literature, 27-29 May2020: The following paper was accepted at the conference, hosted by Universiti Sains Malaysia:

 -"The Complexities of Diasporic Existence- Redifining Identities and Questioning the stability of Relationships In Jhumpa Lahiri's Interepreter Of Maladies and Unaccustomed Earth."

3. The Salerno Conference on Bangladeshi English Novels: From Emergence to Efflorescence. It was an online conference which took place on the 24^th and 25^th of June,2021. The following paper was presented at the conference:

 -"The Complexities of Transnational Identity and Nazneen’s Concept of Agency in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane. "

4. International Conference on Borders, Diasporas, and Multilingualism in English Studies, on 7-8 January,2022. The following paper was presented at the conference organized by the Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology:

   -"The Complexities of Diasporic Existence – Redefining Identities and Questioning the stability of Relationships in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies and Unaccustomed Earth." 

5.International Conference on In Retrospect: 50 Years of Bangladesh in Literature and Culture organized by ATLEB’s (Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh). It was an online conference and  was held on 14-15 January,2022. The following paper was presented at the conference:

 -“Redefining Women’s Identity and the Representation of the New Age Women in Nasiruddin Yousuff’s Guerrilla.” 

Afreen, Sadia. “The Complexities of Diasporic Existence- Redefining Identities in Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘Mr’s Sen’s’ from Interpreter of Maladies.” Erothanatos, vol. 6, no. 2.

Afreen, Sadia "The Diasporic Dilemma in Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Hell-Heaven” from Unaccustomed Earth.” The Changing World Order and the Postmodernism Theory and Practice. Notion Press.

1.  Attended ATLEB’s first in-person workshop on “Writing and Publishing in Literary Studies” on August 5, 2022. The Workshop was conducted by Professor Fakrul Alam and Professor Rezaul Haque. She also worked on the organizing committee of the Workshop. 

2. Attended a workshop on "Sustainable Teaching: Engagement Beyond Classroom" organized by The Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA) for the faculty members of the Department of English, East West University, by the English language specialist from the American Center, Dr. Wendy Ashby. It was held on Thursday 17 Nov, 2:00 – 4:30 pm

• Triple Marginalization of Afghan Women in Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns, From Kabuliwala to the Fall of Kabul: Afghanistan in Popular Imagination, ULAB, 2021

• Pride and Prejudice and Fifty Shades of Grey: Wealthy Heroes and Smitten Heroines, 200th Jane Austen’s Commemoration, ULAB, 2017

•  Ameer, Shahnaz. “Manifestation of Remix Culture in Bollywood Songs: A Postmodern Analysis.” Erothanatos, vol. , no. 1, 2022, pp. 69-82

•  Ameer, Shahnaz. “Pride and Prejudice and Fifty Shades of Grey: Wealthy Heroes and Smitten Heroines. ”Erothanatos, vol. 2, no. 4, 2018, pp. 88-97

Professional Development Workshop, BELTA, East West University, 2022

International

Tabassum, Mehnaz. “Signing in the Global Classroom: The Millennials’ March towards Post-Culture and Institution, and a World that is Same (?).” International Conference on Teaching and Learning (ICTL) by Center for Pedagogy at Independent University, Dhaka, April 22-23, 2016, Alam, Mahbub; Asaduzzaman, A.S.M.; Al Marjuk, Obydullah, Center for Pedagogy, IUB, September 1, 2016.

• August 16-18, 2016: 9th Malaysia International Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures, organized by Universiti Putra Malaysia at Penang, Malaysia

Paper Title: Life in a cocoon: A study of over-Surveillance and over-documentation in a panoptical world

• May 27-28, 2016: International Conference on Magic and Literature, School of Arts and Humanities (SAH), University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh

Paper Title: The death of magic and drought (or overfeeding?) of imagination: A study of a world at its wits end and the future of literature

• April 22-23, 2016: International Conference on Teaching and Learning – Education in the Current World: Pedagogy, Research and Social Change, Center for Pedagogy, Independent University, Bangladesh

Paper Title: Signing in the Global Classroom: The Millennials’ March towards Post-Culture and Institution, and a World that is Same (?)

• March 3-4, 2016: International Conference – The River: Flows of Innovation and Exchange in the Global(i)zed English World, Department of English and Modern Languages, North South University, Bangladesh

Paper Title: Written on the Walls: A Study of Literary Expressions of the Mass across Cults to Creeds, Benches to Streets and Timelines to Tweets

• February 19-20, 2016: 4^th International Conference on “English Studies and the Marketplace”, Department of English, East West University, Bangladesh

Paper Title: Literature in the pieces: Keeping calm in a world of quote cards, quick facts and one-liners

• September 16, 2016: “The last train home“, From Daily Observer Weekend Editorial
• September 5, 2016: “Is blaming your game?“, From personal column “Thinking out loud” in Daily Observer Editorial Page
• August 29, 2016: “19 to 24: The invisible years“, From personal column “Thinking out loud” in Daily Observer Editorial Page
• August 11, 2016: “Songs of the soul”, From personal column “Thinking out loud” in Daily Observer Editorial Page
• June 19, 2016: “The craftsman and his unfinished art”, Father’s Day special OP-ED in Daily Observer
• May 8, 2016: “Mother’s Day: Tohura’s Story”, Daily Observer Editorial on Mother’s Day
• March 6, 2016: “Of humans and mothers”, Daily Observer OP-ED on Women’s Day
• October 11, 2015: “The heirloom”, Final part of Short Story series in Daily Observer
• October 4, 2015: “The precious praying mat”, Second part of Short Story series in Daily Observer
• September 20, 2015: “The Wardrobe”, First part of Short Story series in Daily Observer
• May 12, 2014: “Mothers, daughters and dreams”, Book Review in The Daily Star
• May 10, 2014: “The perfect ending?”, Short fiction in The Daily Star
• March 8, 2014: “The unsung questions”, Short story in The Daily Star

Rahaman, A., & Saha, S. (2020). Negative emotions in fieldwork: A narrative inquiry of three EFL researchers’ lived experiences. The Qualitative Report, 25(12), 4128-4208.

Saha, S. (2017). EFL students’ ‘unmotivation’ toward writing classroom: Bangladeshi university teachers’ narrative reflections. BELTA Journal, 1(1), 46-63. doi: https://doi.org/10.36832/beltaj.2017.0101.03

Saha, S. (2016). Haggling encounters in Dhaka’s local-service buses: The uncharted discourse. New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, 18(1), 1-19.

Saha, S. (2014). Addressing the Unaddressed: Considering Specific Teaching Context to Teach Language to EFL Learners through Literature. Language in India, 14(7), 546-563.

Saha, S. (2013). A critical analysis of English language learning guidebooks in Bangladesh. Journal of NELTA, 18(1-2), 133-147.

*Rahaman, A. & Saha, S. (2019). The narrative machinery and the ideology of text: Essentials for effective translation process. Paper presented in the 5th International Conference on Transgressing/Transcending Borders through Translation at East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 25-26, 2019.

+Saha, S. (2018). Theories of Interpretation and Positioning ELT Researcher.  Seminar talk delivered at English Language Resource Center, Independent University in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 22, 2018.

*Rahaman, A. & Saha, S. (2018). Storying the experience: A narrative inquiry of senior teachers’ identity formation trajectory. Paper presented in “Beyond Pedagogy: New Dimensions in Teaching and Learning”— 2nd International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 28, 2018.

*Rahaman, A. & Saha, S. (2018). English Language Education (ELE) research in Bangladesh: The state of the art. Paper presented in: National Conference on Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Bangladesh: Educational Responses, Challenges and Possibilities; 2018 March 31-April 1; Dhaka, Bangladesh.

*Saha, S. (2013). Jawmadar or Cleaner— Who signifies ‘Development’? Ethno-linguistic resistance in Shankhari community. Paper presented at: Multiple Realities of English. 6th BELTA International Conference; 2013 January 18-20; Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Journal Papers

1. Biswas, R.K., Arusha, A.R., Ananna, N., Kabir, E., Bhowmik, J. (2022) Interaction with adults and Book-reading habit of Children in Bangladesh: A District-wise Distribution. Children & Society.
2. Arusha, A.R. (2022) Affective Factors and the Role of Teachers in Developing Learning Autonomy. Critical Insights, 1(1), 114-124.
3. Afiaz, A., Arusha, A.R., Ananna, N., Kabir, E., Biswas, R.K. (2021) A national assessment of elective cesarean sections in Bangladesh and the need for health literacy and accessibility. Scientific reports. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96337-0
4. Arusha, A.R., & Biswas, R.K. (2020) Prevalence of Stress, Anxiety and Depression due to Examination in Bangladeshi Youths: A Pilot Study. Children and Youth Services Review. Vol. 116https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105254

Book Chapters

1. Ahsanuzzaman, A., Arusha, A.R. (2022) Teacher Student Relationship Through Generations. Dhaka University's English Department: Centenary Perspectives. 

Media Articles

1. Arusha, A.R. (2020) YPF dialogue: What Bangladesh can learn from the East Asian Miracle.Dhaka Tribune. Date published: July 15, 2020
2. Arusha, A.R. (2019) Jamal Khashoggi- Shattered freedom of speech. Centre for Policy Dialogue Blog. Date published: January 3, 2019
3. Arusha, A.R. (2018) Invading your DNA. Centre for Policy Dialogue Blog. Date published: April 26, 2018

Conferences

1. Arusha, A.R., Shefa, N.P & Oishee, R. Z. (2023). Global Englishes in Classrooms: A Systematic Review and Critical Study. International Conference on Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity. East West University, Bangladesh in collaboration with Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh (ATLEB).
2. Arusha. A.R., Shefa, N.P. (2023, May). Representation of Gender and Social Class in Bangladeshi ELT Textbooks: A Critical Study [Paper presentation]. International Conference on Mapping Gendered Spaces in Language, Literature and Culture, Department of English, University of Dhaka.
3. Arusha, A.R. (2021, December). Affective Factors and the Role of Teachers in Developing Learner Autonomy [Paper presentation]. 7^th Inter-University Student Conference and Cultural Competition, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB).
4. Arusha, A.R. (2020, February). Effects of Examination on the Mental Health of Students [Paper presentation]. 1st Multidisciplinary International Conference on the Social and Life Sciences, East West University, Dhaka.

Oishee, Rohini Zakaria. "The Second Sex Fights Back: Re-examining Jasmeet K. Reen's Darlings from Feminist Lenses." 3^rd International Conference on Environmental Hazards and Gender Issues: (Re)imagining Literature, Language, and Culture of the Global South. The Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh. 16-17 February, 2024.

Arusha, Anowara Rayhan. Shefa, Nazia Parvin & Oishee, Rohini Zakaria. "Global Englishes in Classrooms: A Systematic Review and Critical Study." International Conference on Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity. East West University, Bangladesh in collaboration with Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh (ATLEB). 28-29 July, 2023.

Oishee, Rohini Zakaria. "Displacement and Struggle for Recognition in Monica Ali's Brick Lane." 2^nd International Conference on Refugee, Resistance, and Recognition: Global Literary Representations in [Post]post-colonial Perspectives. The Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh. 24-25 February, 2023. 

Presented at the International Conference on Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity, Dhaka, 2023. 

1. Arusha. A.R., Shefa, N.P. (2023, May). Representation of Gender and Social Class in Bangladeshi ELT Textbooks: A Critical Study [Paper presentation]. International Conference on Mapping Gendered Spaces in Language, Literature and Culture, Department of English, University of Dhaka.
2. Arusha, A.R., Shefa, N.P & Oishee, R. Z. (2023). Global Englishes in Classrooms: A Systematic Review and Critical Study. International Conference on Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity. East West University, Bangladesh in collaboration with Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh (ATLEB).

1. Digonto, I.J. (2023). Global Englishes: A Challenge to Pedagogical Practices in a Globalized World. International Conference on Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity. East West University, Bangladesh in collaboration with Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh (ATLEB).

2. Digonto, I.J. (2018). Students’ Attitude towards the Use of ICT in Foundation Level English Language Courses in the Private Universities in Bangladesh. 2nd International Conference on Teaching and Learning (ICTL) 2018: Beyond Pedagogy: New Dimensions in Learning and Teaching. Independent University, Bangladesh.