Publications

1. Digonto, I. J. (2026, January 15–16). From Rhetoric to Practice: An Ecolinguistic Analysis of University Sustainability Statements and Pedagogical Uptake in Bangladesh [Conference Presentation]. Planet LangLit 2026 – International Conference on Language, Literature & Cultural Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
   
   
2. Digonto, I. J. (2025, May 11-16). Echoes on the Wall: The Role of Graffiti as Semiotic and Rhetorical Artifacts in Modern Protest Movements in Bangladesh [Conference Presentation]. The Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities (ACAH2025), Tokyo, Japan.
   
   
3. Digonto, I. J. (2023, July 28-29). Global Englishes: A Challenge to Pedagogical Practices in a Globalized World [Conference Presentation]. International Conference on Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
   
   
4. Digonto, I. J. (2021). How the COVID-19 Crisis Changed Teaching Approach: The Paradigm Shift in Education from Conventional Practices to Distance Learning and E-learning [Master of Arts Thesis, Independent University, Bangladesh].
   
   
5. Digonto, I. J. (2018, June 28). Students’ Attitude towards the Use of ICT in Foundation Level English Language Courses in the Private Universities in Bangladesh [Conference Presentation]. Second International Conference on Teaching and Learning (ICTL) 2018: Beyond Pedagogy: New Dimensions in Learning and Teaching, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

“A journey towards educational psychology: The Paradigm Shift from Product View to Process View in Language Teaching” at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), hosted by the Department of English & Modern Languages, SLASS, IUB (2017).

• “Unsatisfactory English Language Skills of Undergraduate Students of East West University: Exploring the Underlying Factors and Suggesting Remedial Measures”, East West University Center for Research and Training (EWUCRT), 25 June, 2026. 

1. Kobra, K., "Beyond Monuments: Deterritorializing Historical Memory and Social Action through Ephemeral Art," presented at The Trans-Phenomenon in Language, Literature, and Culture (TPLLC), organized by the Department of English & Humanities, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Dhaka, 15-16 November 2024.

2. Kobra, K., "Intersecting Webs of Power, Identity, and Trauma: A Comparative Study of Wide Sargasso Sea and Jane Eyre," presented at the International Conference on Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity, East West University, Dhaka, 28-29 July 2023.

3. Kobra, K., "Interconnected Realms: Nature’s Significance in Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun and Never Let Me Go through a Posthumanist Lens," presented at the 3rd International Conference on Environmental Hazards and Gender Issues: (Re)imagining Literature, Language, and Culture of the Global South, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 16-17 February 2024.

4. Kobra, K., "Transmedial Narratology in Future Classrooms: Exploring Pedagogical Benefits of Literary Adaptations and Retellings at Tertiary Level," presented at the Critical-Affective Pedagogy for Bangladesh Conference: Teaching Language, Literature, Cultural Studies, and Communication in English Studies, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, 24-25 May 2024.

• Completed a faculty training course titled Effective Communication in 21st Century Classrooms (January–June 2023), offered by the Centre for English Language at State University of Bangladesh.
• Attended a specialized training program, How to Write a Research Proposal, conducted by East West University’s Center for Research and Training (June–July 2023).
• Currently participating in Teaching, Learning, and Research, a faculty development initiative led by the Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) and East West University’s Center for Research and Training (October 2024–February 2025).

• Akter, S. (2026) 'Cultural Differences in Academic Practices: From East to West', 2nd Annual Michigan Fulbright Symposium, Michigan State University, Michigan, The United States of America, 21 March 2026
  
  
• Akter, S. Hasan, M. (2025) ‘The 'Mru' Language Crisis: A Qualitative Analysis of Indigenous Perspectives on Its Plights and Prospects’, 5th International Conference: Language, Literature, Culture and Crises, Independent University, Dhaka, Bangladesh , 26-27 June 2025
  
  
• Akter, S. (2024) ‘The Use of ChatGPT for Essay Writing Assignments by Bangladeshi Undergraduate Students’, BELTA-NSU International Conference 2024: Re/Envisioning the Paradigms in English Language Education, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh , 6-7 December 2024
  
  
• Akter, S. (2024) 'Khalasi and Maloma: A Discussion on Transculturality in Global Presentation of South Asian Folk Music', International Conference on The Trans-Phenomenon in Language, Literature and Culture, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 15-16 November 2024
  
  
• Akter, S. Islam, P. (2023) 'Studio Ghibli Characters: Beyond the Boundaries of Gender Norms', International Conference on Mapping Gendered Spaces in Language, Literature and Culture, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 4-5 May 2023
  
  
• Akter, S. (2020), 'The Linguistic Features in George Orwell's 1984 Portraying Militant Nationalism', 6th Inter-University Student Conference and Cultural Competition: Of Nations and Narrations, (Online) University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 3-4 September 2020

Intensive English II

First Publication Year: 2019

Role: Content Contributor

Editor: Roxana Ahmed Chowdhury

Affiliation: English Language Institute, United International University

• Mollah, M. (2026), "Eco-Gothic landscapes, the resistance of dread, and colonial anxiety in Picnic at Hanging Rock," paper presented at Planet LangLit 2026, Green University of Bangladesh, 15–16 January.
• Shefa, N.P. and Mollah, M. (2025), "Intersection of artificial intelligence and emotions in education: investigating the emotional role of AI in Bangladeshi learners’ experiences," paper presented at 3rd TESOL Society of Bangladesh International Conference. Dhaka: Daffodil International University, 5–6 December.
• Mollah, M. (2024), "An ecocritical examination of monstrous modernity in Ray Bradbury’s The Fog Horn and Here There Be Tygers," paper presented at The Trans-Phenomenon in Language, Literature, and Culture. Dhaka: Department of English, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, 15–16 November.
• Mollah, M. and Akhtar, T. (2023), "Beautiful corpses: the aestheticised deaths of Ophelia, Porphyria, and Ligeia," paper presented at Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity. Dhaka: East West University and Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh, 28–29 July.
• Mollah, M. (2023), "Improving learner motivation through activities in an English literature class: an action research," paper presented at Teachers Research! Online 2023. IATEFL Research SIG, 17–18 March.
• Easmin, T. and Mollah, M. (2022), "Sultana’s Dream and the vision of sustainable energy: an ecofeminist perspective," paper presented at Ruptures and Resilience: English Studies in the Now. Dhaka: Department of English and Modern Languages, North South University, 4–5 November.

• Mollah, M. (2025), "An ecocritical examination of Ray Bradbury’s The Fog Horn and Here There Be Tygers," Crossings: A Journal of English Studies, 16(1), pp. 118–134. Available at: https://doi.org/10.59817/cjes.v16i1.645 
• Easmin, T. and Mollah, M. (2024), ‘Sultana’s Dream and the vision of sustainable energy: an ecofeminist perspective’. PANINI: NSU Studies in Language & Literature, 10. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17523957
• Mollah, M. (2023), ‘Beyond the waking world: the significance of dreams in H.P. Lovecraft’s works’. Spectrum, 17(1), pp. 89–100. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3329/spectrum.v17i1.69003
• Ara, N. and Mollah, M. (2023), ‘English for employability: a study of English at the tertiary level of education’. Journal of SUB, 13(1).
• Mollah, M. (2021), ‘Orwellian dystopias and green plums: the role of folk literature in the face of totalitarianism’. LitWrite Bangladesh, 1(1&2). Available at: https://litwritebd.com/

• Attended and helped organise the 2nd TESOL BD National Teacher Training Workshop 2023 with TESOL Society of Bangladesh and Institute of Modern Languages (IML) on 10 November 2023
• Participated in a workshop on Sustainable Teaching: Engagement Beyond Classroom organized by Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA) at the Department of English Studies, State University of Bangladesh on 22 November 2022, conducted by English Language specialist Dr. Wendy Ashby
• Attended Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh (ATLEB's) first in-person workshop on Writing and Publishing in Literary Studies on 5 August 2022, conducted by Professor Fakrul Alam and Professor Rezaul Haque

I have recently submitted a paper titled “‘Strange Cries’ and ‘Demented Music’: Racialized Listening and the Politics of Sonic Horror in Lovecraft and LaValle” in Studies in the Fantastic, a Scopus-indexed, Q2 journal. 

• Islam, S., "The Leveling Effect: AI-Assisted Narrative Production and the Future of Professionalism in Creative Industries," presented at The Nation and Its Imagination: Culture and Creative Industries in Bangladesh, International Conference, Independent University of Bangladesh, March 2026.  

• Islam, S., "AI-Integrated Multimodal Framework: Text-to-Image Generators for Enhancing English Metaphor Comprehension," presented at the 3rd TESOLBD DIU International Conference 2025, Daffodil International University, December 2025.  

• Islam, S., "Collaborative Composition of Bangla Free Verse Poetry with Generative AI: Gauging the Future of Cyborgian Creative Capacity," presented at the International Conference on Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity, East West University, July 2023.  

• Islam, S., "Implementing Suggestopedia to Address Second Language Learning Challenges Among Trauma Afflicted Adult ESL Learners," presented as a Research Poster at Ruptures and Resilience: English Studies in the Now, North South University, November 2022.

1. Training Program on Teaching, Learning and Research (IQAC & CRT, East West University, Fall 2024)

2. Edtech Tools and Skills for Online/Blended Learning (BRAC IED, Aug-Sept 2022)

3. Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) course (TEFL Professional Institute, June-July 2022)

4. English for Media Literacy MOOC (OPEN MOOCs & University of Pennsylvania, June-July 2022)

• Edtech Tools and Skills for Online/Blended Learning (BRAC IED, Aug-Sept 2022)

• Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) course (TEFL Professional Institute, June-July 2022)

• English for Media Literacy MOOC (OPEN MOOCs & University of Pennsylvania, June-July 2022)

This study examines the attitudes of undergraduate and graduate English majors toward ‘native’

and ‘non-native’ English accents and explores how these attitudes influence their identity

formation. It aims to determine participants’ perceptions of the status and importance of different

English accents, their self-assessment of their own accent, and the relationship between accent

and identity. Employing an explanatory sequential mixed-methods approach, the study integrates

a questionnaire administered to 105 students (54 first-year undergraduates and 51 M.A. graduates)

at a public university in Bangladesh, complemented by focus group discussions analysed through

grounded theory of the constructivist design. Quantitative data are analysed using descriptive

statistics and Levene’s t-test to identify differences between the two groups of participants, while

qualitative data are examined through manual coding. Findings show that participants generally

reject the notion of a ‘native’ English accent as the definitive ideal and do not regard a ‘non-

native’ English accent as inferior. Nevertheless, quantitative data indicate that participants

perceive a ‘native’ English accent as socially prestigious, suggesting a desire to acquire it.

Qualitative discussions reveal deeper power dynamics rooted in colonial history, with participants

expressing a preference for developing a 'standard regional accent' that preserves their linguistic

heritage and aligns with local vocal norms, rather than aspiring to emulate a 'native’ English

accent.

An online newspaper article that explores the efficacy of inverting the conventional approach of teaching in the classroom.

Authors: Shaharima Parvin and Md Arshad Shahriar

Publication date: 2026/4/21

Source: New Age

Link: https://www.newagebd.net/post/opinion/293686/flipped-classroom-beyond-the-lecture

I have submitted this research article in a Q2 journal in Malaysia named Asiatic. It is being reviewed, and will hopefully be published in their December issue of 2026.

• Paul, H. (2026), "Investigating Self-Regulated Learning in Bangladeshi ELT Programs," paper presented at  the 30th NELTA International Conference 2026, Kathmandu, Nepal, 30-31 January.
• Raisa, J.T. Paul, H. (2025) "AI Tools in Fostering Critical Thinking: Exploring Perceptions of Bangladeshi Undergraduate Students," paper presented at the 3rd TESOLBD-DIU International Conference 2025, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 5-6 December.    

I intend to publish in System, a Scopus indexed Q1 journal.

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