Md. Saiful Islam

Academic Qualifications:

 

·         MA in Applied Linguistics and ELT, University of Dhaka (DU), Bangladesh, 2018.

·         BA (Hons) in English, University of Dhaka (DU), Bangladesh, 2017.

·         HSC, Aman Ullah College, Barisal Board, Bangladesh

·         SSC, Bhandaria Bihari Secondary School, Barisal Board, Bangladesh

 

Teaching Experience:

* Lecturer, Department of English, University of Information Technology & Sciences, (UITS), January 2020 – Present

Administrative Experiences:

  1. Course-Coordinator, Department of English, University of Information Technology & Sciences.
  2. Sciences (UITS), September 2023 – Present
  3. Former Project Officer (November 2019 - January 2020), TEGA Bangladesh, iSocial.
  4. Former Research Assistant (Team Lead) (June 2018- November 2019), Infolady Soci, Enterprise.

Research Interest

Technology in the classroom, Discourse analysis and pragmatics, Post method pedagogy, Eco-criticism.

Selected publications

Journal Paper


1.   Islam, Md. Saiful and Akter S. (2024). “Role of Technological Knowledge in Remote, Learning/e-Learning: Exploring the Post-Pandemic Scenario of the Tertiary-Level, Students of Bangladesh.” Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities,, vol. 11, no. 4, 2024, pp. 79–85.

2.   Islam, Md. Saiful & Rumman, U. (2021-2023). “Undergraduate Students’ Reading, Preferences: A Post-Pandemic Study Comparing Electronic Books and Printed Books in, Bangladesh.” UITS Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol 08-09 (1), ISSN 2663-1105.

3.   (Accepted) “Islam, Md. Saiful & Parvez, Rubel (2023). CLT in Online Classroom: A post-pandemic study on the tertiary level practitioner and participants of.” Bangladesh, East West Journal of Humanities, VOL. 9-12, Special Issue, 2023.

4.   Islam, Md. Saiful, & Moon, A. (2022). “Motivation and Attitudes Towards Learning a Foreign Language: A Psycho-Sociolinguistic Study on the Undergraduate Students.” Shanlax International Journal of English, 10(4), p. 37-45.

Others

1.   Translation: The Translation of Amader Golpo, a book consists of 15 individual short stories: ISBN: 978-984-35-2285-6.

Career Highlights:

Administrative Position:

  1. Course Coordinator, Department of English, UITS, (September 2023- Present)
  2. Former Project officer, TEGA Bangladesh project, (2019-2020).
  3. Former Research Assistant (Team Lead), TEGA Bangladesh project, (2018-2019)
  4. Former Translator & Transcriber, Girl effect, UK.
  5. Former Translator and Contributor Writer, NTV Online.


Noteworthy Affiliation

  1. Member, Program Self-Assessment Committee (PSAC), Department of English, UITS
  2. Member Sectary, Credit Equivalence Committee, Department of English, UITS
  3. Member, OBE Curriculum Development Committee, Department of English, UITS
  4. Former Member, Dhaka University Model United Nations Association.


Extra-Curricular Activities

  1. Contributor, iTecH School
  2. Freelance writer, translator &  transcriber