Dr. Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury
(Associate Professor)Department of English
| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Applied Linguistics | King's College London | United Kingdom | 2020 |
| Masters | TESOL | Institute of Education, University College London | United Kingdom | 2010 |
| Post Graduate Diploma | Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship | North Carolina State University | United States | 2007 |
| Masters | ELT & Applied Linguistics | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2006 |
| Bachelor | English | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2005 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visiting Scholar | Department of Linguistics, University of the Western Cape | Cape Town, South Africa | 07, Apr 2019 | 22-04-2019 |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Linguistics & ELT | English and development; Southern/Critical Applied Linguistics; Language and globalization, Geopolitics of ELT, Ethnography, Research ethics |
Project/Research Supervision
| Level of Study | Title | Supervisor | Co-Supervisor(s) | Name of Student(s) | Area of Research | Current Completion |
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| No project/research supervision is found | ||||||
Project/Research Work
| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Women, English, ICT and Socioeconomic Empowerment | British Council, Bangladesh | 04-11-2013 | 24-09-2014 | |
| English | Case studies on Economic Benefits of English in Bangladesh | DfID, UK | 06-08-2013 | 27-03-2014 | |
| English | Learning English for economic development: A case study of migrant workers in rural Bangladesh | British Council, UK | 18-12-2012 | 31-10-2014 | The Open University, UK |
| English | Transforming English Language Skills in Higher Education of Bangladesh’ | British Council, Bangladesh | 08-03-2012 | 24-06-2014 | University Grants Commission-Bangladesh & Canterbury Christ Church University, UK |
| English | UNDP Tailor-made Training Course for Capacity Building of the Bench Officers of Bangladesh Supreme Court, Dhaka | UNDP, Bangladesh | 10-12-2011 | 29-02-2012 | |
| English | Attitudes to English as a language for international development in rural Bangladesh | British Council, UK | 15-11-2010 | 02-01-2012 | The Open University, UK |
| English | Learner-centered Teaching and Networking Project | United States Department of State | 01-06-2009 | 31-12-2010 | American International University-Bangladesh |
Invited Talk
| SL | Invited Talk |
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| No invited talk is found | |
| SL | Collaboration & Membership Name | Type | Membership Year | Expire Year |
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| 1 | Member of Association of Comilla Old Cadets (ACOC), Bangladesh | Social/Alumni | 1999-till present | |
| 2 | Executive Editor of 'The BELTA Journal' (2020-), Publication Secretary (2012-14), Executive Committee Member (2010-13) and member of Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA), Banglades | Academic/professional | 2002-till present | |
| 3 | Member of British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL), UK | Academic/professional | 2009-12; 2014-19 | |
| 4 | Member of International Association of Teachers of English as Foreign Language (IATEFL), UK | Academic/professional | 2010-till present | |
| 5 | Member of American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), USA | Academic/professional | 2018-till present |
| Book | |
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| 1 |
Farida, N., Sinha, B. S., Bashir, A., Basu, B. L. and Chowdhury, Q. H.
Dhaka University’s English Department: Centenary Perspectives.
Dhaka: Dhaka University, 2022 .
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| 2 |
Chowdhury, Q. H., Rahman, A. R. M. M. and Kamal, A.
English for Academic Purposes 2: Essay and Report Writing.
Dhaka: University Grants Commission Bangladesh, 2018 .
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| Book Section | |
| 1 |
Chowdhury, Q. H. "Sociolinguistic Cohesion for Sustainable Development: Views from a Rural Bangladeshi Madrasa."
Language and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh: Policies, Practices, and Perceptions. O. Hamid, S. Sultana & M. M. Roshid London: Routledge, 2024 .
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| 2 |
Chowdhury, Q. H. "Deficient’ English and social inequality: Ethnographic findings from two rural Bangladeshi madrasas’."
Investigating Unequal Englishes. Ruanni Tupas London: Routledge, 2024 29-42 .
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| 3 |
Chowdhury, Q. H. "Identification of home country language and culture: Narratives of two Bangladeshi migrants in London’."
Language in society in Bangladesh and beyond: Voices from the Global South. S. Sultana, N. Kabir, M. M. Roshid, M. Z. Haider & O. Hamid New York: Routledge, 2023 192-208 .
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| 4 |
Chowdhury, Q. H. "ELT and development in Bangladesh: A critical overview."
Local Research and Glocal Perspectives in English Language Teaching: Teaching in Changing Times. R. Khan, A. Bashir, B. L. Basu & E. Uddin Cham: Springer, 2023 17-30 .
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| 5 |
Bashir, A. and Chowdhury, Q. H. "The Department of English: Current issues, challenges and future directions."
One hundred years of Dhaka University’s English Department: Centenary perspectives. N. Farida, B. S. Sinha, A. Bashir, B. L. Basu, & Q. H. Chowdhury Dhaka: Dhaka University, 2022 239-282 .
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| 6 |
Chowdhury, Q. H. and Erling, E. J. "Ideologies of English as a language of economic development in Bangladesh: Critical insights from two research projects in Bangladesh."
The Routledge International Handbook of English Language Education in Bangladesh. S. Sultana, M. M. Roshid, N. Kabir, N. Haider & M. Khan London: Routledge, 2021 397-410 .
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| 7 |
Chowdhury, Q. H. and Erling, E. J. "The value of grassroots English for Bangladeshi migrants to the Middle East."
World Englishes at the Grassroots. C. Meierkord & E. W. Schneider Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021 165-185 .
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| 8 |
Solly, M., Chowdhury, Q. H., Seargeant, P. and Erling, E. J. "The role of English in the safety, stability, and resilience of economic migrants from Bangladesh to the Middle East."
English across the fracture lines: the contribution and relevance of English to security, safety and stability in the world. E. J. Erling London: British Council, 2017 109-114 .
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| 9 |
Chowdhury, Q. H. "Construction of heritage language and cultural identities: A case study of two young British-Bangladeshis in London."
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Identity. S. Preece London: Routledge, 2016 476-91 .
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| 10 |
Hultgren, A. K., Erling, E. J. and Chowdhury, Q. H. "Ethics in language and identity research."
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Identity. S. Preece London: Routledge, 2016 257-71 .
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| 11 |
Erling, E. J., Seargeant, P., Solly, M., Chowdhury, Q. H. and Rahman, S. "English for Economic Development : A Case Study of Migrant Workers from Bangladesh."
London: British Council, 2015 .
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| 12 |
Erling, E., Seargeant, P., Solly, M., Chowdhury, Q, H. and Rahman, S. "Attitudes to English as a Language for International Development in Rural Bangladesh."
British Council ELT Research Papers. S. Shehaan London: British Council, 2013 183-212 .
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| 13 |
Erling. E. J., Seargeant, P., Solly, M., Chowdhury, Q. H. and Rahman, S. "Attitudes to English as a Language for International Development in Rural Bangladesh."
British Council ELT Research Papers. London: British Council, 2012 .
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| Journal Article | |
| 1 |
Chowdhury, Q. H. : English and development: Voices from a madrasa in rural Bangladesh,
Applied Linguistics (impact factor:5.97) , vol.43 , no.2 Oxford University Press , pp.413-432 , 2022
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| 2 |
Farida, N., Chowdhury, Q. H., Sinha, B. S., Bashir, A. and Basu, B. L. : History of the Department of English (1921-2021),
Spectrum: Journal of the Department of English , vol.16 English Department, Dhaka University , pp.3-23 , 2021
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| 3 |
Erling, E. J., Chowdhury, Q. H., Solly, M. and Seargeant, P. : “Successful” migration, (English) language skills and global inequality: The case of Bangladeshi migrants to the Middle East,
Multilingua , vol.38 , no.3 , pp.253-281 , 2018
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| 4 |
Seargeant, P., Erling, E. J., Solly, M. and Chowdhury, Q. H. : The communicative needs of Bangladeshi economic migrants: The functional values of host country languages versus English as a lingua franca,
Journal of English as a Lingua Franca , vol.6 , no.1 , pp.141–165 , 2017
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| 5 |
Seargeant, P, Erling, E. J., Solly, M., Chowdhury, Q. H. and Rahman, S. : Analysing perceptions of English in rural Bangladesh,
World Englishes , vol.36 , no.4 , pp.631-44 , 2017
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| 6 |
Chowdhury, Q. H. and Sultana, A. : Language Mixing in the TV Commercials of West Bengal, India and Bangladesh,
Institute of Modern Languages , vol.25 , pp.65-82 , 2014
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| 7 |
Chowdhury, Q. H. : Construction of interculturality in study abroad programmes: A processual journey,
Journal of the Institute of Modern Languages , vol.24 , pp.95-110 , 2013
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| 8 |
Chowdhury, Q. H. : L1 as ‘problem’ and/or L1 as ‘resource’ in L2 classrooms: Reflecting three classroom activities,
Journal of the Institute of Modern Languages , vol.23 , pp.93-113 , 2012
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| 9 |
Chowdhury, Q. H. : TV commercials in English language classrooms: Facilitating multi-skill activities,
The AIUB Faculty Journal , vol.2 , no.3 , pp.75-91 , 2011
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| Conference Proceedings | |
| 1 |
Chowdhury, Q. H. "Revisiting English in Bangladesh: Oscillation of the colonized mind in the decolonized world."
43rd Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics
, pp. 49-60. Aberdeen, UK: Scitsiugnil Press, 2011
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International | King’s-Elsevier Outstanding PhD Thesis Prize | 2020 | United Kingdom | |
| International | Commonwealth Scholarship | 2014 | United Kingdom | Scholarship awarded for pursuing PhD at King's College London, UK |
| International | Centenary Scholarship | 2010 | United Kingdom | Scholarship awarded for pursuing MA at Institution of Education, University College London |
| International | Fulbright Scholarship | 2007 | United Kingdom | Scholarship awarded for pursuing Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship (FLTA) at North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA |
Dr. Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury
Associate Professor
Department of English
Faculty of Arts
Email: qumrul.chowdhury@du.ac.bd
Phone: 880-2-9661900