Dr. Shaila Sultana (On Leave) :: Faculty Profile

Biography

Professor Shaila Sultana, the former Head, Department of English Language, Institute of Modern Languages, University of Dhaka, has been educated at Jahangirnagar University (Dhaka), Monash University (Melbourne), King’s College (London), and University of Technology Sydney (UTS, Sydney). Her recent publications include a co-authored book, Popular Culture, Voice and Linguistic Diversity (Macmillan Palgrave, USA) and book chapters in Language, Digital Communication ...

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Degree Name	Group/Major Subject	Board/Institute	Country
S.S.C	Science	Dhaka	Bangladesh
H.S.C	Science	Dhaka	Bangladesh
Bachelor	English Literature		Bangladesh
Masters	English Literature		Bangladesh
Post Graduate Diploma	TESOL		Australia
Masters	ELT and Applied Linguistics		United Kingdom
Ph.D.	Sociolinguistics		Australia

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Book
1	Sender Dovchin, Alastair Pennycook and Shaila Sultana A Popular Culture, Voice and Linguistic Diversity - Young Adults On- and Offline. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017 .
2	Sultana, S., Roshid, M., Haider, Z.., Kabir, N. and Hasan, M. The Routledge Handbook of English Language Education in Bangladesh (Edited handbook). London: Routledge, 2021 .

Book Section
1	Shaila Sultana "TV advertisements in the mediascape of Bangladesh: A disjuncture between the realities of the emerging ‘transsemiotic’ arena and the language policies in practice." Language, Digital Communication and Society. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2020 39-72 .
2	Shaila Sultana "Linguistic and multi-modal resources within the local-global interface of the virtual space: Critically aware youths in Bangladesh." Critical Inquiries in the Studies of Sociolinguistics of Globalization. New York: Multilingual Matters, 2019 1 – 19 .
3	Shaila Sultana "Ordinary English amongst Muslim communities in South and Central Asia." Translinguistics: Negotiating Innovation & Ordinariness. New York: Routledge., 2019 241 - 254 .
4	Shaila Sultana "Gender performativity in virtual space: Transglossic language practices of young women in Bangladesh." Language and Culture on the Margins. Global/ Local Interactions. New York: Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism., 2018 69 – 90 .
5	Shaila Sultana "Future directions for sociolinguistics research in Bangladesh." On Langugae in Leapyear. Dhaka: Paankouri, 2021 159-192 .
6	Shaila Sultana "“Khaet” (Hick) vs. “fast” and the construction of others: Educational background and identification of university students in Bangladesh.." The Routledge Handbook of English Education in Bangladesh. London: Routledge., 2021 255-270 .
7	Sultana, S. and Roshid, M. M. "English language and English language education in the multilingual ecology of Bangladesh: Past, present and future." The Routledge Handbook of English Education in Bangladesh. London: Routledge, 2021 1 – 14 .
8	Khan, M. H. and Sultana, S. "A critical exploration of private university students’ approach toward English as a medium of instruction in Bangladesh." The Routledge Handbook of English Education in Bangladesh. London: Routledge, 2021 33-48 .
9	Bolander, B. and Sultana, S. "Ordinary English amongst Muslim communities in South and Central Asia." Translinguistics: Negotiating Innovation & Ordinariness. New York: Routledge, 2019 241 - 254 .

Journal Article
1	Shaila Sultana : Language crossing of young adults in Bangladesh, Journal of Multicultural Discourses , pp.1-21 , 2019 .
2	Shaila Sultana : Communities of practice dissected, Journal of Institute of Modern Languages , vol.28 , pp.64-90 , 2019 .
3	Shaila Sultana and Sender Dovchin : Relocalization in digital language practices of university students in Asian peripheries: Critical awareness in a language classroom, Linguistics and Education , 2019 . View More
4	Brook Bolander and Shaila Sultana : Ordinary English amongst Muslim communities in South and Central Asia, International Journal of Multilingualism , vol.16 , no.2 , pp.162-174 , 2019 .
5	Shaila Sultana : Language practices and performances of identity of young adults within spaces of a private university in Bangladesh, Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association Journal , vol.2 , pp.1-28 , 2018 .
6	Shaila Sultana : Construction of others and negotiation of identification, Journal of Institute of Modern Languages , vol.27 , pp.1-46 , 2016 .
7	Shaila Sultana : Language and identity in virtual space: Reconceptualisation of ELF, Journal of Asia Pacific Communication , vol.26 , no.2 , pp.216-237 , 2016 .
8	Sultana, S., Dovchin, S., Sultana, S. and Pennycook, A. : Unequal translingual Englishes in the Asian peripheries, Asian Englishes , vol.18 , no.2 , pp.92-108 , 2016 .
9	Shaila Sultana : Transglossic language practices: Young adults transgressing language and identity in Bangladesh, Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts , vol.1 , no.2 , pp.68–98 , 2015 .
10	Shaila Sultana : English as a local practice: Young adults in Bangladesh, Journal of Institute of Modern Languages , vol.26 , pp.1-26 , 2015 .
11	Shaila Sultana and Sender Dovchin : Popular culture in transglossic language practices: Young adults in Bangladesh and Mongolia, International Multilingual Research Journal , vol.12 , no.1 , pp.93-108 , 2015 .
12	Shaila Sultana, Sender Dovchin and Alastair Pennycook : Transglossic language practices of young adults in Bangladesh and Mongolia, International Journal of Multilingualism , vol.12 , no.1 , pp.93-108 , 2015 .
13	Sender Dovchin, Shaila Sultana and Alastair Pennycook : Relocalizing the translingual practices of young adults in Mongolia and Bangladesh, Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts , vol.1 , no.1 , pp.4-26 , 2015 .
14	Shaila Sultana : Heteroglossia and identities of young adults in Bangladesh, Linguistics and Education , vol.26 , pp.40-56 , 2014 .
15	Shaila Sultana : Young adults’ linguistic manipulation of English in Bangla in Bangladesh, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism , vol.17 , no.1 , pp.74-89 , 2014 .
16	Shaila Sultana : English as a medium of instruction in Bangladesh's higher education: Empowering or disadvantaging students?, Asian EFL Journal , vol.16 , no.1 , pp.11-52 , 2014 .
17	Shaila Sultana, Sender Dovchin and Alastair Pennycook : Styling the periphery: Linguistic and cultural takeup in Bangladesh and Mongolia, Journal of Sociolinguistics , vol.17 , no.5 , pp.687 – 710 , 2013 .
18	Shaila Sultana : Problematising the popular discourses about language and identity of young adults in Bangladesh, 3L: The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies , vol.18 , no.4 , pp.49 – 63. , 2012 .
19	Shaila Sultana : Language learning strategies (LLS) of EFL learners in Bangladesh, Journal of the Institute of Modern Languages , vol.23 , pp.255-284 , 2012 .
20	Shaila Sultana : Universal Grammar (UG) and second language acquisition (SLA), Journal of the Institute of Modern Languages , vol.22 , pp.25-38 , 2009 .
21	Shaila Sultana : Approaches to teaching writing, Journal of the Institute of Modern Languages , vol.21 , pp.157-172 , 2007 .
22	Shaila Sultana : The ELT textbook: A source of cultural confrontation in the EFL classroom, Harvest: Jahangirnagar Studies in Language and Literature , vol.21 , pp.103 – 120 , 2006 .
23	Shaila Sultana : Impact of peer feedback on writing in EFL classrooms, Journal of the Institute of Modern Languages , vol.17 & 18 , pp.83-110 , 2005 .
24	Shaila Sultana : Can formal instruction on grammar help EFL students in Bangladesh develop communicative competence?, Panini: NSU Studies in Language and Literature , vol.2 , pp.173-188 , 2004 .
25	Shaila Sultana : Teachers’ perception of grammar in English language teaching (ELT) in Bangladesh, Harvest: Jahangirnagar Studies in Language and Literature , vol.19 , pp.129-139 , 2004 .
26	Shaila Sultana : How inexperienced English language teachers can benefit from observation: A case study, Journal of the Institute of Modern Languages , vol.16 , pp.45-60 , 2003 .
27	Shaila Sultana : Teachers’ role in minimising students’ English reading anxiety at the tertiary level of education in Bangladesh, The Jahangirnagar Review Part C , vol.XIII & XIV , pp.325-351 , 2003 .
28	Shaila Sultana : Second/foreign language (SL/FL) teachers: Why should and how can they Be extended practitioners? Critique: Islamic University Studies in Literature, Critique: Islamic University Studies in Literature , vol.1 , pp.113-128 , 2003 .
29	Shaila Sultana : The political context of pedagogical practices in the EFL classroom in Bangladesh, Harvest: Jahangirnagar Studies in Language and Literature , vol.18 , pp.115-131 , 2003 .
30	Khan, R., Jahan, A., Sultana, S., Kabir, N., Z. Haider and Roshid, M. M. : Accessing online instruction amidst COVID-19 in Bangladesh: Barriers and coping strategies, Language Teaching Research Quarterly , vol.22 , pp.33-48 , 2021 .
31	Shaila Sultana : Indigenous ethnic languages in Bangladesh: Paradoxes of the multilingual ecology, Ethnicities , pp.1-26 , 2021 . View More
32	Sultana, S. and & Bolander, B. : English in a multilingual ecology: “structures of feeling” in South and Central Asia, Multilingua , 2021 . View More

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Name & designation Dr. Shaila Sultana (On Leave) Professor

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Email shaila.sultana@alumni.uts.edu.au

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