Dr Farzana Yesmen Chowdhury
Director and Associate Professor, Institute of Modern Languages, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh
Visiting Scholar, Yunnan Minzu University, Kunming, China
E: Farzana.cubd@gmail.com farzana.chowdhury@cu.ac.bd Mobile: +8801893087929
A highly passionate, hardworking and motivated educator in Applied Linguistics and English Language Education and TESOL (English language teaching to the speaker of other languages) studies with 19 years of experience, and a prominent Qualitative researcher and a resource person in the fields of Applied Linguistics, English Language Teaching, Sociolinguistics, Family Language Policy, Language and Culture Education, Bangladeshi migrants in Australia, Narrative Inquiry, and holding a higher academic position to make substantial distinctive contributions to teaching, research and engagement within my discipline areas.
Motto: Original and innovative contributions to teaching, research, engagement and professional activities through evidence-based insights to address the grand challenges of the world.
QUALIFICATION______________________________________________
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 2015-2019
Applied Linguistics (Sociolinguistics, Multicultural, Intercultural, and Cross-cultural Studies)
School of Languages and Cultures
University of Queensland, Australia.
TAE 40116: Certificate IV in Training and Assessment 2020
Master of Applied Linguistics in TESOL Studies 2012-2013
University of Queensland, Australia. (Obtained 80% marks)
Master of Arts in English 1999-2000
The University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English 1996-1999
The University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
EXPERIENCE (TEACHING -FOCUSED)________________________
Director August 2022- to date
Institute of Modern Languages, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Visiting Scholar September- November 2024
School of Literature and Communication
Yunnan Minzu University, Kunming , China
Adjunct University Fellow July 2022- June 2024
College of Indigenous Education Futures, Arts & Society,
Charles Darwin University, Australia.
Faculty member (Associate Professor) May 2021-to date
Applied Linguistics and TESOL Studies
Institute of Modern Languages, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Faculty member (Assistant Professor- Lecturer) August 2005- April 2021
Applied Linguistics and TESOL Studies
Institute of Modern Languages, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Casual Academic (Lecturer) 2018
Applied Linguistics discipline
School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland, Australia
Tutor in English as a Second Language (volunteer) 2017, 2019
TAFE QLD, (Loganlea and Mt Gravatt Campus)
English EEP Tutor- English Language Tutor 2016
UQ Foundation year at International Education Service (IES), Australia.
COURSES TAUGHT AND TEACHING_____________________________
Masters Level:
Anthropological Linguistics 2021-2022
Language Policy and Planning 2020-2021
Second Language Acquisition 2021-2022
Second Language Instruction 2020-2021
Research Methods and Approaches 2020-2021
Second Language Acquisition 2018
Second Language Teaching 2018
Bachelor Level:
Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching 2019-2022
Sociolinguistics 2020-2022
Writing System 2020-2021
Functional/Fundamental/General English 2020-2021; 2005-2012
Foundation Level:
English language courses at ELICOS programs and the Foundation 2016-2017 Year program at International Education Service (IES), Australia.
Vocational Education and Training
Language, Literacy, Numeracy and Digital Skills at 2017, 2019
AMEP and SEE program, TAFE, QLD.
EXPERIENCE (RESEARCH-FOCUSED)____________________
Research interests
Applied linguistics, English Language Teaching, Sociolinguistics (Language in culture and society), Language and Identity, Language Policy and Planning, Multiculturalism, Wellbeing, Language maintenance and shift, Bilingualism, Culture Maintenance, Cultural Identity, Immigrant communities in Australia including Refugee and Humanitarian, Indigenous communities in Bangladesh, Narrative inquiry, Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, Qualitative research methods.
Current Research Project
· A Case Study on Medium of Instruction (MOI) Policy at the University of 2023-2024 Chittagong: Issues and Challenges.
l Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education to Indigenous Children in 2020-2022
Bangladesh: Myths and Reality.
l Language in education policies, and for rehabilitation and social integration: 2020-2023
A narrative inquiry into Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
l Female learners’ speech anxiety in ESL classrooms at the tertiary level in 2021-2023
Bangladesh: An investigation of the socio-psychological factors on speech performance.
Upcoming Projects
(Proposal writings are in progress with the collaboration of UWS and CQ researchers)
· Enhancement of Undergraduate Programs in Bangla language and Culture at Six Universities in China.
· Development of Bangla Proficiency Test for Chinese Language Speakers
· Parental decision in choosing secondary schools for their children: A narrative inquiry into Bangladeshi migrants in Australia.
· Language and cultural education among immigrant communities in Queensland, Australia.
· Language, Education, Cultural Practices and Wellbeing: Settlement success of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Australia.
Previous Project
l Language and culture maintenance among Bangladeshi migrants in 2015- 2019
Southeast Queensland, Australia.
l A narrative inquiry into Low-English proficiency Bangladeshi migrants 2013
in Queensland, Australia.
RESEARCH STUDENT SUPERVISION____________________________
No. | Level | Name of students | Name of Projects |
1. | PhD (University of Chittagong) | Ibrahim Hossain | English Language Assessment at Tertiary Levels in Bangladesh: Principles and Practices |
2. | PhD (Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia USIM) | A.R. Rashid | Influence of Sociocultural and Economic Factors in EFL learning at Secondary Level Students in Bangladesh. |
3. | PhD (University of Chittagong) | Sraboni Mallik | Linguistic Landscape in Bangladesh |
4. | PhD (National University) | Mymuna Khatun | Female Learners' Speech Anxiety in English Class at Tertiary Level in Bangladesh: A Socio-cultural and Psychological Investigation |
5. | MPhil (University of Chittagong) | Jiniya Boraty | English Language learning among the tertiary level students of ethnic communities in Bangladesh |
6. | MPhil (University of Chittagong) | Tasrif Parvin Sweety | English Language Teaching at Secondary Level: Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
7. | MA (Completed) (University of Chittagong) | Jiniya Boraty | Language maintenance and attitudes among Garo ethnic community members in Bangladesh. |
8. | MA (University of Chittagong) | Anamika Das | Language ideology and ethno-linguistic identity among Chakma community in Bangladesh. |
9. | MA (University of Chittagong) | Taslima Zaman | Language, migration and education: A case study of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. |
ACADEMIC AWARDS_______________________________________________
l Endeavour Postgraduate Scholarship (PhD) by Australian Government 2015-2019
l University of Melbourne International Research Scholarship; (MIRS) & 2014
Melbourne International Fee Remission Scholarship (MIFRS).
l Recipient of Dean’s commendation as one of the Top band of students in the 2012
Dean’s list for semester two, 2012 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia.
l Higher Studies Grant from the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. 2012-13
l Recipient of Merit Scholarship from Bangladesh Education board for 1996-1999
Outstanding results in H.S.C. and S.S.C. examinations.
RESEARCH GRANTS____________________________________________
l Research grant, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh 2021 - 2022
l Conference Grant from the University of Queensland, Australia for 2018
presenting the paper at the International conference in Dublin, Ireland.
l Travel Grant from the School of Languages and Cultures, University of 2018
Queensland, Australia to attend Sociolinguistics Symposium22 at
the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
l Conference Grant from the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh to present 2019
a research paper at the Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
l Conference grant to attend the Australian Association for Research in 2015- 2016
Education (AARE) Theory Workshop at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia.
l Postgraduate Research Grant, School of Languages and Cultures, University 2015 - 2019 Queensland, Australia.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH PAPER ____________________________
Published paper
1. Chowdhury, F. Y. (2024). Family Values, Culture Maintenance and Identity: A Narrative Inquiry into Bangladeshi migrants in Southeast Queensland, Australia. International Journal of Language and Culture. (Accepted)
2. Chowdhury, F.Y. (2024). Intergenerational transmission of cultural values and practices: An ethnography ofBangladeshi migrants in Australia. The Family Journal.(Accepted)
3. Hossain, I. and Chowdhury, F.Y. (2024). Test Construction Practices: A Narrative Inquiry into English Teachers of Tertiary Education in Bangladesh. LETS Journal of Linguistics and English Teaching Studies,5(2), 149-166. https://doi.org/10.46870/lets.v5i2.857
4. Chowdhury, F.Y., Khatun, M. & Hossain, S. Z. (2024). Female Learners’ Language Anxiety in English Language Classroom at Tertiary Level in Bangladesh. Society & Sustainability, 6(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.38157/ss.v6i1.599
5. Chowdhury, F. Y. & Rozas - Lizana, S. (2020). Family language policies among Bangladeshi migrants in Southeast Queensland, Australia. International Multilingual Research Journal. DOI: 10.1080/19313152.2020.1846835
6. Chowdhury, F. Y. & Rozas - Lizana, S. (2024). A Social Network Approach to Language Maintenance among Bangladeshi Migrants in Southeast Queensland, Australia. Sociolinguistica (Accepted)
7. Chowdhury, F. & Bhoraty, Z. (2024). Language maintenance among the Garo community in Bangladesh. The Chittagong University Journal of Social Sciences. (Accepted)
8. Chowdhury, F. Y. (2017). Using narrative inquiry for educational research in the Asia Pacific. International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 40 (5), 554-555.
9. Chowdhury, F. Y., and Hamid, M. O. (2016). Language, migration and social wellbeing: A narrative inquiry into the lives of low English proficiency Bangladeshi migrants in Australia. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 39 (1), 8-30.
10. Chowdhury, F. Y. (2010). Developing Skills for Law Students in Legal English: An Evaluation. The Chittagong University Journal of Law, XII (2007), 43-68.
11. Chowdhury, F. Y. (2007). Role of Language Policy in the Disintegration of Pakistan: An Evaluation. The Chittagong University Journal of Arts and Humanities, XX (2), 2004, 275-286.
Submitted and waiting for the outcome
12. Hossain, I. & Chowdhury, F.Y.(2024). Assessment Literacy on Assessment Practices: A Case Study on Higher Secondary Level English Teachers in Bangladesh. International Journal of Applied Linguistics (Submitted)
13. Chowdhury, F.Y. (Submitted). A critical review of trends and patterns in language and culture maintenance among migrant communities in Australia. In Ingrid Muenstermann (Ed), Human Migration in the Last Three Centuries. UK: Intech Open.
14. Chowdhury, F. Y. (Submitted). Language, Religion and Socialisation among Bangladeshi migrants in Australia.
15. Chowdhury, F. Y. (Submitted). Food as a Cultural Identity, Cultural Capital and Community Bonding: A Case Study of Bangladeshi Migrants in Australia
16. Chowdhury, F. (Submitted). A narrative inquiry into language-in-education policies and language maintenance experience among Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
17. Chowdhury, F. Y. (Submitted). Relationship between motivation and interaction in the SLA classroom: Insights from Bangladeshi ESL context.
18. Chowdhury, F. & Das, A. (Submitted). Language maintenance among Chakma community in Rangamati, Chittagong.
Work in progress
19. Chowdhury, F. (ready to submit). A narrative inquiry into language-in-education policies and language maintenance experience among Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
20. Chowdhury, F. & Hossain, S. (in preparation). Language and culture maintenance among the Bihari community in Bangladesh
21. Chowdhury, F. Y. (Ready to submit). Neoliberal Paradoxes of Language Learning: Hegemony of English Language and maintenance of linguistic diversity.
22. Chowdhury, F. Y. (Ready to submit). Learner autonomy and technological integration: Reconceptualising pedagogy in times of pandemic.
Presented Research Paper at International Conference and Symposium
1. Presented research paper ‘Ideologies underlying Mother Tongue-based Multilingual Education Policy Implementation in Bangladesh’ at 21st World AILA Congress held on 11th -16th August 2024 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia.
2. Presented research paper ‘A case study in English Medium of Instruction (EMI) Policy at the University of Chittagong: Issues and Challenges’ at 21st World AILA Congress held on 11th -16th August 2024 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia
3. Presented research Paper ‘Language, Religion and Socialisation among Bangladeshi migrants in Australia’ at Sociolinguistics Symposium25 held on 24th – 27th June 2024 at Curtin University, Australia.
4. Presented research Paper ‘Food as a Cultural Identity, Cultural Capital and Community Bonding: A Case Study of Bangladeshi Migrants in Australia’ at the Language of Food Conference: The Language of Food: Exploring Culinary Communication and Culture held on January 29-30 at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://sites.google.com/view/language-of-food/home?authuser=0
5. Presented research paper ‘Technology integration in mother tongue-based multilingual education for ethnic minority groups in Chittagong Hill Tracts’ at International Seminar Fourth Industrial Revolution, Technology and Mother Language to be held on 22 February 2023 organised by the International Mother Language Institute (IMLI), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
6. Presented research paper ‘Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education in Bangladesh: Myths and Reality’ at the 5th Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching International Conference and Exhibition, 3-5 March 2023, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
7. Presented research paper ‘A Social network approach to language maintenance among Bangladeshi migrants in Southeast Queensland, Australia’ at the Sociolinguistics Symposium e-SS23 to be held on 7-10 June 2021 at the University of Hong Kong.
8. Presented research paper ‘Learner autonomy and technological integration: Reconceptualising pedagogy in times of pandemic’ at Faculty of Arts and Humanities Seminar Higher studies in the pandemic situation held on 20th December 2020 at Faculty of Arts and Humanities Gallery, Chittagong University, Chittagong.
9. Presented research paper ‘Early bilingualism and heritage language development among second-generation Bangladeshi migrants in Australia’ at International conference on Multilingual and Multicultural Learning: Policies and Practices (MMLPP19) held on 14th -15th December 2019 at Charles University, Prague; 2019.
10. Presented research paper ‘Attitudes towards Bangla language maintenance among Bangladeshi migrants in South-East Queensland, Australia’ at the International Conference The Language, Identity and Education in Multilingual Contexts; held in February 2018 at Marino Institute of Education in Dublin, Ireland.
11. Presented a Digital Toolbox Poster at the Festival Day for Brisbane’s Research Bazaar (ResBaz), three-day-long workshop sessions on digital literacy amongst researchers and support staff at the University of Queensland, Australia, held on 09 February 2017.
12. Presented paper ‘A narrative inquiry into language experiences of Low-English proficiency Bangladeshi migrants in Australia’ in the International conference: 17th World Congress of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA); held in August 2014, Brisbane, Australia.
13. Conducted a workshop on ‘Teaching English with Podcasts: Preparation& Practice’ at the 6th BELTA International Conference, 2013, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Invited Talks/ Keynote Speech
14. Chowdhury, F.Y. (31 July 2023). Keynote Speaker: Fostering Learner Autonomy in Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) Classroom: Connecting Theory and Practice organised by Department of English, Port City International University.
15. Chowdhury, F.Y. (September 2022). Webinar Lecture as Keynote Speaker: Reconceptualising pedagogy in the (post)-pandemic education system in Bangladesh organised by Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA).
16. Chowdhury, F.Y. (July 2022). Webinar Lecture as Keynote Speaker: Using Narrative Inquiry in Linguistic Research in Linguistics and Pedagogy Webinars on the YouTube platform. https://youtu.be/1wVPwUd7csM
17. Chowdhury, F.Y. (June 2022). Workshop: Qualitative Research Methods at the Faculty Development Programme organised by Research and Publication Cell, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
18. Chowdhury, F.Y. (October 2021). Webinar Lecture: Hands on Exercise: Qualitative Data Analysis and Presentation in 3rd Advanced Training Course on Higher Research Techniques in Social and Applied Sciences-2021organised by Organized By Jamal Nazrul Islam Research Centre for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (JNIRCMPS), University of Chittagong, and Social Science Research Council (SSRC), Planning Division, Ministry of Planning, Bangladesh.
19. Chowdhury, F. Y. (December 2021). Workshop: Writing Research Papers and Project Proposals at the Faculty Development Programme organised by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
20. Chowdhury, F. Y. (14-18 June 2021). Webinar Workshop and Lecture: Online Teaching Practices in English (OTPE) at the Faculty Development Programme organised by Amity University, Tashkent.
21. Chowdhury, F. Y. (31 July 2021). Webinar Keynote Speech Contested Terrain: Culture, Power and Identity in the Global Context organised by Department of English, BGC Trust, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
22. Chowdhury, F. Y. (01 November 2020). Webinar Keynote Speech: Neoliberal Paradoxes of Language Learning: Hegemony of English Language and maintenance of linguistic diversity organised by Department of English Language and Literature, University of Science and Technology, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
23. Chowdhury, F. Y. (20th August 2020). Panel speaker at International Webinar: Asian Australian Studies as a Subject for Future Research and Teaching as part of The 23rd biennial conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) organised by Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) and Asian Australian Studies Research Network (AASRN).
24. Chowdhury, F. Y. (19 February 2020). Keynote speech: Contested space between language, identity and globalisation at Symposium on Language Maintenance and Language Education organised by Institute of Modern Languages, Chittagong University, Bangladesh.
Attended Professional Training Programs and Workshops
1. Attended three-day-long conference “Sociolinguistic Symposium22” as a sociolinguistic researcher; held in June 2018 at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
2. Participated in a day-long training program “Empowering Early Career Researchers” for Early Career Researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences organised by CHASS, held in April 2019 at QUT Kelvin Grove Campus, Brisbane.
3. Attended two-day long HASS (Humanities and Social Sciences) Tutor training at the University of Queensland, Australia on 16 February 2018 and 20 March 2018
4. Presented a Digital Toolbox Poster at the Festival Day for Brisbane’s Research Bazaar (ResBaz), three-day-long workshop sessions on digital literacy amongst researchers and support staff at the University of Queensland, Australia, held on 09 February 2017.
5. Attended a two-day long Theory Workshop organised by AARE (Australian Association for Research in Education) at Griffith University, held on 13-15 May 2016.
6. Participated in a three-day event organised by Griffith University, that includes the annual Postgraduate Symposium (November 11), the GCCR/HUM/LAL Summer School (November 10) and an academic research conference organised by GCCR and HUM on (November 9).
7. Attended two-day long Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Theory Workshop at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, held on 2-4 October 2015.
8. Attended and presented a paper in Charting Educational Futures: Building On 20 Years of Research - School of Education Postgraduate Research Community Conference at the University of Queensland on 15 August 2015.
9. Completed a two-day long training program on NVivo (Part 1 and Part 2) arranged by the University of Queensland in 2017.
10. Attended a day-long lecture and workshop session ‘Professor Silverman Qualitative Research Day’ held on 17 November 2016 at the University of Queensland, Australia.
ACADEMIC JOURNAL REFEREE SERVICE_______________________
Bilingual Research Journal (Q1)
Current Issues in Language Planning (Q1)
Educational Research and Evaluation (Q2)
International Journal of Research & Method in Education. (Q2)
International Journal of Innovation and Learning (Q3)
International Multilingual Research Journal. (Q1 Journal)
REiLA: Journal of Research and Innovation in Language, ISSN: 2685-3906
Chittagong Independent University Journal (CIUJ)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIP_______________________
l Adjunct University Fellow at College of Indigenous Education Futures, Arts & Society, Charles Darwin University, Australia (July 2022- June 2024)
l Project and Grant Reviewer, Chittagong University Research and Publication Cell, Bangladesh. (2022-2023)
l Editorial Board Member, The Chittagong University Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol.XXXIV, 2018 to be published in 2022.
l Current Member, Faculty Committee, Faculty of Arts, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
l Current Member of Planning Committee, Academe Committee & Committee of Courses, Institute of Modern Languages, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
l Current Membership in University of Queensland Alumni
l Current Membership, Australian Award Alumni
l Current Membership in University of Melbourne Alumni
l Current Membership in Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA).
l Membership, Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) (2020-2022)
l Executive Committee organising member, Postgraduate Research Student Conference, School of Education, University of Queensland, Australia (2015-2017).
l Higher Degree Research (HDR) Student, School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland, Australia (2015-2019).
l Higher Degree Research (HDR) Student, School of Language and Linguistics, University of Melbourne, Australia (2014).
l Student Ambassador at the University of Queensland Union Association of Postgraduate Students (UQU APS) (2017-2018)
l Vice-President of UQBDA (University of Queensland Bangladeshi Student Association) (2017)
EXPERTISE OFFERED___________________________________________
v Face-to-face and online lecturing (Zoom, Microsoft Team, Google Meet) v Digital learning platforms, such as Blackboard, Google Classroom, and Cloud. v Outcome-based Curriculum and Syllabus Design v Leadership in Teaching and Research at Tertiary Level v Specialist in Applied Linguistics, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Sociolinguistics, Family Language Policy, and Language and Cultural Education in Australia. v Educator in Vocational Education and Training v Resource person in Qualitative Research Methods v Technical skills: Microsoft Office, Referencing Software (EndNote; Mendeley; Zotero) and Data Analysis software (e.g., NVivo, SPSS) v Proficient in Bangla, English, Arabic, and basic knowledge of French. | v Research Publication v Grant Application v Data Analyst v Consultancy v Guest Speaker on Webinar in Language and Culture Education
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REFEREES_____________________________________________________________
Dr Sol Rojas-Lizana Dr Obaid Hamid
Senior Lecturer Associate Professor in TESOL Education
School of Languages and Cultures School of Education,
University of Queensland University of Queensland
Brisbane 4072, QLD, Australia Brisbane 4072, QLD, Australia
Email: i.rojaslizana@uq.edu.au Email: m.hamid@uq.edu.au
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