Admission Going On. For any Query Please Contact: +8801313 400 600, +8801313037070, +8801313037071, +8801313037078

Faculty Members (Department of English )
...

Personal Info

Md. Touhidul Islam

Lecturer
Department of English

Contact Info

Email: touhidul@isu.ac.bd
Telephone: +8809613737373, Ext. 156

Md. Touhidul Islam, Lecturer, in the Department of English at ISU has experience of teaching both language and literature in the Department of English at Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST), Saidpur and Dhaka International University for 3 years. One of his short stories has been published in “Ten Square: Hundred-Word Stories From Bangladesh”. He wrote, coordinated and edited MA syllabus at BAUST. His area of interests are creative writing, applied linguistics, translation studies, and education. Being a young, energetic and student-friendly teacher, he has taken the opportunity to instruct a wide variety of students from various backgrounds, countries and different facets of the society.

Mr. Touhid is fully acquainted with the recent trends and tendencies of language teaching and has experience of manipulating technology in the classroom to make the most of the learning experience. He is actively running a facebook page for literary enthusiasts and also for literary students. The name of his page is ‘Read & Reflect: Arts, Language, Literature, and Beyond’.
Link to his page: https://www.facebook.com/Read-Reflect-Arts-Language-Literature-and-Beyond-110973921353789/?ref=page_internal

Co- Supervision
  • Challenges of Implementing Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) at Higher Secondary Level in North Bengal (A thesis by BA Hons. student at BAUST).
  • Learning Speaking through Online Classes in Tertiary Level: How Effective is it? (A thesis by BA Hons. student at BAUST).
  • The Servant-Master Conundrum : A Comparative study between “Dr. Faustus” and “ Paradise Lost” (A thesis by BA Hons. student at BAUST).
  • Comparative Observation of Psycho Feminist Theory in Sultana’s Dream and Haimanti (A thesis by BA Hons. student at BAUST).

  • MA in Applied Linguistics and ELT (Merit Position ‘First’), Jagannath University, Dhaka.
  • BA (Honor’s) in English, (Merit Position ‘First’), Jagannath University, Dhaka.
  • HSC, Notre Dame College, Dhaka.

WORKSHOP & SYMPOSIUM
  • Essential Tools for Conducting Online Class for Faculty Members, 22-24th September, 2020 organized by IQAC, Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST), Saidpur.
  • Developing Dynamism in the Language Classroom, 14 September-15 September, 2018 Organized by Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA), Teachers Helping Teachers (THT), Eastern University, Bangladesh (EU).

CONFERENCES ORGANIZED
  • New Normal: Vikas Pota.
  • SoSH
  • "সাহিত্য আড্ডা: অন্য আলোয় নজরুলের জীবন ও সাহিত্য".
  • Excel Training: Tips and Tricks.
  • 21st Century Skills for English Graduates: Where Do We Stand? (SUB).
  • Pronunciation by BAUST.
  • Research into Practice: evidence based decision making in international education (EU commission).
  • Reimagining Higher Education: Systems designs tools institutional strategies for post covid-19 world.
  • Figuring out how, where and how to apply for a Ph.D. program.

TRAININGS RECEIVED

  • Seminar on “COVID-19 Pandemic Situation Awareness and Dengue Fever Prevention Measures”, 3 December, 2020; arranged by IQAC, BAUST .
  • Training on “Question Setting for Online Live Examination”, 29 November, 2020; arranged by IQAC, BAUST.
  • Workshop on “How to Prepare a Question in OBE system”, 24 November, 2020; arranged by IQAC, BAUST.
  • Workshop on “Online Live Examination System for Faculty Members”, 21 November, 2020; arranged by IQAC, BAUST.
  • A Webinar on “Mispronunciation in English: Reasons and Resolutions”, 18 November, 2020; organized by the Department of English, BAUST.
  • Training on “Essential Tools for Conducting Online Class for Faculty Members”, 22- 24 September, 2020; arranged by IQAC, BAUST.
  • Workshop on “Readdressing the Elements of Curriculum” 19-20 December, 2019; arranged by IQAC, DIU.
  • Day-long Workshop on “BAETE on-site Training on Outcome-based Education and Accreditation”, 14th December, 2019; arranged by IQAC, DIU.
  • A seminar on “Adoption and Implementations of ICT Innovations in Professional Development”, 1 October, 2019; arranged by IQAC, DIU.
  • Two-months long training program on ‘Customer Care and Services’ from govt. financed SEIP project executed by BASIS Institute of Technology & Management (BITM), BASIS-SEIP Project, Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) in July, 2016.

  • Lecturer, Department of English, Bangladesh Army University of Science and Technology (BAUST), Saidpur.
  • Lecturer, Department of English, Dhaka International University (DIU), Dhaka.

  • American Literature.
  • British literature.
  • Translation Studies.
  • South Asian literature.
  • History of English Language.
  • History of English Literature.
  • Post-colonial Literature.
  • Literary Theory.
  • Literary Criticism.
  • Cultural Studies.
  • Philosophy.
  • Teaching Methods and Principles.
  • Second Language Acquisition.
  • Sociolinguistics.
  • Psycholinguistics.
  • Phonetics and Phonology.
  • Pragmatics.
  • Discourse Analysis

  • BELTA (Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association).
  • Amnesty International.
  • ASECL.
  • Golpokotha.

  • Applied Linguistics.
  • Literature.
  • Education.
  • Translation Studies.
  • Teaching Language through Literature.
  • Literary Theory and Criticism.
  • Sociolinguistics.
  • Stylistics.
  • Creative Writing