Faculty Members (Department of English )

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Sultana Musfika Rahman

Chairperson(In-Charge)
Department of English

Contact Info


Email: musfika@isu.ac.bd
Telephone: +8809613737373, Ext. 151

Sultana Musfika Rahman, Lecturer, Department of English of International Standard University, has completed her graduation in English Language and Literature and post-graduation in English Literature from the Department of English, Rajshahi University and went on to pursue Masters of Arts in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics at Coventry University, UK. She has conducted her research in Critical Discourse Analysis and Systemic Functional Linguistics and completed a Dissertation Titled “An Interpersonal Metafunction Analysis of The Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s International Interviews on the Rohingya Issue” under the Supervision of Dr. Sheena Gardner, Professor of Applied Linguistics and Associate Professor of Research Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities at Coventry University.

Sultana Musfika Rahman has teaching experiences in different levels both home and abroad and she has worked as an ESL teacher in the Foxford Community and Arts College, Coventry, United Kingdom. During that time she has also achieved the certification for completing B-MELTET (Blending MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) for Language Teacher Education with Telecollaboration between Coventry University and Florida Universitària - Unitat d'Educació (Valencia, Spain) and has gained knowledge about exploiting technology to enhance distant learning. With an overall IELTS score of 8 she has worked as an IELTS instructor in Bangladesh as well. Being a versatile educator, she has successfully completed her venture for sharing knowledge with learners of various nationalities and backgrounds.

Sultana Musfika’s areas of interests include Functional Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Material Designing for EAP, and different spheres of pedagogy. She wishes to explore the ELT sectors of both home and abroad and carry on further research to enhance the English Learning Experience for the learners of Bangladesh.

  • An Interpersonal Metafunction Analysis of The Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s International Interviews on the Rohingya Issue” Supervised by Dr. Sheena Gardner, Associate Professor, Research Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities, Professor, Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Coventry University, United Kingdom.

  • Masters of Arts in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics
                      Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom.
  • Masters of Arts in English Literature
                     Department of English, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi.
  • Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in English Language and Literature,
                     Department of English, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi.

  • Certification of BMEL-TET: Bleding MOOCs (Massive Open Online courses)for Language Teacher Education with Collaboration Coventry University, School of Humanity.
    BMEL-TET is a virtual Exchange/ Online Collaboration between Coventry University and Florida Universitaria- Unitat d’Educacio (Valencia, Spain), January 2020.
  • IELTS, British Council, 2018, Band Score 8.
  • Global Professional Development: Business Consultancy London Chartered Management Institute, London, January 2020.
  • BELTA National Conference , 2016.

  • Secondary School Teacher, Foxfordc School and Community Arts College Coventry, United Kingdom March 2020 - December 2020

  • Applied Linguistics
  • Academic Writing
  • Literary Theory
  • Literary Criticism
  • Discourse Analysis
  • 18th Century Literature
  • Teaching Methods and Principles
  • Second Language Acquisition

  • Applied Linguistics
  • Literature and Gender Studies
  • Systemic Functional Linguistics
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Pedagogy
  • Teaching Language through Literature