Discover English 2022: Student Conference on English Language and Literature

Discover English 2022 was a captivating student conference that delved into the realms of English language and literature organized by the American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) in collaboration with the TESOL Society of Bangladesh. The event was organised with an aim to foster student leadership and to provide a platform for the students to present their research in academia.

The conference motto was ‘A conference by the students and for the students!’ The conference received a huge response from the students across the nation. A total of 126 research papers from students of BA, MA and MPhil levels from the disciplines of English Language and Literature of 24 public and private universities were presented at the day-long conference.

The event took place at American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), Kuril, Dhaka, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on 8 December 2022. University Grants Commission member professor Biswajit Chanda was chief guest at the event. Carmen Z. Lamagna, Vice Chancellor, AIUB, Lady Syeda Sarwat Abed, founder and senior director, BRAC Institute of Languages (BIL), BRAC University, and professor Tazul Islam, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, AIUB attended as special guests.

Mohammad Shams Ud Duha, PhD student at Purdue University, USA delivered the keynote speech titled ‘Why Do Research?’ The keynote session was moderated by the convener of the conference Akibur Rahman Khan, graduate student, IML, Dhaka University. Mian Md. Naushaad Kabir, Head and Associate professor, Department of English Language, IML, University of Dhaka was present as the session chair and discussant. There were 32 parallel sessions in the conference and each student received feedback on their paper presentation from experts of the respective fields. Eight papers in four categories received special mention. The conference was organised by the student volunteers of AIUB and TESOL Society of Bangladesh.

 

Book of Abstracts

Glimpses of Discover English 2022

 

Conference Schedule

8 December 2022

PARALLEL SESSION 1 ROOM 3201 (10:30AM-11:30AM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Attitude towards the English Language: "Voices from Bangladeshi Aliya madrasah"

Hemel Das Rony

BA

NSU

2

Evaluating English Language Learning in Urban Nursing Institutes

Tanjila Islam Snigdha 

BA

IML, DU

3

Challenges Faced by First Year Undergraduate Students in University

Afnan Fatema Rodoshi, Horayra Fatima

BA

SEU

4

Periodical Alignment between the Instructional Materials and the Choices of the Learners: Cognitive and Affective Perspectives

Sumaiya Malik, Shagufta Faruk Shagufi

BA

IUB

 

PARALLEL SESSION 1 ROOM 3202 (10:30AM-11:30AM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Causes, Effects and Solutions of Facebook Addiction among the University Students

Tasnim Rahman, Ishrat Jahan

BA

SEU

2

Influential Role of Acculturation on Tribal Students' English Acquisition at Tertiary Level in Bangladesh

Bushra Morshed Ahona

BA

NDU

3

Improving Speaking Skills of Tertiary Level Learners in Bangladesh

Samiha Binte Rashid

BA

NSU

4

Key Effective Filters Behind Speaking Challenges for Tertiary Level Students from Bangla Medium Background

Muiz Shahrear, Samina Ferdous

BA

DU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 1 ROOM 3203 (10:30AM-11:30AM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Dehumanization in Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Somapti Sarkar

BA

BRACU

2

“I have so much to do—”: A Stylistic Reading of Emily Dickinson’s Use of Punctuation, Capitalization, Rhyme, and Rhythm

Ahmed Abdullah Bin Farooqi Rayhan

BA

JU

3

Reading women in Bangladeshi perspective: A Critical Study

Himu akter

BA

HU

4

Comparative Analysis between “Lalshalu” and “The Guide”: Detecting Co-Relation between the Protagonist Majid and Raju

Tasnia Elahi Proma

BA

AIUB

 

PARALLEL SESSION 1 ROOM 3204 (10:30AM-11:30AM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

The Importance of Suffering and its Relation to Religiosity in Donne’s and Herbert’s Poems

Tabassum Ahmad

BA

DU

2

Comteist Philanthropy in George Eliot’s Silas Marner: An Evaluation

Kashfia Israt

BA

GUB

3

From Alcestis to Behula: A Comparative Study on the Apotheosis of Female Sacrifice in Literature and Myth

Rajia Akter

BA

JU

4

Correlation between ambition and expectations of Jane and Pip: Comparative analysis of Jane Eyre and Great Expectations

Zerin Anjum Prova, Emraan Hossain, Sumaya Tabassum Noushi

BA

AIUB

 

PARALLEL SESSION 1 ROOM 3205 (10:30AM-11:30AM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

An investigation on the effectiveness of gamification as a vocabulary learning strategy for Bangladeshi primary-level EFL learners

Farzana Karim

MA

IML, DU

2

Tracing Neo-colonial Struggle in Petals of Blood: A Critical Discourse Analysis of The Downfall of Theng’eta"

Jeba Raisa Maksuratun Hossain, Muntasir Mansur

BA

JU

3

Capitalism invading familial relationships in As I Lay Dying and Look Back in Anger

Sadia Tasnuva Moume, Zahidul Islam

BA

JU

4

A comparative analysis of intentional and subjugated metamorphosis in the characters, Jack from The Important of Being Earnest and Gregor Samsa from The Metamorphosis

Kulsum Khalid Nishat

BA

AIUB

 

PARALLEL SESSION 1 ROOM 3206 (10:30AM-11:30AM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

NAEM-trained teachers’ perceptions of CLT pedagogical practice: A higher secondary level study in Bangladesh

Romana Sharmin Rimsha

MA

BIL, BRACU

2

The Role of CLT in Promoting Learner Autonomy in Tertiary Level ELT Classrooms of Bangladesh

A.F.M. Sadman Sakib Fuad

MA

NSU

3

Madrasa Learner’s Attitude Towards the English Language in Bangladeshi Madrasa Context

Nusrat Jahan Jui

MA

BIL, BRACU

4

Impact of TESOL teacher education on teachers' professional identity formation

Tarannum Fatema Chowdhury

MPhil

DU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 1 ROOM 3207 (10:30AM-11:30AM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Implementation of Critical Pedagogy (CP) in ELT/SLA Classrooms: Ethical Issues of Modification, Benefits & Challenges

Nishat Tabassum

MA

NSU

2

The role of COURSERA in learning English language skills of undergraduate students

Farzana Akter Eti

MA

IML, DU

3

The Integration of Technology into ELT: A Comparison of Female English Teachers’ Technology Leadership between pre, during and post-Covid in Bangladesh

Afroja Alam

MA

BIL, BRACU

4

Exploring Bangladeshi non-native English language teachers’ beliefs and classroom practices of oral corrective feedback in the secondary level

Tamanna Tabassum

MA

BIL, BRACU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 1 ROOM 3208 (10:30AM-11:30AM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

The correspondence between women and nature in African literature

Maisha Tabassum

MA

NSU

2

Beauty Stereotypes in Bangladesh

Rifah Nawar Mrittika, Zarin Saba Oishorjo, Samiha Reya

MA

NSU

3

Vacant

 

 

 

4

Manto’s Use of Violence to Achieve Meaning

Fahim Rezwan

MA

NSU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 2 ROOM 3201 (11:30AM-12:30AM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Exploring socio-cultural challenges of CLT in higher secondary English classes in a metro city: learners’ perspectives

Antara Ibnat Audhaya

BA

IML, DU

2

Investigating English teaching learning: a study on two secondary level vocational institutions in Dhaka

Tamanna Jannat

BA

IML, DU

3

Bangla Medium Students' Perception of Communicative and Non-communicative Classroom Activities: A Secondary Level Scenario in Bangladesh

Most Sumaia Bintha Monjur

BA

IML, DU

4

Needs Analysis of the Law Practitioners

Raisa Nuzhat, Maisha Sadia

BA

EWU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 2 ROOM (11:30AM-12:30AM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Technological Influence on Code-Mixing and Code-Switching among the young generation of Bangladesh

Sabiha Ferdous

BA

GUB

2

Behaviouristic formation through Operant Conditioning: Applied on Bangladeshi Child

Ayesha Akter, Fariha Mim

BA

GUB

3

Studying Needs to Design Customized English Language Course for The Students of Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh

Mymuna Akter 

BA

DIU

4

Analyzing ‘needs’ for designing a specific English language course for the students of Tourism and Hospitality Management in Bangladesh

Shabnam Mustari Lia 

BA

DIU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 2 ROOM 3203 (11:30AM-12:30AM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

The Extraordinary Strength of 19th Century Literary Women and Emily Dickinson’s Lyric Poetry as its Quintessential Embodiment

Syeda Fatema Rahman

BA

NSU

2

A bird’s-eye view of the Lightbearer by Dr. Carl Bloom: Evaluating a foreigner’s journey to helping a deprived community and its consequences

Rabiah Chowdhury

BA

IUB

3

Becoming a Muslim Terrorist in the Eyes of a Muslim Novelist

Amena Akter

BA

DIU

4

Sexist Narration in NSU Student Groups

Shahazadi Sharmin

BA

NSU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 2 ROOM 3204 (11:30AM-12:30AM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Exploring Existentialism in the selected short stories of Tagore

Shaila Ferzana

BA

JU

2

Love as the spirit of meaning in middle century world literature – From Chandidash podaboli to metaphysical poetry

Anindo Anjum Turzo

BA

NSU

3

Hamlet through the Freudian Monocle

Tasnin Ahmed

BA

BUBT

4

Fiat Lux – Labelling, the trauma and memory within “Maus” & “The Handmaid’s Tale”

Mohammed Rezwan Kabir

BA

NSU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 2 ROOM 3205 (11:30AM-12:30AM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

The fusion of love and soul in John Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"

Abu Sufian Shovo

BA

International University of Scholars

2

The Shadow Lines: An Authentic Polyphonic Novel

Muntaha Noor Meem

BA

IML, DU

3

Memory, Delusion, and Fragility between Tennessee Williams’ the Glass Menagerie and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

Fairoz Anika

BA

ULAB

4

A Comparative Study Between the Curricula of English and Comparative Literature

Nabila Haque Mitu, Md Obaydullah

BA

BICLC, JU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 2 ROOM 3206 (11:30AM-12:30AM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Learners’ Prejudices as Barrier to English Language Learning; A Study of the Higher Secondary (HSC) Level Students of Barisal Sadar

S. M. Kamrul Islam

MA

BU

2

The Correlation Between Extensive Reading Habits of Tertiary Level Students and their Academic Grades

Israt Jahan Shishir 

MA

BIL, BRACU

3

A Constructive Reflection on the Attributes of Feedback at the University and the College: A Study on the First Year ESOL Students

Priyanka Akhter

MA

IML, DU

4

Using Gamification in English language learning in the ESOL context of Bangladesh

Rafi Ahmed

MA

BRACU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 2 ROOM 3207 (11:30AM-12:30AM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Primary classroom interaction and feedback in ESOL setting

Mosanna Sifat

MA

BRACU

2

Higher Secondary Level Students’ Perception of the Effects of Speaking Techniques/Tasks Applied by Their Teachers

Musharrat Mustari

MA

SEU

3

Post COVID-19 Scenario: Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions of Reopened Schools

Israt Jahan Promi

MA

BRACU

4

The impact of exclusion of literature from the higher secondary level English textbook in Bangladesh

A.K.M. Ashraful Amin

MA

BRACU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 2 ROOM 3208 (11:30AM-12:30AM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

The Relevance of Francis Bacon Today: A Carping Cogitation of his Essays

MD. Yesa Bhuiya

MA

HU

2

Statelessness and In-betweenness in Saadat Hasan “Toba Tek Singh” and “The Dog of Titwal”

Munif Mahraf

MA

RU

3

A Psychoanalytical Reading of Saadat Hasan Manto's "Thanda Gosht (Cold Flesh)"

Tanzid Tonoy

MA

RU

4

Menswear Shop: A Visual Discourse of Masculinity and Consumer Culture in Bangladesh

Mahima Akhter Addrita, Aishwarya Anwar

MA (ELCS)

JU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 3 ROOM 3201 (12:30AM-1:30PM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

The Use of Scaffolding Activities to Enhance Students' Speaking Abilities in EAP Course

Lata Moni, Samiha Akter, Ayesha Akter

BA

GUB

2

Role of Teachers’ reinforcement to Motivate Students’ English Language learning: A study at Green University of Bangladesh

Marzia Mahjabin, Mamataj Emu, Sartaj Aziz Khan

BA

GUB

3

Investigating English Language Class in Secondary Level in Bangladesh

Subah Zarin Oyshee

BA English

AIUB

4

Register analysis on English Muslim wedding invitation card in Bangladesh

Halima Akter

BA English

AIUB

 

PARALLEL SESSION 3 ROOM 3202 (12:30AM-1:30PM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

English for Merchandizers: A Needs Analysis in the RMG Sector of Bangladesh

Amrin Khanom Mifta, Abdus Sami

BA English

AIUB

2

Indigenous People's Challenges in Using Bangla and English Language: A Study of GUB Students

M.A. Rahat

BA English

GUB

3

Political Discourse and Public Reaction: A Critical Discourse Analysis at Bangladesh Context

Nusrat Zahan Satabdi, Aysha Supti

BA English

SU

4

Students’ Perception of the Linguistic Sexism in English for Today (IX-X) Book: A Comparative Study between an Urban School and a Rural School

Anindita Erina Khalil

BA

IML, DU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 3 ROOM 3203 (12:30AM-1:30PM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Impractical Idealism in Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote

Trisha Choudhury

BA

MUS

2

The Contribution of Bangla Literature in the LGBTQ Rights and the Consequence

Udoy Mehbub

BA English

SU

3

A masochistic tendency of the unconscious mind: A psycho-analytical introspection of Charles Baudelaire's poetry

Kaniz Tasnia Rowshan Azmi

BA English

CU

4

Sluggish Impact of Identity Diffusion and Disillusionment Due to Post Colonial Modernism upon Imperialistic Countries in Anand’s “Untouchable” and Ngugi Wa of Blood” Thiong’o’s “Petals

Aparajita Chowdhury 

BA

CU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 3 ROOM 3204 (12:30AM-1:30PM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Trip Down to Memory with Recollections: An Introspection of Wordsworth’s Poetry

Fahmida Azam

BA

CU

2

Non-Verbal Communication and its Effectiveness on English Language Learning: A Case Study on Bangladeshi College Students

Abdullah Bhuiyan

BA

IML, DU

3

The Ideology of Late Capitalism in Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood and Humayun Ahmed's Himu

Faeeja Humaira Meem

BA

MUS

4

Milton’s Satan and Madhusudan’s Meghnad: Who is better conforms to the norms to the tragic hero?

Raita Ibnat

BA

AIUB

 

PARALLEL SESSION 3 ROOM 3205 (12:30AM-1:30PM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Dracula: Depiction of the “New Woman” in Victorian Gothic

Hadia Sultana

BA

CU

2

Voices of a Teenager in Muhammad Zafar Iqbal’s Rasha

Ruhama Chowdhury

BA

MUS

3

The Protagonists as Loners in Jane Eyre, Tess of the d’Urbevilles and Great Expectations: A Study of the writers’ Choice

Maliha Khandaker

BA

JKKNIU

4

Satire as a moral weapon unveiling truths of fashionable society in The Rape of The Lock

Nishat Anjum Bibriti

BA

CU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 3 ROOM 3206 (12:30AM-1:30PM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Blogging for Creating Autonomous Writers: A Case Study of EFL Undergraduates of Barishal University

Shourav Haldar

MA

BU

2

A Critical Evaluation of the Secondary English Textbook of Bangladesh: Boon and Bane

Tahera Zobaida Maliha

MA

IUB

3

Impact of Collaborative Philosophical Inquiry on Bangladeshi Tertiary Level EFL Learners' Metacognitive Development and Self-regulated Learning

Maisha Jahan 

MA

BIL, BRACU

4

Teaching Writing in Online and Offline English Classes

Nowshin Nower Tasnim

MA

BRACU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 3 ROOM 3207 (12:30AM-1:30PM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

An evaluation of the impact of out-of-class language learning activities on adult learners

Ahmed Aushmita Taimee

MA

IML, DU

2

Teachers’ workload and well-being during Covid-19 pandemic: A study on English teachers at English medium schools in Bangladesh

Parveen Akter

MA

BIL, BRACU

3

Incorporation of Literature to enrich Vocabulary in the English Language Courses at the Tertiary Level of Bangladesh

Afrida Tasnim

MA

RU

4

Psychological Factors Affecting Students Learning: A Study at the Private Universities of Bangladesh

Md Maruf Billah 

MA

HU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 3 ROOM 3208 (12:30AM-1:30PM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Exploring Marriage in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”

Nadia Afrin Tandra

BA

SUST

2

Linguistic nature in Sultana’s Dream: Discussion on the need of gendered language

M. Ashiqur Rahaman Sourav

MA

RU

3

Vacant

 

 

 

4

Empowerment of Immigrated Chinese Women in Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior

Nijhum Dhar

MA

EWU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 4 ROOM 3201 (2:30PM-3:30PM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

The Role of Nature in Khaled Hosseini’s Sea Prayer: An Ecocritical Study

Md. Shams Arifin Sourav

BA

JU

2

Freshers’ English language needs for studying different programs at the tertiary leave in Bangladesh

MD. Mahmodul Hasan

BA

AIUB

3

Beliefs about Learning English

Rafija Akter Dola, Ayman Asif Zaman

BA

AIUB

4

Code-switching and code-mixing tendencies among Bangladeshi food bloggers

Md Emon Miah, Yeasin Arafat Abid

BA

GUB

 

PARALLEL SESSION 4 ROOM 3202 (2:30PM-3:30PM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Washback on Rural Areas Elementary Students During Pandemic and Post Pandemic

Lubna Jahan

BA

GUB

2

Can classroom practices be crucial in teaching English effectively in Bangladesh?

Tahmina

BA

AIUB

3

Arresting Restaurant Names in Dhaka City: A Semantic Analysis

Md Rasel, Fariha Mim

BA

GUB

4

Sense of Ambition and Individuality: A Comparative Study between Pip in Great Expectations and Stephen in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Sumayia Bintee Amin

BA

EWU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 4 ROOM 3203 (2:30PM-3:30PM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Cultural Identity Crisis in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake, a Diaspora Literature

Mahmuda Khanam

BA

CU

2

Experience and Expression

Anmana Manishita

BA

DU

3

Bangladeshi pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards ELF and its pedagogical implications

Md. Sahadat Hossain

MA

BIL, BRACU

4

Texting in Students' Academic Writing: Why should we be concerned?

Fatema Tuz Johora, Sanjida Parveen Prome

BA

GUB

 

PARALLEL SESSION 4 ROOM 3204 (2:30PM-3:30PM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

IELTS Reading Comprehension Difficulties: An Exploratory Study with Bangladeshi Candidates

Shaikat Das

MA

BIL, BRACU

2

An Exploratory Study of the Assessment Authenticity with Bangladeshi EFL Learners at the Tertiary Level amid Covid-19

Anindita Paul

MA

BIL, BRACU

3

Pre-Service EFL Teachers’ Professional Identity Tensions: A Phenomenological Study

Jannatul Ferdous Urmi

MA

IUB

4

Importance of Affective Factors in Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language at the Primary and Secondary Levels in Bangladesh

Md. Samiul Alam Shishir

MA

RU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 4 ROOM 3205 (2:30PM-3:30PM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Sexism in Secondary Level English for Today (EFT) Books (VI-X): Spotted in Bangladesh

Nizam Uddin Apou

MA

HU

2

Exploring The Problems and Solutions of Low Level of Proficiency in English among Private Universities Students in Bangladesh

H.N. Asiquare Rahman, Rehnuma Tabassum

MA

NSU/AIUB

3

Blended learning approach to develop 21st century skills in English teaching and learning

Pinki Rani Das

MA

BIL, BRACU

4

Investigating gender representation in the secondary (IX-X) English language textbook in Bangladesh

Mst. Jannatul Mawa

MA

IML, DU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 4 ROOM 3206 (2:30PM-3:30PM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

The Assessment Systems of the Rural Primary School Teachers to Their Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nibadita Chowdhury

MA

IML, DU

2

The Analogy of BICS and CALP: Where do Bangladesh stands in context to other EFL countries?

Akibur Rahman Khan

MA

IML, DU

3

Student Assessment Techniques in English Language Teaching & Learning to Improve Proficiency in Bangladesh

Talbia Islam

MA

BIL, BRACU

4

Acceptability with English in English Vinglish

Noshin Nisa, Ahmad Mahbub-ul-Alam

MA/ PhD

ULAB/BUP

 

PARALLEL SESSION 4 ROOM 3207 (2:30PM-3:30PM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Analysis of Brave Movie in the Light of Language and Culture

Tanjila Hossen

MA

EWU

2

Treatment of Subaltern Historiography in Akhtaruzzaman Elias’ Khowabnama

Md. Shahin Miah

MA

Heinrich Hein University Dusseldorf, Germany

3

Traces of Trauma in the Stylistic Features of Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things

Nayan Sayed Jibon

MA (ELCS)

JU

4

The Subaltern among the Subaltern in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things

Fairuz Fariha

MA

DU

 

PARALLEL SESSION 4 ROOM 3208 (2:30PM-3:30PM)

No

Title

Presenter

Prog

University

1

Phirki: The Miracle of Zee Bangla

Faria Rahman

MA

EWU

2

A Comparative Analysis of Language and Satire Technique in Animal Farm and Gulliver’s Travels

Tasnova Tabassum

MA

EWU

3

Waning Popularity of the Study of Literature and the Rise of Intolerance: A Correlational Research

Sakib Abrar Tasnim

MA

RU

4

Identifying Subculture: A Case Study of the Heavy Metal Music Scene in Bangladesh

Ejab Mahmud

MA

JU