Molla Azizur Rahman
Associate Professor

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    mazizurrahman@eng.ku.ac.bd


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    +88 01712087465

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    Room # 3259, English Discipline, Arts and Humanities School, 3rd Academic Building, 2nd Floor, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh

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I am an Associate Professor and have been teaching English language and literature at private and public universities in Bangladesh since 2007. After joining Khulna University as a lecturer in 2008, I supervised more than 50 undergraduate and postgraduate students who successfully completed their project/thesis. I obtained BA (Hons) in English in 2005 and MA in English from Khulna University securing 1st Class 1st Position in 2007. My research interest includes topics in Sociolinguistics, Sociophonetics, English Language Teaching, and Language through Literature. Currently, I am conducting doctoral research on Sociophonetics. I have published several research articles in peer-reviewed international journals, Studies in English Language and Education (Q1) and The IUP Journal of English Studies (Q4), which are indexed in Scopus (Elsevier). One of my co-authored research articles has been published in PLoS ONE, a Q1 Journal, which is indexed in both Scopus and Web of Science. For more details of my research:

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZLFNevYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Molla_Rahman









  • PhD Candidate in English Language and Linguistics
  • MA in English Literature, Khulna University
  • BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature, Khulna University   
  • HSC in Science, Cantonment College, Jessore
  • SSC in Science, DKK High School, Bagerhat

  • Sociolinguistics
  • Sociophonetics
  • English Language Teaching
  • Language through Literature

Current Research Project/Collaboration

SL Title Research Role Awarded Date Completion Date Funding Agency
1 Socioeconomic Status and English Language Competence of Students: A Case Study in the Southwestern Region of Bangladesh Co-Principal Investigator 26 December, 2016 25 December, 2017 National

  • Associate Professor at Khulna University (From 01 August 2018  to to-date)

  • Assistant Professor at Khulna University (From 10 September 2010 to 31 July 2018)

  • Lecturer at Khulna University (From 09 September 2008 to 09 September 2010)



UGC PhD Fellowship from University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (2022)

PhD Research Scholarship from Khulna University (2021)

Scholarship from Armed Forces Welfare Organization for MA Result (2007)

Scholarship from Armed Forces Welfare Organization for BA (Hons) Result (2005)

Yearly University Merit Scholarship from Khulna University (2001-2005) 

SSC Board Scholarship (1998)

Secondary School Scholarship (1996)

Supervision

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    • Research Articles in Peer-reviewed Academic Journal

    • International:

      Suhi, S. S., Oyshi, F. J., Al Mamun, M. A., Jahan, N., Shohel, T. A., Rahman, M. A., Islam, M. N. & Hossain, M. T. (2021). Public vs. private job dilemma: Influencing factors in career selection for university graduates. PLoS ONE, 16(10), 1-15. doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258331 [Q1]

      Rahman, M. A. (2019). Teaching language through literature: George Orwell’s ‘Shooting an Elephant’in the EFL classroom. Studies in English Language and Education, 6(1), 84-96. doi: https://doi.org/10.24815/siele.v6i1.13055 [Q1]

      Rahman, M. A., & Mia, M. B. (2018). Dreams of Santiago and Crusoe: A psychoanalytic interpretation. The IUP Journal of English Studies, 13(3), 34-43 [Q4]

      (To link to this article https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1P4-2158144678/dreams-of-santiago-and-crusoe-a-psychoanalytic-interpretation)  

      Ahmed, M. N. U., Rahman, M. A., & Obaidullah, M. (2018). Extensive versus strategic reading for learning English at Khulna University, Bangladesh. Studies in EnglishLanguage and Education, 5(2), 253-268. doi: https://doi.org/10.24815/siele.v5i2.11176 [Q1] 

      Obaidullah, M., & Rahman, M. A. (2018). The impact of Internet and social media on the habit of reading books: A case study in the southern region of Bangladesh. Studies in English Language and Education 5(1),25-39.doi:https://doi.org/10.24815/siele.v5i1.8966 [Q1]

      Rahman, M. A., Nurzzaman, M. & Chanda, S. K. (2016). Integrative versus instrumental motivation in learning English language at tertiary level: A study at Khulna University, Bangladesh. Researchers World-Journal of Arts, Science & Commerce, 2(1): 18-28. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18843/rwjasc/v7i2(1)/03 

      National:

      Rezwana, T., Rahman, M. A., & Sharif, M. K. H. (2023). Robert Frost’s “The death of the hired man”: A material for developing students’reading and writing skills. Khulna University Studies, 20(1), 31-38. doi:https://doi.org/10.53808/KUS.2023.20.01.947-ah

      Shohel, T. A., Jahan, N., Seddeque, A., Rahaman, M., Rahman, M. A. & Hossain, M. T. (2020). Financial inclusion program and household decision-making power transition to future female generation: Empirical evidence from rural Bangladesh. BAUET Journal, 2(2), 130-140

      ( To link to this article https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Molla-Rahman/research)

      Rahman, M. A., & Sharif, M. K. H. (2018). Robert Frost’s “Home Burial”: A material for undergraduate level EFL class. The Journal of EFL Education and Research, 3(3),1-9.

      (To link to this article http://www.edrc-jefler.org/)

      Shahin, A. R., Rahman, M. A., & Rahman, M. M. (2014). The conspiracy theory of Doctor Fine in Orhan Pamuk’s The New Life: A satire on Turkish sensibility. Outlooks: VUB Studies in Language, Literature and Culture 2(2), 207-215.

      (To link to this article https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Molla-Rahman/research)

Eng L 5207: Phonetics and Phonology

Section – B

(1) Phonology, its definition, phoneme,

diaphone and allophone; Identification of

English phoneme; relationship between phonetics and phonology, assimilation,

elision, liaison, juncture

(2) Syllables, Stress: nature, types and

functions; Intonation: form and function;

Use of tone in English

(3) Sounds in connected speech: strong and

weak forms; rhythm

(4) International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA),

phonetic transcription

Running

Eng 4209: Continental Literature

Section – A

(1) Charles Baudelaire: “To the Reader”,

“Beacons”, “Don Juan in Hell”, “A

Carcass”, “Spleen LXXVIII”

(2) Henrik Ibsen: A Doll’s House

(3) Anton Chekhov: The Marriage Proposal

Running

Eng 3207: Shakespearean Drama

Section – B

(1) The Tempest

(2) Henry IV-Part I

Running

Eng 2201: English Drama from Elizabethan to Restoration Period

Section – A

(1) Christopher Marlowe: Doctor Faustus

(2) Ben Jonson: Volpone

Running

Eng 1203: Introduction to Drama

Section – A

(1) Sophocles: King Oedipus

(2) Aristotle: Poetics (selections)

Running