Md. Nurul Anwar

Assistant Professor
English Language and Literature
Email: nurulanwar@ustc.ed.bd

Profile

Md. Nurul Anwar is an experienced Assistant Professor having over a decade of experience of teaching English literature and language at top ranking Bangladeshi universities, NSU, IUB, UIU, and BGMEA etc. His specialization covers postcolonial diaspora studies, Ecocriticism, and critical pedagogy in English Language Teaching. He holds a Masters/ UK Level 7 PGD in TESOL with international teaching training and practice in Hungary, and has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals—Scopus-indexed journals both in Literature and Language studies. I am also a certified IELTS instructor. He also worked as a Senior IELTS Faculty at multiple prestigious institutes such as British American Center, Saifur’s, and Executives Care Ctg.

Education

  • Postgraduate Diploma in TESOL, 120 Credit Hours | University of Ulster, UK
    UK-level-7 (Master’s Level), Awarded (2012), Passed with Merit, Marks – 63.333 (US Equivalency – B+)
    Teaching Practice in Hungary (reviewed by Emeritus Professor Rosalind Pritchard)
  • M.A. in English | North South University (2010)
    Thesis: A Contrastive Analysis of Rabindranath Tagore’s English Translation of Gitanjali and the Translations Done by Others
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Selim Sarwar, Dean, School of Arts and Social Sciences, NSU
  • Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature | East West University, EWU (2008)
  • Higher Secondary School Certificate | Govt. Hazi Mohammad Mohsin College (2001)
  • Secondary School Certificate | Bakolia Government High School (1999)

Program Affiliated

  • BA in English Language and Literature
  • MA in English Language and Literature

Areas of Interest

  • Literary
  • critical, and cultural theory with a focus on South Asian/Postcolonial Diaspora
  • Ecocriticism
  • Philosophy
  • Classroom pedagogy
  • critical theories and philosophy of education
  • medium of instruction
  • teaching reading and writing
  • phonetics
  • linguistic nationalism, culture, and politics in English language teaching

Courses Taught

  • Philosophy, Shakespeare
  • Introduction to Poetry and Prose
  • 19th Century British Literature
  • 20th Century British Literature
  • 20th Century American Literature
  • American Literature
  • English Composition
  • Reading and Writing Skills
  • Phonetics
  • Introduction to Linguistics
  • Literary Theory etc.

Journals & Articles

Research /Publications
Journal Articles (INDEXED IN SCOPUS / WOS)

  • Correlation and prediction of students’ level of reading comprehension through their perception of the application of transition words. Education Research International, 2022, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2082982. Indexing & Metrics: Web of Science (ESCI), Scopus Q2, H-Index, Cite Score 2021: 1.7
    Publisher: Wiley Publication
  • Investigating the tertiary level students’ practice of collaborative learning in English language classrooms, and its implications at public universities and at Arabic institutions. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 21(8), 345–367.
    https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.21.8.20.Indexing & Metrics: Scopus Q2, H-Index, Cite Score 2021: 1.1
    Publisher: Society for Research and Knowledge Management
  • Learners’ problem in phonetics with the intelligibility at the segmental and supra- segmental level. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 10(3), 477–483.
    https://doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1003.10, Indexing & Metrics: Scopus Q1, H-Index, Cite Score 2021: 0.2 Publisher: Academy Publication, United Kingdom
  • Acquisition of skills for listening comprehension: Barriers and solutions. International Journal of English Language and Literature Studies, 7(3), 50–54. ttps://doi.org/10.18488/journal.23.2018.73.50.54. Indexing & Metrics: Scopus Q1, H-Index, Cite Score 2021: 0.38 Publisher: Asian Economic and Social Society
  • T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land through postmodern lens. Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.30743/ll.v1i1.12366. Indexed in DOAJ; nationally accredited SINTA 3 Publisher: Faculty of Literature, Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara, and Medan, Indonesia
  • Division of human mind over the reality and fantasy as characteristic of the Modernist American Literature: The Glass Menagerie and Desire under the Elms. International Journal of English and Literature, 16(2), 7–11. https://doi.org/10.5897/IJEL2025.1670 Publisher: Academic Journals, Nigeria
  • Interrogating Native-Speakerism and Linguistic Imperialism in ELT: A Comparative Review. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation, 8(10), 41–49. https://doi.org/10.32996/ijllt.2025.8.10.5 Publisher: Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development, London, UK
  • Interrogating Native-Speakerism and Linguistic Imperialism in ELT. IREELL: Indonesian Review of English Education, Linguistics, and Literature, 3(2), 265–282. https://doi.org/10.30762/ireell.v3i2.6933
  • Capitalism versus narcissism: Death of a salesman’s psychoanalytic critique. International Journal of English and Literature, 9(4), 31–38. https://doi.org/10.5897/ijel2018.1168 Publisher: Academic Journals, Nigeria
  • Treatment of rationality in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. DJ Journal of English Language and Literature, 3(2), 1–10, Publisher: DJ Journal, India
  • Linguistic imperialism & cultural politics in English language teaching world. American Research Journal of English and Literature, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.21694/2378-9026.18010 Publisher: American Research Journals, Inc., United States
  • Anwar, M. N. The impossible Tagore: Myths behind translation (1st Ed.) Publisher: Century Publications, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Anwar, M. N. Thematic, linguistic, and stylistic disaster: Translations of The Gitanjali by modernist translators. Conference presentation, Second Dhaka Translation Fest, Bangladesh Shilpakola Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Articles accepted for publication (DOAJ, GOOGLE SCHOLAR/ Journal of English Department, Universitas Andalas, Indonesia. “”Planetary Ecology and Postcolonial Ecocritical Narrative in Global History”” has been accepted for publication in Vivid: Journal of Language and Literature Volume 15 No 1. INDEXED in DOAJ, GOOGLE SCHOLAR/ Journal of English Department, Universitas Andalas, Indonesia/Sinta 4″