Mohammad Mosiur Rahman has over seven years of research and three years of postgraduate teaching and supervision experience in the interdisciplinary fields of sociolinguistics and TESOL. From macro-level bilingual language policy, language curriculum development and implementation, to micro-level language attitudes and classroom language teaching, he has published widely in SCOPUS and Web of Science indexed journals. His works have appeared in prestigious international journals, including the Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Taylor & Francis), English Today (Cambridge University Press), Journal of Language, Identity & Education (Taylor & Francis), English Teaching & Learning (SpringerNature), Asian Englishes (Taylor & Francis), The Journal of Asia TEFL (ASIA TEFL), Issues in Educational Research (Western Australian Institute for Educational Research), Language Testing in Asia (SpringerNature), Open Linguistics (Walter de Gruyter). Mohammad Mosiur Rahman was one of the two recipients of the Universiti Sains Malaysia Vice-Chancellor Award in 2019, the highest award for any PhD student from the university. Earlier, to pursue his PhD, he was awarded the second-highest scholarship of the University for research students, the Universiti Sains Malaysia Fellowship in 2018. He received the Graduate Research Assistance Scheme while studying for his MA in Applied Linguistics (by research) at Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2016.
Master of Arts in English
PhD Candidate (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
MA by Research in Applied Linguistics
BA in English
Sociolinguistics , TESOL
Awards and scholarships:
Universiti Sains Malaysia Vice-Chancellor Award (September 2019-September 2021). The Vice-Chancellor’s Award is the highest scholarship/award of the university- is given to exceptional PhD students at USM after undergoing a stringent screening process.
(http://www.admissions.usm.my/index.php/postgraduate/financial-assistance/vice-chancellor-award)
Universiti Sains Malaysia Fellowship (September 2018- August 2019): This is the second highest scholarship for the outstanding postgraduate research student in Universiti Sains Malaysia. The requirement of the award is research output in high impact journals indexed in SCOPUS and Web of Science.
(http://www.ips.usm.my/index.php/financial-assistance/usm-fellowship-scheme)
Graduate Research Assistantship Scheme (2016-2017): This is the third highest scholarship for the postgraduate research student in Universiti Sains Malaysia. Under this scholarship, a candidate must contribute to the overall growth of the school in the form of research output or any of the assign work by the Dean’s office.
(http://www.ips.usm.my/index.php/financial-assistance/usm-graduate-assistant-scheme)
Rahman, M. M., Reshmin, L., Amin, E., & Karim, A. (2022). The Influence of Apprenticeship of Observation on Business Teacher’s Beliefs and Attitudes Towards English-Medium Instruction: A Case Study. Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities, 30(1) I71 - 189. [Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Malaysia] [ESCI & SCOPUS]
Rahman, M. M., Islam, M. S., Hasan, M. K., & Singh, M. K. M. (2021). English medium instruction: Beliefs and attitudes of university lecturers in Bangladesh and Malaysia. Issues in Educational Research, 31(4), 1213-1230. [Western Australian Institute for Educational Research, Australia] [ESCI & SCOPUS].
Rahman, M. M., & Singh, M. K. M. (2021). English and Malay language policy and planning in Malaysia. Training, Language and Culture, 5(4), 36-46. [RUDN University Press, Russia] [SCOPUS]
Rahman, M.M., Singh, M.K.M. (2021). English Medium university STEM teachers’ and students’ ideologies in constructing content knowledge through translanguaging. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 1-19. [Taylor & Francis, UK] [SSCI & SCOPUS]
Islam, M. S., Hasan, M. K., Sultana, S., Karim, A., & Rahman, M. M. (2021). English language assessment in Bangladesh today: principles, practices, and problems. Language Testing in Asia, 11(1), 1-21. [SpringerNature, Germany] [ESCI & SCOPUS]
Rahman, M.M., Singh, M.K.M. (2021). Complex dynamic systems of language teacher cognitions: A case study from Bangladesh. Issues in Educational Research, 31(1), 241-254. [Western Australian Institute for Educational Research, Australia] [ESCI & SCOPUS]
Karim, A., Kabilan, M. K., Ahmed, Z., Reshmin, L., & Rahman, M. M. (2021). The Medium of Instruction in Bangladeshi Higher Education Institutions: Bangla, English, or Both?. Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 1-15. [Taylor & Francis, UK] [SSCI & SCOPUS]
Rahman, M. M., & Singh, M. K. M. (2020). Language ideology of English-medium instruction in higher education: A case study from Bangladesh. English Today, 36(4), 40-46. [Cambridge University Press, UK] [SSCI & SCOPUS]
Rahman, M. M., Singh, M. K. M., Fersi, S. (2020). Multiple Case Studies on the Impact of Apprenticeship of Observation on Novice EFL Teachers’ Cognition and Practices. Mextesol Journal.44(4), 1-11. SCOPUS [MEXTESOL Association, Mexico, Mexico] [SCOPUS]
Rahman, M. M., & Singh, M. K. M. (2020). A Synthesis of Oral Corrective Feedback Literature: Theoretical Underpinning, Types, Linguistics Focus and Timing. The Journal of AsiaTEFL, 17(3), 1093-1101. [Asia TEFL, South Korea] [ESCI & SCOPUS]
Rahman, M. M., Singh, M. K. M., Johan, M., & Ahmed, Z. (2020). English medium instruction ideology, management and practices: A case study of Bangladeshi private university. English Teaching and Learning, 44(1), 44(1), 61-79. [SpringerNature, Germany] [ESCI & SCOPUS]
Hasan, M. K., & Rahman, M. M. (2020). Analytic relations versus syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations of vocabulary depth knowledge: Their correlation and prediction to academic reading comprehension of EFL learners. Open Linguistics, 6(1), 357-371. [Walter de Gruyter, Germany] [ESCI & SCOPUS]
Rahman, M. M., Singh, M. K. M., & Karim, A. (2020). Distinctive medium of instruction ideologies in public and private universities in Bangladesh. Asian Englishes, 22(2), 125-142. [Taylor & Francis, UK] [ESCI & SCOPUS]
Rahman, M. M., Islam, M. S., Karim, A., Chowdhury, T. A., Rahman, M. M., Seraj, P. M. I., & Singh, M. K. M. (2019). English language teaching in Bangladesh today: Issues, outcomes, and implications. Language Testing in Asia.1(9). [SpringerNature, Germany] [ESCI & SCOPUS]
Rahman, M. M., Johan, M., Selim, S. M. M., Singh, M. K. M., & Shahed, F. H. (2019). Teachers’ beliefs and practices of implementing secondary English curriculum reform in Bangladesh: A phenomenological study. Journal of Asia TEFL, 16(2), 591–608. [Asia TEFL, South Korea] [ESCI & SCOPUS]
Karim, A., Ahmed, Z., Shahed, F. H., Rahman, M. M., & Mohamed, A. R. (2019). Challenges affecting the implementation of £50 million in-service training program for English teachers in Bangladesh. Qualitative Report, 24(10), 2457-2485. [Nova SouthEastern University Press, USA] [ESCI & SCOPUS]
Rahman, M. M., & Pandian, A. (2018). A critical investigation of English language teaching in Bangladesh: Unfulfilled expectations after two decades of communicative language teaching. English Today, 34(3), 43-49. [Cambridge University Press, UK] [SSCI & SCOPUS]
Rahman, M. M., Singh, M. K. M., & Karim, A. (2018). English medium instruction innovation in higher education: Evidence from Asian contexts. Journal of Asia TEFL, 15(4), 1156-1164. [Asia TEFL, South Korea] [ESCI & SCOPUS]
Rahman, M.M., & Pandian, A. (2018). Chaotic English Language Policy and Planning in Bangladesh: Areas of Apprehension. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 26(2). 893-908. [Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Malaysia] [ESCI & SCOPUS]
Karim, A., Shahed, F. H., Rahman, M. M., & Mohamed, A. R. (2018). Revisiting Innovations in ELT through Online Classes: An Evaluation of the Approaches of 10 Minute School. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 20(1), 248-266. [Anadolu University Press, Turkey] [ESCI & SCOPUS]
Rahman, M.M, Pandian, A. & Singh, M.K.M. (2018). Teachers’ Factors Affecting the Implementation of Communicative Language Teaching Curriculum in Secondary Schools in Bangladesh. Qualitative Report, 23(5).1106-1126. [Nova SouthEastern University Press, USA] [ESCI & SCOPUS]
Rahman, M.M, Singh, M.K.M., &Pandian, A. (2018). Exploring ESL Teachers Belief and Classroom Practice of CLT: A Case Study. International Journal of Instruction, 11(1), 295-310. [Eskisehir Osmangazi University Press, Turkey] [ESCI & SCOPUS]