Vincent Dip Gomes

Vincent has over five years of teaching experience at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels across diverse areas of English Studies. He is skilled in linguistics research, with academic interests in phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax, semantics and pragmatics, and sociolinguistics. He completed his BA, earning a Gold Medal for highest academic achievement (perfect 4.00 CGPA), in English and Humanities from the Department of English and Humanities (DEH) at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). Subsequently, he completed his MA, with a perfect 4.00 CGPA, in Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching (ELT) from the Department of English and Modern Languages (DEML) at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). During his undergraduate and graduate studies, he actively participated and remarkably performed in multiple academic conferences and cultural competitions. With a commitment to contributing to dynamic educational institutions by fostering students’ academic, research, and extracurricular excellence, he is currently serving as a Lecturer in the Department of English and Humanities (DEH) at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB).

Master of Arts (MA) in Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching (ELT), Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English and Humanities, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB)

Phonetics (acoustic and sociophonetics), Phonology, Morphosyntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, & Sociolinguistics.

Academic Awards

• Awardee of Gold Medal for Academic Excellence (BA in English and Humanities, CGPA 4.00) – DEH, ULAB.
• Graduated with Distinction (Summa Cum Laude) in BA in English and Humanities from DEH, ULAB.
• Awardee of Dean’s Scholarship (in Fall 2019 term) and Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship (in Fall 2021 term) for securing the highest Term Grade Point Average (TGPA) as an undergraduate student at DEH, ULAB.

Extracurricular Achievements

• Cultural Competition Champion (Team) – 5th (Apr. 18-19, 2019) and 6th (Sept. 3-4, 2020) Inter-University Student Conference and Cultural Competition organized by DEH, ULAB.
• Champion and Team Leader – Curriculum Integration (CI) Program, Themed “The Normal, the Abnormal and the New Normal: How Do We Explain the World We Live in?” organized by DEH, ULAB (in Fall 2020 term).
   

1. Presented a paper titled “The Potential of Using Service Encounters in Facilitating Bilingual Communicative Competence Development among Beginner-Level English Language Learners in Bangladesh” at BELTA-NSU International Conference entitled “Re/Envisioning Paradigms in English Language Education” (Dec. 6-7, 2024).
2. Presented a paper titled “A Sociophonetic Account of the Variations in the Degree of Word-final English /z/ Voicing: A Case Study of Speakers from Nawabganj Upazila in Dhaka District, Bangladesh” at an international conference entitled “Language Metamorphosis: Implications for Language Education in Decolonial Contexts” organized by BIL, BRAC University (Nov. 28-30, 2024).
3. Presented a paper titled “Trans-itioning to Bangladeshi English Phonology through Sociophonetics: Word-final /z/ Voicing Variations among Nawabganjian Speakers” at an international conference entitled “The Trans- Phenomenon in Language, Literature, and Culture” organized by DEH, ULAB (Nov. 15-16, 2024).
4. Participated in the Cultural Competition of the 6th Inter-University Student Conference and Cultural Competition themed “Of Nations and Narrations” organized by DEH, ULAB (Sept. 3-4, 2020).
5. Participated in the Cultural Competition of the 5th Inter-University Student Conference and Cultural Competition themed “The Romantic and The Gothic” organized by DEH, ULAB (Apr. 18-19, 2019).

1. Published Bengali to English Translation of the Rabindra Sangeet “Bhalobeshe Shokhi Nibhrite Jotone” in The Daily Star Newspaper
2. Published Bengali to English Translation of the Poem “Ekti Potaka Pele” (in English - “If that Emblem was Attained”) by Helal Hafiz in The Daily Star Newspaper