Mohammad Mosiur Rahman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3716220 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mohammad Mosiur Rahman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mohammad Mosiur |
| FAMILY NAME | Rahman |
| SIGNATURE | RAHMAN M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6710-8943 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 6 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Bangladeshi University Students’ Motivation and Translanguaging Ideologies Toward English‐Medium Instruction
This mixed‐methods study explores relationships among university students’ motivation for English‐medium instruction (EMI), beliefs about English‐only practices, and views on translanguaging at a Bangladeshi private university. It also examines whether disciplinary background and previous medium of instruction shape these perspectives. Data came from validated surveys completed by 259 undergraduate students and semi‐structured interviews with 12 …
Teacher agency in English medium instruction classrooms
English-medium instruction (EMI) is increasingly adopted in higher education worldwide, often accompanied by English-only policies that pose unique challenges for teachers, especially in multilingual contexts. However, little is known about how EMI teachers exercise agency in navigating these policies in non-Anglophone settings. This study adopts an ecological perspective to investigate how EMI teachers in Bangladesh navigate English-only policie…
English medium instruction as a multiscalar language policy process
This study investigates how English medium instruction (EMI) is conceptualised, organised, and implemented at national, institutional, and classroom levels. Drawing on a multi-level, multi-dimensional policy framework, we examine Bangladesh as the macro-level context and focus on one university and its classrooms as meso- and micro-level cases. The study utilised multiple data sources, including policy documents, interviews, classroom observation…
Academic literacy development and EAP in English medium instruction
English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses in Bangladeshi private universities are positioned to equip non-native undergraduate students with the required academic language skills needed for English Medium Instruction (EMI) education. However, these courses have frequently adopted generic language proficiency models, neglecting students’ academic and disciplinary literacy needs. Moreover, the paucity of studies on EAP leaves a critical lapse in …
Translanguaging and trans-semiotizing in English-medium classrooms
Universities worldwide adopt English-medium instruction (EMI) due to the global role and status of English. However, policies advocating for EMI often overlook the importance of other languages, semiotic resources, and modalities in communication. Such oversight underscores the necessity of examining the adoption and implementation processes of both English and other languages. Building on an expanded language policy framework as well as translan…
Ideologies of teachers and students towards meso-level English-medium instruction policy and translanguaging in the STEM classroom at a Malaysian university
English medium instruction (EMI) as a language policy in higher education is based on monolingual conceptions and limits the use of the full linguistic repertoire of bilinguals/multilinguals in the university classroom. Informed by the constructs of language ideology (Spolsky, Bernard. 2009. Language management . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press), translanguaging (Li, Wei. 2018. Translanguaging as a practical theory of language. Applied …
EMI policy and practice divides in China, Japan, Malaysia and Nepal
Over the past two decades, English has become a key medium of instruction in higher education in non-native English contexts, especially Asian countries. Extant research highlights the rapid expansion of English-medium instruction (EMI) and challenges in policy implementation, revealing tensions between different language policy levels (i.e., macro, meso and micro). Thus, a multilevel analysis is needed to understand these tensions. This review e…
From hypernationalism to neoliberalism
Neoliberal forces have increased the use of English as a medium of instruction (MOI) in higher education globally. The status of English has shifted from being a curricular subject to the primary language of instruction, particularly in private higher education institutions. Drawing on Baldauf (2006), Kaplan and Baldauf (2003), and Spolsky (2009), and conducting a multi-level policy document analysis, this study set out to investigate the use of …
Preservice Teachers' Reflecting on Reflections of Critical Incidents
This interpretive phenomenological study reports the effects of reflecting on reflections concerning Critical Incidents (CIs) on the pre-service teachers' (PSTs) professional development and conceptualization of their identity as TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) teachers. The study involved nine PSTs who were specializing in TESOL and doing their teaching practicum. The main instrument of the study was reflective writing, w…
Challenges of Employing the Underlying Tenets of English as an International Language in Iran
Concerning the complexities that are closely related to the rapid spread of English around the world over the past few decades, English as an international language (EIL) was proposed to represent a revisiting of the established notions within the field of teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) by holding a positive attitude toward non-native English-speaking teachers (NNESTs) and their cultures. Given that English is not their first langu…
Recognizing Stakeholders and Factors Mediating Washback in Language Testing
Any test or assessment’s effect on teaching and learning is termed as “washback”. Empirical studies conducted in this area are relatively recent, starting with the remarkable work of Alderson and Wall in 1993. Studies conducted thereafter inquired into different aspects of washback. In light of these studies, this critical review would explore the stakeholders of washback and the factors outside of the test itself which could affect how it has an…
Online English Classes for Bangladeshi Young Learners during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The recent COVID-19 pandemic brought a dramatic change in teaching and learning around the world. Almost all educational institutions shifted to the online mode of teaching so that students do not miss any academic year. In Bangladesh, such a mode of teaching was never introduced at the mass level earlier, and that is why it was quite challenging for teachers to conduct online classes initially. In some cases, teachers who did not have a certain …
The Relationship between Oral Corrective Feedback Beliefs, Practices, and Influence of Prior Language Learning Experience of EFL Teachers
Teacher cognition research has been the subject of scholarly investigation since the 1970s, but there has been a significant increase in research interest in this field in recent years. The beliefs of the language teacher are important factors in any specific classroom instructional decision, including the role and provision of oral corrective feedback (OCF). It is critical to comprehend the teacher’s mind and the influencing factors that shape t…
Designing Tasks through Second Life for CFL Learners in the UK University
The development of technology has brought some alternative means in education. The enabling role of technology has been widely recognized in second language teaching and learning. Second Life (SL) is an online virtual world and is popular with digital natives. Some language educators apply this application to foreign-language teaching in university courses because of its benefits to students’ immersion and focus, imagination, and creativity in la…
Students' Perception toward Teaching Strategies of Native and Nonnative English-Speaking Teachers
This study aimed to investigate the students' insights toward native English-speaking teachers' (NESTs) and nonnative English-speaking teachers' (NNEST) teaching strategies and to examine the reasons for their insights. Fifty-eight English students, 30 females, and 20 males, with prior experience of learning from both NESTs and NNESTs in East Java, Indonesia, participated in the study. They were purposively selected. A set of questionnaires was u…
AI in the Foreign Language Classroom
Recent technological advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have paved the way for improved and in many cases the creation of entirely new and innovative, electronic writing tools. These writing support systems assist during and after the writing process making them indispensable to many writers in general and to students in particular who can get human-like sentence completion suggestions and text generation. Although the wide adoption of thes…
The changing role of English in Bangladesh
The importance of English as the dominant global language, the language of communication, technology, academia, economics, and entertainment is undeniable. Based on the steady economic growth throughout the country during the previous decade, Bangladesh was classified as a lower middle-income nation in a report published by the World Bank in 2016. Given these facts, it is undisputed that English plays an essential role in ensuring the continuatio…
The Ideology Towards English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) Adoption in Higher Education in Malaysia
English as a medium of instruction (EMI) has been implemented in the context of higher education in non-native English-speaking countries mainly to attract international students through internationalisation while helping local students achieve success in the job market and pursue further education both locally and globally. In the context of Malaysian higher education, Malay has been adopted as the medium of instruction (MOI) and should be imple…
English Medium university STEM teachers’ and students’ ideologies in constructing content knowledge through translanguaging
New norms of linguistic ideology and practices emerged as English grows in higher education in non-English speaking countries. English Medium Instruction (EMI) has been formalised by overlooking the role of other (e.g. native) languages in knowledge construction and communication. This study investigates STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) teachers’ and students’ language-related ideologies about translanguaging at a private …
English and Malay language policy and planning in Malaysia
The Malay-English relationship in Malaysia has witnessed a pendulum shift and ignited critical debates. The Malay nationalist discourse on language policy is evident. Nonetheless, the concurrent significance of English in the era of globalisation is undeniable. This article highlights English (and Malay) language policy and planning (LPP) in Malaysia in re- lation to other languages together with their societal and educational impact by synthesis…
The Medium of Instruction in Bangladeshi Higher Education Institutions
English as a medium of instruction (MOI) has become an important tool for universities to produce knowledgeable and skilled graduates. In Bangladesh, public and private universities remain distant in terms of policies related to MOI. The current study was undertaken to reach a tangible conclusion that would reflect “what should be the MOI in Higher Education Institutes (HEIs), Bangladesh.” This qualitative study involved seven senior university t…
Analytic relations versus syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations of vocabulary depth knowledge
The aims of the study were to examine the correlation and prediction of different dimensions of vocabulary depth knowledge to academic reading comprehension. Students were instructed to take part in four English-language proficiency tests voluntarily. The research was carried out, administering four instruments, word associates test, morphological knowledge test, and analytic relations test to measure the depth of vocabulary knowledge. In additio…
Distinctive medium of instruction ideologies in public and private universities in Bangladesh
Fuelled by nationalism, public universities in Bangladesh adopted Bangla as their MOI. In contrast, considering the role of English in the processes of internationalization, globalization and economic benefit attached to English, private universities in Bangladesh have adopted English as their MOI. Through the exploration of lecturers' MOI ideologies, the present study aims to discover these diverse trajectories in the adoption of MOI policies in…
Language ideology of English-medium instruction in higher education
English-medium instruction (EMI) has been perceived as a key strategy through which universities, propelled by academic, political, social and economic motives, respond to the influence of globalisation (Altbach & Knight, 2007). This has been fuelled by the fact that English, defined as the global common language, is needed to create the knowledge base in global tertiary education (Fishman, 2000). In the process, English has become the universal …
Understanding EFL Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices in EFL Classrooms
The construction of teacher beliefs through teacher education programs and their impact on classroom practices has drawn enormous attention in the concurrent literature. Yet in Bangladesh, little is known about the construction of teacher beliefs through teacher education programs and the impact of teacher beliefs on their classroom practices. Pertinently, the current study aimed at answering the questions regarding teachers’ beliefs about teachi…
AI in the Foreign Language Classroom
Recent technological advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have paved the way for improved and in many cases the creation of entirely new and innovative, electronic writing tools. These writing support systems assist during and after the writing process making them indispensable to many writers in general and to students in particular who can get human-like sentence completion suggestions and text generation. Although the wide adoption of thes…
The Medium of Instruction in Bangladeshi Higher Education Institutions
English as a medium of instruction (MOI) has become an important tool for universities to produce knowledgeable and skilled graduates. In Bangladesh, public and private universities remain distant in terms of policies related to MOI. The current study was undertaken to reach a tangible conclusion that would reflect “what should be the MOI in Higher Education Institutes (HEIs), Bangladesh.” This qualitative study involved seven senior university t…
Understanding EFL Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices in EFL Classrooms
The construction of teacher beliefs through teacher education programs and their impact on classroom practices has drawn enormous attention in the concurrent literature. Yet in Bangladesh, little is known about the construction of teacher beliefs through teacher education programs and the impact of teacher beliefs on their classroom practices. Pertinently, the current study aimed at answering the questions regarding teachers’ beliefs about teachi…
Students' Perception toward Teaching Strategies of Native and Nonnative English-Speaking Teachers
This study aimed to investigate the students' insights toward native English-speaking teachers' (NESTs) and nonnative English-speaking teachers' (NNEST) teaching strategies and to examine the reasons for their insights. Fifty-eight English students, 30 females, and 20 males, with prior experience of learning from both NESTs and NNESTs in East Java, Indonesia, participated in the study. They were purposively selected. A set of questionnaires was u…
Factors Affecting Teachers’ Implementation of Communicative Language Teaching Curriculum in Secondary Schools in Bangladesh
This study focuses on the selected factors affecting teachers’ implementation of the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) curriculum in secondary schools in Bangladesh. The study is explorative, interpretivist, and qualitative in nature. A phenomenology approach, under qualitative method, was adopted to explore how teachers experience the phenomenon of CLT based curriculum change. Four schools were chosen, two from Dhaka (Urban), the capital of …
A Critical Investigation of English Language Teaching in Bangladesh
The 2016 World Bank report on worldwide per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) identified Bangladesh as a lower middle-income country based on its consistent GDP growth throughout last decade (World Bank, 2016). To maintain this growth rate and meet the radical demand for human resources in increasingly globalised world markets, the country needs to communicate more effectively with the outside world. Inevitably, this means improving the quality…
Factors Affecting Teachers’ Implementation of Communicative Language Teaching Curriculum in Secondary Schools in Bangladesh
This study focuses on the selected factors affecting teachers’ implementation of the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) curriculum in secondary schools in Bangladesh. The study is explorative, interpretivist, and qualitative in nature. A phenomenology approach, under qualitative method, was adopted to explore how teachers experience the phenomenon of CLT based curriculum change. Four schools were chosen, two from Dhaka (Urban), the capital of …
Analytic relations versus syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations of vocabulary depth knowledge
The aims of the study were to examine the correlation and prediction of different dimensions of vocabulary depth knowledge to academic reading comprehension. Students were instructed to take part in four English-language proficiency tests voluntarily. The research was carried out, administering four instruments, word associates test, morphological knowledge test, and analytic relations test to measure the depth of vocabulary knowledge. In additio…
Distinctive medium of instruction ideologies in public and private universities in Bangladesh
Fuelled by nationalism, public universities in Bangladesh adopted Bangla as their MOI. In contrast, considering the role of English in the processes of internationalization, globalization and economic benefit attached to English, private universities in Bangladesh have adopted English as their MOI. Through the exploration of lecturers' MOI ideologies, the present study aims to discover these diverse trajectories in the adoption of MOI policies in…
Language ideology of English-medium instruction in higher education
English-medium instruction (EMI) has been perceived as a key strategy through which universities, propelled by academic, political, social and economic motives, respond to the influence of globalisation (Altbach & Knight, 2007). This has been fuelled by the fact that English, defined as the global common language, is needed to create the knowledge base in global tertiary education (Fishman, 2000). In the process, English has become the universal …
Understanding EFL Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices in EFL Classrooms
The construction of teacher beliefs through teacher education programs and their impact on classroom practices has drawn enormous attention in the concurrent literature. Yet in Bangladesh, little is known about the construction of teacher beliefs through teacher education programs and the impact of teacher beliefs on their classroom practices. Pertinently, the current study aimed at answering the questions regarding teachers’ beliefs about teachi…
English and Malay language policy and planning in Malaysia
The Malay-English relationship in Malaysia has witnessed a pendulum shift and ignited critical debates. The Malay nationalist discourse on language policy is evident. Nonetheless, the concurrent significance of English in the era of globalisation is undeniable. This article highlights English (and Malay) language policy and planning (LPP) in Malaysia in re- lation to other languages together with their societal and educational impact by synthesis…
The Medium of Instruction in Bangladeshi Higher Education Institutions
English as a medium of instruction (MOI) has become an important tool for universities to produce knowledgeable and skilled graduates. In Bangladesh, public and private universities remain distant in terms of policies related to MOI. The current study was undertaken to reach a tangible conclusion that would reflect “what should be the MOI in Higher Education Institutes (HEIs), Bangladesh.” This qualitative study involved seven senior university t…
The changing role of English in Bangladesh
The importance of English as the dominant global language, the language of communication, technology, academia, economics, and entertainment is undeniable. Based on the steady economic growth throughout the country during the previous decade, Bangladesh was classified as a lower middle-income nation in a report published by the World Bank in 2016. Given these facts, it is undisputed that English plays an essential role in ensuring the continuatio…
The Ideology Towards English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) Adoption in Higher Education in Malaysia
English as a medium of instruction (EMI) has been implemented in the context of higher education in non-native English-speaking countries mainly to attract international students through internationalisation while helping local students achieve success in the job market and pursue further education both locally and globally. In the context of Malaysian higher education, Malay has been adopted as the medium of instruction (MOI) and should be imple…
English Medium university STEM teachers’ and students’ ideologies in constructing content knowledge through translanguaging
New norms of linguistic ideology and practices emerged as English grows in higher education in non-English speaking countries. English Medium Instruction (EMI) has been formalised by overlooking the role of other (e.g. native) languages in knowledge construction and communication. This study investigates STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) teachers’ and students’ language-related ideologies about translanguaging at a private …
Recognizing Stakeholders and Factors Mediating Washback in Language Testing
Any test or assessment’s effect on teaching and learning is termed as “washback”. Empirical studies conducted in this area are relatively recent, starting with the remarkable work of Alderson and Wall in 1993. Studies conducted thereafter inquired into different aspects of washback. In light of these studies, this critical review would explore the stakeholders of washback and the factors outside of the test itself which could affect how it has an…
Online English Classes for Bangladeshi Young Learners during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The recent COVID-19 pandemic brought a dramatic change in teaching and learning around the world. Almost all educational institutions shifted to the online mode of teaching so that students do not miss any academic year. In Bangladesh, such a mode of teaching was never introduced at the mass level earlier, and that is why it was quite challenging for teachers to conduct online classes initially. In some cases, teachers who did not have a certain …
The Relationship between Oral Corrective Feedback Beliefs, Practices, and Influence of Prior Language Learning Experience of EFL Teachers
Teacher cognition research has been the subject of scholarly investigation since the 1970s, but there has been a significant increase in research interest in this field in recent years. The beliefs of the language teacher are important factors in any specific classroom instructional decision, including the role and provision of oral corrective feedback (OCF). It is critical to comprehend the teacher’s mind and the influencing factors that shape t…
Designing Tasks through Second Life for CFL Learners in the UK University
The development of technology has brought some alternative means in education. The enabling role of technology has been widely recognized in second language teaching and learning. Second Life (SL) is an online virtual world and is popular with digital natives. Some language educators apply this application to foreign-language teaching in university courses because of its benefits to students’ immersion and focus, imagination, and creativity in la…
Students' Perception toward Teaching Strategies of Native and Nonnative English-Speaking Teachers
This study aimed to investigate the students' insights toward native English-speaking teachers' (NESTs) and nonnative English-speaking teachers' (NNEST) teaching strategies and to examine the reasons for their insights. Fifty-eight English students, 30 females, and 20 males, with prior experience of learning from both NESTs and NNESTs in East Java, Indonesia, participated in the study. They were purposively selected. A set of questionnaires was u…
AI in the Foreign Language Classroom
Recent technological advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have paved the way for improved and in many cases the creation of entirely new and innovative, electronic writing tools. These writing support systems assist during and after the writing process making them indispensable to many writers in general and to students in particular who can get human-like sentence completion suggestions and text generation. Although the wide adoption of thes…
Challenges of Employing the Underlying Tenets of English as an International Language in Iran
Concerning the complexities that are closely related to the rapid spread of English around the world over the past few decades, English as an international language (EIL) was proposed to represent a revisiting of the established notions within the field of teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) by holding a positive attitude toward non-native English-speaking teachers (NNESTs) and their cultures. Given that English is not their first langu…
Academic literacy development and EAP in English medium instruction
English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses in Bangladeshi private universities are positioned to equip non-native undergraduate students with the required academic language skills needed for English Medium Instruction (EMI) education. However, these courses have frequently adopted generic language proficiency models, neglecting students’ academic and disciplinary literacy needs. Moreover, the paucity of studies on EAP leaves a critical lapse in …
Translanguaging and trans-semiotizing in English-medium classrooms
Universities worldwide adopt English-medium instruction (EMI) due to the global role and status of English. However, policies advocating for EMI often overlook the importance of other languages, semiotic resources, and modalities in communication. Such oversight underscores the necessity of examining the adoption and implementation processes of both English and other languages. Building on an expanded language policy framework as well as translan…
Ideologies of teachers and students towards meso-level English-medium instruction policy and translanguaging in the STEM classroom at a Malaysian university
English medium instruction (EMI) as a language policy in higher education is based on monolingual conceptions and limits the use of the full linguistic repertoire of bilinguals/multilinguals in the university classroom. Informed by the constructs of language ideology (Spolsky, Bernard. 2009. Language management . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press), translanguaging (Li, Wei. 2018. Translanguaging as a practical theory of language. Applied …
EMI policy and practice divides in China, Japan, Malaysia and Nepal
Over the past two decades, English has become a key medium of instruction in higher education in non-native English contexts, especially Asian countries. Extant research highlights the rapid expansion of English-medium instruction (EMI) and challenges in policy implementation, revealing tensions between different language policy levels (i.e., macro, meso and micro). Thus, a multilevel analysis is needed to understand these tensions. This review e…
From hypernationalism to neoliberalism
Neoliberal forces have increased the use of English as a medium of instruction (MOI) in higher education globally. The status of English has shifted from being a curricular subject to the primary language of instruction, particularly in private higher education institutions. Drawing on Baldauf (2006), Kaplan and Baldauf (2003), and Spolsky (2009), and conducting a multi-level policy document analysis, this study set out to investigate the use of …
Preservice Teachers' Reflecting on Reflections of Critical Incidents
This interpretive phenomenological study reports the effects of reflecting on reflections concerning Critical Incidents (CIs) on the pre-service teachers' (PSTs) professional development and conceptualization of their identity as TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) teachers. The study involved nine PSTs who were specializing in TESOL and doing their teaching practicum. The main instrument of the study was reflective writing, w…
Bangladeshi University Students’ Motivation and Translanguaging Ideologies Toward English‐Medium Instruction
This mixed‐methods study explores relationships among university students’ motivation for English‐medium instruction (EMI), beliefs about English‐only practices, and views on translanguaging at a Bangladeshi private university. It also examines whether disciplinary background and previous medium of instruction shape these perspectives. Data came from validated surveys completed by 259 undergraduate students and semi‐structured interviews with 12 …
Psychology (18 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (18 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (17 works) · Pedagogy (16 works) · Mathematics education (15 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Political science (13 works) · Linguistics (12 works) · Computer Science (6 works)