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Unique Features of English Department

Four-Year Bachelor with Honor's Degree with job placement opportunities through Placement Cell

Balanced synchronization of literature and linguistics courses that familiarizes students with a wide array of British, American, and World literature

Free monthly workshop sessions on soft skills needed for professional life

Full-fledged language lab equipped with modern technology

Free Communicative English and IELTS preparatory classes

Distinguished faculty members having a diverse range of academic interests

Opportunity to explore a wide range of literary works—poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction and wide coverage of chronological fields

Financial Aids with Merit based scholarships

One of the biggest and most vibrant students' club: CUB English Club

Monthly communicative language lab classes through CUB English Club

Opportunity to write in national dailies and magazines as Contributors

Thesis writing or Project submissions for final year students

Opportunity to work as Research Assistants with Faculties for international journal publications

4 Research Cells

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Bachelor Of Arts (Hons.) in English

The Department of English is a dynamic place to study Literature, Applied Linguistics, ELT, Cultural Studies, Critical and Literary theories and much more. With an aim to provide students with rich intellectuals and creative opportunities, it specializes in producing versatile students with the strong interpretive and communication skills needed for the competitive world.

Mission

The Department of English, Canadian University of Bangladesh (CUB), aspires to be a center of academic excellence, professional expertise, and contextual research in English Studies both nationally and globally. Our Mission is educating citizen leaders through our commitment to the transformative power of liberal arts education. Beginning in the classroom with exposure to new ideas, new ways of understanding, and new ways of knowing, we commit to enable students embark on a journey of intellectual transformation. We aspire to do the following:

1. To balance the needs of general education - communication, diversity, global perspectives, interdisciplinary studies - with those of the academic knowledge.
2. To utilize the given appropriate pedagogies - including class size - and environments (classrooms, equipment, resources, and technology) that will lead our student retention and success as well as an increase in the number of majors and minors.
3. To help students see themselves as professionals, as part of a discipline with skills and abilities valuable in the business, teaching, publishing, or post-graduate work.
4. To encounter creativity crucial to English studies through theater productions, readings by professional writers, and their own creative and critical production and presentation.
5. To efficiently develop technical writing knowledge along with sufficient subject-relevant education

Vision

To foster knowledge and a love of literature and of language among students with a coherent curricular framework and well-structured course choices through teaching a variety of literary, pedagogical, theoretical and analytical skills. The English Department at the Canadian University of Bangladesh helps students build knowledge of the content and methods of literary studies, TESOL, English education, and academic, professional, and creative writing. It also provides General Education courses in Communication (CW, CA), Humanities and Fine Arts (HF), Diversity (D), and Ethical Citizenship.

To be recognized as the standard for liberal arts and sciences education along with providing students with proper employability skills. We are committed to creating and sustaining the conditions that enable the students to experience an unparalleled educational journey that is intellectually, socially, and personally transformative.

Research Cells

Literature & Creative Writing Research Cell

Head & Chief Investigator: Fiza Jefreen, Assistant Professor, Department of English

Education Leadership and Innovation in Teaching Research Cell

Head & Chief Investigator: Anika Subah Ahmad, Lecturer, Department of English

Second Language Acquisition Research Cell

Head & Chief Investigator: Abdullah Mahmud Alauddin, Lecturer, Department of English

Sociolinguistics and Multilingualism Research Cell

Head & Chief Investigator: Prodipto Shil Dip, Lecturer, Department of English

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Student Scholarship

146000+

Tk. Per Student Scholarship

5568+

Students' Participation Through Events

Our Faculty

Md. Abdullah Al Mamun

Assistant Professor & Head (Acting)
Department of English
Canadian University of Bangladesh
Fulbright Scholar University of Michigan
MA in TESOL, BRAC University
BA (Hons.) in ELT & Applied Linguistic, BRAC University
Email: abdullah.almamun@cub.edu.bd

Shahbaz Khan

Lecturer
Department of English
Canadian University of Bangladesh
MA in English Literature, University of Nottingham UK
BA (Hons.) in English, American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB)
Email: shahbaz.khan@cub.edu.bd

Priti Paul

Lecturer
Department of English
Canadian University of Bangladesh
MA in TESOL, Department of English Language, University of Dhaka
BA(Hons.) in ESOL, Department of English Language, University of Dhaka
Email: priti.paul@cub.edu.bd

Sadia Tasnim

Lecturer
Department of English
Canadian University of Bangladesh
MA in Applied Linguistics and ELT, BRAC University
BA (Hons.) in English (Major in Applied Linguistics and ELT), BRAC University
Email: sadia.tasnim@cub.edu.bd

Antara Ibnat

Lecturer
Department of English
Canadian University of Bangladesh
MA in TESOL, Department of English Language, University of Dhaka (Appeared)
BA(Hons.) in ESOL, Department of English Language, University of Dhaka
Email: antara.ibnat@cub.edu.bd

Musrat Alam

Adjunct Faculty Member
Department of English
Canadian University of Bangladesh
MA in English Literature, BRAC University
BA in English Literature, BRAC University
Email: musratalam94@gmail.com

Adiba Sayeed

Adjunct Faculty Member
Department of English
Canadian University of Bangladesh
MA in TESOL, Department of English & Modern Language, North South University.
BA in English Literature, Department of English & Modern Language, North South University
Email: adibasayeed1@gmail.com

International Advisory Board

Dr. Malai Zeiti Sheikh Abdul Hamid

Dr. Protiva Rani Karmaker

Sabbir Sarker

Mohammad Aman Ullah

Some of Our Events

Orientation Program

A fantastic and joyful Orientation Program was organized for the freshers of Summer-22 and Fall-22 on 22nd November 2022 by the Department of English, Canadian University of Bangladesh (CUB) with a view to welcome the new students to the lovely and welcoming family of CUB.
The program was enlightened by the presence of respected Treasurer & Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Furthermore, Director of Student Affairs, Marketing, Branding & Student Recruitment, Deputy Director of Student Affairs, Registrar, also faculty members encouraged the students with their valuable advice.
The event began with a recitation from the holy Quran followed by a short cultural program organized by the students to culture a bond with the freshers. At the end the event turned out to be a gala day by the spontaneous participation of the chief guest, faculty members and exuberant students of Department of English.

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The “English Genius” was a spectacular and successful national event of the English club with segments such as poetry recitation, poetry writing, short story writing, online speech and Olympiad enabling students to unleash their creativity.

Grand Celebration of WOMEN'S DAY 2020

The English club celebrated Women’s Day 2020 on March 8, 2020 in the auditorium of the university, by showcasing the struggles of women in the patriarchal society through cultural events. Many students participated in singing, dancing, recitation and other cultural activities in the program. Some students considered playing part of female role models.

BREAKFAST WITH FACULTIES: A Relaxing session amidst Pandemic

The hard hit of pandemic is still giving us hard time but to exhort the students and revive the memories and having essences of normal day a refreshing virtual breakfast session was held with the students and faculties of English Department. Every teacher and student had breakfast by turning on their camera on zoom.

VOICE OF AMERICA PRESENTS AMERICAN ENGLISH

Two students of the English Club, Zarmin Samdani and Navid Alam, were invited as guests on the show “Voice of America presents American English” on Bangla Radio 95.2 FM. This session was broadcast live from the Radio on 21st September, 2020.

INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR SERIES ON: CAREER PROSPECTS IN ENGLISH

A Webinar Series has been launched by CUB English Club with a view to enlightening the young students regarding the wide range of career opportunities associated with English Department.

Carpe Diem CUB English Club

Like the helm title, this club envisages and envisions the blossom of our deep delved artisanship. This club will serve its intellectual and aesthetic hospitality to the pupils.
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” Quoted by An Irish Playwright Oscar Wilde. We only exist in this tumultuous megalopolis of ginormous modernity. The Latin calque carpe diem has a ubiquitous offering, that is live the day, cease the day, be your own. This club will revamp and revivificate the hibernating self of us that has long been lost under the boulder of contemporaneity and quotidian life.
We are blessed with language and a rational mind. The concordance of both has distinguished us from the rest of the creations and posited us on the zenith of the crowd. Having blessed with this mastery and craftsmanship only human can narrate story, compose lyric, write ageless novel, imagine the unimagined, conquer the unconquered.
The club and its activity will work like a catalyst to distill the best out of the learners to demystify the ancient hermeneutic scroll of our unsung heart.