Mannujan Mohini Sudha
Lecturer, Department of English College of Science and Arts King Khalid University Kingdom of Saudiarabia
Phone: 0550030287 E-mail: [email protected]
Employment History
Employment Duration: 25/08/2012 –Till date
Designation: Lecturer Organization: College of Science and Arts, King Khalid University, Kingdom of Saudiarabia.
College of Science and Arts is one of the renowned women college of King Khalid University (KKU), which is a public university in the Aseer Province in South-West Saudiarabia. Job Responsibilities
• Teaching ELT & Applied Linguistics to undergraduate students • Teaching basic skills of EFL courses to the pre intermediate, intermediate and advanced level of students • Tailoring lessons according to research and analysis of student needs. • Organizing and attending departmental meetings, workshops, training and seminar in the college. • Attending and participating in international conferences and workshops. • Involving students in a group research project and supervising them. • Evaluating students’ class work, assignments and examination papers and giving feedback accordingly. • Advising students on academic issues like understanding lecture, choosing courses from different level. • Taking part in community service like teaching English to the nurses and medical administrative from different public hospitals. • Invigilating during midterm and final exam. • Working as a member of planning, revising and evaluating curricula and course development and listening lab committee of English department. • Setting examination questions and evaluating answer scripts. • Maintaining consultation hour to assist and advice students on their academic purpose.
Employment Duration: 22/05/2011 –14/05/2012
Designation: Lecturer II Organization: BRAC Institute of Language, BRAC University, Bangladesh.
BRAC Institute of Languages (BIL) of BRAC University is working with the goal to assist students in developing the language skills they need to become successful in graduate schools and in their professional lives. BIL focuses on implementing student-centered and creative language teaching techniques by developing modules based on students’ proficiency level.
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Job Responsibilities
▪ Preparing and delivering lectures for Undergraduate English Language Courses for the undergraduate students, a range of 6 modular courses that range over from Intermediate to Advanced Proficiency levels.
▪ Teaching in pre-university programme, which was designed for those students who were seeking to perfect and polish their English language skills to become successful BRAC University students. This course was for those students who proved themselves competent in their respective discipline during the admission test except in English language.
▪ Preparing learning material for courses and devising relevant practical activities. ▪ Designing and revising weekly syllabus and lesson plans for every week of lessons and attending weekly meeting with fellow language teachers to share ideas on lesson plan, materials and students’ progress. ▪ Setting examination questions and evaluating students’ class work, homework and examination papers with grades and oral and written feedback. ▪ Evaluating students’ progress and tailoring lessons accordingly.
▪ Providing extra tutorial hour to help introvert and poor EFL learners to improve their writing and speaking skill.
▪ Observing fellow English language teachers’ lecture as a part of peer observation and writing a report.
▪ Participating in the interviewing of potential students in entrance admission test and checking their writing scripts to categorize them in different modular courses according to their writing and speaking ability.
▪ Conducting English Proficiency Development Course (EPDC) to teach pre-intermediate, intermediate and advanced EFL learners from various age and professional backgrounds.
▪ Working as an instructor in a three-week long English language development course for ‘Medhabikash’ where targeted learners were from remote place.
▪ Providing extra time in Writing Centre to help learners individually to improve their academic writing. ▪ Attending many workshops, seminars and trainings for professional development organized by the department
▪ Incorporating modern and effective teaching technique and doing research on it to publish in professional journals
▪ Assisting the students in their academic, community service and other cultural activities
Additional Activities:
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• Developed materials for the page of “English in Schools” in renowned daily news paper The Daily Star for the level of vi to x. • Working as an Invigilator for IELTS exam in Female exam venue of Abha, British Council.
Employment Duration: 01 /02/2009–14/05/2011
Designation: Lecturer Organization: Department of English, IBAIS University, Bangladesh. IBAIS University is one of the renowned private universities in Bangladesh. Job responsibilities
▪ Preparing and delivering lectures to undergraduate and graduate students.
▪ Planning, evaluating and revising curricula, course content, course materials and method of instruction.
▪ Designing lesson plans according to students’ need and ability.
▪ Doing research and designing of new courses and materials.
▪ Evaluating and grading students course work, examination papers and material.
▪ Setting examination questions and preparing result.
▪ Maintaining students’ attendance records, grades and other required records.
▪ Doing departmental administrative tasks.
▪ Providing mentoring, advice and support to students on academic issues like understanding lecture, providing feedback, guiding in their assignments, presentation or project.
▪ Implementing University research projects and involved in its publication. ▪ Maintaining regular office hours to advice and assist students. ▪ Providing additional tutoring to students requiring extra help.
Research and Publication • Sudha.M.Mannujan, The Effectiveness of English Language Courses as EFL in Undergraduate Level at Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh. International Journal of English Language Teaching Vol.5, No.8, pp.7-26, November 2017
Presentation and Workshop
• Conducted an workshop on ‘ Students assessment’ in College of Science and Arts on 2nd January 2013.
• Participated in a poster presentation on ‘Teaching writing to EFL Learners: A study of College of Science and Arts in King Khalid University in KSA’ in First Scientific Forum of Colleges of Arts and Science held on 23rd March 2016.
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• Participated in a oral presentation on “Introducing Critical Thinking in EFL Classroom- A Case Study of King Khalid University in KSA” in 12th Research Day on 20th April 2017.
Major courses in M.A.:
■ ELT: Syllabuses, Methods and Materials ■ Sociolinguistics ■Testing and Error Analysis ■ Research Methodology.
POST GRADUATE THESIS
Research Topic: The Effectiveness of EFL Course.
Research Area: The Effectiveness of EFL Course in Undergraduate Programme at Jahangirnagar University.
Focal Question: How effective the EFL courses are administered in some departments of Jahangirnagar University.
Hypothesis: The objective of my paper is to find out the effectiveness of the courses at Jahangirnagar University. My study is undertaken for examining the following issues, which are very much related with the efficacy of the EFL courses. 1. to examine the teacher and student perceptions of the EFL courses. 2. to examine the methods used by teachers in the classroom. 3. to assess the suitability of the course syllabus in meeting the present and future needs of the students. 4. to find out the appropriateness of the materials used by teachers. 5. to evaluate the testing systems. 6. to examine the learner’s attitude toward this course.
Supervisor: Dr. Sheeren Hoque, Professor, Department.of English, Jahangirnagar University.
Academic Qualification
Masters of Arts (M.A.), 2005 (Held in 2008)
Result : Second Class (6th position) Subject : English (ELT & Applied Linguistics) Institution : Jahangirnagar University Session : 2004-2005 Year of Exam : 2005 (held in 2008)
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), 2004 (Held in 2007)
Result : Second Class Subject : English Institution : Jahangirnagar University Session : 2000-2001 Year of Exam : 2004 (held in 2007)
Higher Secondary Certificate (H. S. C.), 1999
Result : First Division Group : Science Board : Dhaka Year of Exam : 1999
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Secondary School Certificate (S. S. C.), 1997
Result : First Division Group : Science Board : Dhaka Year of Exam : 1997
POST GRADUATE THESIS
Research Topic: The Effectiveness of EFL Course.
Research Area: The Effectiveness of EFL Course in Undergraduate Programme at Jahangirnagar University.
Personal Profile:
Date & placeof Birth: 5th March 1982. Rangpur, Bangladesh
Marital status : Married
Children: One
Reference : Dr. M Maniruzzaman Professor Department of English Jahangirnagar University Savar, Dhaka.
Farzana Parvin Head of the department
Department of English
IBAIS University
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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