Literacy specialist with enthusiasm for transformational teaching and learning. Areas of expertise include literacy acquisition and development, establishing literacy education in families, groups, communities, schools, workplaces, and other settings, teacher education, curriculum design and implementation, data analysis, creating early grade reading intervention, writing grant proposals, supervising theses, and teaching courses at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Education

• SSC
  • Group: Humanities
  • Board: Dhaka
  • Year: 1991
  • Institution: Kakoli School
  • Result Type: First Division
  • Result: 725 marks out of 1000 marks
• HSC
  • Group: Humanities
  • Board: Dhaka
  • Year: 1993
  • Institution: Holy Cross College
  • Result Type: First Division
  • Result: 755 marks out of 1000 marks
• Bachelor
  • Subject: English
  • Year: 1997
  • Institution: Dhaka University
  • Result Type: Second Class
  • Result: 7th Position out of 120 students
• Master 1
  • Subject: English
  • Year: 1999
  • Institution: Dhaka University
  • Result Type: 2nd Class 10th Position
• Master 2
  • Subject: English Language Teaching
  • Year: 2003
  • Institution: Dhaka University
  • Result Type: GPA 77.2% marks
• Master 3
  • Subject: Literacy Teaching and Learning
  • Year: 2015
  • Institution: State University of New York Albany
  • Result Type: GPA 80%

Publications/Journals/Research/Conferences

Publications – Journal

• Shaila, M. Y., & Trudell, B., “From passive learners to critical thinkers: Preparing EFL students for university success,” English Teaching Forum, 48(3), pp. 2-9, 2010.
• Shaila, M.Y., “Academic Language Across Disciplines” Crossings, 8 (1), pp. 275-279, 2017.

Conferences

• Shaila, M.Y., Transforming the struggling students into successful university students, TESOL Convention, 2012, Philadelphia, USA.
• Shaila, M.Y., Integrating Literature into EFL Classrooms, International NELTA Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2011.
• Shaila, M.Y., Beyond Book Report, International SPELT Conference on Language Diversity, 2009 Karachi, Pakistan.
• Participant Observer, TESOL Convention, 2008, New York, USA.
• Shaila, M.Y., Three types of journal writing, Language Teaching Workshop, BELTA, 2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Research Interests

Areas of expertise include literacy acquisition and development, establishing literacy education in families, groups, communities, schools, workplaces, and other settings, teacher education, curriculum design and implementation, creating early grade reading intervention.

Research Projects

• “Evaluating Secondary School English Language Teaching and Learning in Bangladesh.” RELO Grant, The American Center 2017-2018. In collaboration with Dr. Shamsad Mortuza, ULAB; Dr. Mahmud Hasan Khan, ULAB; and Mahmuda Yasmin Shaila, ULAB
• Development of a Supplemental Instructional Course in Reading and Writing Arguments for Ninth Graders at Risk of Leaving School before Graduating, U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences (IES), USA, May 2015.

Teaching Responsibilities

• Research Methodology
• 17th Century Prose and Drama
• Testing and Evaluation
• Psycholinguistics

Profile Links

ResearchGate Profile

Professional Experience

• Adjunct Faculty, Department of English
  • October 2021 – present
  • East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Adjunct Faculty, Department of English and Humanities
  • August 2020 – present
  • University of Liberal Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Assistant Professor, Department of English and Humanities
  • June 2016 – July 2020
  • University of Liberal Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Senior Lecturer, Department of English and Modern Languages
  • July 2015 – May 2016
  • North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Literacy, Teaching and Learning
  • August 2013 – June 2015
  • State University of New York (SUNY) Albany, USA
• Senior Lecturer, BRAC Institute of Languages
  • June 2012 – July 2015
  • BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Lecturer, BRAC Institute of Languages
  • January 2006 – May 2012
  • BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Lecturer, Department of English
  • May 2000 – December 2005
  • Dhaka City College, Dhaka, Bangladesh