Md. Mojibur Rahman

Md. Mojibur Rahman
Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad | ISM · Department of Humanities and Social Science

Ph.D.

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Introduction
I have 19 years of experience in teaching English Language Skills to the students of Science and Technology. My areas of interest include: ESP, EST, ELT, Language Testing, Translation Studies, Language Studies and Communication Skills Development. I have supervised M. Phil and Ph. D. dissertations on ESP in ESL context, Tribal Language Study, Discourse Analysis, Stylistics, Purpose-based English Teaching, and Translations of Literary Texts.
Additional affiliations
June 2005 - present
Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad
Position
  • Lecturer
Education
July 2000 - June 2001
Aligarh Muslim University
Field of study
  • Linguistics
July 1999 - December 2005
Aligarh Muslim University
Field of study
  • English Language Testing
July 1997 - June 1999
Aligarh Muslim University
Field of study
  • English Language Teaching

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Publications (69)
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The study analyzes two Bengali Dalit autobiographies in both original and translated versions. One is Itibritte Chandal Jiban (2012) by Manoranjan Byapari (trans. Interrogating My Chandal Life: An Autobiography of a Dalit in 2018), and the other is Amar Bhubane Ami Benche Thaki (2013) by Manohar Mouli Biswas (trans. Surviving in My World: Growing U...
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This research paper examines Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, with emphasis on the way the novel considers questions concerning "melancholy" in the novel and nature of "existence" of Clones. The study builds on these questions to consider the complex ways the author expresses the concept of "Melancholy" as shown through the experiences of clones w...
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Ocean can be read as a mnemonic text, from anthropological, historiographical, sociological, and literary perspectives, despite ocean being constructed, in our popular imagination, as a void-a 'non-place' in Mark Auge's term.Ocean, in general, symbolizes chaos. The present studyseeks to identify the symbolic and material connotation of ocean water,...
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This study probes into the effectiveness of multimedia tools and technology in enhancing specific English language skills among Indian multilingual English as a Second Language (ESL) learners registered in a unique interdisciplinary program (AECC-English). This program merges traditional English language instruction with coursework from other subje...
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Identifying and addressing speaking challenges is crucial for teachers to foster language acquisition. Additionally, the pedagogical approach employed by language teachers exerts a profound influence on students' linguistic development. Therefore, the present research focuses on oral difficulties faced by rural technical students and outlines tailo...
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The current study aims to understand the attitudes of Indian multilingual undergraduate students toward the use of technology in English language learning. To make things easier, this investigation was divided into-a) the benefits of using these (technological aspects) and b) the purpose for which students use it, as well as c) their preference for...
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Cohesion is deemed an indispensable component of writing, contributing to both the organisation of texts as well as the reader’s comprehension of the content. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the utilisation of discourse features in the academic writing of students. It specifically focuses on the cohesive devices employed by students and...
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Ruskin Bond is a well-known Indian author whose works are deeply rooted in his personal experiences and observations. His stories often feature an autobiographical element, with characters and settings inspired by his own life. This study explores the autobiographical element in Bond's writings and how it adds depth and authenticity to his works. T...
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Language death is a phenomenon with symptoms related to demeaning vocabulary count and depletion of domains of language use along with the simplicity of linguistic structures. It commences by exhibiting traits of a declining number of fluent speakers, dwindling attitude of the speakers with regard to their heritage language, language shift, lack of...
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This interview discussion is the outcome of a virtual meeting partially along with email correspondence. In this interview discussion with Bidisha Pal and Md. Mojibur Rahman, translator V. Ramaswamy focuses on the journey of his translation and tryst with the marginalised Dalit voice(s) in Bengal. He speaks about the writings that propel him to cho...
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Bengali Dalit refugees and refugeehood fall under the less discussed chapter in the streamlined flow of history and narratives. Often within the hegemonic macro-narratives of partition, the ‘common minimal narratives’ (Kaur, 2008, Narrative absence: An ‘Untouchable’ account of partition migration. Contributions to Indian Sociology, vol. 42, p. 286)...
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A closed reading of the mobility of tribal life in West Bengal can take us to the Sundarbans in the southern fringes of Bengal; where the Santhals can be traced, who migrated from their homelands in the Chota Nagpur, to the tide country (Sundarbans) only a few centuries ago, to clear forested lands and to start cultivating the virgin land. Coloniza...
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The aim of the study is to procure a deep knowledge regarding the origin of the Kharia tribe and to expand the facts about the origin of this unique Kharia tribe of Jharkhand. Creation myths acts as a tool to portray the clear picture of the creation, destruction, and re-creation of the tribe. The genre of creation tales is always fascinating an...
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Literary works represent and expressively depict the tale of humans’ traumas by describing the cynicism of peoples’ customs, culture, and mutual differences of perspectives. Likewise, Benjamin Kwakyeʼs The Sun by Night attracts readersʼ attention towards the cynicism and negative consequences of polygyny prevailing in the culture/society of Ghan...
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Teaching materials are the primary source of input in the language classroom. The potential of English language teaching (ELT) materials to preserves and transmit our culture, value, identity, and language make it significant for socio-cultural sustainability. The materials developed by the National Council of Education and Research Training (NCERT...
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Teaching materials are the primary source of input in the language classroom. The potential of English language teaching (ELT) materials to preserves and transmit our culture, value, identity, and language make it significant for socio-cultural sustainability. The materials developed by the National Council of Education and Research Training (NCERT...
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The present study examines the concept of autoethnography in a Bengali Dalit autobiography. Dalit autobiographies are distinct from the mainstream autobio�graphies; Dalit self-narratives often become alternative historiographies which draw out the suppressed voices of history surrounding the self and the society. This very particularity makes th...
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Many studies, reports, books, narratives, and surveys have focused on the disputable picture of the sustainable development of victims of the Bhopal Gas Disaster to understand the trauma, faced by the victims and survivors before and during the COVID-19 period. Traumatic accidents fundamentally shatter the time-based experience of humans between th...
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The purpose of the present study is to portray the perception of tribal communities towards sustainable development. The motive of the study is to picture the awareness which these tribal communities imbibe in themselves from primitive times. The idea to study Munda tribe of Jharkhand is because they are large in numbers, and will easily represent...
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Like many countries of the world, India too went into lockdown since 25 th March 2020. In this emergency people were asked not only to stay home; regular classes at schools, colleges, and at university level were immediately suspended to prevent any community transmission of the deadly virus Covid-19. However, University Grants Commission (UGC) of...
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The present study aims at analyzing Benjamin Kwakye's The Sun by Night to present the dark side of the plural marriage form, 'Polygyny'. The researcher uses the Pragmatic approach of discourse analysis to analyze the novel. The focus is on the intended meaning of the context as well as on the influence that the given issue of the context can have o...
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Language needs of the prep students at ISM..they lack basic language skills and need a remedial course. The paper talks about their needs through a survey and also contains questionnaires.
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The present study aims at discourse analysis of Mundari Folktales of Jharkhand using sociocultural features. Discourse Analysis acts as an umbrella term for a rapidly growing field of research covering a wide range of different theoretical approaches and analytical emphases. It is assumed that different constructions of the world are represented in...
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While, popular culture like films has more generalized mass appeal and flexibility of evolution with spatiotemporal changing dimensions of reality; folk cultures are mainly indigenous, relatively inflexible and slowly resistant to change. Popular films like Agantuk (1991) by Satyajit Ray, Barfi! (2012) by Anurag Basu and Jagga Jasoos (2017) by Anur...
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The paper, out of the three major domains of sustainable development, brings its focus on socio-cultural sustainability. As human contacts and negotiation are essential to serve the purposes of sustainable development worldwide , language as a shared means of communication is worth paying attention to. The central objective of the paper is to delib...
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ilization has been linked to a matter of dispute for a long time. Cultural facet includes the way of life, traditions, beliefs and social behavior of a particular group of people or society. The present study aims to determine the impact of traditions, rituals and cultural beliefs on the lifestyle of people. In this paper, a comparative analysis of...
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The article makes an extensive study of the poetic essence of alienation and paranoia that revolve around in the modern society of rupture and restlessness through select poems of Subodh Sarkar from the anthology called Not in My Name: Selected Poems (1978-2017), translated and edited by Jaydeep Sarangi and published in 2018. The poems, largely act...
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Listening as a language skill is not simply hearing of aural stimuli but is an active process of receiving aural as well as visual stimuli attentively followed by comprehension and retention of the message or intention of the speaker. But in a country like India where majority of the learners in most parts of the country learn and listen to English...
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Spivak uses a term “Museumizing Subalternity” (46) in order to remind about the tendency to “keep the subaltern in the space of difference” (46) and subside their voices. In India, the Dalit people possess a certain “differentness” (Dangle viii) in their attitude and characteristics which specify their voice of resistance against the age old existe...
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The article presents a Preliminary Pragmatic Model (PPM) with the practical levels of pragmatic features. Poetry translation pose great difficulty in retaining the ‘extra-linguistic features’ of the source text and target text. When placing more emphasis on linguistic features, ‘extra-linguistics’ are ignored by the evaluators. This lack is largely...
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The present study provides a description of suprasegmental features of the language spoken by the Gulgulia community in Dhanbad, India. It briefly deals with the nasalization process, length of the vowel sounds, stress pattern, juncture, and intonation pattern in this language.
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A multilingual society shares some common social and cultural situations affecting the linguistic features of a language. It eventually appears in linguistic performances of the speech community which might lead to its endangerment. The Kurukh language, spoken in and around the district of Ranchi in Jharkhand, India, appears in a multilingual socie...
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Change is the nature of every living language for better communication. These changes can be phonological, morphological, syntactical and lexical, because of various linguistic affects. The synchronic and diachronic study of language proves that it enriches the vocabulary of the language. Another reason for the enrichment of vocabulary is through m...
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The purpose of the study is two-fold in nature, firstly to enumerate the reading difficulties among post-primary students and secondly, to explore the challenges that the teachers face in teaching reading to these students. There were three main objectives of this study. First, to find out the factors contributing to the development of difficulties...
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The present study provides a description of Kurukh phonology, the language spoken by the Oraon community in and around Ranchi. It briefly deals with the description of phonemes of Kurukh. The study describes vowel and consonant sounds of Kurukh; consonant clusters; syllable structures; and suprasegmental features such as nasalization, length, stres...
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The chapter deals with the learning style of students at different level of education. Accordingly the teacher should decide the teaching strategies in the language classroom. The study is the outcome of the researcher's experience in the language classroom.
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One of the most difficult situations for the language teacher is a group which includes students of different levels, of varying learning ability, or even both. The class has to be organized so that no-one needs to feel they're wasting time waiting for the others or alternatively, that they are "out of their depth" in comparison to other members of...
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The purpose of the present study is to identify and analyse the language needs of the Preparatory students and recommend a few points of observation that may help to enhance the present English syllabus and can be made more learner-centred. To know the needs of the Preparatory students, a need analysis survey has been conducted. Two questionnaire...
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With the emergence of socio-cultural theories regarding learning in general and concerning language learning in particular, the area of applied linguistics finds a new direction. More dynamic view towards the nature of language turned scholars from static view to competence towards more interactive and dynamic view towards explicating what the natu...
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Globalisation is, no doubt, one of the major defining characteristics of modern society. It constitutes both a threat and a challenge, depending on the point of view and the predisposition of the observer. One of the effects of globalization is the emergence of English as a Global language for communication. Since it is now also associated with eco...
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This paper briefly discusses the factors which contribute in code-switching in Gulgulia language which is the mother tongue of the Gulgulia community. The Gulgulias are a nomadic community, widely distributed in the states of Jharkhand, Bihar and Bengal who live by arranging shows of monkeys and bears, begging and even petty thieving.
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This study shows that in the present scenario, Gulgulia speakers widely show traits of code-switching, not just in the outside domain but also in the home domain. This research, a socio-linguistic analysis of contact between Gulgulia, Hindi and Khortha etc. seeks to determine the social, psychological and linguistic factors that constraint the use...
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In the ESP tradition, genre is often defined as "structured communicative events engaged in by specific discourse communities whose members share broad communicative purposes." ESP genre research has generated numerous descriptions and explanations of discipline-specific genre exemplars and has produced various pedagogical proposals. However, what...
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In the process of globalization demand for learner-centred language courses resulted into the emergence of courses that were designed according to the specific needs of the learners and this resulted into a great demand of the teachers who could teach English as per the needs of the learners.The present study discusses the key roles of ESP practiti...
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Oral communication fulfills a number of general and discipline-specific pedagogical functions. Learning to speak is an important goal in itself, for it equips students with a set of skills they can use for the rest of their lives. Speaking is the mode of communication most often used to express opinions, make arguments, offer explanations, transmit...
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The purpose of the present study is to analyze the material of class V Hindi syllabus using standardized language teaching principles and also to investigate how teachers are using it. The objectives of the study are to examine strength and weakness of the prescribed textbook in the light of language teaching principles and to find out whether the...
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The purpose of the present study is to analyze the material of class V Hindi syllabus using standardized language teaching principles and also to investigate how teachers are using it. The objectives of the study are to examine strength and weakness of the prescribed textbook in the light of language teaching principles and to find out whether the...
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In the process of globalization demand for learner-centred language courses resulted into the emergence of courses that were designed according to the specific needs of the learners and this resulted into a great demand of the teachers who could teach English as per the needs of the learners.The present study discusses the key roles of ESP practiti...

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