In the United Kingdom:
Annual Hopkins Lecture: Professor David Crystal
Title of the Lecture: ‘Where have all the dialect words gone? Hopkins and a disappearing dictionary.’
Venue: EDEN Lecture Theatre, Liverpool Hope University, the United Kingdom.
Date: Friday 4th March, 2016
Programme
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Fraternity
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Date
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Title
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Linguistics Research Seminar Speaker: Dr. Barbara Loester
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University of Winchester, United Kingdom
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4 November, 2015
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"Linguistic landscapes in Winchester and Southampton: What’s your heritage?"
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Linguistics Research Seminar Speaker: Dr. James Hawkey
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University of Bristol, United Kingdom
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4 December, 2015
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“Attitudes towards minority languages in a multilingual context: The cases of Catalan and French in Northern Catalonia”
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Linguistics Research Seminar Speaker: Dr. Mercedes Durham
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University of Cardiff, United Kingdom
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24 February 2016
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"Attitudes, salience and language change: What twitter can teach us (about the Welsh accent)"
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Linguistics Research Seminar Speaker: Dr. Melanie Evans
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University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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2 March, 2016
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"Royal family networks: Exploring language variation and change in Tudor Court English correspondence"
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Linguistics Research Seminar Speaker: Caroline Rowland
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University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
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13 April, 2016
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"How do children learn syntax? Evidence from production, comprehension and explanatory models"
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Linguistics Research Seminar Speaker: Dr. Nicola Puckey
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University of Winchester, , United Kingdom
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13 January, 2016
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"Challenges to the linguistic construction of womanhood: Does a woman need a vagina?"
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In Bangladesh:
- Completed the ten-week online teacher training course: "Introduction to Pedagogy and Practices for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages'" with distinction during the period April 7, 2014 through June 13, 2014 which is equivalent to 10 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) of 100 Hours of Instruction.
- Participated in a workshop on “Teaching Studies: Participatory Engaging Teaching” by HRD Institute, from June 03, 2013 to August 03, 2013, facilitated by Yousuf M Islam, PhD Professor, Dept of Computer Science & Engineering and Executive Director, Human Resources Development Institute (HRDI), Computer Science & Engineering Department, Daffodil International University.
- Participated in a seminar on “Postmodern Fiction”, facilitated by Professor Dr. Syed Manzoorul Islam, Professor, Department of English, University of Dhaka, held at DIU Auditorium, on 27th June, 2013.
- Participated in an “English Teacher Development Programme” facilitated by Dr.Steve Cornwell, Dr.Ann McLellan Howard, Tim Newfields and Marian Wang, organized by BELTA (Bangladesh English Language Teachers’ Association) held at Presidency University, Dhaka, on 6th and 7th September, 2013.
- Participated in a seminar on ‘Structuralism’, organized by the Department of English, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, on 30 November 2013, facilitated by Dr.Shamsad Murtaza, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Dhaka.
- Attended a workshop on "Teaching writing: Assessments & Feedback" organized by BELTA-IML, on January 3, 2014 at Institute of Modern Languages, University of Dhaka, facilitated by Dr. Sharmin Khan, Department of Linguistics and Language Development, San Jose State University, California, USA.
- Attended an ELT Workshop on ‘Interactive Reading Activities’ held on Saturday, August 30,2014 organized by The American Center, facilitated by Ms. Jimalee Sowell, English Language Fellow, The U.S. Embassy, Dhaka.
- Attended an ELT Workshop on “How Learning Works: Brain-Based Approach,” and “Best Practices for Teaching Writing,” held on December 6,2014 organized by Department of English, Daffodil International University , facilitated by Dr. Rosa Fagundes, Fulbright Scholar, Department of English, University of Dhaka.
- Attended a Workshop on ‘Research Methodology’ held on Sunday, April 12, 2015 organized by the Department of English, Daffodil International University, facilitated by Dr. Sanyat Sattar, Associate Professor & Chair, Department of English, Jahangirnagar University and Dr. Sayeedur Rahman, Associate Professor, IML, Dhaka University.
- Attended a “Teachers Training Program” by Dr. Wendy A. Garland, specialist in the instructional strategies and effective teaching –learning methods, on 23 May 2015 at Daffodil International University.