Md Ariful HasanTeacher · Researcher · Trainer

Publications

My research and writing on English language teaching, textbooks and literature. For the most up-to-date list, with full texts and citations, see my academic profiles.

Journal articles

  1. Barsha, S. A., Efa, T. N., & Hasan, M. A. (2024). A critical analysis of the English textbook of Class Eight in Bangladesh. ELE Praxis, 1(1), 46–51. https://doi.org/10.51474/elepraxis.v1i1.552
    Evaluates the national English for Today (Class Eight) textbook: it praises the practical, conversational tasks and recommends more advanced vocabulary and more challenging exercises.
  2. Jahan, S. N., & Hasan, M. A. (2023). An in-depth analysis of the Class Six new textbook in the Bangladeshi national curriculum. BELTA Journal, 7(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.36832/beltaj.2023.0701.08
    An analysis of the new Class Six English textbook introduced with Bangladesh's revised national curriculum. Read the summary

Thesis

  • Hasan, M. A. (2024). Educational outcomes post-reform: The discontinuation of primary public English exams in Bangladesh [Master's thesis, Kathmandu University]. Kathmandu University eLibrary. Full text

Conference presentations

  1. Enhancing English presentation skills through Canva: Student perceptions from Bangladeshi private higher education, with Shuva Karmaker and Shaikat Das. 2nd International Conference of BRAC Institute of Languages, Epistemic Reconfigurations in Language Studies (ERLS 2026), BRAC University, Dhaka (November 2026).
  2. Tradition, time, and the sublimated self: Recontextualizing Eliotic impersonality in Al Mahmud's poetics (July 2026).
  3. AI-integrated gamified tasks for EFL learner engagement: The P.L.A.Y. framework. EWU-BELTA Conference 2026 (co-presenter).
  4. An action research inquiry into the low participation of learners in speaking activities within an online English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom (December 2025), with Laxman Gnawali.
  5. The role of artificial intelligence in enhancing academic English proficiency among secondary school students in Bangladesh (December 2024), with Krishna Dutta and Ashraful Wadud.
  6. Exploring the professional growth of new English instructors at private universities of Bangladesh (December 2023).
  7. Engaging tertiary level students in English language writing classes using visual aids (December 2021).

Newspaper opinion pieces (Bangla)

Writing for teachers

Poems, stories and poem recitations are collected on the Creative Writing page. Current projects are listed under Research.