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English / Philosophy of Education

« on: March 01, 2016, 01:44:20 PM »

‘Since philosophy is the art which teaches us how to live, and since children need to learn it as much as we do at other ages, why do we not instruct them in it? .. But in truth I know nothing about the philosophy of education except this: that the greatest and the most important difficulty known to human learning seems to lie in that area which treats how to bring up children and how to educate them.’

(de Montaigne, on teaching Philosophy of Education)


Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU

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English / Keeping discipline in class

« on: January 18, 2016, 03:11:42 PM »

Hope the attached article would help us maintain discipline in classroom.



Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU

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English / What are language learning strategies?

« on: December 08, 2015, 03:20:53 PM »

Language learning strategies were defined by Carol Griffiths in her plenary as “actions chosen (either deliberately or automatically) for the purpose of learning or regulating the learning of language”.
This fairly broad definition encompasses quite a few behaviours (and non-behaviours), and in fact, there are references to dozens of strategies in the literature. The proliferation of strategies, and frameworks that have been used to impose some order on the chaos, can at times be somewhat confusing. In his plenary, Andrew Cohen helpfully suggested a broad taxonomy that classified strategies, according to:
•   Goal: Under this heading, a distinction was made between strategies that facilitate learning (e.g., identifying and recording new words), and strategies that facilitate performance (e.g., retrieval and communicative strategies)
•   Function: This heading was used to classify strategies under sub-headings such as cognitive, affective, meta-affective, social, and more.
•   Skill: This heading referred to whether the strategies focussed on listening, speaking, reading or writing.




Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU

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English / A rubric for Role play

« on: November 24, 2015, 10:43:14 AM »

Please find the attachment below which can be a helpful rubric in terms of evaluating role play activities in our classroom.



Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU

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English / Resources for language classes

« on: November 17, 2015, 10:45:52 AM »

The attachment can be a valuable and interesting resource in terms of learning English as a foreign language.More to come!!!



Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU

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English / A rubric

« on: October 04, 2015, 11:27:21 AM »

Please find the attachment of a 5 level rubric designed for linguistics students.




Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU

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English / Oblique Object

« on: September 09, 2015, 11:55:42 AM »

An oblique object is a grammatical relation proposed for a noun phrase clause constituent with the following characteristics:
1. Its nature and behavior are more readily describable in semantic terms than syntactic.
2. It is likely to be the most constrained in the semantic roles it may individually express.
3. It is likely to be marked by an adposition or case affix.
4. It is not likely to be a target of syntactic rules, such as agreement with the verb, or strategies of relativization.

Example (English)
    •  English prepositional phrases, as clause constituents, can be considered oblique objects.
 She was bitten by a spider.



Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU

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English / Teaching Large Classes

« on: August 05, 2015, 11:09:33 AM »

The attached article can be effective and helpful in terms of managing and engaging students in large classes.Please put your suggestions and share your ideas accordingly.



Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU

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English / Double Colonization in 'Petals of Blood'

« on: August 03, 2015, 02:46:21 PM »

In the context of colonial aspects Petals of Blood is remarkable for its presentation of African woman who bears the overall effect of colonial power and the physical, mental and economical violence of patriarchy. This miserable situation can be summarized by the term “double colonization” that means while the women are politically subordinate to and exploited by the white colonizers, their rights have also been violated by the black male within their own communities. In their strength of characters, their spirit and their self-reliance, they are undoubtedly unique. They demonstrate a fewer resolve and deeper understanding than their male counterparts. But at the same time Ngugi’s presentation of a Kenyan woman is no way far removed from the stereotypical presentation of woman, and index or hope or degradation of a nation than a woman, her real self.


Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU

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English / Greetings!!!

« on: July 14, 2015, 10:31:57 AM »

Dear all,we are going to celebrate one of our biggest religious festivals this week.Hope you would have a nice time along with your near and dear ones but let's not forget those who won't be able to celebrate it the way we are going to.Let us accompany and help as much as we can so that they can also have a smile on the special eve.Looking forward to meeting you after the vacation.EID MUBARAK to all!!!!



Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU

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Faculty Forum / Greetings!!!

« on: July 14, 2015, 10:31:04 AM »

Dear all,we are going to celebrate one of our biggest religious festivals this week.Hope you would have a nice time along with your near and dear ones but let's not forget those who won't be able to celebrate it the way we are going to.Let us accompany and help as much as we can so that they can also have a smile on the special eve.Looking forward to meeting you after the vacation.EID MUBARAK to all!!!!



Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU

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English / 'The Invisible Woman...'

« on: July 07, 2015, 10:23:05 AM »

Literary historians maintain that women have never contributed significantly to the German drama. Facts, however, point clearly to the opposite. Indeed, the first known German dramatist (10th century) was a woman! Two major causes for the lack of historic recognition are: (a) prejudice that women are incapable of good dramatic production, (b) underrating of plays because professional critics-traditionally men-have used male psychology as the criterion for judging female characters in plays by women. A revaluation of women’s contributions to drama is imperative.

...an intensive reading from 'The Invisible Woman: The Case of the Female Playwright in German Literature' by Sigrid Scholtz Novak
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English / Teacher Checklist

« on: June 18, 2015, 09:46:26 AM »

Found the checklist interesting shared by one of my students...they are developing indeed!! 





Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU

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English / Content of the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary of Academic English

« on: May 19, 2015, 01:29:43 PM »

The Oxford Learner’s Dictionary of Academic English provides all the tools we need to develop our academic writing skills:

1. Over 22,000 words, phrases and meanings, all with an academic focus
2. Focus on academic writing
3. Hundreds of academic usage notes
4. CD-ROM
5. Plus:the Oxford Academic iWriter on the CD-ROM



Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer
Department of English, DIU

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English / Article regarding attitude and motivation

« on: May 12, 2015, 12:57:07 PM »

The attached article focuses on the attitude and motivation of EFL learners in Iranian context.This can be a useful reading regarding the context where the focus is on tertiary level of learners.


Afroza Akhter Tina
Senior Lecturer,Dept.of English
Daffodil International University