A. K. M. Zakaria, PhD
Professor, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, DUET, Gazipur
Dr. Akm Zakaria is a distinguished professor who has been working as Head of the Department in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur (DUET) Bangladesh. He obtained Ph.D. & MA in English Language Education/ Teaching (ELT/ELE) from The English & Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad, India, and Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English Literature from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P. India. He has more than 25 years of teaching/research experience and 30 plus publications including research papers, book reviews, and conference proceedings. His areas of interest include ELT Curriculum/syllabus design, English for Specific Purposes (ESP), SLA, Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Research Methodology, Needs analysis, materials development.
| Mobile: | +8801717254536 |
| Email: | [email protected] |
| Office: | 02-49274016, 49274034-53 Extn: 5163 |
| Address: | Apartment- 1/A, Prachir Shopnochura,, Sheltek Housing, Shimultoly Road, Gazipur-1700, Gazipur, Gazipur |
| Field of interest: | ELT, ESL and ESP |
| Field of specialization: | ELT Curriculum Innovation, English for Specific Purposes (ESP), SLA, Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Research Methodology, Business Communication, Needs analysis, English Literature. |
Degrees Obtained (Starting from Recent Degrees):
| # | Degree | Institute | Year | Discipline & Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PhD | The English & Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad, India. | 2015 | English Language Education/ Teaching (ELE/ELT) |
| 2 | MA | The English & Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad, India. | 2001 | English (Language & Literature) |
| 3 | BA (Hons) | Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P., India | 1998 | English Literature |
| 4 | HSC | Dhaka Board | 1993 | Science |
| 5 | SSC | Dhaka Board | 1991 | Science |
Employment Record (Starting from Present Position):
| # | Designation | Institute | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Professor | Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur | 2017-04-23 : 2021-06-18 |
| 2 | Associate Professor | Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur | 2016-03-23 : 2017-04-18 |
| 3 | Assistant Professor | Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur | 2005-09-28 : 2016-03-22 |
| 4 | Lecturer in English | Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur | 2001-08-18 : 2005-09-28 |
Additional Charges:
| # | Designation | Faculty/ Department/ Institute/ Office | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Head | HSS | 2015-07-16 : 2021-10-06 |
Consultancy and Sponsored Research Activities:
| # | Title | Organization | Role | Fund | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EXCRUCIATING ORDEAL AND VIGOUR OF FEMALE PROTAGONISTS – A POSTCOLONIAL STUDY IN SELECTED NOVELS OF SHASHI DESHPANDE | L.R.G. GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN AFFILIATED TO BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY | Foreign Adjudicator | USD-200 | 2018 |
| 2 | VOICELESS VOICE OF THE MARGINALISED: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SELECT NOVELS OF TONI MORRISON AND BAMA | Bharathiar University | Foreign Adjudicator | USD 200/- | 2020 |
| 3 | Exploration of Bigotry’s Repercussions and Transformation in the Select Novels of James Baldwin | BHarathiar University | Foreign Adjudicator | USD 200/- | 2020 |
| 4 | INDESTRUCTIBLE FRAGRANCE OF LOVE IN SELECT NOVELS OF WILLA CATHER WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ROBERT STERNBERG’S TRIANGULAR THEORY OF LOVE | Bharathiar University | Foreign Adjudicator | USD 200/- | 2023 |
| 5 | Expatriation and Transmogrification of the Self in Alien Land – A Study of Bharati Mukherjee’s Women Protagonists in Select Novels | Bharathiar University | Foreign Adjudicator | USD 200/- | 2020 |
| 6 | A Woman in a Man’s Body: A Panoptic Study of the Select Indian Trans Narratives and Trans Community | Periyar University | Foreign Adjudicator | USD 200/- | 2022 |
| 7 | Quest for Individualism in the Selected Novels of Chetan Bhagat | Bharathidisan University | Foreign Adjudicator | USD 200/- | 2023 |
| 8 | Challenges of Online and Offline Modes of Learning and Teaching in Secondary Schools in Andhra Pradesh | The English & Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India | Foreign Adjudicator | USD 200/- | 2025 |
Publications (Journal):
| # | Year | Title | Authors | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | A Comparative Review of American and British English Variations and their Pedagogical Relevance for EFL Learners | Mohammad Rukanuddin, Nur Mohammad Khan, AKM Zakaria and Sanzida Rahman | DUET Journal |
| 2 | 2022 | Tertiary Level Aliya Madrasah Students’ Motivation in EFL Classrooms: Teachers’ and Students’ Perspectives in Bangladesh | Ashfaque Akhter, Mir Md. Fazle Rabbi and AKM Zakaria | DUET Journal |
| 3 | 2021 | ELT Pedagogical Platforms used by Engineering Students in Bangladesh: A Survey-Based Study of the Issues and Challenges during and beyond Covid-19 Pandemic | Viva, S., Sultana, F. & Zakaria, AKM | DUET Journal. Vol-07, Issue 01 |
| 4 | 2021 | Facebook as a Platform of Flipped Classroom for the EFL Learners: A Study on the Perceptions of the Tertiary Level Students in Bangladesh | Nur Mohammad Khan, Prof. Dr. AKM Zakaria, Rashed Mahmud, Jannat -E- Hosne Ara | Harvest: Jahangirnagar University Studies in Language and Literature (volume 35, 2019-2020, ISSN 1729-8326) |
| 5 | 2019 | Language Learning Strategies of Engineering Students: An Explorative Study in Bangladesh Perspectives | AKM Zakaria, Fatema Sultana, Mir Md. Fazle Rabbi and Motiur Rahman | DUET Journal, Vol (05), Issue (01) Pp 51-56 |
| 6 | 2019 | An Evaluation of Fundamental English Courses: A Scrutiny of their Effectiveness at an Engineering University, Bangladesh | Fatema Sultana, Nahida Sultana & Akm Zakaria | International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL).Vol. 9, Issue 3, ISSN (E): 2249-8028 |
| 7 | 2018 | Identifying the English Communication Needs of Engineering Learners in Bangladesh through Needs Analysis: An ESP Perspective | Zakaria, AKM | Central Journal of Bangladesh Open University (CJBOU). Vol. IV, Issue 2, ISSN: 2664-3464. |
| 8 | 2018 | Teaching Listening Skill through Google Classroom: A Study at Tertiary Level in Bangladesh | Rabbi Mir Md. Fazle, Zakaria, AKM &Tonmoy Md. Mir | DUET Journal, Vol, 3, Issue 1 |
| 9 | 2018 | Challenges Faced by Tertiary Level Engineering Students in Learning English: a Study in the Context of DUET | Rahman Sanzida, Sultana Fatema& Zakaria, AKM. | DUET Journal. Vol. 3, Issue 1, Article ID- 1707311344. |
| 10 | 2017 | A Critical Review of the Global Institutional Ranking System with Special Reference to the Tertiary Education Sector of the USA and Europe and It’s Prospects in Bangladesh | Zakaria et al. | Elixir International Journal, /Soc. Sci. 110 (2017) 48220-48223 |
| 11 | 2017 | Replication of Mathew Peacock’s Experimental Work on Authentic Materials to Improve the Level of Motivation of the Learners in the Context of Bangladesh | Zakaria AKM, Nayeem Md. Abu, Rabbi Mir Md. Fazle & Rahman Sanzida | International Journal of Language, Literature and Skills (IJELLS). Vol. 6, Issue 3. Page 92-101. ISSN No: 2278 -0742 |
| 12 | 2017 | The Take off point for Designing English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Course for Engineering Learners | Zakaria, AKM | International Journal of Language, Literature and Skills (IJELLS). Vol. 4, Issue 4. PP. 132-141. ISSN No: 2278 – 0742. |
| 13 | 2015 | Status of English and ESP: A Bangladesh Perspective | Zakaria, AKM | Education Today (An International Journal of Education and Humanities). 6(1), 358-366, ISSN No: 2229-5755 |
| 14 | 2015 | Involving Learners in ESP Course Design: A Bangladesh Perspective | Anuradha RV & Zakaria, AKM | International Journal of Multidisciplinary Educational Research (IJMER). Vol. 4, Issue 6 (2), pp. 136-154, ISSN No: 2277-7881 |
| 15 | 2014 | An Experiment with Learners’ Specialized Content-Based Teaching Materials to Enhance Reading Comprehension in Engineering Classroom: A Bangladesh Perspective | Zakaria, AKM | Journal of Education in Twenty First Century (An International Journal of Education and Humanities), ISSN NO: 2394-7845 |
| 16 | 2013 | An Investigation into the use of short story at Tertiary Level in ESL Classroom: Learners’ Interests and Perceptions. | Arifeen Mohammad Shajedul & Zakaria, AKM. | Bangladesh Journal of Progressive Science and Technology; 11 (1), 133-138. ISSN: 2305-1809 |
Publications (Conference):
| # | Year | Title | Authors | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | Empowering Learner autonomy of Engineering Students through Digital Pedagogies in EFL Context | Nur Mohammad Khan and AKM Zakaria | 1st International Conference on Science and Humanities for Sustainable Development |
| 2 | 2018 | Social Stratification of Language Variation in the Context of Corporate Aesthetics | AKM Zakaria & NM Khan | First International Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education 2018 (ICQAHE 2018), IQAC, DUET, ISBN: 9789848056004, Pp 36-44 |
| 3 | 2015 | 21st Century Global Market: The Need, the Gap and the Necessity. | Zakaria, AKM | 21st Century Global Market: The Need, the Gap and the Necessity. |
| 4 | 2014 | Designing Engineering ESP Teachers’ Training Module for Professional Development: An Empirical Study in Bangladeshi Context | Zakaria, AKM | the 3rd International Teacher Educators Conference jointly organized by British Council and The English & Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India |
Fellowship / Membership of Scientific and Professional Societies:
| # | Type | Organization | Membership Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Member | BELTA | 2507 |
| 2 | Member | Aligarh Old Boys Association | 092 |
Course Conducted:
| # | Programme | Course No | Course Title | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MPhil | HSS 6101 | Fundamentals of Linguistics | 2025-26 |
| 2 | B.Sc. | HSS 3427 | Professional English | 2022-2023 |
| 3 | B.Sc. | Hum-1103 | English and Economics | 2001-2016 |
| 4 | B.Sc. | Hum-2301 | English | 2015-2022 |
| 5 | B.Sc. | Hum-1104 | English Language Sessional | 2008-2023 |
| 6 | B.Sc. | HSS 1501 | Functional English | 2015-2018 |
| 7 | B.Sc. | HSS 1101 | English | 2022-2023 |
| 8 | B.Sc. | HSS 1201 | Technical English | 2024-2025 |
| 9 | B.Sc. | HSS 1203 | Technical English | 2022-2024 |
| 10 | B.Sc. | HSS 1427 | English | 2015-2023 |