http://dspace.aiub.edu:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/467 2026-09-12T21:27:41Z http://dspace.aiub.edu:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/2941 Title: Benefits of NLP Tools for Speaking Development of Second Language Learners Authors: HASAN, S. M MEHEDI; Chowdhury, Anika Tahmina; Islam, Md. Shohaib; MAHMUD, IFTEKHAR Abstract: Having to build oral proficiency can be difficult for L2 learners, mainly because they often lacked enough chances to practice and receive feedback. While NLP tools presented potential for automated speaking practice, research on their effectiveness from the learner's viewpoint is still evolving. This study employed a quantitative research framework. Data was collected via Google Forms survey L2 learners using NLP tools (e.g., speech recognition, automated pronunciation evaluation, conversational AI). The survey examined improvements in fluency, precision, selfassurance, and participant contentment. The analysis was expected to reveal a strong positive correlation between NLP tool usage and self-reported speaking skill enhancements. Projected findings showed significant improvements in recognized pronunciation accuracy and spoken fluency. Results also demonstrated that immediate, automated feedback enhanced learner confidence and motivation for oral practice. The outcomes indicated that NLP tools were effective further resources for L2 speaking development. They offered scalable, personalized practice addressing limitations in traditional educational settings. In the long run, applying NLP-based speaking tools into language programs enabled learners to adopt a more proactive and confident approach to achieving oral proficiency 2025-12-20T00:00:00Z http://dspace.aiub.edu:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/2917 Title: Exploring trajectories of English language education policy for socio-economic sustainability Authors: Ibna Seraj, Prodhan Mahbub Abstract: The discussion in this study aims to figure out how English Language policy will contribute to the sustainable socioeconomic condition of a country. To do this, the searching strings such as “ English Language Education policy” and “Language Education management policy” were employed through Google Scholar, limiting the time frame from 2020 to June 2025. The 56 studies were found to be very close to the objectives of this study and considered to elicit a response to answer the investigation of this study. The selected studies held a discussion in different contexts such as India, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Chile, South Korea, Ghana, China, Thailand, Iran, and Taiwan. This study found that the key factors for designing the English language education policy were sociocultural, pedagogy, globalization, economic competitiveness, neoliberalism, the layers of education, and upgrading living standards. The study also found a gap between the practical implications and the conceptual policy in these contexts. Thus, policy decisions, investments made, and the subsequent results were sometimes not coherent. Therefore, this study will recommend conducting more research to mitigate the policy and practice for a sustainable socioeconomic state. 2025-09-24T00:00:00Z http://dspace.aiub.edu:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/2841 Title: Toxic cityscape, slow violence, and necropolitics: “Storied” air in Animal’s People and Moth Smoke Authors: Shibaji, Mridha Abstract: Drawing on references from material ecocriticism, Rob Nixon’s idea of slow violence, and Achille Mbembe’s concept of necropolitics, this paper foregrounds the intersection between air injustice among economically marginalized postcolonial subjects and slow violence-triggered disease and decay. It explicates how South Asia has been positioned as a site of air vulnerability and air inequality in the age of the Anthropocene. It argues that the ‘storied’ atmosphere in Animal’s People by Indra Sinha and Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid can serve both as a text and a context to acknowledge the crucial omnipresence of air and its dynamic agency, warning humanity not to take air for granted as an invisible and hollow force. 2025-07-18T00:00:00Z http://dspace.aiub.edu:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/2681 Title: Exploring TPACK Literacy among Early Career English Teachers in Bangladesh Authors: Khan, Akibur Rahman; Akhter, Priyanka Abstract: This study uses mixed methods to examine TPACK literacy among early-career English teachers in Bangladesh. It focuses on their readiness to use technology in teaching. Findings show varied levels of TPACK skills, with gaps in technology use. The study recommends improving teacher training through digital literacy, practical experience, and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) to support effective technology-based teaching. Description: Conference Proceeding 2025-03-01T00:00:00Z