Currently, Dr. Md Kamrul Hasan is working as an associate professor in the Department of English at United International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He received his doctoral degree from Universiti Uttara Malaysia, Malaysia, and prior to that, he was awarded Master of Philosophy (M Phil) in ELT from the University of Delhi, where he also earned Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Master of Arts in Linguistics. He was ranked as one of the most cited Bangladesh-based authors in the field of linguistics by AD Scientific Rankings in 2021.

His research expertise covers Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Education and Technology, Language Learning and Technology, Language Policy, Phonology, ELT, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, and SLA.  He has got fifty-seven research articles (36 Scopus-indexed and 20 Web of Science indexed articles) published in prestigious international peer-reviewed journals, namely The Journal of Asia TEFL (ASIA TEFL, South Korea), Open Linguistics (DeGruyter, Germany), Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics (Indonesia University of Education, Indonesia), MEXTESOL Journal (MEXTESOL, Mexico), and International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (Kassel University Press GmbH, Germany), Language Testing in Asia (Springer Nature),  Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives (Emerald), Heliyon (Elsevier), and Frontiers in Psychology (Frontiers Media S.A.).

He can be reached at mkamrulhasan77@gmail.com; kamrul@english.uiu.ac.bd

Published Articles

1. Md. Kamrul Hasan (2010). Individual and social-psychological variables related to Bangladeshi students and their proficiency in ESL. The Journal of Asia TEFL, Vol. 7(1), pp. 333-361. (Indexed in Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index and Scopus Q 1; H Index; CiteScore 2020: 1.0) [Publisher: The Asian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language]
2. Md. Kamrul Hasan (2011). Teaching ELT course materials at tertiary level: Suitability and challenges. ABAC Journal, Vol. 31(3), (September-December 2011) pp. 27-35. (Indexed in TCI & ACI)
3. Md. Kamrul Hasan and Mohd. Moniruzzaman Akhand (2009). Challenges and suitability of TESL at the college level in Bangladeshi context. Journal of NELTA. Vol. 14(1-2), pp. 45-54.
4. Md. Kamrul Hasan (2009). Causative constructions in Kok-Borok. Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics. Vol. 2(4), pp. 115-138.

5. Md. Kamrul Hasan and Mohd. Moniruzzaman Akhand (2010). Approaches to writing in EFL/ESL context:  Balancing product and process in writing class at tertiary Level. Journal of NELTA, Vol. 15 (1-2), pp. 77-88.

 6. Md. Kamrul Hasan and Mohd. Moniruzzaman Akhand (2013). Strategies for enhancing the use of textbooks in language classrooms at tertiary level. ABAC  Journal. Vol. 33(2), (May-August) pp. 1-14. (Indexed in TCI & ACI)

7. Md. Kamrul Hasan (2011). Approaches to the teaching second language writing at tertiary level in Bangladeshi private universities. ABAC Journal. Vol. 31(1), (January- April) pp. 28-42. (Indexed in TCI & ACI)

8. Md. Kamrul Hasan and Mohd. Moniruzzaman Akhand (2014). EFL students’ English language proficiency and academic achievement. ABAC Journal. Vol. 32(2), (May- August 2014) pp. 64-70. (Indexed in TCI & ACI)

9. Md. Kamrul Hasan and Mohd. Moniruzzaman Akhand (2014). Reviewing the challenges and opportunities presented by code switching and mixing in Bangla. Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics. Vol. 18(2), pp. 65-76. (Indexed in LIBA & ERIC)

10. Md. Kamrul Hasan (2015). Focus intonation in Bengali. Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, Vol. 19 (1), pp. 63-88. (Indexed in LIBA & ERIC)

11. Alabere Rabiat Ajoke, Dr. Aspalila Bt. Shapii and Kamrul Hasan (2015). Co- curricular activities and achievement in language learning of secondary school students in Nigeria. ABAC Journal. Vol. 35 (2), (May-December 2015) pp. 18- 31. (Indexed in TCI & ACI)

12. Md. Kamrul Hasan and Dr. Ahmad Affendi Shabdin (2016). Conceptualization of depth of vocabulary knowledge with academic reading comprehension. PASAA, Vol. 51, (January-June) pp. 235-268.   (Indexed in ERIC)

13. Md. Kamrul Hasan and Dr. Ahamd Affendi Shabdin (2017). Engineering EFL learners’ vocabulary depth knowledge and its relationship and prediction to academic reading comprehension. Asia Pacific Journal of Academic Research in Social Sciences, Vol. 2, 14-21. (Lyceum of the Philippines University)

14. Md. Kamrul Hasan and Dr. Ahmad Affendi Shabdin (2017). The relationship of sub- components of manifold dimensions of vocabulary depth knowledge and academic reading comprehension among English as a foreign language       learners at tertiary Level. Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied       Linguistics, 21 (1), 85-114.  (Indexed in LIBA & ERIC)

15. Md. Kamrul Hasan (January 25, 2019). A step-by-step lesson plan and assessment for paragraph writing. ELT Choutari, Special Coverage on Reflection, Vol. 11 (90), (http://eltchoutari.com/2019/01/a-step-by-step-lesson-plan-and- assessment-for- paragraph-writing/).

16. Mizanur Rahman and Md. Kamrul Hasan (2019). Academic writing difficulties of Bangladeshi students at a higher education in Malaysia. Journal of Research and Multidisciplinary, 2(2), 145-171. (Indonesia)

17. Mizanur Rahman and Md. Kamrul Hasan (2019). A study of voiceless inter-dental fricative [θ], [ð] sounds and alveolar liquid [r] sound among Chinese learners of English at a higher educational institution in Malaysia. Journal of Applied Studies in Language, 3(2), 148-157.  (Politeknik Negeri Bali, Indonesia)

18. Md. Kamrul Hasan and Mohammad Mosiur Rahman (2020). Analytic relations versus syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations of vocabulary depth knowledge: Their correlation and prediction to academic reading comprehension of EFL learners. Open Linguistics, 6(1), 357-371. (Indexed in Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index. Scopus–Indexed, Q 1; H Index; CiteScore 2020: 0.9; Impact Factor in 2023: 0.8) [Publisher: Walter de Gruyter]

19. Md. Kamrul Hasan, Md. Didar Hossain, and Abdul Karim (2020). Assessing the relationship and prediction of manifold facets of analytic relations to academic reading comprehension. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 19(6), 179-205. (Scopus-Indexed, Q 4; H Index; CiteScore 2020: 0.6) [Publisher: Society for Research and Knowledge Management]

20. Md. Kamrul Hasan, Prodhan Mahbub Ibna Seraj, and Mekhala Chakma (2020). Vocabulary depth knowledge and academic reading comprehension of Business EFL undergraduates: A correlational design study. Humanities and Social Sciences Review, 8(4), 646-656.

21. Prodhan Mahbub Ibna Seraj, Hadina Habil, and Md. Kamrul Hasan (2020). Investigating EFL learners’ readiness of using smartphone and problems for learning oral English communication skills at tertiary level in an EFL context. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies, 14(14), 148-163. (Scopus-Indexed, Q 3; H-Index; CiteScore 2020: 2.9) [Publisher: Kassel University Press GmbH]

 22. Muhammad Waleed Shehzad, Tahira Anwar Lashari, Sana Anwar Lashari, and Md.Kamrul Hasan (2020). The interplay of self-efficacy sources and reading self-efficacy beliefs in metacognitive reading strategies. International Journal of Instruction, 13(4), 523- 544. (Indexed in Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index: Scopus- Indexed; Q 2; H Index; CiteScore 2020: 2.7).

 23. Muhammad Waleed Shehzad, Rida Ahmed, Shazma Razzaq, Amer Akhtar, and Md. Kamrul Hasan (2020). Do reading boredom and reading boredom coping strategies predict reading comprehension performance? An empirical investigation of Saudi EFL learners. Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 10(2), 447-461. (Index: Scopus-Indexed; Q 2; H Index; CiteScore 2020: 1.2). [Publisher: Indonesia University of Education]

 24. Md. Kamrul Hasan and Muhammad Waleed Shehzad (2020). The correlation and prediction of syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations to academic reading comprehension among tertiary level EFL learners. Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics, 11(2), 70-80. (Indexed in Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index, Scopus-Indexed; Q 2; H Index; CiteScore 2020: 0.9). [Publisher: Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz]

25. Md. Kamrul Hasan and Mohammad Mosiur Rahman (2020). Examination of the prediction of different dimensions of analytic relations’ impact on academic reading comprehension: An inter-group comparative study. MEXTESOL Journal, 44(4), 1-15. (Scopus-Indexed; Q3; H Indexed; CiteScore 2020: 0.1) [Publisher: Asociacion Mexicana de Maestros de Ingles MEXTESOL A.C]

26. Prodhan Mahbub Ibna Seraj, Md. Kamrul Hasan, and Hadina Habil (2020). English teacher’s views on the barriers of implementing E-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic at the private universities in Bangladesh. Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems. 12(8), Special Issue, 1033-1041.

 27. Majid Wajdi, Ikhsanudin, Md. Kamrul Hasan, and Fatema Sharmin (2020). The study of Indonesian verbs berkata, bersabda, and berfirman. Journal of Applied Studies in Language, 4(2), 281-293. (Politeknik Negeri Bali, Indonesia)

28. Md Shaiful Islam, Md Kamrul Hasan, Shahin Sultana, Abdul Karim and Mohammad Mosiur Rahman (2021). English language assessment in Bangladesh today: Principles, practices, and problems. Language Testing in Asia, 11(1), 1-21. (Indexed in Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index: Scopus-Indexed; Q1; H Indexed; CiteScore 2020: 2.0; Impact Factor in 2023: 2.8) [Publisher:      Springer Nature]

29. Prodhan Mahbub Ibna Seraj, Hadina Habil, and Md. Kamrul Hasan (2021). Investigating the problems of teaching oral English communication skills in an EFL context at the tertiary level. International Journal of Instruction, 14(2), 501-516. (Indexed in Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index: Scopus- Indexed; Q 2; H Index; CiteScore 2020: 2.7). [Publisher: Gate Association for Teaching and Education]

 30. Kh. Atikur Rahman, Prodhan Mahbub Ibna Seraj, Md Kamrul Hasan, Ehsan Namaziandost, and Shouket Ahmad Tilwani (2021). Washback of assessment on English teaching-learning practice at secondary schools. Language Testing in Asia, 11(12), 1-23. (Indexed in Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index: Scopus- Indexed; Q 1; H Index; CiteScore 2020: 2.0; Impact Facor in 2023: 2.8)[Publisher: Springer Nature]

 31. Md. Kamrul Hasan, Prodhan Mahbub Ibna Seraj, and Kh. Atikur Rahman (2021). The prediction of the responsible determinants to institutional attributes for EFL student dropout at the tertiary level. MEXTESOL Journal, 45(3), 1-11. (Scopus-Indexed; Q 2; H Index; CiteScore 2020: 0.1). [Publisher: Asociacion Mexicana de Maestros de Ingles MEXTESOL A.C]

32. Kh. Atikur Rahman, Md Kamrul Hasan, Ehsan Namaziandost, and Prodhan Mahbub Ibna Seraj (2021). Implementing a formative assessment model at the secondary schools: Attitudes and challenges. Language Testing in Asia, 11(18), 1-18. (Indexed in Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index: Scopus- Indexed; Q 1; H Index; CiteScore 2020: 2.0; Impact Factor in 2023: 2.8). [Publisher: Springer Nature]

33. Md. Kamrul Hasan and Singhanat Nomnian (2021). Listening comprehension: The role of morphological knowledge. MEXTESOL Journal, 45(4), 1-12. (Scopus-  Indexed; Q 2; H Index; CiteScore 2020: 0.1). [Publisher: Asociacion Mexicana de Maestros de Ingles MEXTESOL A.C]

34. Prodhan Mahbub Ibna Seraj, Hadina Habil, Md. Kamul Hasan, and Fatema Sharmin (2021). Exploring EFL teachers’ perception on readiness to use smartphones for teaching oral English communication skills at tertiary level. MEXTESOL Journal, 45(4), 1-9. (Scopus-Indexed; Q 2; H Index; CiteScore 2020: 0.1). [Publisher: Asociacion Mexicana de Maestros de Ingles MEXTESOL A.C]

35. Mohammad Mosiur Rahman, Md Shaiful Islam, Md. Kamrul Hasan, and Manjet Kaur Mehar Singh (2021). English medium instruction: Attitudes of university lecturers in Bangladesh and Malaysia. Issues in Educational Research, 31(4), 1213-(Indexed in Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index: Scopus-Indexed; Q 2; H Index; CiteScore 2020: 1.6). [Publisher: Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Inc., Australia]

 36. Hafizah Hajimia and Md. Kamrul Hasan (2021). Gender differences in language learning from sociolinguistics perspectives. Review of International Geographical  Education Online, 11(9), 2912-2920. [Publisher: Eyup Artvinli, Institute of Education in Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey]

37. Md. Didar Hossain and Md. Kamrul Hasan (2022). A comparative study between the effectiveness of reading-only condition and reading-while-listening condition in incidental vocabulary acquisition. Journal of Language and Linguistics Study, 18(Special Issue 1), 277-298. [Publisher: Selcuk University, Turkey]

38. Md. Kamrul Hasan, Abdul-Hafeed Fakih, Prodhan Mahbub Ibna Seraj, and Badruddin Kaddas (2022). Examining the predictive role of derivatives of morphological knowledge to reading comprehension. Heliyon, 8(2), e08870. (Indexed in Web of Science, Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus-Indexed; Q 1; H Index; CiteScore 2022: 5.6; Impact Factor in 2023: 4.0). [Publisher: Elsevier]

39. Muhammad Waleed Shehzad, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Rida Ahmed, Shazma Razzaq, and Shehzad Ahmed (2022). The nexus between grit and pronunciation performance among EFL learners: The mediating role of pronunciation self-efficacy beliefs. Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives, 18(1), 32-48. (Indexed in Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index: Scopus-Indexed; Q4; H Indexed; CiteScore 2022: 1.1) [Publisher: Emerald]

 40. Md. Kamrul Hasan, Prodhan Mahbub Ibna Seraj, and Muhammad Waleed Shehzad (2022). The correlation and prediction of depth of vocabulary knowledge to academic reading comprehension of EFL tertiary learners. International Journal of Learning and Change, 14(2), 199-220. DOI: 10.1504/IJLC.2022.121160 (Scopus-Indexed; Q3; H Indexed; CiteScore 2022: 1.2) [Publisher: Inderscience Publishers]

41. Marzia Shurovi, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Mahbuba Sultana and Farzana Zaman (2022). Are the socio-economic factors predictors of EFL students’ writing anxiety?: A study of Bangladeshi tertiary students. MEXTESOL Journal, 46(1), 1-(Scopus- Indexed; Q 2; H Indexed; CiteScore 2022: 0.5) [Publisher: Asociacion Mexicana de Maestros de Ingles MEXTESOL A.C]

42. Md. Kamrul Hasan, Prodhan Mahbub Ibna Seraj, Abdul-Hafeed Fakih and Blanka Klimova (2022). Conceptions and viewpoints of English as a foreign language undergraduate students towards flipped instructed classroom. Education Research International, Volume 2022, Article ID 6140246. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/6140246 (Indexed in Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index: Scopus-Indexed; Q 3; H Indexed; CiteScore 2022: 1.8) [Publisher: Hindawi, United Kingdom]

 43. Md. Kamrul Hasan (2022). A critical investigation of the status of English at the tertiary level education in Bangladesh. MEXTESOL Journal, 46(3), 1-5. (Scopus-Indexed; Q 2; H Index; CiteScore 2022: 0.5). [Publisher: Asociacion Mexicana de Maestros de Ingles MEXTESOL A.C]

44. Md. Kamrul Hasan, Abdul-Hafeed Fakih, Prodhan Mahbub Ibna Seraj, and Hasmirati (2022). The effect of technology-assisted language programme on vocabulary learning among EFL students at the tertiary level. Heliyon, 8(8), e10313 (Indexed in Web of Science, Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus-Indexed; Q 1; H Index; CiteScore 2022: 5.6; Impact Factor in 2023: 4.0). [Publisher: Elsevier]

45. Md Nurul Anwar, Md Nurul Ahad, and Md. Kamrul Hasan (2022). Investigating the tertiary level students’ practice of collaborative learning in English language classrooms, and its implications at public universities and at Arabic institutions. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 21(8), 345- (Scopus-Indexed, Q 3; H Index; CiteScore 2022: 1.7) [Publisher: Society for Research and Knowledge Management]

46. Zhongzheng Zhao, Xiaochuan Wang, Sayed M. Ismail, Md. Kamrul Hasan and Arash Hashemifardnia (2022). Social media and academic success: Impacts of using telegram on foreign language motivation, foreign language anxiety, and attitude toward learning among EFL learners. Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.996577 (Indexed in Web of Science, Social Sciences Citation Index, Scopus-Indexed; Q 1; H Index; CiteScore 2022: 4.5; Impact Factor in 2022: 4.232). [Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.]

47. Chunyan Teng, Tahereh Heydarnejad, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Abdulfattah Omar, and Leeda Sarabani (2022). Mobile assisted language learning in learning English through social networking tools: An account of Instagram feed-based tasks on learning grammar and attitude among English as a foreign language learners. Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1012004 (Indexed in Web of Science, Social Sciences Citation Index, Scopus-Indexed; Q 1; H Index; CiteScore 2022: 4.5; Impact Factor in 2022: 4.232). [Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.]

48. Md. Nurul Anwar, Md. Nurul Ahad, Choiril Anwar, Hani Qasem Mohammed Asaad, Md. Kamrul Hasan, and Boonyarit Omanee (2022). Correlation and prediction of students’ level of reading comprehension through their perception of the application of transition words. Education Research International, Volume 2022, Article ID https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2082982 (Indexed in Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index: Scopus-Indexed; Q 3; H Indexed; CiteScore       2022: 1.8) [Publisher: Hindawi, United Kingdom]

49. Hani Qasem Mohammed Asaad, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Narges Alidoust, Ahmad Affendi Shabdin, Amine Ounissi, and Md. Didar Hossain (2022). The impact of morphological awareness intervention in enhancing L2 postgraduate students’ productive vocabulary breadth. Education Research International, Volume 2022, Article ID 5930822. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/5930822 (Indexed in Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index: Scopus-Indexed; Q 3; H Indexed; CiteScore 2022: 1.8) [Publisher: Hindawi, United Kingdom]

50. Amine Ounissi, Raihana Romly, Azza Jauhar Ahmad Tajuddin, and Md. Kamrul Hasan (2023). Impact of incidental exposure to e-learning platforms on students’ interest in online extensive reading during COVID-19 pandemic. MEXTESOL Journal, 47(2), 1-16. (Scopus-Indexed; Q 2; H Indexed; CiteScore 2022: 0.5). [Publisher: Asociacion Mexicana de Maestros de Ingles MEXTESOL A.C]

51. Md Karim Rabiul, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Mahadi Hasan Miraz, and Rashed Al Karim (2023). Motivating language and employees’ need satisfaction to service quality: Conservation of resources and speech act theories. Management Research Review, 46 (12), 1783-1801 (Indexed in Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index: Scopus-Indexed; Q 1; H Indexed: 65; CiteScore 2022: 5.4). [Publisher:  Emerald Publishing, United Kingdom]

52. Hafizah Hajimia, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Charanjit Kaur Swaran Singh, G. Kassymova, Salasiah Zaini Abbas, Mutohhar (2023). Interdisciplinary insights and psychology into the interplay of linguistics and ethnomusicology in the 21st century education. Journal for ReAttach Therapy and Developmental Diversities, 6(6s), 93–108. (Scopus-Indexed; Q 4; H Indexed: 4; CiteScore 2022: 0.4). [Publisher: ReAttach Therapy International Foundation, The Netherlands]

 53. Imelda Hermilinda Abas, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Ali Zahabi, Lester Naces Udang, Fahrina Mustafa (2023). Catching motivation: A comparative study between Indonesia, Thailand, Bangladesh, and China university students. Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 9(2), 197-211. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.32601/ejal.902017 (Indexed in Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index: Scopus-Indexed; Q 2; H Indexed: 9; CiteScore 2022: 2.4). [Publisher: Hacettepe University, ELT Dept, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkiye]

 54. Marzia Shurovi, Mohamad Fadhili Yahaya, Hafizah binti Hajimia, and Md. Kamrul Hasan (2024). Five decades of achievement motivation research in ELT: A systematic literature review. Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 21(1), 285-318. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32890/mjli2024.21.1.10 (Indexed in Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index: Scopus-Indexed; Q 1; H Indexed: 14; CiteScore 2022: 2.7). [Publisher: Universiti Utara Malaysia Press]

 55. Bunyarat Duklim and Md. Kamrul Hasan (2024). The effectiveness of team- teaching in improving reading skill among Thai EFL undergraduates and their attitudes toward this strategy. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 23(2), 248-274. (Scopus-Indexed; Q 3; H Indexed: 13; CiteScore 2022: 1.7). [Publisher: Society for Research and Knowledge Management]

56. Md Tarikul Islam, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Selvajothi Ramalingam and Kazi Enamul Hoque (2024). Impact of English language proficiency on local language use among Bangladeshi graduates. Languages, 9(4),1-15. (Indexed in Web of Science, Emerging Sources Citation Index: Scopus-Indexed; Q 1; H Indexed: 12; CiteScore 2022: 1.1; Impact Factor in 20222: 0.9). [Publisher:   Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)]

57. Md. Ziaul Karim, Laxman Gnawali and Md. Kamrul Hasan (2024). A modified 5-  SPICE framework review on English language teachers’ and learners’ perceptions of  an educational emergency. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 23(4), 52-75. (Scopus-Indexed; Q 3; H Indexed: 18; CiteScore 2022: 1.7). [Publisher: Society for Research and Knowledge Management]

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