Currently I am working as assistant professor at the Department of Communication Disorders, University of Dhaka. Before joining Dept. of Communication Disorders, I also served as a lecturer in the Dept. of Linguistics, University, Bangladesh since 2013. Besides my academic duty, I am also working as a moderator in Dhaka ...
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Currently I am working as assistant professor at the Department of Communication Disorders, University of Dhaka. Before joining Dept. of Communication Disorders, I also served as a lecturer in the Dept. of Linguistics, University, Bangladesh since 2013. Besides my academic duty, I am also working as a moderator in Dhaka university debating society and as a supervisor for Gender and development wing at Dhaka university research society. I worked as a Linguist at the project of Google translate for the Bengali Language.And worked as Bengali language consultant in what3words in London, UK. Currently I am also working as Linguistics Expert at Sentiment analisis project (EBLICT) under the direct supervision of ICT ministy, Bangladesh goverment.
I completed my BA (hons.) & Masters from Department of Linguistcs, University of Dhaka with Deans award 2012. I did my second MSc. in Cognitive Science at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany with Deutschland Stipendium award.
Dept. of Communication Disorders, University of Dhaka
Dhaka, Bangladesh
01, Sep 2016
Currently Working
Lecturer
Dept. of Communication Disorders, University of Dhaka
Dhaka, Bangladesh
30, Apr 2015
31-08-2019
Lecturer
Dept. of Linguistics, University of Dhaka
Dhaka, Bangladesh
11, Nov 2013
15-03-2019
Research Interest
Subject
Description
Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator)
Cognitive Science- Human cognition, knowledge & language
Pshycholinguistics
Neuro-Linguistics
Autism, Down Syndrome, Aphasia
Linguistics and language processing
Speech and Language pathology
Communication Disorders
Clinical Linguistics
Project/Research Supervision
Level of Study
Title
Supervisor
Co-Supervisor(s)
Name of Student(s)
Area of Research
Current Completion
No project/research
supervision is
found
Project/Research Work
Subject
Project Name
Source of Fund
From Date
To Date
Collaboration
Analysis of perlocutionary effects performed by Bengali High Functioning Autistic children.
01-07-2015
01-12-2015
A proposed multilingual therapy model for Bengali Aphasic patients.
01-01-1970
30-07-2015
An analysis of pre-verbal skills performed by low functioning autistic children.
01-01-1970
01-07-2011
A proposed pre-verbal therapy model for Bengali low functioning autistic children.
An analysis of pre-verbal skills performed by low functioning autistic children.
Theory of Mind (TOM) and identifying the nature of emotional expression performed by Bengali children with Down Syndrome.
Gesture as sign: A semiotic analysis of Bengali emblematic hand gestures
The Input Hypothesis and cognitive approach to L2 acquisition: A study of L2 vocabulary acquisition by Bengali children.
The Influence of Visual Association Field on the Helmholtz illusion
P3b amplitudes differences in ultra-rapid visual categorization task of food and non-food items.
Anticipatory eye movements while processing WH-dependencies in a second language
A brief introduction of EBLICT (Enhancement of Bengali Language in ICT) A project for creating Bengali Language Corpus.
Communication Sciences and Language Disorders (Book)
Invited Talk
SL
Invited Talk
1
SL
Collaboration & Membership Name
Type
Membership Year
Expire Year
1
Linguistics Summer School, Prag, Chech Republic
Alumni member
2018
Life Time
2
Psycholinguistics in Flanders, Gent, Belgium
Alumni Member
2019
Life Time
3
Center for Cognitive Science, TUK, Germany
Associate member
2018
Life Time
4
Germany Scholarship, Education Ministry, Germany
Scholar
2017
Life Time
5
Birmingham corpus linguistics summer school
Alumni
2018
Life Time
Book
1
Tawhida Jahan
Communication Sciences and Language Disorders.
Dhaka: Nabajug prokashon, 2015 .
Book Section
1
Tawhida Jahan "A proposed multilingual therapy model for Bengali Aphasic patients."
Aphasia and Bengali Language: Linguistic Analysis. Dr. Hakim Arif Dhaka: Dhaka Book fair, 2015 149-166 .
2
Tawhida Jahan "Analysis of perlocutionary effects performed by Bengali High Functioning Autistic children.."
Language Problem of Bengali Autistic childrens. Dr. Hakim Arif Dhaka: Annesha prokason, 2015 57-80 .
Journal Article
1
Tawhida Jahan: P3b amplitudes differences in ultra-rapid visual categorization task of food and non-food items.,
South Florida Journal of Development , vol.2 , no.1 , pp.440-457 , 2021
.
Tawhida Jahan: Theory of Mind (ToM) and analyzing how Bengali children with Down syndrome identify human faces expressing emotions,
Faculty of Social Science , vol.Vol.13 , no.No.13 , pp.29-36 , 2019
.
3
Tawhida Jahan: The Input Hypothesis and cognitive approach to L2 acquisition: A study of L2 vocabulary acquisition by Bengali children.,
The Journal of the Institute of Modern Language , vol.Vol.28 , no.No.28 , pp.71-83 , 2017
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Tawhida Jahan: An analysis of pre-verbal skills performed by low functioning autistic children,
The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics , vol.Vol.4 , no.No.7 , pp.63-78 , 2014
.
Conference Proceedings
1
Tawhida Jahan "A brief introduction Enhancement of Bengali Language in ICT- A project for creating Bengali Language Corpus."
Corpus Linguistics Summer School, University of Birmingham
United Kingdom: Bangla Corpus, 2019
.
2
Tawhida Jahan "Anticipatory eye movement while processing WH-dependencies in a second language.."
Psycholinguistics in Flanders-PIF 2018, Belgium.
Gent, Belgium.: 2018
.
3
Tawhida Jahan "Gesture as sign: A semiotic analysis of Bengali emblematic hand gestures.."
Summer School of Linguistics, August’ 2017
Litomyšl, Czech Republic: 2017
.
Award Type
Title
Year
Country
Description
International
Deutschland Stipendium
2017
Germany
Deutschlandstipendium is a German government
Local
Begam Saida Afjal Memorial Award, University Of Dhaka
