Ms. Shabana Ahmed Chaudhary SE - BNU

Shabana Ahmed Chaudhary is a seasoned educator and academic leader with over two decades of experience in English language teaching, linguistics, teacher education, and academic program development. She currently serves as Senior Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Linguistics and TESOL and English Language Unit at the School of Education, Beaconhouse National University (BNU), Lahore. From August 2023 to August 2024, she also fulfilled the responsibilities of Acting Dean at the School of Education, BNU.

She holds an MA in English Language Teaching (with distinction) from York St John University, UK, and an MA in English Literature from Karachi University. Additionally, she earned the prestigious RSA COTE certification from Cambridge University.

Shabana has held key academic positions at BNU and Aga Khan University, Karachi. Her contributions span curriculum development, academic leadership, research coordination, editorial responsibilities, and conducting professional development programs for educators. Her areas of interest include critical pedagogy, corrective feedback, and teacher professional development. She is a published author, frequent speaker at national and international conferences, and an active contributor to the field of English language education in Pakistan.

• MA English Language Teaching (with distinction), York St John University, York, UK (2009)
• RSA Certificate Course for Overseas Teachers of English (COTE), Cambridge University, UK (1997)
• MA English Literature, Karachi University

• Acting Dean, School of Education, BNU (Aug 2023 – Aug 2024)
• Senior Assistant Professor & Head, Dept. of Linguistics and TESOL, BNU (Jul 2021 – Present)
• Assistant Professor & Head, English Language Unit, BNU (Jul 2018 – Jun 2021)
• Assistant Professor & Head, Dept. of Teacher Education, BNU (Sep 2012 – 2018)
• Assistant Professor & Coordinator, TESL Program, BNU (Jan 2007 – Sep 2012)
• Assistant Professor, Centre of English Language, AKU, Karachi (Aug 2004 – Dec 2006)
• Senior Instructor, Centre of English Language, AKU, Karachi (Jun 2000 – Aug 2004)
• Assistant Professor & Lecturer, PAF Degree College, Faisal (1995 – 2000)

Research

• International Collaborative Action Research on Writing and Oral Interaction (ongoing)
• Teachers’ Questions and Their Effect on Learners’ Responses
• Relative Effects of Explicit and Implicit Corrective Feedback in Incidental Focus on Form
• Successful Women Educators of Punjab – Co-investigator and Coordinator

Thesis Supervision

She has supervised over 30 MA and MPhil theses at BNU.

• 12th International Conference of SPELT, Communicative Language Teaching (October 17–19, 1996)
• 13th International Conference of SPELT, Classroom Interaction (November 7–9, 1997)
• 15th International Conference of SPELT, Group Work/Pair Work (October 1999)
• AKU-CEL Seminar: English Language and Education, Writing Communicatively (February 17–18, 2001)
• 17th International ELT Conference of SPELT, How Useful is Your Textbook (October 12–14, 2001)
• SPELT International Conference, Making Your Students Reflective Practitioners (October 2002)
• AKU-CEL Seminar: English and Higher Education – Future Directions, Task Evaluation (August 16–17, 2003)
• AKU-CEL Seminar: Language, Culture and Identity – Issues and Challenges, The Role of First Language in Second Language Learning (July 16–17, 2005)
• Postgraduate Medical Education Conference: Nurturing Professionalism in Medicine, Workshop on Presentation Skills (June 3, 2006)
• 22nd SPELT International Conference (Vanishing Borders: Global English), Producing ESP Material for the Global Market (September 2006)
• 1st International Conference on Quality Teacher Education: Promises and Practices, Successful Women Educators of Punjab (November 5–6, 2007)
• 7th British Universities Postgraduate Research Conference: Principles and Practice for Language Learning & Materials Development, Designing/Adapting Materials for Communicative Language Teaching (May 16, 2009)
• 4th Research Methodologies Conference, Relative Effects of Explicit and Implicit Oral Corrective Feedback on EFL Learners' Performance in Incidental Focus on Form (2009)
• Sixth International Seminar, Centre of English Language, Aga Khan University, Form-Focused Instruction (January 29–30, 2011)
• International Virtual Conference on English Language & Literature: Challenges with Change, Teacher Questions and Their Effect on Learner Responses (December 14–15, 2020)
• 1st PakTESOL Punjab Regional Training, University of Okara, 21st Century Trends in English Language Teaching (December 12–13, 2022)
• 40th SPELT International Conference: Transitions in ELT – Past, Present and Future (November 16–17, 2024)
  • Critical Pedagogy and English Language Teaching
  • Discussant in: Dialogue with David Nunan – Sharing Action Research Progress on Writing and Oral Interaction

• Using Pictures in the Classroom, SPELT Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 12, June 2004
• Some Ways to Teach English ‘Articles’, SPELT Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 4, Dec 1999
• Believe it or Not it Works (Teaching Directed and Reported Speech), SPELT Newsletter, Vol. XII No. 4, 1997
• Using Pictures for Teaching Writing, SPELT Newsletter, Vol. XII No. 2, 1997

• Coordinator, SE Continuing Education Programme (Success Lab), BNU (2007–2023)
• Member, BNU Research Committee
• Member, SE Testing Committee
• Editor, BNU Journal of Education
• Coordinator, MDCAT Designing Committee, University of Health Sciences
• Member, HEC National Committee on English – Subcommittee on Research & Publications (2005–2009)
• Contributor, Sindh Textbook Board curriculum development

• Email Address: shabana.ahmed@bnu.edu.pk
• Ext Number: 802