Faculty Profile

Miss Rida Sarfraz holds MA in English Literature from the Islamia University Bahawalpur and M Phil (Applied Linguistics) from UMT Lahore. She has also got the Teacher Training from Oregon State University (OSU), USA. She joined the University of Management and Technology (UMT) as Lecturer in English in August 2010. Before joining UMT, she served as a Language Instructor under US Consulate, Lahore. Moreover, She participated in various Teachers Training Workshops held by the US Consulate, Lahore. She was selected as the best teacher and sent to USA for ESL Teachers Training in 2009.

• Adviser English II & III

• Attended EFL/ESL teachers training programes and workshops

• Curriculumn Development

Educational Qualifications

• M Phil (App Ling)

• Masters in English Literature

• Teacher’s training OSU USA

Training / certifications

• Teacher’s training OSU USA

• Teacher training FC College US Consulate Lahore

• Teachers training US Consulate LAHORE

Interest (teaching / research) Areas

• Sociolinguistics

• Discourse analysis

• ELT

• ESL/EFL

• English Literature

Professional / Teaching Experience (start with the latest)

• Assistant Professor English UMT

• English Language Instructor ACCESS Micro scholar ship Program US Consulate

• English Language instructor Army Public School and Colleges Bahawalpur Cantt Bahawalpur

Other Positions and Affiliations

• State Alumni US Consulate Lahore PAUN

• Member Pakistan Reading Association PRA

Training and Development:

Trainings Conducted

• Teacher training/ Principal leaders training Dajal DG Khan

• Teachers training FG Public School Bahawalpur Cantt Bahawalpur

• Teacher training Govt Higher Secondary School Muhajir Colony Bahawalpur

• Access Teacher training Islamia University Bahawalpur

Trainings Attended

• Teacher training US Consulate Lahore

• Teacher training FC College US Consulate Lahore

• Teacher training US Consulate Lahore

• Webinar (Shaping the way we teach) by US Embassy Lahore

• Life in Academia UMT

• Test Construction I, II

Professional Memberships

• State Alumni US Consulate Lahore PAUN

• Member Pakistan Reading Association PRA

Selected Publications & Research.

• Riaz, S. Sarfraz, R. Khan, F. E. Y. (2017). Romanticism: a Conflict between Pragmatic Political Ethos and Aesthetics in Kashmir journal of Language and Research (Volume.19 No.1) (Y Category HEC)

• Abid, F., Ashfaq, N., Sarfraz, R., & Bhatti, Z. I. (2019). A Socio-pragmatic Perspective of Hudaibiya Treaty in the light of Grice’s Maxims . Al-Qalam, 24 , 32–41. Retrieved from http://journal.alqalamjournalpu.com/index.php/Al-Qalam/article/view/311/183

• Sarfraz, R., Abid, F., & Ashfaq, N. (n.d.). DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE SPEECHES OF MICHELLE OBAMA: A REFLECTION OF PRONOUNS AND IDENTITY. Journal of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Research, 8(1), 37–42. Retrieved from https://jssir.neduet.edu.pk/browse contents

Key Achievement

• Best ACCESS Teacher 2009 Bahawalpur Chapter
• Alumni US Consulate Lahore

• English discussionist/ debater Islamia University Bahawalpur