Overview
Background
I received education in English literature, applied linguistics and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). I consider TESOL my home. My research straddles global language testing, language in education policy, and diversity of Englishes. I have pursued my research within the Asia Pacific region, with a particular focus on developing societies. In examining the role of English, other languages and English language testing for individual mobility and societal development, I have foregrounded inequity, inequality and exclusion. I use qualitative, quantitative and textual data. My work is underpinned by critical perspectives, my multidisciplinary backgrounds and my life experiences as a confused transnational.
Availability
- Associate Professor Obaid Hamid is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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global tests of English
Works
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2023
Journal Article
Promises of English and English language learners in Rural Bangladesh
Hoque, Mohammed Shamsul, Islam, M. Monjurul and Hamid, M. Obaidul (2023). Promises of English and English language learners in Rural Bangladesh. Journal of Asia TEFL, 20 (1), 31-46. doi: 10.18823/asiatefl.2023.20.1.3.31
2022
Journal Article
World Englishes, secularisation, and de-secularisation: examining English language textbooks in a Muslim society from the perspective of language as situated practice
Hamid, M. Obaidul (2022). World Englishes, secularisation, and de-secularisation: examining English language textbooks in a Muslim society from the perspective of language as situated practice. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 45 (3), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/01434632.2022.2159419
2022
Book Chapter
Language planning and education in Asia
Hamid, M. Obaidul and Ali, Md Maksud (2022). Language planning and education in Asia. Oxford research encyclopedia of education. (pp. 1-23) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1804
2022
Journal Article
The role of polymedia in heritage language maintenance: a family language policy perspective
Wang, Lanting and Hamid, M. Obaidul (2022). The role of polymedia in heritage language maintenance: a family language policy perspective. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 45 (10), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/01434632.2022.2142233
2022
Journal Article
Developmental corpus insights into the writing life of a primary school child in Australia
Hamid, M. Obaidul and Crosthwaite, Peter (2022). Developmental corpus insights into the writing life of a primary school child in Australia. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 47 (1), 27-50. doi: 10.1075/aral.21062.ham
2022
Book Chapter
Character education in higher education in the new era: from character to citizenship
Wang, Lanting and Hamid, M. Obaidul (2022). Character education in higher education in the new era: from character to citizenship. Character education, meet the future. (pp. 191-213) edited by The Catholic University of Korea Anthropology Research Center. North Korea: Chankyu Lee.
2022
Journal Article
Journey towards an unreachable destiny: parental struggles in the intergenerational transmission of Chinese as a heritage language in Australia
Wang, Lanting and Hamid, M. Obaidul (2022). Journey towards an unreachable destiny: parental struggles in the intergenerational transmission of Chinese as a heritage language in Australia. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2022 (276), 207-234. doi: 10.1515/ijsl-2021-0066
2022
Journal Article
English as a Southern language
Hamid, M. Obaidul (2022). English as a Southern language. Language in Society, 52 (3), 1-24. doi: 10.1017/s0047404522000069
2022
Journal Article
Academics’ conceptions of research and the research-teaching nexus: Insights from Cambodia
Heng, Kimkong, Hamid, M. Obaidul and Khan, Asaduzzaman (2022). Academics’ conceptions of research and the research-teaching nexus: Insights from Cambodia. International Journal of Educational Development, 90 102569, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2022.102569
2022
Journal Article
Problematising ASEAN language policy: Is the ASEAN Way the only way?
Lee, Huan Yik, Hamid, M. Obaidul and Hardy, Ian (2022). Problematising ASEAN language policy: Is the ASEAN Way the only way?. Language Problems and Language Planning, 46 (1), 55-77. doi: 10.1075/lplp.21044.lee
2022
Book Chapter
Neoliberalism Shaping English Language Teaching in Bangladesh: A Critical Examination
Ali, Md. Maksud and Hamid, M. Obaidul (2022). Neoliberalism Shaping English Language Teaching in Bangladesh: A Critical Examination. Neoliberalization of English Language Policy in the Global South. (pp. 35-50) edited by Ali Jalalian Daghigh, Jariah Mohd Jan and Sheena Kaur. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-92353-2_3
2022
Journal Article
Research engagement of academics in the Global South: the case of Cambodian academics
Heng, Kimkong, Hamid, M. Obaidul and Khan, Asaduzzaman (2022). Research engagement of academics in the Global South: the case of Cambodian academics. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 21 (3), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/14767724.2022.2040355
2022
Journal Article
Teacher agency and washback: insights from classrooms in rural Bangladesh
Ali, Md Maksud and Hamid, M Obaidul (2022). Teacher agency and washback: insights from classrooms in rural Bangladesh. ELT Journal, 77 (1), 52-61. doi: 10.1093/elt/ccac005
2022
Book Chapter
The dynamics of bilingual education in post-conflict Sri Lanka
Wijesekera, Harsha Dulari and Hamid, M. Obaidul (2022). The dynamics of bilingual education in post-conflict Sri Lanka. Multilingual education in South Asia: at the intersection of policy and practice. (pp. 4-25) edited by Lina Adinolfi, Usree Bhattacharya and Prem Phyak. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003158660-2
2022
Book Chapter
English-medium instruction in Bangladeshi higher education: a policy perspective
Hamid, Obaidul M. and Amin, Md Al (2022). English-medium instruction in Bangladeshi higher education: a policy perspective. English-medium instruction practices in higher education: international perspectives. (pp. 13-24) London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing.
2022
Book Chapter
Medium discourses and the construction of self and other in social media in postcolonial Bangladesh
Jahan, Iffat and Hamid, M. Obaidul (2022). Medium discourses and the construction of self and other in social media in postcolonial Bangladesh. Language, Education, and Identity: Medium in South Asia. (pp. 44-70) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
2021
Journal Article
Interrogating the English of the English curriculum in postcolonial Bangladesh
Hamid, M. Obaidul (2021). Interrogating the English of the English curriculum in postcolonial Bangladesh. Asiatic, 15 (2), 11-29. doi: 10.31436/asiatic.v15i2.2341
2021
Journal Article
When reforms make things worse: school leadership responses to poverty, disasters, and cultures of crises in the Philippine education system
Reyes, Vicente Chua, Hamid, Obaidul and Hardy, Ian (2021). When reforms make things worse: school leadership responses to poverty, disasters, and cultures of crises in the Philippine education system. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 25 (2), 331-344. doi: 10.1080/13603124.2021.2009038
2021
Journal Article
Language and education policies in Southeast Asia: reorienting towards multilingualism-as-resource
Lee, Huan Yik, Hamid, M. Obaidul and Hardy, Ian (2021). Language and education policies in Southeast Asia: reorienting towards multilingualism-as-resource. International Journal of Multilingualism. doi: 10.1080/14790718.2021.2002333
2021
Journal Article
English and regional identity in ASEAN
Lee, Huan Yik, Hamid, M. Obaidul and Hardy, Ian (2021). English and regional identity in ASEAN. World Englishes, 42 (2), 239-253. doi: 10.1111/weng.12571
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Obaid Hamid is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Teaching Chinese in Saudi Arabia: Investigating the Policy Rationale and its Implementation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Wendy Jiang
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Doctor Philosophy
Teaching Chinese in Saudi Arabia: Investigating the Policy Rationale and its Implementation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Wendy Jiang
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating polymedia-based Family Language Policies around Chinese Heritage Language Maintenance in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Wendy Jiang
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating polymedia-based Family Language Policies around Chinese Heritage Language Maintenance in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Wendy Jiang
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating polymedia-based Family Language Policies around Chinese Heritage Language Maintenance in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Wendy Jiang
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Doctor Philosophy
Teaching Chinese in Saudi Arabia: Investigating the Policy Rationale and its Implementation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Wendy Jiang
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating polymedia-based Family Language Policies around Chinese Heritage Language Maintenance in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Wendy Jiang
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating polymedia-based Family Language Policies around Chinese Heritage Language Maintenance in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Wendy Jiang
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Doctor Philosophy
Social Perceptions towards Technical and Vocational Education and Training: A Case Study from Bangladesh
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ian Hardy, Associate Professor Asaduzzaman Khan
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Doctor Philosophy
Islamic values and English language education: An ethnographic study of an Indonesian Pesantren.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Simone Smala
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Doctor Philosophy
Struggles and desires of global English tests as passports to global mobility: An Indonesian study on test-takers' lived experiences of IELTS
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ian Hardy
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating polymedia-based Family Language Policies around Chinese Heritage Language Maintenance in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Wendy Jiang
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the needs of English language proficiency in Bangladesh tourism industry: A qualitative study
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Writing Portfolio-Based Assessment at a Preparatory Year Program in Saudi Arabia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite
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Doctor Philosophy
Truth to tell: Teachers' conceptions of NAPLAN in a `post-truth' age
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Vicente Reyes, Associate Professor Ian Hardy
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Doctor Philosophy
Reforming Initial Teacher Education in Ghana: A Multi-level Analysis of Policy in Practice
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ian Hardy
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Master Philosophy
Factors that affect Chinese as a Heritage language learning in Australian Universities after the Pandemic
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Wendy Jiang
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Doctor Philosophy
Reforming Initial Teacher Education in Ghana: A Multi-level Analysis of Policy in Practice
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ian Hardy
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring written corrective feedback in Saudi L2 English writing: Teachers¿ provisions and students¿ responses
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Crosthwaite
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Policy borrowing and enactment: A case study of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and Individual Agency in Malaysian Higher Education
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Peter Renshaw
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring English as a Medium of Instruction in Saudi Arabian Tertiary Education: A Qualitative Study of Student Perspectives, Challenges, and Coping Strategies.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Peter Renshaw
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating Research Engagement of Cambodian Academics: Challenges and Opportunities
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Asaduzzaman Khan
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Supranational Language Policy and Planning: A Case Study of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ian Hardy
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
English for Human Capital Development in a Globalising World: Policy, Perceptions and Practices
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Adjunct Professor Adil Khan, Associate Professor Ian Hardy
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Integration of local texts and cultural practices in localised EFL classrooms: An ethnographic study of a rural Indonesian school
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Peter Renshaw
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Enacting Learner Autonomy Policy in English Language Teaching: A Case study in Vietnamese Higher Education
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robyn Gillies
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Test-takers' contribution to the validation of uses of high-stakes language tests
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robyn Gillies, Associate Professor Asaduzzaman Khan
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
An investigation of the enacted primary English language education policy in Vietnam: The experiences of teachers, students and parents
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Peter Renshaw
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
English-medium instruction in higher education: A case study on local agency in a Vietnamese university
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Karen Moni
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Global language policy borrowing and individual agency in Vietnamese higher education
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Peter Renshaw
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Maintaining in transforming: Bilingual identity of ethnic minority students in the Central Highlands of Vietnam
Principal Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Collaborative Writing in Arabic as a Second Language (ASL) Classrooms in Saudi Arabia: A Mixed-method Study
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robyn Gillies
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Becoming-teacher: A partial and experimental account of Western native English-speaking teachers in Vietnamese international schools.
Associate Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Needs Analysis: Stakeholders' Perspectives and Practices, and Collaboration between English and Accounting Lecturers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Karen Moni
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Cooperative Learning (CL) in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Context: Investigating, Learning Outcomes, Processes, and Experiences
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robyn Gillies
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
A Discursive Lens on English Language Learning and Teaching in Saudi Arabia
Associate Advisor
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Language policy and planning in Malaysia: Managing English-medium instruction at tertiary level.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Karen Moni
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