Dr. Muhammad Aslam
Associate Professor
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Dr. Muhammad Aslam is Associate Professor of English (Linguistics) at Department of English, FOLL, University of Central Punjab, Lahore. He holds a PhD degree in English Linguistics from International Islamic University, Islamabad. He earned his MPhil from Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, graduating as a Gold Medalist in recognition of his outstanding academic performance Before joining University of Central Punjab in October, 2023, he had taught at the Department of ELT & Linguistics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, for 22 years. His special interest in research is SFL-Based Genre Theory & its applications, Comparative Syntax, Comparative Morphology, Pragmatics, and Pakistani Languages. Dr. Aslam has publications to his credit in national and international journals. His teaching interests include Generative Syntax, Descriptive Syntax, Functional Syntax, Morphology, Research Methodology, and Academic Writing. He has experience of teaching at MPhil and PhD levels in public and private universities.
| PhD | English (Linguistics) | International Islamic University, Islamabad | 2021 |
| MPhil | TESL | BNU, Lahore | 2012 |
| MA | English Literature | Islamia University, Bahawal Pur. | 1994 |
| MA | TEFL | AIOU, Islamabad | 2007 |
| Associate Professor | University of Central Punjab, Lahore | 16-10-23 to this day |
| Assistant Professor | University of the Punjab, Lahore | 20-4-22 to 14-1-24 |
| Lecturer | University of the Punjab, Lahore | 1-8-2001 to 19-4-22 |
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- Saleem T, Saleem A, Aslam DM (2025) Integrating AI in Pakistani ESL classrooms: Teachers’ practices, perspectives, and impact on student performance. PLOS One 20(9): e0333352. https://doi.org/10.1371/
- Dr. Shafaat Yar Khan & Dr. Muhammad Aslam (2024). The World of the Villain: Shakespeare’s Tragi-Moral Paradigm. Critical Review of Social Sciences and Humanities, 4(1), 68-79.
- Shafaat Yar Khan, Muhammad Aslam & Nabiha Khan (2024). Child Apologue: Mahmoud Darwish & Palestinian Childhood. Journal of Research in Humanities. 60 (2), pp. 47-65.
- Maria Fatima, Tahir Saleem, Muhammad Aslam & Shafaat Yar Khan. (2024). Exploring Global Linguistic Nuances: Analyzing Country-Specific Inflectional Morpheme Frequency in ICNALE. Asian. J. Second. Foreign. Lang. Educ. 9, 65 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40862-024-00291-z
- Hafiz Muhammad Moazzam Ali, Dr. Muhammad Aslam, Dr. Muhammad Javed
Aftab, Dr. Samina Ashraf, Dr. Hina Hadayat Ali, Dr. Muhammad Nazir (2023). Exploring the Impact of Using Genres of Digital Media on Developing Expressive Language Skills of Special Learners: The Perspective of Teachers in Punjab (Pakistan), Journal of Positive School Psychology, 7 (1), 1711-1726. - Sarah Ashher, Azeem Alphonce, Muhammad Aslam. (2023). Misogynic Semiosis in American Fiction: A Critical Perspective on Female Characters’ Dress and Appearance, Pakistan Languages and Humanities Review, 7(2), 296-308.
- Afshan Liaquat & Muhammad Aslam. (2023). Teaching Intercultural Literary Genres in Pakistani Universities: The Undergraduate Students’ Perspective on the Poetry of Rumi and Blake, Pakistan Languages and Humanities Review, 7 (2), 217-224.
- Sidra Haroon, Muhammad Aslam, & Tahir Saleem (2023). Exploring Cross-Linguistic Functioning of the Principle of Shortest Movement: The Case of Pakistani ESL Learners, Cogent Arts & Humanities, 10(1), 1-27.
- Fazeel Ghani, Tahir Saleem, Sonia Majeed, Rabia Batool & Muhammad Aslam. (2022). A corpus-based comparative ideational meta-functional analysis of Pakistani English and UK English newspaper editorials on COVID-19. Cogent Arts & Humanities, 9 (1).
- Muhammad Aslam (2022). Comparing Collocational and Definitional Perspectives on Word Meaning: Implications for English Teaching in Pakistan. PJERE, 10 (1).
- Muhammad Aslam & Farzana Khan. (2022) Instructional Pragmatics in Pre-Service English Teaching Programs at Pakistani Universities in Lahore. Journal of Educational Research & Social Sciences Review (JERSSR), 2(4).
- Muhammad Aslam & Ayaz Afsar (2020). Sydney School Strategies for Developing Generic Competence of Pakistani Undergraduates: The Teachers’ Perspective. Journal of Research in Humanities, Vol. 56 (2).
- Muhammad Abiodullah, Dur-e-Sameen, & Muhammad Aslam. (2020). Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Teacher Engagement in Classroom. Bulletin of Education and Research, 42(1).
- Farzana Khan, Muhammad Aslam, & Maryam Adil (2018). Discourse and Rhetoric: A Study of Pakistani Newspaper Editorials. NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry.16(1).
- Muhammad Ilyas Chishti, Muhammad Aslam & Ayaz Qadeer. (2016). Subjective Stance: Embedded Ideological Clues and Social Representations in Schimmel’s Interpretations. Bulletin of Education and Research, Vol.38(2).
- Muhammad Ilyas Chishti & Muhammad Aslam. (2016). Marked Cultural Cues, Folk Traditional and Social Representations Embedded within Schimmel’s “As Through a Veil”. NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry,14(2).