Dr. Muhammad Aslam
Associate Professor
m.aslam@ucp.edu.pk
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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 did his MPhil from Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, with a distinction of Gold Medal. Before joining University of Central Punjab in October, 2023, he 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 and his teaching interests include Generative Syntax, Descriptive Syntax, Functional Syntax, and Morphology. Besides teaching MS and PhD classes, he is member on different departmental committees, which include UCP QEC Committee for MS & PhD Linguistics. Dr. Aslam is also supervising research work of MS and PhD scholars enrolled at UCP. He has 14 publications in Y category journals, two in W category journals, and two manuscripts under review in W category journals (submitted in 2024).
| PhD | SFL Based Applied Genre Analysis | International Islamic University, Islamabad | 2021 |
| M.Phil | Second Language Pragmatics | Beaconhouse National University, Lahore | 2012 |
| MA | TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) | Allam Iqbal Open University, Islamabad | 2007 |
| MA | English Literature | Islamia University, Bahawal Pur | 1994 |
| BA | Statistics & Economics | Baha-Uddin- Zakariya University, Multan | 1984 |
| FA | Economics & Civics | BISE Sargodha | 1982 |
| SSC | Humanities | BISE Sargodha | 1980 |
| Associate Professor | Department of English, FOLL, University of Central Punjab, Lahore | 16-10-24 - till date |
| Assistant Professor | Department of ELT & Linguistics, IER, University of the Punjab, Lahore | 20-4-22 - 14-1-24 |
| Lecturer | Department of ELT & Linguistics, IER, University of the Punjab, Lahore | 1-8-2001 - 19-4-22 |
| 1 | Tahir Saleem, Muhammad Aslam & Shafaat Yar Khan (2024). AI Integration in Pakistani ESL Context: Perspectives and Challenges in English Language Education. System. (Manuscript under review). [W Category Journal] |
| 2 | Maria Fatima, Tahir Saleem, & Muhammad Aslam (2024). Exploring Global Linguistic Nuances: Analyzing Country-Specific Inflectional Morpheme Frequency in ICNALE. Asian-Pacific Journal of Second & Foreign Language Education. (Manuscript under review). [W-Category Journal] |
| 3 | Husnain Khalid, Azeem Alphonce & Muhammad Aslam (2023). Ghani Khan as a Pushto Poet: Evaluation of Themes and Implications for Cross-Linguistic Literary Studies. UCP Journal of Languages & Literature, Vol1, Issue 2 (July-December,2023). Online |
| 4 | Muhammad Aslam & Sayed Danish Nasir (2023). Introducing Discourse Based English Teaching in Pakistan: The Systemic-Functional Grammar and Visual Grammar Perspectives. UCP Journal of Languages & Literature, Vol1, Issue 2 (July-December,2023). Online |
| 5 | Adnan Hussain, Perveen Akhter Farhat, Muhammad Aslam (2023). Teaching Language Skills to Young Learners through Activities: A Case Study of Primary Schools in Gujrat, Annals of Human and Social Sciences, 4(2), 427-439. Online |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | 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. W-Category Journal. Impact Factor of the paper 1.08 |
| 10 | 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). W-Category Journal. Impact Factor of the paper 1.08 |
| 11 | Muhammad Aslam (2022). Comparing Collocational and Definitional Perspectives on Word Meaning: Implications for English Teaching in Pakistan. PJERE, 10 (1). |
| 12 | 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). |
| 13 | 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). |
| 14 | 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). |
| 15 | Farzana Khan, Muhammad Aslam, & Maryam Adil (2018). Discourse and Rhetoric: A Study of Pakistani Newspaper Editorials. NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry.16(1). |
| 16 | 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). |
| 17 | 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). |