Sharmin Sultana Rima completed her M.A in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and B.A in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) from the Institute of Modern Languages, University of Dhaka. Before joining at the State University of Bangladesh, she worked as an IELTS Instructor. She is also currently working voluntarily as the Program Manager (SIG) for TESOL Society of Bangladesh (a non-profit association of Applied Linguistics), and is also a member of the organization’s Research SIG. Her areas of interest in research are second language acquisition, pedagogy, curriculum & learning materials, sociolinguistics and cognitive linguistics. She is currently working on a collaborative book chapter on World Englishes. She has also participated in various national and international seminars & workshops and has worked extensively for various student-development & educational organizations. She was delegate from University of Dhaka in Bangladesh- China Youth camp 2017. She was a regular winner of the Bisshwo Shahitto Kendro’s country-wide Book Reading Competition for several years. Her hobbies include graphic designing, video editing and Learning foreign languages.