About
I am a language educator and have been working in the Indian multilingual context for the past two decades. I am interested in engaging with language education with specialisation in English as a second/foreign language in multilingual contexts across the world. I have expertise in second language acquisition, teaching methodologies, research methodology, materials design, testing and assessment in English for primary education and general and academic purposes and multilingual teacher training. I had been involved in an ESRC-DFID UK project led by the University of Cambridge on multilingual education in India under challenging contexts in collaboration with UK and Indian institutions (MultiLiLa) from 2016 to 2020. Subsequently, I have been involved in six Cambridge-led follow-up projects on training Indian teachers on multilingual pedagogy and impact on young Indian learners' reading, vocabulary and grammar knowledge development (2020-2026).
Employment
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The English and Foreign Languages University Professor2019 - Present
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Publications (16)
- Pedagogical Translanguaging in English Language Classes in India Save
- Reviewing English teacher education and challenging context in India: A multilingual turn in Continuous Professional Development activities Save
- Effects of Mother Tongue Education and Multilingualism on Reading Skills in the Regional Language and English in India Save
- Comprehending relative clauses:Comprehending relative clauses: A study of Indian ESL learners Save
- A Critical Review of Multilingual Policies and Researchers’ Voices About the Power of English in Language Classrooms in India Save
- Language and Ideology in Indian Multilingual Classrooms Save
- Language and Ideology in Indian Multilingual Classrooms Save
- Multilingual Education and Translanguaging Pedagogy in Indian Classrooms: Discussing Applications and Challenges with Jason Anderson Save
- Multilingual Education and Translanguaging Pedagogy in Indian Classrooms: Discussing Applications and Challenges with Jason Anderson Save
- Microstructural properties in the narrative retellings of young English learners in EMI schools in India Save