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Dr. Mahananda Pathak
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English Language Education

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Academic qualificationschevron_right
S.No.
Degree/Diploma
University
1
PhD
2
MPhil
3
PGDTE
4
MA
Brief bio note chevron_right
Dr. Mahananda Pathak has been an Assistant Professor with the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad since 2016. Prior to this, he worked as a Teaching Associate at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Hyderabad; an Adjunct Faculty in the English Language Teaching Centre (ELTC), University of Hyderabad; and a teacher trainer in Aizawl (Mizoram). He enjoys working with learners from regional medium, socially disadvantaged sections of society and has a special interest in developing bi/multilingual materials for them.
Thrust areas of interest and research chevron_right
Study of Indian bi/multilingualism, instructional materials, teacher capacity building in English in challenging contexts
Research articles published in peer reviewed journals with ISSN no. chevron_right
⚽  2022 (Autumn). ‘Blended practicum: Instructors’ reflections.’ The Teacher Trainer, Vol. 35, No. 1 (pp. 9 - 13). ISSN 0951-7626.
⚽  2021. ‘Pedagogic aliments during COID – 19: Teachers’ Perspectives.’ The English Classroom, Vol. 23, No. 2 (pp. 109 - 117). ISSN 2250-2831
⚽ 2021. ‘Bilingual lessons for ESL school teachers in low resource contexts.’ Fortell, Issue 42, January (pp. 137 – 148). ISSN Print 2229-6557, Online 2394-9244.
⚽ 2020. ‘Self-assessment at the University Level: An Experiment’. Lokaratna, Volume XIII, June, 185 – 201. ISSN 2347 – 6427.
⚽ 2014. “Using the ‘Can Do’ Self-Assessment Grid across Languages to Develop Academic Reading and Writing Skills: A Case Study”. Languaging, Volume 5, October, 57-67. ISSN 2229 – 323X.
Books authored, edited, chapters in books with ISBN no. chevron_right
⚽  2023. ‘Home and School-Language-Based Instruction to Train Government Primary School Teachers in the Indian Multilingual ESL Context’. Handbook of Multilingual TESOL in Practice, edited by Kashif Raza, Christine Coombe & Dudley Reynolds. Springer, Singapore. ISBN 978-981-19-9349-7 ISBN 978-981-19-9350-3 (eBook) 8-981-19-9350-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9350-3
⚽ 2023. ‘Evaluation’. Methods of Teaching English: A Resource Book for Teachers and Teacher Educators, edited by Anand Mahanand, Amit Kumar & Subhasis Nanda. Viva Books Private Limited, New Delhi, pp. 169 - 191. ISBN 9789393329981.
⚽ 2018. ‘Using L1 reading strategies to develop L2 reading’, edited by R. Joseph Ponniah and S. Venkatesan (Eds.). The idea and practice of reading. Springer, Singapore. pp. 85 – 112. ISBN 978-981-10-8571-0 and 978-981-10-8572-7 (eBook).
⚽ 2017. “Written Comments by Students: Are these worth Analysing?”. English Language and Literature: Critical Perspectives, Ruth Z Hauzel and M Lalitha Sridevi (Eds.), Rudraram, Hyderabad: GITAM University Press, pp. 52 – 68. ISBN 978-81-933148-1-4.
⚽ 2017. ‘Reading the Role of L1 in the Indian English Classroom’. Multilingual Education in India: The Case for English, edited by Dr Mahendra Kumar Mishra and Dr Anand Mahanand. Viva Books Private Limited, New Delhi, pp. 169 - 191. ISBN 9788130927633.
⚽ 2014. ‘Implications of the bilingual lexicon research for second language pedagogy’. English language teaching in the 21ST century: Issues and challenges, edited by Dr T. Karunakaran. Colombo, Chennai: Kumaran Book House. ISBN 978-955-659-437-9.
Research projects (ongoing and completed) chevron_right
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Administrative responsibilities chevron_right
⚽  Deputy Director, CCLT
⚽  Deputy Placement Officer (English)
Professional affiliations (membership, editorial board, etc.,) chevron_right
⚽  English Language Teachers Association of India (ELT@I)
⚽  English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme (ELTeCS)
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