• ISBN13: 9788126914791
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: English Literature
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: June 22, 2011
• Pages: 360
• Original Price: INR 795.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 450 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): English as a Second Language

Language and technology being two major focuses of educational reform in Indian higher education, teachers of English as a foreign language have to cope with the challenges of technological and pedagogical shifts taking place in the teaching profession. English is widely acknowledged as an international language, and it serves as an effective medium of instruction in the Indian educational institutions. English Language Teaching (ELT) has shifted its focus to the available modes, mediums and trends. The stylistic shifts have been from traditional to the formal style. Consequently there are sharp indications of swiftly shifting paradigms of ELT in India. This anthology concentrates on the new perspectives in English Language Teaching. Various aspects of ELT have been illumined in papers drawn from eminent teachers and researchers both in and outside India. It incisively epitomizes how special paradigmatic searches of the young generation have contributed to the establishment of the prevailing interests and overwhelmingly altered the global scene. The book, it is expected, will provide deeper insights into the subject and indeed find a warm welcome in the hands of the connoisseurs of English Language Teaching in India.

Ashok Kumar is Lecturer in the Deptt. of English, Urdu & Other Languages, State Council of Educational Research & Training, Uttarakhand, India. He has earlier served as Head, Deptt. of Humanities, IMS Engineering College, Ghaziabad and Shobhit Institute of Engineering & Technology, Gangoh, Saharanpur, affiliated to U.P. Technical University, Lucknow, U.P. Dr. Kumar has presented numerous research papers in various national and international conferences, seminars, and workshops and also contributed a good number of insightful articles in various journals and anthologies. His anthologies Swiftly Shifting Paradigms of English Language Teaching in India (2010) and Commonwealth Literature in English: Past & Present (co-ed., 2009) have also been widely appreciated. His areas of interest comprise ELT, Inter-cultural Communications, Advertising Communications, Indian Writing in English, Modern Fiction and Poetry, and British, Canadian and Australian Literature in English. Besides his keen interests in literature, he is vigorously involved in carrying out research in the areas of Technical and Communicative English. He is a life member of Indian Association of English Studies.

• Preface
• 1. Using Effective English to Meet the Various Communicative Functions of Business Conversations–Meenakshi Raman
• 2. English Language and Communication Skills–Mahendra Singh Dhaka
• 3. The Communicative Approach to English Language Teaching–Karan Singh Yadav
• 4. Changing Paradigms in English Language Teaching: Methods of ELT to Integrated Course Students–K. Balachandran
• 5. E/IT & ELT
• A Few Possible Considerations of Interface–Krushna Chandra Mishra
• 6. Linguistic Realities in Second Language Education–Pratibha Gupta
• 7. Second Language Development in Flood-Prone Area–Pratibha Gupta
• 8. Exploring Classroom Strategies in the Wake of E/IT-ELT Interface–Krushna Chandra Mishra and N.P. Mahapatra
• 9. Relevance of Introducing English as a Subject from the First Standard–Mallikarjun Patil
• 10. English for the Socially Disadvantaged: A Skill Focal Model of Remediation at Tertiary Level–K. Ponni
• 11. Pedagogical Implications in Using Multimedia Language Lab–Pushp Lata
• 12. English for Specific Purposes (ESP): A Developing Branch of EFL–Hitesh D. Raviya
• 13. Modality, Mood and Modal Auxiliaries: A Critique–Prashant Mishra
• 14. The Socio-Cultural Aspects and Language Learning–K. Balachandran
• 15. Linguistic Complexities and Realizations: A Tribute to Rajul Bhargava–Bernice J.M. West and Michael H. Lyon
• 16. Ebonics–J. Samuel Kirubahar and Anita Evelyn
• 17. Stylistics and the Teaching of Literature at the College Level–Prashant Mishra
• 18. Globalizing English Studies in India–Harish Narang
• 19. Decolonising Teaching Materials and Strategies: Towards an Alternative Pedagogics–C. Kannan
• 20. Foreign Influence on English Language–Mallikarjun Patil
• 21. Gesture in the Fine Arts–R. Chanana
• 22. Role of Regulatory Bodies and Quality of Technical Education–K. Sudha Rao
• Contributors