: vishwanathan@nitw.ac.in : 8332969523
Research Interests: Bilingualism and bilingual education;academic writing;genre analysis; academic reading;cultural politics in language teaching;critical pedagogy; American literature; British literature; Indian Writing in English;
Academic qualifications:
M.A. ( English), PGDTE , M.Phil ( English Language Teaching), PhD ( English Language Teaching)
Specialization:
English Language Teaching
Areas of interest
In addition to ELT, I am interested in American Literature, British literature, Commonwealth literature, and Indian Writing in English and would like to guide research in these areas.
Course Taught Previously |
I B.Tech English for Technical Communication
III B.Tech II semester Soft Skills
IV B.Tech I semester Corporate Communication
PhD English for Scientific Communication
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| Vishwanathan M R | Chapter titled Reflective teaching, teacher education and professional development. In (Ed.) Dhanvel S P Continuing Professional Development of Teachers : Perspectives and Practices from India. (2022). Springer | ||
| Vishwanathan M R | Chapter titled Making daffodils bloom for everyone: the flowering of critical pedagogy in the ESL Classroom (2022). In Ruchi Kaushik and Amrit L Khanna (Eds.) Critical Issues in ELT. | ||
| Vishwanathan M R | Aiswarya Sureshan and M Raja Vishwanathan.(2022).The Living Dead and the Logic of Performativity: An Analysis of The Picture of Dorian Gray. Language in India. 22(4); 89-99 ; www.languageinindia.com | ||
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Vishwanathan M. R and Jismy Joseph |
Through the prism of interdisciplinarity: Richard powers as a novelist; RJELAL ; pp.46-49; 7(4), 2019 ISSN : print 2395-2636; online -2321-3108 www.rjelal.com |
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Plant Life and Richard Powers' The Overstory. Language in India , 2019, 19 (10) pp. 76-81. ISSN : 1930-2940 www.languageinindia.com |
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Critical pedagogy in the ESL classroom : A teacher reminisces ; www.joell.in ISSN : 2349-9753 1(1); 2015 ; pages 116-120 |
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Making daffodils bloom for everyone : The flowering of critical pedagogy in the ESL Classroom ; www.fortell.org; issue 36, 2018 January ; pages 81-90 |
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Cultural politics and the teaching of English at the tertiary level : An empirical study of ESL classrooms; LAMBERT Academic Publishing (2012) , Germany 6ISBN 13: 978-3659120817
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Overcoming situational constraints in communicative language teaching. Rjelal.com 1(1); 2013 Pages : 67-70
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Vishwanathan M. R. and Sufiya Naheed |
Student perspective about bilingual method in the ESL classroom: a study; www.rjelal.com; pages 832-835; ISSN – 2321-3108 9 online); 4(3) September 2016
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Only English, please: We’re Indians. ISSN Print : 2229-6557, Online: 2394-9244 Pages : 18-21
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Needs analysis in materials design for the ESL classroom JNTU Forum for Musings Pages :81-89 |
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Native speaker fallacy: A recipe for confusion (and ridicule!) ISSN Print : 2229-6557, Online: 2394-9244 Issue : 29; 2014 |
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Using films as authentic material in the ESL classroom : A snapshot 2 (3); 2014 Pages : 299-303
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A movi(e)ng experience : Using films in the soft skills class ISSN Print : 2229-6557, Online: 2394-9244 Issue : 31, July 2015 |
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Group discussion in the ESL classroom: A socio- cultural perspective. Languageinindia.com Volume 14; November 2014 Pages : 245-251 |
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Exploring the use of communication strategies in the Second Language Classroom Language Teaching and Literary Studies : Approaches and Perspectives. Ed ( Jasti Appaswami et al), 2015, pp.38- 55 Prestige Book International, New Delhi ISBN : 978-93-82186-61-8 |
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What? Literature! : Taking a re-look at using literature in the ESL classroom ISSN Print : 2229-6557, Online: 2394-9244 Issue 30 , January 2015
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To teach or not to teach literature in the ESL classroom : A cultural politics perspective Osmania Journal of English Studies; 2018 Pages : 81-89
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Teacher Beliefs and Teaching Methods as Causal Factors in Student Reticence in English Language Laboratory ISSN Print : 2229-6557, Online: 2394-9244 Issue 33 , July 2016 Pages : 216-222
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Bye- or bi-lingualism: Teacher views on using bilingual method in ESL classroom ISSN: 2349-9753 3(1) , 2016 Pages : 34-37
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Factors Affecting the Acquisition of Spoken English by Undergraduate Students of Engineering: A Study ISSN Print : 2229-6557, Online: 2394-9244 |
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ISSN Print : 2229-6557, Online: 2394-9244 Pronounced ambivalence: R. P. and native speaker norms in the ESL classroom Pages : 58-68 Issue : issue 39, July 2019 |
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Kakatiya Journal of English Studies Pages : 1-12 The long road ahead ISSN : 0971-8877 Issue : July 2019
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PHDs Supervised |
Jaipal - Oral communication strategies- completed
M Sufiya Naheed - Bilingual education - completed
Jismy K Joseph - American literature - completed
Krishna Priya - Post colonial literature- ongoing
Aishwarya Sureshan- British Literature- ongoing
Divya Lekshmi- Britsh Literature - Ongoing
Workshops/Conferences |
Delivered a lecture on Leadership and Learning at Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada in April 2023 as part of STTP for B.Tech students
Delivered a lecture on Emotional Intelligence for a Meaningful Life and Career at Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada in March 2023 as part of STTP for B.Tech students
Delivered a webinar in February 2023 titled Writing Annotated Bibliography, organised by HRDC, University of Hyderabad
Delivered a webinar in February 2023 titled Writing the Methods Section in a Research Report, organised by HRDC, University of Hyderabad
Delivered a webinar in December 2022 on Making a Case for incorporating Social Emotional learning in the Curriculum as part of 5 day FDP on New Perspectives in English Language Curriculum and Research organised by Presidency University Bangalore
Delivered a webinar on “Embracing Social Emotional Learning for a Meaningful Career and Life” in December 2022 as part of Five-day STC on ‘New Trends and Contemporary Approaches in English Language Teaching and Learning”, organised by Sreenidhi College of Engineering and Technology, Ghatkesar
Delivered a webinar in November 2022 Writing the Methods Section in a Research Report for an STTP organised by CELS, University of Hyderabad
Delivered a webinar in November 2022 titled : Writing Annotated Bibliography for an STTP organised by CELS, University of Hyderabad
Delivered a lecture in November 2022 titled : Action research at Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering, Vishakapatnam as aprt of 2 day workshop on ‘Research Publications in Scopus Indexed journals and Digital Humanities’
Delivered a lecture on Review of literature in the digital age at Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering, Vishakapatnam in November 2022 as part of 2 day FDP on two-day workshop on ‘Research Publications in Scopus Indexed journals and Digital Humanities’
Convenor of ERIIS conference “EDUCATION 5.0 - ROLE OF INSTITUTION, INDUSTRY AND SOCIETY (ERIIS-2022)” – a 2 day international conference organised by NIT Warangal on 14-15 October 2022
Co-presented a paper titled The (un)spoken facts: On-line space as a medium for developing undergraduate students’ speaking skills with Dr Jasti Appaswami, Assistant Professor, University of Hyderabad in October 20222 at ERIIS Conference organised by NIT Warangal
Co-presented a paper titled A Manifestation Of Lacanian Desire In Marcel Duchamp’s “The Large Glass” with my research scholar Aiswarya Sureshan in October 20222 at ERIIS Conference organised by NIT Warangal
Delivered a lecture on The necessity of including Social Emotional Learning in the Curriculum in September 2022 at SDNB Vaishnav College for Women, Chrompet, Chennai as part of the 2 day FDP on Enhancing Professional development for meeting the learner demands of 21st century
Delivered a lecture on Enabling teaching learning through Multiple Intelligence framework in September 2022 at SDNB Vaishnav College for Women, Chrompet, Chennai as part of 2 day FDP on Enhancing Professional development for meeting the learner demands of 21st century
Delivered a webinar on Relevance of soft skills in teaching and learning ESL organised in September 2022 as part of ELTIF series
Delivered a seminar on Social Emotional learning in June 2022 at Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology, Aziz nagar as part of FDP on NEP- National Education Policy-2020.
Guidelines for writing effective abstract and summary for research papers, STTP organsied by VNIT Nagpur, 24-28 September 2021
Innovations in Teaching English language and Literature: The present and the future - 30 September and 1 October 2019- NIT Warangal
Technical Communication Skills : Drafting and presenting research papers - 1-5 April 2019- NIT Warangal
Soft skills through Shakespeare ; Teaching English language and Literature in Indian context: Problems and solutions - 8-9 December 2018- VNIT Nagpur
World English Day Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering- 21-23 April 2019
Additional Responsibility |
In-charge, English Language Communication Skills Lab
Faculty Advisor, Minor Programme, H&SS
Department member, IIAC
Coordinator, First B.Tech
Chairman, UG-DAC and PG DAC & R , Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018-2020
Mentor - first year students of engineering, NIT Warangal
Member, Board of Studies, Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering, Vishakapatnam
Member, Board of Studies, Sree Vidya Niketan College of Engineering, Tirupathi
Member, Board of Studies, Bapatla Engineering College, Bapatla
Member, Board of Studies, Vignan College of Engineering, Vignan Hills
Member, Board of Studies, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Shamshabad