Prakash Chandra Giri

Tribhuwan University,Nepal, English Education, Graduate Student

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Prakash Chandra Giri is the Principal at Goodwill Activity School and a lecturer in English at Gupteshwor Mahadev Multiple Campus, both in Pokhara, Nepal. He is also a research scholar at Nepal Open University, Kathmandu, Nepal. Prakash won a British Council award in 2017 for bringing an international dimension in the local curriculum. He was involved as an English Access Micro-Scholarship instructor for about four years in Nepal. He is a TESOL-certified English Teacher and a life member of the Nepal English Language Teachers’ Association, Prakash has completed online training in professional development for teacher trainers (validated by Arizona State University, USA) and in teaching local language literacy and second-language teacher training (Literacy International, Tulsa, USA.) Prakash has presented papers at various regional, national and international conferences and is particularly interested in exploring applications of open-source software and online tools.

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Application of English as a Medium of Instruction Policy in a Private School in Nepal: An Examination

Journal of NELTA

English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) has become an important academic issue for further discu... more English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) has become an important academic issue for further discussion in the context of Nepalese education system. Many parents and community members believe it gives children a viable route toward Socio-economic mobility and global citizenship, although researchers have mixed opinions about its eﬀectiveness. In south Asian countries such as Nepal, EMI has been adopted as a mandatory practice as early as possible, particularly in the private schools and also increasingly in government schools. Based on a small-scale action research on teachers and students of a private school situated in the Western Nepal, this article examines the conditions in which the school level decision-makers are forced to adopt EMI as a school’s language-of-education policy. In this article, I analyze both students’ and teachers’ views and reflections on EMI to argue that it can be eﬀective and relevant if conducted in a way that suits the local context and enables participa...

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Lessons Learned from Teaching English through Facebook Live for Future

International Journal of Technology in Education and Science, 2022

Facebook Live has become a means of teaching and learning in many parts of the world. This paper,... more Facebook Live has become a means of teaching and learning in many parts of the world. This paper, thus, reports an examination of teaching English through Facebook Live and students’ experiences of learning on it in the COVID-19 pandemic. It as participatory action research employed observation of self-managed Facebook Live streaming, and an online semi-structured interview with students and parents. The intervention of Facebook Live consisted of three strategies: pre-recorded video streaming, live teaching and a combination of both. This paper reports on how students in absence of a physical classroom learned English through Facebook Live, developed communicative skills and gained ICT skills. Although the teacher’s lessons on Facebook Live were appreciated by students and parents as students could get ideas for speaking English, students expressed concerns if they could interact with the teacher and friends. Facebook Live associated with videoconferencing tools, however, can comple...

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Application of English as a Medium of Instruction Policy in a Private School in Nepal: An Examination

Journal of NELTA

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Lessons Learned from Teaching English through Facebook Live for Future

International Journal of Technology in Education and Science, 2022

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