Books by B Kumaravadivelu
Papers by B Kumaravadivelu
Journal on excellence in college teaching, 1995
The challenges of the increasingly diverse U.S. college class room may at first seem problematic.... more The challenges of the increasingly diverse U.S. college class room may at first seem problematic. However, when educators become aware of the broad range of cultural and linguistic be haviors that can inform their particular classroom culture, areas in which students are expert, they can not only defuse incipi ent tensions but also experience such diversity as a rich resource for alternative modes of teaching and learning. The dynamics of the culturally diverse classroom are outlined, and strategies are proposed for reducing miscommunication and expanding understanding of different educational practices and varieties of English that may emerge in the classroom.
The Modern Language Journal, 2007
The central thesis of this chapter is simple and straightforward: the contemporary world is being... more The central thesis of this chapter is simple and straightforward: the contemporary world is being inexorably restructured by the forces of globalization and empire, which together are shaping the global fl ows of interested knowledge, hegemonic power, and cultural capital. English, in its role as the global language, creates, refl ects and spreads the import and the imagery of the global fl ows. The forces of globalization, empire and English are intricately interconnected. Operating at the intersection where the three meet, TESOL professionals, knowingly or unknowingly,play a role in the service of global corporations as well as imperial powers. What is required to mitigate the intended and unintended consequences of the dangerous liaison between globalization, empire and TESOL is no less than transformative restructuring of major aspects of TESOL.
Endowment Lecture: (Re)forming individual identity for global citizenship: Implications for Language education
Individual identity, cultural globalization and teaching English as an international language: The case for an epistemic break
Beyond methods: macrostrategies for language teaching
Choice Reviews Online, 2003
... of English and Foreign Languages in India, where I was initiated into English lan-guage ... t... more ... of English and Foreign Languages in India, where I was initiated into English lan-guage ... the ability to look back critically and imaginatively, to do cause-effect thinking, to ... in the field of general education, it has only recently started percolating in the domain of language teaching. ...
Task-Based Language Teaching, 2006
In the context of task-based language teaching, a challenge facing the language teaching professi... more In the context of task-based language teaching, a challenge facing the language teaching profession is to determine how learners perceive and treat the formal and functional properties of language learning tasks. The preliminary study reported here presents the interplay between teacher objectives, task input, peer interaction and learner perception of transactional tasks. The study shows that the formal, functional and interactional dimensions of a task seem to operate in tandem when learners perform a task in order to get business done in the classroom and, by extension, in the outside world. The study also suggests that the boundaries of the three dimensions are blurred in the learners' mind, and that the degree of attention to the three dimensions is determined largely by learners themselves. This finding has implications for the study for task development, task complexity and also for larger issues of syllabus and methodology.
TESOL Quarterly, 2003
n A review of the relevant literature reveals that, in spite of its widespread sensitivity to cul... more n A review of the relevant literature reveals that, in spite of its widespread sensitivity to cultural diversity and some critical analysis of culture, the TESOL profession is not free from cultural stereotypes that
Applied Language Learning, 1994
In P. Arnaud & H. Bejaint (Eds.). Yoshida, M. (1978). The acquil!ition ofEnglish vocabulary by a ... more In P. Arnaud & H. Bejaint (Eds.). Yoshida, M. (1978). The acquil!ition ofEnglish vocabulary by a Japan• ese-speaking child. !n E. Hat.eh (Ed.), Second language acquiition. Rowley, MA: Newbury House.
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Books by B Kumaravadivelu
Papers by B Kumaravadivelu