Tribhuvan University - Department of English Education

03/11/2019

Opportunity for fully funded scholarship to study one-year Masters in TESOL at University of Warwick, UK funded by Hornby Trust.

Deadline: 30 November 2019 (Saturday)

Find the detail in the link below.
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/hornby-educational-trust-scholarships

02/11/2019

What can you do with an English (or any other language) major?

19/10/2019

Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves.
Social psychologist Amy Cuddy argues that "power posing" -- standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don't feel confident -- can boost feelings of confidence, and might have an impact on our chances for success.

(NOTE: Some of the findings presented in this talk have been referenced in an ongoing debate among social scientists about robustness and reproducibility. Read "Criticisms & updates" below for more details as well as Amy Cuddy's response.) Body language affects how others see us, but it may also...

17/10/2019

"Developing expertise through experience" Edited by Alan Maley

The volume consists of 20 insightful chapters from educators from around the world focusing on their experiences in teacher training and life-long development.

Click on the link below to download the book.

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/K033_Developing_Expertise_Experience_Web_0.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0_SOjrwCoCn-LOIhhnsKagS6MVDznkH5OJhnp4w2NciwnD0NMVakP0dVU

15/10/2019

The October 2019 issue (Volume 31, Number 2) of the electronic journal "Reading in a Foreign Language" is now online.
The issue contains the following six articles and discussions.

Article 1: Two approaches to extensive reading and their effects on L2 vocabulary development
Article 2: Effects of visual aids on intermediate Chinese reading comprehension
Article 3: L2 reading rate and word length: The necessity of character-based measurement
Article 4: Pedagogical effects of teaching test-taking strategies to EFL college students
Article 5: Reading anxiety scales: Do they measure the same construct?
Article 6: Selective attention of L2 learners in task-based reading online

Table of Contents for the October 2018 issue of Reading in a Foreign Language, the refereed international online journal of reading and literacy. Featuring articles on language instruction and reading strategies.

11/10/2019

A new article titled "The scarf, language, and other semiotic assemblages in the formation of a new Chinatown" by our alumnus and former faculty member Dr. Bal Krishna Sharma published in the journal "Applied Linguistics Review".

11/10/2019

How do we measure language fluency?

There are many ways of categorising someone’s linguistic skills, but the concept of fluency is hard to define.

There are many ways of categorising someone’s linguistic skills, but the concept of fluency is hard to define.

06/10/2019

BLOG POST
"Writing for Professional Development" by Betsy Gilliland (University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa)

As writing teachers, it's important to be writers as well as teachers of writing. Learn some ways to get motivated, efficient, and productive with your writing.

03/10/2019

Special issue of the journal "Classroom Discourse" on the theme of "Translanguaging Classroom Discourse" edited by Li Wei and Angel M.Y. Lin

Table of Contents

1. Translanguaging classroom discourse: pushing limits, breaking boundaries (Li Wei & Angel M. Y. Lin)
2. Pedagogical translanguaging and the construction of science knowledge in a multilingual South African classroom: challenging monoglossic/post-colonial orthodoxies (Margie Probyn)
3. Uncovering the universals of ubuntu translanguaging in classroom discourses (Leketi Makalela)
4. Translanguaging and trans-semiotising in a CLIL biology class in Hong Kong: whole-body sense-making in the flow of knowledge co-making (Yanming (Amy) Wu & Angel M. Y. Lin)
5. Challenges and directions in implementing translanguaging pedagogy for low achieving students (Viniti Vaish)
6. Translanguaging by Design in EFL Classrooms (Christian Fallas Escobar)
7. Exploring the role of translanguaging in linguistic ideological and attitudinal reconfigurations in the Spanish classroom for heritage speakers (Josh Prada)
8. ‘What is it called in Spanish?’: Parallel Monolingualisms and translingual classroom talk (Carla Jonsson)
9. ‘English or Swedish please, no Dari!’ – (trans)languaging and language policing in upper secondary school’s language introduction programme in Sweden (Annaliina Gynne)
10. Translanguaging: a coda to the code? (Ofelia García)

Frequency: Yearly ISSN: 1946-3014 eISSN: 1946-3022 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19463014.2019.1635032

03/10/2019

BOOK REVIEW

Book Title: The Routledge international handbook of language education policy in Asia
Journal: Current Issues in Language Planning
Reviewer: Sarina Chugani Molina (University of San Diego)

(2019). The Routledge international handbook of language education policy in Asia (Routledge International Handbooks). Current Issues in Language Planning. Ahead of Print.

02/10/2019

Do you want to become a professional translator and build a strong profile for yourself in the translation industry?

This post (by David C. Jones) discusses the qualities of a good translator.

Learn how you can become a professional translator and build a strong profile for yourself in the translation industry; qualities of a good translator! Obviously, if someone wants to become an expert translator, they must be

28/09/2019

FACULTY PUBLICATION

Our faculty Prem Phyak analyses the linguistic landscape of different cities in Nepal and interprets the meaning of the language used in public spaces in today's Annapurna Post

आधुनिक समाजको निर्माणसँगै बढिरहेको सहरीकरण र स्थानहरूको पहिचान निर्माणमा भाषाको भूमिका महत्त्वपूर्ण हुन्छ। ‘सहर’को सार्वजानिक स्थलहरूमा प्रयोग हुने भाषाहरूले गहिरो सामाजिक र राजनीतिक चिन्तन र संस्कृति बोकेको हुन्छ। साइनबोर्ड, पम्प्लेट, भित्ते लेखन तथा चित्र र होर्डिङ बोर्डहरूमा प्रयोग गरिएका भाषा र अन्य संकेतहरूले ‘सहर’ कस्तो छ र यसले कस्तो सामाजिक–राजनीतिक चिन्तन बोकेको छ भन्ने कुरा चित्रण गर्छन्।

सहरले महिलालाई कमजोर मात्र ठान्दैन, उनीहरूलाई ‘ज्ञान’ र ‘सभ्यता नभएको’ मानिसका रूपमा चित्रित गरेको पाइन्छ। सान.....