Language Futures in South Asia

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Education.SouthAsia is an interdisciplinary network of researchers and practitioners working on/in South Asia. This initiative is a collaboration between the University of Oxford and University College London.
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Language and Education Reading Group

Join Education South Asia's Language and Education Reading Group, launched in May 2023 in partnership with The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) at the University of Oxford. The Reading Group aims to bring together scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds to foster dialogue between the different ways in which language and education are studied and understood, with perspectives from sociology, anthropology, education research and policy, and linguistic and sociolinguistic studies, among others.

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ThinkPieces

Education.SouthAsia invites original and analytic pieces that make interdisciplinary contributions to the issue of education in South Asia.

“Where am I in the Text?”: Localising Literature in the Indian Classroom

I began my training in academia as an undergraduate student of B.A. Honours English at Delhi University. Recalling a professor’s […]

Getting the Foundation Right: Instilling a Real Sense of ‘Crisis’ about the ‘Learning Crisis’

In 1944, Sir John Philip Sargent, Principal Education Advisor to the British Government, shared a draft memorandum calling attention to […]

Innovation Spotlight Series – Spotlight 3: SaySomethingin.com

“Revolutionising Language Teaching in South Asia: The “Anyone Can Teach” Approach” Introduction: The landscape of language teaching in South Asia […]

Overcoming the ‘ordinary’ through Disability Studies

In this ThinkPiece, I wish to articulate how a particular understanding of disability can allow educators to transgress frameworks of […]

Navigating Ideal Worker Expectations: A Single Female Academician in Bangladesh during Pandemic

“When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters – one represents danger, and the other represents […]

Artisan education and craft practice- Interwoven models of learning

Most conversations about education address the domain of formal institutional knowledge and cerebral modes of learning, re-enforcing the binary of […]

Innovation Spotlight Series – Spotlight 3: Incentivising Arabic to Engage Female Adult Learners: A Case Study of Dhaka’s Neemtoli Slum

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment has risen in Bangladesh, creating more competition for waged employment in an already competitive market […]

Auditing for Empathy – The New Trend in Indian Schools

School education in India has had the reputation of being demanding, stressful and unforgiving for children. The overly competitive school […]

Varied Perceptions of Education in South Asia

The word ‘education’ is often used as a generic term to describe a wide range of activities and their consequences. […]

Innovation Spotlight Series – Spotlight 2: The Vedica Scholars Programme for Women – A reimagined MBA for women

India faces a strange paradox. While a greater number of women are enrolling in higher education each passing year, they […]

Language Futures in South Asia Conference 2023: 'Language and Politics' Panel

Language Futures in South Asia Conference 2023: 'Language and Caste in India' Panel

Language Futures in South Asia Conference 2023: 'English Language and Education' Panel

Language Futures in South Asia Conference 2023: Welcome and 'Language and Technology' Panel

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