Sanghita Sen, Senior Lecturer
sanghitasen@gmail.com
Area of Specialisation: Applied Linguistics & English Grammar, TESOL Gender & Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Semiotics.

M.A. in English (Burdwan), MA in TESOL (London), PG Diploma In Teaching of English (CIEFL), M. Phil. (CIEFL)

Areas of Interest
•  Applied Linguistics
•  Phonetics
•  ELT/TESOL: Teacher Development & Materials Production
•  Gender & Cultural Studies

Area of Research
•  Discourse Analysis
•  Popular Aesthetics and Mass Media
•  Identity politics and Cultural Studies
•  ESL Teacher development
•  Role of L1 in Second Language Acquisition in Multilingual Contexts

Ongoing Research Projects
UGC sponsored Minor Research Project on ‘the Role of the English Language Teachers’ Clubs in professional development of Language teachers in India: an impact study.’

Research Group
Present Members
•  ELTeCS (English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme is an information-sharing and teacher development network organized by the British Council)
•  IATEFL Literature, Media and Cultural Studies Special Interest Group
•  The enCompass Culture: ELT E-Reading Group

FormerMembers
•  Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL - an international forum for ESL teachers based in USA)

Teaching Course Taught
English Language and Literature at the Undergraduate and the Post Graduate Programmes

Recent Publications
Edited Books
•   Sen, S. (2006a) Training Handbook: Doorstep Training Programme. Kolkata: Institute of English.
•  Sen, S. (2006b) Improved Communication in English. (a Practice Book with cassettes for oral communication and phonetics). Kolkata: Institute of English
•  Sen, S. (2005b) Resource Bank of ESL Activities for the Secondary Level. Kolkata: Institute of English Chapter
•  Sen, S. (2005c) ‘Institute of English, Calcutta: from 1963 – 2005.’ In ELTIs in India. Hyderabad: CIEFL
•  Sen, S. (2004) ‘Metaphorizing Lorca: a poetic solidarity’ in Mukherjee, I. & Sanyal, S. (eds.), Reading ‘Culture’ in Spanish & Luso-Brazillian Studies. New Delhi: Centre for Spanish Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Papers Presentation
•  Sen, S. (2005a) Annual Report on Teacher Training at the Institute of English, Calcutta. Presented in All India ELTI Director's Conference 2005, Hyderabad, India.