My Scholarly Interests
I have
always been very passionate about curriculum writing, English Language Teaching
(ELT), cultural studies, identity formation & modification, role of power
in educational contexts and Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC). I
know it is a pretty long list, but it doesn’t end here. Since joining Purdue, I
have actually added more to it. I took a course on bilingual education and
gentrification. That course gave me so much to think about, and more
importantly, I was able to connect the new knowledge that I gained in the
course to what I previously knew regarding the role of power, gentrification
and bilingualism/multilingualism.
In the
future, I intend to build on all this knowledge as I endeavour to narrow down a
research question or questions for my final dissertation. I would love to do
something related to bi-literacy/biculturalism, identity formation/modification
and perhaps, the role of curriculum or teachers in relation to that. I know
it’s a lot at this stage that I need to mentally sift, and narrow down, but I’m
confident that in a few months, and after reading a bit more on certain topics,
I will be able to refine my research questions and finally get on with my
dissertation.
Hope that makes sense.
Regards,
Tim
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