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Professor
Rama Kant Agnihotri
Professor Rama Kant Agnihotri delivering a lecture in the University of South Australia
Alma materUniversity of Delhi, University of York
Occupation(s)University Professor, Linguist, Educator
Notable workProblematizing English in India, Second Language Acquisition: Sociocultural and Linguistic Aspects of English in India, Hindi Morphology: A Word-based Description, Adult ESOL Learners in Great Britain, Social Psychological Perspectives on Second Language Learning, Noam Chomsky: The Architecture of Language, Hindi: An Essential Grammar, Language, Mind and Society: A Language and Education Reader

Rama Kant Agnihotri[1] is an Indian linguist and educationist. He taught and headed the Department of Linguistics at the University of Delhi and served as the Chair Professor from 1995 to 1998.[2] [3]He was also the Dean of Faculty of Arts of the University of Delhi from 1996 to 1998.[2] Currently he is a Professor Emeritus at Vidya Bhawan Society, Udaipur.[4]

Biography edit

Early life and education edit

Professor Agnihotri was born on 21 December 1945 in Punjab, India.[2] He studied in Punjab until his Master's. He completed his M.A in English literature in 1966. Later, he moved to New Delhi and joined the University of Delhi for Diploma in Linguistics. Upon its successful completion, he enrolled for M.Litt in Linguistics from the Department of Linguistics of Delhi University. He completed his D. Phil in Linguistics from the University of York in 1980 and studied the processes of assimilation among Sikh children in Leeds.[2]

Professional life edit

Professor Agnihotri started his career as a lecturer of English literature at various colleges under the University of Delhi in 1969.[2] Later, he moved to United Kingdom as a Doctoral student and taught Hindi as a foreign language at the University of York from 1973 to 1975. Until 1980, he taught at various universities including University of Reading, University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch University, University of Potsdam, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Aga Khan University, University of Peradeniya, Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjabi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, IIT Kanpur, CIIL, Jammu University, Aligarh Muslim University, and Jamia Millia Islamia.[2] In 1980, he joined in the Department of Linguistics, University of Delhi as an Assistant Professor and later on went to became the Head of the Department and Professor of Linguistics. [2]

During his tenure as a Professor at the University of Delhi, he undertook various administrative responsibilities. He served as the Dean of Faculty of Arts of University of Delhi from 1996 to 1998. He was also the Chair Professor at the Department of Linguistics from 1995 to 1998.[2] He also served as the Chair of National Service Scheme, Equal Opportunity Cell, Short Term Courses Committee, University of Delhi Committee on Ad Hoc Teachers at University of Delhi.[2] He was also a member of Disability Committee of the University of Delhi.[2]

Research and Publications edit

Research interests edit

Professor Rama Kant Agnihotri's interested in and has taught and written extensively about Applied Linguistics, Morphology, Sociolinguistics and Research Methods for several years.[2][1] His areas of research and study includes:

Publications[2][1][5] edit

Professor Agnihotri has published books and articles on language and education related topics. He also writes in newspapers about various topics related to education and language.[6]

Books edit

He co-edited the Research in Applied Linguistics (RAL) book series of SAGE along with A. L Khanna.[7]

  1. Second Language Acquisition: Socio-cultural and Linguistic Aspects of English in India, 1994, (eds. R K Agnihotri and A L Khanna), ISBN: 9788170364061, 817036406X[8]
  2. English Language Teaching in India: Issues and Innovations, 1995, (eds. R K Agnihotri and A L Khanna), ISBN: 9780803992481, 0803992483[9]
  3. Problematizing English in India, 1997, (eds. R K Agnihotri and A L Khanna), ISBN: 9788170366232, 8170366232[10]
  4. Social Psychological Perspectives on Second Language Learning, 1998, (eds. R K Agnihotri, A L Khanna and I Sachdev), ISBN: 9780761992608, 076199260X[11]
  5. Practice and Research in Literacy, 2002, (eds. A Mukherjee and Duggirala Vasanta)[12]
  6. Reading Acquisition in India: Models of Learning and Dyslexia, 2004, (P G Patel)[13]
  7. Learning and Teaching English in India, 2006, (R Sheorey), ISBN: 9780761934653, 0761934650[14]

His other books are:

  1. Crisis of Identity: A Sociolinguistic Study of Sikh Children in Leeds.[15]
  2. Hindi Morphology: A Word-based Description.[16]
  3. Adult ESOL Learners in Great Britain.[17]
  4. Noam Chomsky: The Architecture of Language.[18]
  5. Hindi: An Essential Grammar.[19]
  6. Language, Mind and Society: A Language and Education Reader.[20]
Articles edit

Professor Agnihotri is a regular contributor to several newspapers and websites.[6] He expresses his views on education and language related policies. Some of his articles in popular websites and newspapers are:

  • Language as a space for scientific enquiry, Economic and Political Weekly[21]
  • Before the cure, how sick will we get, Deccan Herald[22]
  • AAP govt's clamp on textbook contents, Deccan Herald[23]
  • Need for more focus, Deccan Herald[24]
  • Why death of 2 kids in school tanks failed to spur anger, Deccan Herald[25]
  • Right to disagree, Deccan Herald[26]
  • A step backward, Deccan Herald[27]
  • Of spoken languages, written words and pronunciations, Deccan Herald[28]
  • Post COVID learning challenge, The Indian Express[29]
  • Yet another exam that won't solve the real problems, The Indian Express[30]
  • No class is monolingual. Our education policies must reflect this, The Indian Express[31]
  • NEP must tap children's astonishing ability as a classroom resource, The Indian Express[32]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rama-Agnihotri-2. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Rama Kant Agnihotri | University of Delhi - Academia.edu". du-in.academia.edu.
  3. ^ "Department of Linguistics - Delhi University". www.du.ac.in.
  4. ^ https://twitter.com/OrientBlackSwan/status/1519535880192786432. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Rama Kant Agnihotri". scholar.google.com.
  6. ^ a b "Rama Kant Agnihotri : Read All The Stories Written by Rama Kant Agnihotri". December 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "Agnihotri, Rama Kant". SAGE Publications Inc. May 24, 2022.
  8. ^ Second Language Acquisition: Socio-cultural and Linguistic Aspects of English in India. Thousand Oaks, Calif. 1994. ISBN 9788170364061.
  9. ^ English Language Teaching in India: Issues and Innovations. SAGE Publications. 1995. ISBN 9780803992481.
  10. ^ Problematizing English in India. Sage Publications. 1997. ISBN 9788170366232.
  11. ^ "Social Psychological Perspectives on Second Language Learning". SAGE Publications Inc.
  12. ^ https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/node/46593/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ^ "Reading Acquisition in India". SAGE Publications Inc. December 1, 2022.
  14. ^ Learning and Teaching English in India. SAGE Publications. 9 March 2006. ISBN 9780761934653.
  15. ^ . OCLC 18561303 https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18561303. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ^ Hindi Morphology: A Word-based Description. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. 1997. ISBN 9788120814462.
  17. ^ Khanna, A. L.; Verma, Mahendra K.; Agnihotri, R. K.; Sinha, S. K. (January 9, 1998). Adult ESOL Learners in Britain: A Cross-Cultural Study. Multilingual Matters Ltd, 325 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106. ISBN 9781853593345 – via ERIC.
  18. ^ The Architecture of Language. Oxford University Press. 17 August 2006. ISBN 978-0-19-568446-9.
  19. ^ Hindi: An Essential Grammar. Taylor & Francis. 21 September 2022. ISBN 9781000622232.
  20. ^ "Orient BlackSwan". orientblackswan.com.
  21. ^ "Language as a Space for Scientific Enquiry". 57 (32). August 5, 2022 – via www.epw.in. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  22. ^ "Before the cure, how sick will we get?". Deccan Herald. May 9, 2018.
  23. ^ "AAP govt's clamp on textbook contents". Deccan Herald. September 18, 2015.
  24. ^ "Need for more foucs". Deccan Herald. July 3, 2017.
  25. ^ "Why death of 2 kids in school tanks failed to spur anger". Deccan Herald. February 2, 2016.
  26. ^ "Right to Disagree". Deccan Herald. March 29, 2017.
  27. ^ "A step backward". Deccan Herald. August 9, 2016.
  28. ^ "Of spoken languages, written word and pronunciations". Deccan Herald. July 7, 2016.
  29. ^ "Rama Kant Agnihotri writes: The post-Covid learning challenge". June 7, 2022.
  30. ^ "Yet another exam that won't solve the real problems". April 16, 2022.
  31. ^ "No classroom is monolingual. Our education policies must reflect this". March 4, 2021.
  32. ^ "NEP must tap children's astonishing linguistic ability as a classroom resource". December 3, 2020.

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