Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Dr. Kankan Das
Assistant Professor, Humanities and Mangement
Ph.D (English Language Education) from The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India
Contact Address
Permanent Address
Local Address Department of Humanities & Management , Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Off Campus Deoghar
Phone (Office) 6000425304
Phone Residence 6000425304
Email Id kankan.das@bitmesra.ac.in
Joined Institute on : 5-Mar-2024

  Work Experience
 
Teaching : 5 Years

Research : 10 Years

  Professional Background

  • Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, VIT-AP University, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh(May 2022- February 2024)
  • Assistant Professor of English, Christ University, Hosur Campus, Bangalore(November, 2019-April, 2022)
  • Assistant Professor of English,Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science, Kadiri Road Angallu, Village, Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh 517325 (June to October, 2019)
  • Research Associate, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India  & University of Cambridge, UK(November, 2017 to April, 2019)
  • Teaching Assistant, Certificate of Proficiency Course, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India (July, 2014 to April, 2017)

 

  Research Areas
 
  1. English Language Teaching,
  2. Applied Linguistics,
  3. Dyslexia Studies,
  4. Bi/Multilingual studies,
  5. Second Language Acquisition,
  6. Language Assessment and Evaluation.
  Award and Honours
 
  1. Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (2011-12)
  2. Sponsored fellowship to present data collection process & brief findings of the MULTiLiLA project  in Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, UK (27-30 November, 2019)  https://www.mam.mml.cam.ac.uk/
  3. The Online Professional English Network (OPEN)  course is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State with funding provided by the U.S. government and administered by FHI 360. (July to August 2024). Currently, I am doing a teacher-led course titled Developing and Teaching Academic Writing Courses. This course is being offered by Iowa State University, as part of the Online Professional English Network (OPEN). At the end of the course, I have to create a course on teaching and developing academic writing based on my context of teaching. 
  Publications
 

Paper Publication 

  1. Das, K. (2024). Impact of emotive words in teachers’ written feedback on students’ writing performances: A case study, IIS University Journal of Arts, ISSN 2319-5339 (P) & 2583-7591 (O) ( In Press) (UGC Care Listed)

  2. Jackson, A., and Das, K. (2024). Perspectives on Children’s Theory of Mind and Inference Generation Ability: Devising pedagogical tasks, Malayalam Research Journal, ISSN 0974-1984, (In press) (UGC Care listed)

  3. Das, K, & Gayathri, M,G. (2024). Processing of Transparent and Opaque Derivational Words by Dyslexic Learners in ESL context, Language and Language Teaching, Vol.13 (2), Issue 26,  ISSN No. 2277-307X (UGC Care listed)

  4. Mukhopadhyay, L., Tamboli, V., Das, K.,Balasubramanian, A., and Tsimpli, I. (2020).What guides inference generation? A study of young Hindi learners studying in challenging contexts in India. Indian Educational Review, Vol.58, No.1, (pp.40-66) ISSN No. 0019-4700 (NCERT)

  5. Das, K. (2020). Knowledge of Spelling Consonant Clusters in Young ESL Learners: A Study, Language and Language Teaching, Vol.9 (18) (pp.10-17) ISSN No. 2277-307X (UGC Care listed)

  6. Das, K. (2019). Representation of recalled propositions in L1 by secondary level learners, Lokaratna, Vol. XII (pp.146-156) ISSN No.2347-6427 (Peer- Reviewed)

  7. Das, K. (2016). Why reading is important: perspectives on ESL classrooms. In Gahatraj, N.(Ed), Classroom Management: Theory and Practice (pp. 109-116).Guwahati, India: Purbayon Publication. ISBN: 987-81-92955-29-2 (Book Chapter)

 

Paper Presentations 

  1. ‘Fostering language production in multilingual context using Dogme ELT’, in International Conference on Language Education in Multilingual Context, The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad, 26-27 July 2024

  2. ‘How much input second language learners intake while processing information?’’ in Transformational Trends in Linguistics, Literature and Language Teaching, IFHE, ICFAI Tech, Hyderabad, 4-5 May, 2023

  3. ‘Teaching writing in rural settings using authentic material’ in Internal Conference on South Asian Perspectives on The Teaching of English Language and Literature, Shiv Nadar University, Chennai, 16-17 December 2022 

  4. ‘Using Regulatory Feedback to Develop Inference Generation Skills in Young Learners: Implications for Classroom based language assessment, in 8th International Conference of Asian Association of Language Assessment (AALA), Anna University, Chennai,27-28 October, 2022 

  5. ‘An overview of the challenges of project data collection by a research assistant, to an invited workshop on the MuLtiLILA project (RG83665) in Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, UK, 27-30 November 2019. 

  6. ‘What does narrative retelling reveal about bilingual children’s knowledge of English as a second language?’ in The Languages of Education in Multilingual India: Exploring effects on Reading and Mathematics, MultiLiLa, International Conference, Delhi 12-13 July 2018 

  7. ‘Patterns of use of verb argument structures and tenses in L1 and L2 retelling narratives in Language and Literacy in Multilingual Societies, 2nd International Connect Malaysia conference, University of Reading Malaysia, Johor Bahru, 16th -19th July 2018. 

  8. ‘Assessment of Bilingual Cognition through Mathematics and Narrative Retelling: A study of Indian learners of English’ in International Symposium on Bilingualism and Cognition 2018 at BITS Pilani, Goa, 1st – 3rd November 2018 

  9.  ‘Awareness of syntactic structures for successful reading comprehension among ESL learners’ in AMLAP Asia 2018, University of Hyderabad, 1st - 3rd February 2018 

  10. Presented a paper titled, ‘Working memory and processing of comprehension (lexical access) in ESL context’, in 11th International Symposium on Bilingualism, University of Limerick, Ireland, 11- 15 June 2017 

  11. ‘Does recall in L1 aid comprehension in L2?’ in 21st Century LearnersLearning Styles and Strategies, 8th International and 44th ELTAI Conference, SRM University, Chennai, 18-20th July, 2013

  Member of Professional Bodies
 
  • Member of ELTAI
  • Member of  AALA
  Current Sponsored Projects
 
  Text and Reference Books
 
  Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
 
  Fellow
 
  Member, Editorial Board