Date Updated
7-25-2024
Department
Linguistics & Language Development
Academic Rank
Professor
Year Retired from SJSU
2018
Educational Background
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Applied Linguistics, 1986 Ph.D.
University of Lancaster, Linguistics for English Language Teaching. 1981 M.A.
University of Madras, India, English Language and Literature, 1972 M.A.
University of Madras, India, English Literature, 1970 B.A.
Teaching Experience
Department of Linguistics & Language Development, San Jose State University, 1991-2019
Selected Publications
B Kumaravadivelu. "The decolonial option in English teaching: Can the subaltern act?" TESOL Quarterly Vol. 50 Iss. 1 (2016) p. 66 - 85
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tesq.202
B Kumaravadivelu. "Foreword" LondonCountering Native Speakerism: Global Perspectives (2015)
B Kumaravadivelu. "Afterword: Rethinking global perspectives and local initiatives in language teaching" New YorkLanguage Teachers and Teaching: Global Perspectives and Local Initiatives (2014) p. 317 - 323
B Kumaravadivelu. "Individual identity, cultural globalization and teaching English as an international language: The case for an epistemic break" New YorkTeaching English as an International Language: Principles and Practices (2012)
B Kumaravadivelu. Language Teacher Education for a Global Society. London(2012)
B Kumaravadivelu. "La palabra y el mundo: entrevista con B. Kumaravadivelu = The Word and the World: Interview with B. Kumaravadivelu" marcoELE: Revista de Didáctica Español Lengua Extranjera (2012). https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/linguistics_pub/18/
B Kumaravadivelu. Cultural Globalization and Language Education. New Haven, CT(2008)
B Kumaravadivelu. "Globalizacion cultural y educacion del lenguaje" Dialogos: Forum Universal de las Culturas, Lenguaje, Cultura Y Educacion (2008)
B Kumaravadivelu. "The other side of Othering" Independence Iss. 43 (2008)
B Kumaravadivelu. Understanding Language Teaching: From Method to Postmethod. Mahwah, NJ(2006)
B Kumaravadivelu. "Dangerous Liaison: Globalization, Empire and TESOL" London(Re)Locating TESOL in an Age of Empire (2006) p. 1 - 26
B Kumaravadivelu. "Learner perception of learning tasks" ITL – International Journal of Applied Linguistics Vol. 152 (2006) p. 127 - 151 ISSN: 0019-0829
https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.2143/ITL.152.0.2017866
B Kumaravadivelu. "TESOL methods: Changing tracks, challenging trends (Invited Paper for the 40th Anniversary issue)" TESOL Quarterly Vol. 40 Iss. 1 (2006) p. 59 - 81 ISSN: 0039-8322
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2307/40264511
B Kumaravadivelu. "Deconstructing applied linguistics: A postcolonial perspective" Sao Paulo, BrazilLinguistica Applicada Contemporaneidade (2005)
B Kumaravadivelu. "A postmethod perspective on English language Teaching" World Englishes Vol. 22 Iss. 4 (2003) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-971X.2003.00317.x
B Kumaravadivelu. Beyond Methods: Macrostrategies for Language Teaching. New Haven, CT(2003)
B Kumaravadivelu. "Problematizing cultural stereotypes in TESOL" TESOL Quarterly Vol. 37 Iss. 4 (2003) p. 709 - 719 ISSN: 0039-8322 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3588219
B Kumaravadivelu. "From coloniality to globality: (Re)visioning English language teaching in India" Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics Vol. 28 Iss. 2 (2002)
B Kumaravadivelu. "Method, antimethod, postmethod" LondonIATEFL 2002 Conference Selections (2002)
B Kumaravadivelu. "From coloniality to globality: (Re)visioning English language teaching in India" Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics Vol. 28 Iss. 2 (2002)
B Kumaravadivelu. "Paying attention to inter- in intercultural communication" TESOL Journal Vol. 11 Iss. 1 (2002) p. 3 - 4 ISSN: 1056-7941
B Kumaravadivelu. "Toward a postmethod pedagogy" TESOL Quarterly Vol. 35 Iss. 4 (2001) p. 537 - 560 ISSN: 0039-8322. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3588427
B Kumaravadivelu. "Critical classroom discourse analysis" TESOL Quarterly Vol. 33 Iss. 3 (1999) p. 453 - 484 ISSN: 0039-8322 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3587674
B Kumaravadivelu. "Theorising practice, practising theory: The role of classroom observation" LondonTheory in Language Teacher Education (1999)
B Kumaravadivelu. "Language Teaching in India: Issues and Innovations" Studies in Second Language Acquisition (1997): 409-410. https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/linguistics_pub/11/
B Kumaravadivelu. "Understanding Communication in Second Language Classrooms" Studies in Second Language Acquisition (1996): 386-387. https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/linguistics_pub/15/
B Kumaravadivelu. "A multidimensional model for peer evaluation of teaching effectiveness" Journal on Excellence in College Teaching Vol. 6 Iss. 3 (1995) https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/linguistics_pub/7/
B Kumaravadivelu. "Author Responds (Response to a critique of my 1994a TESOL Quarterly article)" TESOL Quarterly Vol. 29 Iss. 1 (1995) p. 177 - 180 ISSN: 0039-8322.
B Kumaravadivelu. "Second Language Acquisition: Socio-cultural and Linguistic Aspects of English in India" Studies in Second Language Acquisition (1995): 424. https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/linguistics_pub/12/
B Kumaravadivelu, Bean and Lowenberg. "Students as experts: tapping the cultural/linguistic diversity of the classroom" Journal on Excellence in College Teaching Vol. 6 Iss. 2 (1995) https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/linguistics_pub/5/
B Kumaravadivelu. "Intake factors and intake processes in adult language learning" Applied Language Learning Vol. 5 Iss. 1 (1994)
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/linguistics_pub/10/
B Kumaravadivelu. "The Other Tongue: English Across Cultures" Studies in Second Language Acquisition (1994): 485-486. https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/linguistics_pub/14/
B Kumaravadivelu. "The postmethod condition: (E)merging strategies for second/foreign language teaching" TESOL Quarterly Vol. 28 Iss. 1 (1994) p. 27 - 48 ISSN: 0039-8322
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3587197
B Kumaravadivelu. "Maximizing learning potential in the communicative classroom" ELT Journal Vol. 47 Iss. 1 (1993) ISSN: 0951-0893
https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/47.1.12
B Kumaravadivelu. "Macrostrategies for the Second/Foreign Language Teacher" The Modern Language Journal Vol. 76 Iss. 1 (1992)
B Kumaravadivelu. "English in Indian Bilingualism" Studies in Second Language Acquisition (1991): 92-93. https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/linguistics_pub/9/
B Kumaravadivelu. "Language learning tasks: teacher intention and learner interpretation" ELT Journal, (1991)
https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/45.2.98
B Kumaravadivelu. "Towards a hierarchy of grammar learning" MadrasA Carnival for the Grammarian (1991)
B Kumaravadivelu. "Ethnic Variation in Classroom Interaction: Myth or Reality?" RELC Journal Vol. 21 (1990) ISSN: 0033-6882
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/003368829002100204
B Kumaravadivelu. "Communication strategies and psychological processes in interlanguage written discourse" International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching Vol. 26 Iss. 4 (1988)
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/linguistics_pub/8/
B Kumaravadivelu. "Second Languages: a cross-linguistic perspective" Applied Psycholinguistics Vol. 7 Iss. 2 (1986)
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/linguistics_pub/13/
B Kumaravadivelu. "Topic Continuity hierarchy as a constraint on interlanguage variation" Proceedings of the 2nd annual meeting of the Pacific Linguistics Conference (1986)
Please see CV for other publications, such as invited book reviews, and non-referred articles.
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Personal Commentary
Educated at the Universities of Madras in India, Lancaster in England, and Michigan in the USA, Dr. Balasubramanian Kumaravadivelu has specialized in language teaching methods, postmethod pedagogy, teacher education, classroom discourse analysis, and teaching culture. He is the author of Language Teacher Education for a Global Society (2012), Cultural Globalization and Language Education (2008), Understanding Language Teaching: From Method to Postmethod (2006), and Beyond Methods: Macrostrategies for Language Teaching (2003). In addition, he has published 30 research papers. He has delivered keynote/plenary addresses in international conferences held in Australia, Brazil, Colombia, England, Finland, Hong Kong, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and USA. He has served on the Editorial Board of reputed journals including TESOL Quarterly. He has also served the U.S. State Department as an English Language Specialist.