My primary research focuses on the issues of English as a medium of instruction (EMI), language education policy, language ideology, multilingual/translingual practices, epistemic injustice, ethnic/racial discourses, and multilingual and multimodal literacies of youth. My Ph.D. research examined the development of EMI policies at different policy layers (e.g., federal, provincial, municipal, and school) and how the practice of EMI policies influenced access, quality, and equity for ethnolinguistic, class, caste, religion, and gender minoritized students in Southern part of Nepal. One of my current research projects, funded by the British Council London, looks at the intersection of “gender” and “English-medium education” in low and middle-income countries (e.g., Nepal and Nigeria). My current research also looks at how newcomer students construct, (re)negotiate, and resist their intersectional identities (the intersection of language, race/ethnicity, culture, and religion) in the process of learning the English language at a Canadian school. My research interests also include teacher education with a key focus on teacher agency and linguistic and cultural responsiveness in teacher preparation programs and policies.

I am also a Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Education, Language, and Ideology.

Education

Ph.D. in Language and Literacy Education [The University of British Columbia, Canada]

MA in TESOL with Applied Linguistics [University of Central Lancashire, UK]

MED in English Education [Tribhuvan University, Nepal]

BED in English Education [Tribhuvan University, Nepal]

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Contact

Email: pramodtesol@gmail.com