Realizing the Possibilities of the ESL Textbook

Dr Ramanujam Parthasarathy is a teacher of English and a teacher educator. In a career spanning three-and-a-half decades of teaching and faculty training in India, he has taught English as a second language, English literature and ELT. As a faculty trainer, he has conducted over 160 workshops on various aspects of ELT, continuing professional development, exploratory practice and action research, and given plenary talks at national and international ELT conferences. His research work covers a diverse range of interests within ELT. Besides being a research supervisor and examiner, he has guest edited research journals; served as a member of the editorial board of four international journals; published 23 books, as many research papers, and over 500 feature articles as a columnist and a freelance writer; and edited the newspaper ('Loyola Today') of Andhra Loyola College for 26 years. He holds degrees/diplomas in English Literature, Education, ELT and Creative Writing from five Indian universities. His administrative experience includes: (a) Head, Dept of English; Dean of Humanities; and Director of the Loyola ELT Centre at Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada, India; (b) Director (Training) at Vignan University, India; and (c) Director (ELT Centre) at Gudlavalleru Engineering College, India. Specialties:Teaching (English Language, Literature, English language Teaching, Journalism, Creative Writing), action research, ELT consultancy, ELT course design, materials writing, freelance writing, teacher professional development, educational administration