Knowledge, Language and Learning

by Rama Kant Agnihotri (Contributor)

Papers presented at the International Seminar on Construction of Knowledge, held at Vidya Bhawan Society, Udaipur during 16-18 April 2004.

276 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 2010

About the author

Rama Kant Agnihotri, D.Phil. (York) is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Delhi, Delhi. He is interested in and has taught and written extensively about Applied Linguistics, Morphology, Sociolinguistics and Research Methods for several years. He has lectured in Germany, UK, USA, Canada, Yemen, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan, among other countries. He has also been working with several NGOs across India in the area of primary school education. He co-edits, with A.L.Khanna, the Sage series on Applied Linguistics. His books include: Crisis of Identity: A Sociolinguistic Study of Sikh Children in Leeds (Bahri, Delhi, 1987), Second Language Acquisition: Socio-cultural and Linguistic Aspects of English in India (Sage, Delhi, 1994, ed. with A.L. Khanna), Hindi Morphology: A Word-based Description (Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1997 with Rajendra Singh), Problematizing English in India (Sage, Delhi, 1997, with A.L. Khanna), Adult ESOL Learners in Great Britain (Multilingual Matters, UK, 1998 with A.L. Khanna, M.K. Verma and S.K. Sinha), Social Psychological Perspectives on Second Language Learning (Sage, Delhi, 1998, with A.L. Khanna and I. Sachdev), Noam Chomsky: The Architecture of Language (Oxford, Delhi, 2001 ed. with N. Mukherjee and B. N. Patnaik) and Hindi: An Essential Grammar (Routledge, London, 2007). He was the Chairperson of the NCERT’s (National Council of Educational Research and Training) National Focus Group on the teaching of Indian Languages. On issues of language learning and teaching and teacher training, he has been an advisor among others to CBSE, NCERT, SCERTs and DIETs across the country and a large number of NGOs including Eklavya, Vidya Bhawan Society and Dignatar.