Dr. Anandan’s PACE (Promoting Acquisition of Competence in English), Published by Mathrubhoomi (2004-05), Kerala. In PACE Anandan was exploring how the second language pedagogy in the constructivist paradigm can be worked out as a reading material for the unemployed youth who would like to develop proficiency in English at lest to some extent. Like the […]
RACE, is a multimedia material conceived for adolescent learners. It is the first model that demonstrates how a multimedia material can be developed in conformity with the constructivist paradigm. RACE deals with the story of two teenagers, Radhika and Vishnu and narrates the conflict they undergo at various points of time. The programme has four […]
The District Panchayat of Palakkad wanted to have a programme for developing the English language proficiency of children of classes 5 to 7 as pat of the Harishree project. Launching RACE was not possible as it required multimedia facilities in the classroom. At the same time Discourse Pedagogy used in RACE was to be retained […]
The Constructive Perspective on English Language Teaching, in Essential readings for Teachers of English- from Research Insights to Classroom processes, (2012), edited by A.L. Khanna and Anju S Gupta, published by Orient Blackswan.
Teacher Talk in second language classroom (2014), paper published in LLT, Journal, Issue 5.0, Azim Premji University
Fortell, Journal Publishes blogs in English (http://keralaenglishgroup.blogspot.com ; http://drknanandan.blogspot.com, http://critical pedagogy.blogspot.com )
Freedom from Imperial Shackles, A comprehensive sourcebook for the teaching of English (2016), Mathrubhumi Publications, Kozhikode. Facilitating Discourse Construction in Second language, paper published in The causes and consequences of launching Discourse Orineted Pedagogy in the states of Kerala in the year 2007, and in Andhra Pradesh in 2011 create the backdrop of this book.
Tuition to Intuition: The Constructivist Perspective on second Language Pedagogy (2006) Transcend, Calicut University, P.O., Kerala. Tuition to Intuition captures the various theoretical postulates of Anandan’s cognitive Interactionist Approach in second language pedagogy. His claims on second language acquisition, derives inputs from Chomsky’s UG theory, SLA theories (Krashen, Cook), Gestalt theory (Wertheimer, Kaffka), humanistic theories […]
Bhasha Sasthrathile Chomskyan Viplavam (2006) (The Chomskyan Revolution in Linguistics), Kerala Bhasha Institute. (http://www.keralabhashainstitute.org/) This title won the Kerala Sahithya Academy Endowment Award in 2006. This book written in Malayalam presents a historical perspective on account of Chomskyan model of linguistics tracing its evolution from Syntactic Structures (1957) to Minimalist Theory(2000). The main concepts discussed […]
