Dr. Rajakumar Guduru

Assistant Professor

School of Humanities, Social Sciences & Management

Office : Humanities, Social Sciences & Management

Phone : 9052216604, 0674-713-6414

Email : rajakumarguduru@iitbbs.ac.in, raja.ciefl@gmail.com

Education

Degree	Discipline	Year	School
Ph.D. English	English Language Teaching (ELT)	2011	English and Foreign Languages University
M.Phil. English	English Language Teaching (ELT)	2007	English and Foreign Languages University
M.A., Englsih	Teaching of English as a Second Language (TESL)	2006	Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL)
B.A., English	Special English	2004	Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada

Research Interests

Developing Critical Vocabulary of ESL Learners; Cognitive Reading Skills; Second Language Acquisition; Teacher Education and Development; Communication Skills; Technology and Language Learning;

Teaching

English for Communication; Scientific and Technical Writing; Introduction to Literature; Global Communication;

Recent Publications (International Journals)

Ali, Shamsan, Guduru &Yemmela. (2019). Attitudes of Saudi EFL Learners towards Speaking Skills. Arab World English Journal, Vol.10, No.2. (pp.253-364).

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2011). Enhancing ESL Learners‟ Idiom Competence: Bridging the Gap between BICS and CALP. International Journal of Social Sciences and Education, 1(4), (pp. 540-556).

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2011). A Perspective on English as a Language of International Communication: a Study of University Learners. Language in India, 11(9), (pp. 69-95).

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2011). Collocations: encouraging SL learners‟ communicative competence and performance. In V. V. N. Rajendra Prasad., S. Mohanraj., K. Narasimharao., and R. Prabhakar. (Eds.), Perspectives on ELT, (pp. 87-100). New Delhi: Prestige Books International.

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2012). Defining a Word: beyond a dictionary definition. Language in India, 11(8), (pp. 250-258).

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2011). Evolving Strategies for Teaching Basic Vocabulary in L2 through Meaningful Input: An Ethnographic Study with First Generation Learners. Language in India, 11(8), (pp. 510-720).

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2011). Transfer of Idiom Knowledge from L1 to L2: A study of advanced Telugu learners. The Journal of Contemporary Research in India, 1(2), (pp. 64-68).

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2012). TEACHING BASIC VOCABULARY in L2: bridging the linguistic/cognitive gap of the rural ESL learners. The Journal of ELT-Voices India, 1(2), (pp. 25-35).

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2011). Role of Idiomatic Expressions in Second Language Development: A Wealth of Proficiency and a Strategy in Communication. Indian Journal of Adult Education, 72(2), (pp.17-25).

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2012). Learning Academic Idioms: Some Useful Techniques for Beginner Learners. Language in India, 12(2), (pp. 23-32).

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2014). An Overview of Saudi EFL Learners’ Self-assessment of Vocabulary Learning Strategies. Language in India, Vol. 14:5.

Recent Publications (National Journals)

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2011). Teaching Basic Vocabulary (BV) in English: suggestions and implications. Research Spectrum, 2(2), (pp. 72-76).

Rajakumar, Guduru. (2011). Facilitating ESL Learners’ Awareness and Comprehension of Academic Idioms: a study of disadvantaged learners. Languaging, Vol. 3, (pp. 108-124). Hyderabad: EFLU.

Conferences (International)

Participated in a Two-day workshop on “Cooperative Learning” organized by College of Sciences and Arts, King Khalid University, Balqarn, 23-24 January 2016 Kindom of Saudi Arabia.

Participated in a workshop on “Map Thinking via Thinking Maps” organized by College of Sciences and Arts, King Khalid University, Balqarn,19 February 2015, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Attended an International Conference on “Starting, Stimulating and Sustaining: English Language Teacher Education and Development” in Hyderabad from January 22 – 24, 2011, organized by British Council and EFLU.

Presented a paper in an International Conference on “Strategic Communication: Learning from Mistakes,” hosted by The University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun from 4 – 5 November 2011.

Attended an International Conference on Constructions of Masculinity at Technical University Dresden, Germany, 17– 20 June 2009.

Presented a paper in the “Third International Language Learning Conference (3rd ILLC) 2008” on 27– 29 October 2008 in Penang, Malaysia.

Presented a paper in the International Conference “(ELTM 2008) English Language Teaching Materials Conference 2008” Universiti Teknologi MARAKampus Bandaraya Melaka, Malaysia.

Attended an International Workshop on Editing and Publishing at EFLU, Hyderabad, December 2008.

Conferences (National)

Participated in a Two-Day National workshop on e-Learning, MOOCs, and Basic ICT Tools for University Teachers” on March 19 -20, 2018 organized by Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University, Bhubaneswar.

Member of the organizing committee of a national seminar on “English Language Education in India: Theory and Practice.” At Centre for English Language Studies, School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad from 23-25 January 2012.

Attended a workshop on “Teacher Leadership Skills” from Nov, 9 – 10, 2012 organized by the Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Presented a paper in the National Seminar on “Making Communicative Competence/Performance Possible through Knowledge of Collocations” in November 2009 at Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore.

Presented a paper in the National Conference on "The Role of English in Sustainable Community Development" on 18-19 August 2008 at HM Patel Institute of English Language Centre at VV Nagar, in Anand, in Gujrat.

Presented a paper in National Seminar on Literature, Language, Communication organized by the Dept. of Earth Science, Pondicherry Central University on 27th March 2008 in Pondicherry.

Academic Honors & Awards

DAAD-Fellowship to visit Germany
Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship
Ford Foundation Fellowship
Fr. Gordon' s Best Student Award in B.A., First Year at Andhra Loyola College
EFL University Grant for attending International Conference in Malaysia

Ms. Ramya Devi, B.

Certificate of Proficiency in Spanish (EFLU, 2005).