Vai Ramanathan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3823974 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vai Ramanathan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vai |
| FAMILY NAME | Ramanathan |
| SIGNATURE | RAMANATHAN V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Critical English for Academic Purposes
A Naturalistic Inquiry into the Cultures of Two Divergent MA-Tesol Programs
This article reports on a naturalistic inquiry into the cultures of two MA-TESOL programs in different parts of the United States, highlighting how their identities have been shaped by factors in their respective local environments that in turn affect what is taught in each program. The study explored how and why the two programs stress certain language teaching skills. The findings detail the divergent realities of the two programs with a view t…
Alzheimer Discourse
Contents: Introduction. Theoretical Framework. Wellformedness in Alzheimer Interactions: Continuity Elements. Narrative and Interactive Illformedness in Alzheimer Talk. Repair as a Discontinuity Element: Examining Tina's Talk With N. A Schematic Understanding of Repetition in an AD Life Story. Some Implications and Conclusions
English Is Here to Stay
Based on an ongoing ethnographic project, this article examines ways in which the Indian middle class, with its relatively easy access to English, represents an inner circle of power and privilege that for a variety of reasons remains inaccessible to particular groups of people in India. Specifically, the data revealed that certain institutional and teaching practices keep English out of the reach of lower income and lower caste groups and push t…
Individualism, academic writing, and ESL writers
Schematic Understanding
This paper explores repetition in the discourse of a patient suffering from Alzheimer's disease (hereafter AD). Previously studied by psycholinguistic researchers, repetition has been understood as a feature that contributes to the growing incoherence of AD speech. However, by doing a schematic analysis of an AD patient's life story—recorded over the period of a year and a half—I shall demonstrate two things: (a) how repeated segments capturing p…
Cultures of Writing
Nonnative-speaking (NNS) undergraduates at U.S. universities frequently proceed from ESL or English for academic purposes writing classes directly into freshman composition. Although this sequence of events may be an effective means of getting students into the academic writing mainstream, there have been some suggestions to the contrary. Taking an ethnographic approach, this study describes the contrasting cultural norms of academic writing and …
Narrative well-formedness in Alzheimer's discourse
Individualism, academic writing, and ESL writers
Narrative well-formedness in Alzheimer's discourse
English Is Here to Stay
Based on an ongoing ethnographic project, this article examines ways in which the Indian middle class, with its relatively easy access to English, represents an inner circle of power and privilege that for a variety of reasons remains inaccessible to particular groups of people in India. Specifically, the data revealed that certain institutional and teaching practices keep English out of the reach of lower income and lower caste groups and push t…
Cultures of Writing
Nonnative-speaking (NNS) undergraduates at U.S. universities frequently proceed from ESL or English for academic purposes writing classes directly into freshman composition. Although this sequence of events may be an effective means of getting students into the academic writing mainstream, there have been some suggestions to the contrary. Taking an ethnographic approach, this study describes the contrasting cultural norms of academic writing and …
Schematic Understanding
This paper explores repetition in the discourse of a patient suffering from Alzheimer's disease (hereafter AD). Previously studied by psycholinguistic researchers, repetition has been understood as a feature that contributes to the growing incoherence of AD speech. However, by doing a schematic analysis of an AD patient's life story—recorded over the period of a year and a half—I shall demonstrate two things: (a) how repeated segments capturing p…
Cultures of Writing
Nonnative-speaking (NNS) undergraduates at U.S. universities frequently proceed from ESL or English for academic purposes writing classes directly into freshman composition. Although this sequence of events may be an effective means of getting students into the academic writing mainstream, there have been some suggestions to the contrary. Taking an ethnographic approach, this study describes the contrasting cultural norms of academic writing and …
Narrative well-formedness in Alzheimer's discourse
Alzheimer Discourse
Contents: Introduction. Theoretical Framework. Wellformedness in Alzheimer Interactions: Continuity Elements. Narrative and Interactive Illformedness in Alzheimer Talk. Repair as a Discontinuity Element: Examining Tina's Talk With N. A Schematic Understanding of Repetition in an AD Life Story. Some Implications and Conclusions
English Is Here to Stay
Based on an ongoing ethnographic project, this article examines ways in which the Indian middle class, with its relatively easy access to English, represents an inner circle of power and privilege that for a variety of reasons remains inaccessible to particular groups of people in India. Specifically, the data revealed that certain institutional and teaching practices keep English out of the reach of lower income and lower caste groups and push t…
Individualism, academic writing, and ESL writers
A Naturalistic Inquiry into the Cultures of Two Divergent MA-Tesol Programs
This article reports on a naturalistic inquiry into the cultures of two MA-TESOL programs in different parts of the United States, highlighting how their identities have been shaped by factors in their respective local environments that in turn affect what is taught in each program. The study explored how and why the two programs stress certain language teaching skills. The findings detail the divergent realities of the two programs with a view t…
Critical English for Academic Purposes
Psychology (7 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (4 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works)