Biography

Dr M. S. Xavier Pradheep Singh teaches English Language and Literature at St. Joseph?s College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India. He earned a PhD in English from Madurai Kamaraj University for his dissertation on "Virtual Learning for Enhancing Learners' Proficiency in English". His interests in research lie in English Language Teaching and Technology Integrated Language Teaching, Teacher Development and Assessment. He has twice received e-teacher scholarship from RELO, the American Embassy to do online teacher training courses on "Building Teaching Skills through the Interactive Web" and "Assessment: Summative and Formative Practices in Language Learning and Teaching" offered by the American English Institute, University of Oregon, USA. He has also participated in the Hornby South Asia Regional Training in Dhaka, Bangladesh with financial support from the British Council, India. He serves on the editorial board of the following journals: TheMEXTESOL Journal (Mexico), Journal of Teaching English with Technology (Poland), Journal of Teaching and Research in English Literature (India), Journal of Technology for ELT (India), The ELT Practitioner (India), Langlit (India), The Literary Voyage (India), and Cuckoo (India). He was a reviewer for Impackt Publishing Ltd., Brimingham, UK for the publication of the book "Workshop in a Box: Communication Skills for IT Professionals". He has served as a resource person for sixty programmes (conferences, seminars, workshops, faculty development programmes, etc).