Director of the Loyola English Language Teaching (ELT) Centre at Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada.He is a teacher of English and a teacher educator. In a career spanning three decades of teaching and faculty training in India, he has taught English as a second language, English literature and ELT. As a faculty trainer, he has conducted over 95 workshops on various aspects of ELT, professional development, exploratory practice and action research, and given plenary talks at national and international ELT conferences. His research work covers a diverse range of interests within ELT: materials evaluation (for a PhD degree); a 2-year ZEE-Education-funded materials-production project about which papers have been published in reputable ELT journals, national and international; two action research projects; and a UGC-funded research project. Besides being a research supervisor and examiner, he has guest edited research journals; served as a member of the editorial board of two international journals; published 23 books, 16 research papers, and over 500 feature articles as a columnist and a freelance writer; and edited the newspaper (‘Loyola Today’) of Andhra Loyola College for 26 years.
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About the Author: Patrick Blessinger
Dr. Patrick Blessinger is an adjunct associate professor of education at St. John's University, a math and science teacher with the New York State Education Department, and chief research scientist of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (in consultative status with the United Nations). Dr. Blessinger is the editor and author of many books and articles and he is an educational policy analyst and contributing writer with UNESCO's Inclusive Policy Lab, University World News, The Hechinger Report, and Higher Education Tomorrow, among others. Dr. Blessinger teaches courses in education, leadership, and research methods and he serves on doctoral dissertation committees. Dr. Blessinger has been involved with accreditation certification for universities and colleges and he has been involved in various educational consulting projects. Dr. Blessinger provides professional development workshops and classes to teachers and educational leaders and regularly gives presentations at academic conferences around the world. Dr. Blessinger has received several educational awards, including: Fulbright Senior Scholar to Denmark (Department of State, USA), Governor’s Teaching Fellow (Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia, USA), and Certified Educator (National Geographic Society, USA).