Research

My current research focuses on teaching grammar and vocabulary in communicative frameworks. I am also interested in mapping syntactic means of encoding spatial events in Indian languages and their possible effects on learning spatial language in English as a second language.

publications: books

Sudharshana, N. P. & Mukhopadhyay, L. [2022] (eds.). Task-based Language Teaching and Assessment: Contemporary Reflections from Across the World. Springer Nature. ISBN: 978-981-16-4225-8

Sudharshana, N. P. & Savitha, C. (2021). Enable: English Language and Communication Skills. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-11-08958-78-3 (under consideration as a textbook for Class 11 with Nepal government)

Sudharshana, N. P. & Savitha, C. (2018a). English for Engineers. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-1-108-71644-4 (prescribed as a textbook for BTech I year, JNTU, Hyderabad)

Sudharshana, N. P. & Savitha, C. (2018b). Teacher book for ‘English for Engineers’ . Cambridge University Press

Sudharshana, N. P. & Savitha, C. (2016a). English for Technical Communication. New Delhi: Cambridge University Press. (prescribed as a reference book for BTech I year, VTU, Belagavi, Karnataka)

Sudharshana, N. P. & Savitha, C. (2016b). Teacher book for ‘English for Technical Communication’ . Cambridge University Press

publications: school textbooks/ resource books

2018 (a). Revised Bridge Course: Teachers’ Handbook. Dept of Education, Govt of Madhya Pradesh.

2018 (b). Revised Bridge Course: Students’ Handbook. Dept of Education, Govt of Madhya Pradesh.

2015 (a). Little conversations: A Teacher manual for Class IV. Directorate of Elementary Education, Haryana.

2015 (b). A New Horizon: A Teacher manual for Class V. Directorate of Elementary Education, Haryana.

2014(a). Sunbeam series: Textbook in English for Class IV. Govt of Rajasthan.

2014(b). Sunbeam series: Textbook in English for Class II. Govt of Rajasthan.

2014(c). English language proficiency and pedagogy - I: A resource book for D.El.Ed. Govt of Rajasthan.

2013(a). Sunbeam series: Textbook in English for Class I. Govt of Rajasthan.

2013(b). Sunbeam series: Textbook in English for Class III. Govt of Rajasthan.

2013(c). Sunbeam series: Textbook in English for Class V. Govt of Rajasthan

publications: research papers & book chapters

Sudharshana, N. P. (under review). Cognitive Semantics and Reading Skills of Adult ELLs. International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Sudharshana, N. P. (2022). From cognitive grammar to pedagogic grammar: Macro strategies for designing form focused tasks. In Sudharshana, N. P. & Mukhopadhyay, L. (eds.). Task-based Language Teaching and Assessment: Contemporary Reflections from Across the World. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4226-5_9

Sudharshana, N. P. & Mukhopadhyay, L. (2022). Task-Based Language Teaching: A Multifaceted Approach. In Sudharshana, N. P. & Mukhopadhyay, L. (eds.). Task-based Language Teaching and Assessment: Contemporary Reflections from Across the World. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4226-5_1

Mathews, S. M. & Sudharshana, N. P. (2022). Effect of task structure and interaction conditions on oral performance. In N. P. Sudharshana & L. Mukhopadhyay (eds.). Task-based Language Teaching and Assessment: Contemporary Reflections from Across the World. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4226-5_14

Mukhopadhyay, L. & Sudharshana, N. P. (2022). Task-Based Language Assessment for Large-Scale and Classroom-Based Oral and Print Assessments. In N. P. Sudharshana & L. Mukhopadhyay (eds.). Task-based Language Teaching and Assessment: Contemporary Reflections from Across the World. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4226-5_11

Upadhaya, B. & Sudharshana, N. P. (2022). Designing and using tasks to foster metaphoric competence among learners in Indian ESL contexts. In N. P. Sudharshana & L. Mukhopadhyay (eds.). Task-based Language Teaching and Assessment: Contemporary Reflections from Across the World. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4226-5_10

Sudharshana, N. P. (2021a). Teaching Grammar in the ESL/ EFL Context: Changing Perspectives and Current Trends. Journal of English Language Teaching, 43(6), 3-19.

Sudharshana, N. P. (2021b). Exploring key issues in materials development. FORTELL: Journal of Teaching English and Literature, pp. 167-174.

Upadhaya, B. & Sudharshana, N. P. (2020). Developing conceptual metaphor–based tasks in the teaching and learning of idiomatic expressions. TESOL Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.560

Sudharshana, N. P. (2018). Reading comprehension in ESL contexts: An Applied Cognitive Semantics perspective. In J. Ponniah & S. Venkatesan (eds.), The idea and practice of reading (pp.141-161). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8572-7_9

Sudharshana N. P. (2017). Teaching grammar in task-based framework: What Cognitive semantics can offer. Humanising Language Teaching, Vol 19, Issue 6

Sudharshana, N. P. (2016a). Encoding motion events in Kannada. International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, Vol 45, No 1, pp. 167-178.

Sudharshana, N. P. (2016b). Teaching critical reading at the undergraduate level. Language and Language Teaching, Vol 5, No 1, pp. 37-40.

Sudharshana, N. P. (2015). Encoding 'support' and 'containment' in Kannada. The EFL Journal, Vol 6, 15-30.

Sudharshana, N. P. (2011). Early-language specific encoding of motion events in first and second languages. The EFL Journal, Vol 2, 53-67.

Sudharshana, N. P. (2009). It went inside and came out: Issues in Acquisition of Paths of Traversal in L2 English. CIEFL Occasional Papers in Linguistics, Vol. 13, 23-34.