NETRUZ Research Sharing Workshop 4

NETRUZ Project welcomes our next guest speaker Mr Sagun Shrestha who is a PhD candidate in the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies (SALIS), Dublin City University. He is researching on affordances of and challenges to using ICT in secondary school education during crisis settings in Nepal. 

He has earned an MA in English Language Teaching from the University of Warwick, UK, and a Master's in English Education from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Currently, he is serving as a joint coordinator of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics Postgraduate Students Special Interest Group. He is interested in ICT in education, teacher education, language planning and policy, and discourse analysis.

Mr Sagun Shrestha will be presenting their research study and also sharing their experiences and achievements related to Exploratory Action Research with the Uzbekistani teacher-research mentors on May 29, 2021, at 5:30 pm (Tashkent time). 

If you also want to attend the workshop which will be delivered via ZOOM, please send your contact details to netruzproject@gmail.com.

NETRUZ Research Sharing Workshop 3

NETRUZ Project welcomes our next guest speaker Darío Luis Banegas who is a lecturer in TESOL in the School of Education, University of Strathclyde, Scotland. 

He is also an associate fellow with the University of Warwick. He carries out research on CLIL teacher education in different settings. His main research and pedagogical interests are: CLIL, action research, teacher education, inclusive language education, and curriculum development.

Darío Luis Banegas will share his experience on how to write a literature review for research articles with the Uzbekistani teacher-research mentors on May 22, 2021, at 7 pm (Tashkent time). The title of his workshop is "Who's afraid of the words "literature review"?".

If you also want to attend the workshop which will be delivered via ZOOM, please send your contact details to netruzproject@gmail.com.

NETRUZ Research Sharing Workshop 2

NETRUZ Project welcomes our next guest speaker Suzie Ryu who holds a BA in English language and English literature from Soongsil University, South Korea, and an MA in Drama Education and English Language Teaching at the University of Warwick, UK. 

She has worked as an English teacher for ten years and was a member of Intel ® Creative Teachers in 2014/2015. She was a recipient of the 2020 Award for International Participation at TESOL sponsored by the TOEFL Board of ETS and a presenter at the 2020 TESOL Convention in Denver, Colorado. Her interest in ELT is Drama, ICT, literature, and PBLL.

Suzie Ryu will share her research experience with the Uzbekistani teacher-research mentors on May 8, 2021, at 6 pm (Tashkent time). Her talk will be on "Google Classroom Experience in Reading Lessons for EFL Classes from South Korea during COVID-19 Crisis".

If you also want to attend the workshop which will be delivered via ZOOM, please send your contact details to netruzproject@gmail.com.

NETRUZ Research mentor training course: Special Guest Speaker

We invited a Guest Speaker Mr. Vinayadhar Raju to the NETRUZ Research Mentor training course to deliver a workshop on Exploratory Action Research on May 1, 2021.

Mr. Vinayadhar Raju is working as an English Language Teacher in Telangana state government secondary school, ZPHS Jangapally in Karimnagar district. He is also acting as a State Resource person and training module writer for in-service teacher training organised by Telangana state government and SCERT.

Mr. Vinayadhar has 24 years of experience in teaching English and Handling in-service teacher training by integrating technologies in teacher training sessions as well as in classroom teaching. He also provided an exceptional contribution to the teaching of English by maintaining a subject Forum, ELTA-English Language Teachers Association- Telangana for the Continuous professional development of English Language Teachers in the state.

Mr. Vinayadhar received M.A in English literature from Kakatiya University,Warangal and completed his Bachelor of Education from the same University. He completed E-moderator course sponsored by British council and TESOL methods from Oregon university sponsored by RELO India. Participated in E-Teacher Alumni programme and organised workshops for teachers working in government school on “Alternative assessment strategies.” He participated in Britisch council's project “Teachers and students as co-researchers in Indian government schools” sponsored by Warwick University, U.K. He also led the Arms and Connecting Classrooms Projects funded by British Council and Usief. Currently, he is mentoring 12 Mentors and 50 Teacher Researchers as a part of the Hornby Project.

Mr. Vinayadhar worked on collaborative project with the teacher in Honor-roll school,Texas, USA. During this project, he connected his classroom with US class-room using asynchronous technology. Students from US and ZPHS Jangapally worked collaboratively on projects like “ Backpacks” and “Film reviews” using padlet as a collaborative wall.

Mr. Vinayadhar is a Fulbright scholar in 2017 visited and worked in US School during his visit.