Dr. Pankaj Narke is an Assistant Professor of English at Mahindra University. He has a Ph.D. in English Language Education from The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad. He has expertise in the areas such as technology enhanced education, teacher training, and intercultural competence. Dr. Pankaj received the Fulbright scholarship in 2019-2020 for which he was placed at the Wake Forest University, USA.

• The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), School of English Language Education, Hyderabad (India) Doctor of Philosophy in English Language Teaching, June 2019
  Dissertation title:“Effects of Online Synchronous Discussions as Pre-Speaking Tasks on Speaking Performance of ESL Learners: An Exploratory Study”

• The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Dept. of Education, Hyderabad (India) Bachelor of Education (ENG), 2012. Passed with 1^st Class
  Subjects:Methods of English Language Teaching, Materials Developing, Test Designing and Assessment, Statistical Analysis, Action Research, Educational Psychology, Practice Teaching

• University of Pune, Pune (India) Master of Arts in English, 2011. Passed with 1^st Class 2011

• University of Pune, Pune (India) Bachelor of Arts in English, 2009. Passed with 1^st Class

Publications

• Kolharkar, S. & Narke, P. (2024). Examining the role of inquiry-based learning in shaping the professional identity of ESL teachers. Fortell: A Journal of Teaching English Language and Literature, Issue No. 48, 45-57
• Narke, P. & Mukhopadhyay, L. (2024). Research orientation in ESL teacher training. In instructional materials for M.A. ELT Distance Education, Published by The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad
• Narke, P. & Mukhopadhyay, L. (2024). Feedback and motivation techniques. In instructional materials for M.A. ELT Distance Education, Published by The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad

Book Chapters

• Narke, P. (2021) Communicative Strategies as a tool for assessing interactional speech. In Task Based Language Assessment, Springer Nature, Singapore (2021)
• Narke, P. (2019). Bilingual Tasks in ESL Classroom. In Anand Mahanand et al. (Ed.) In Classroom Tasks English: A Resource Book for Multilingual Teaching, New Delhi, Viva Books

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Narke, P. (2017). Capturing individual growth in group discussions through teacher observations, Fortell: A Journal of Teaching English Language and Literature, 35, 105-112.
• Narke, P. (2017). Morpheme Acquisition of Indian ESL Learners: A Comparative Study, Lokaratna: The e-journal of the Folklore Foundation, 10, 224-247.
• Narke, P. (2016). Effect of online synchronous discussion on ESL learners’ classroom speaking. Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Language, Education, Humanities and Innovation, 4, 46-55
• Narke, P. (2015). Developing Second Language Pragmatic Competence of ESL Learners Through Teaching of Indirect Speech Act, Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Methods, Aesthetics and Genres of English Communication, MAG/I/C 14-19.

Dr. Pankaj Narke is an Assistant Professor of English at Mahindra University.

• Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Wake Forest University, North Carolina, USA – 2019-2020 Prepared instructional and assessment materials for Hindi classes and delivered lectures frequently. Hosted discussion table and one-on-one conversation session with the students. Acted as Indian cultural representative of India in the university.

• Assistant Professor Vellore Institute of Technology University- Andhra Pradesh (India), 2017-2021 ENG- 2002: Business Communication, ENG- 2004: Written Analysis and Communication. Developed syllabi, designed and transacting teaching and assessment materials, graded papers and assigned grades. Member of Board of Studies.

• Teaching Assistant The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad (India) – 2015-2017 Taught the Certificate of Proficiency (COP) courses to EFL and ESL learners with a focus on developing proficiency in the skills of English language for everyday communication. Coordinated two courses. Created materials for teaching and assessment of English language proficiency

• UGC-MHRD MOOC (2017) Subject expert and script writer for the UGC-MHRD sponsored NME-ICT e-content development programs for B.Ed. (English)

• Teacher Education Projects with Tara Learning Solutions, India (2015) Trained in-service teachers from St. Gabriel’s Foundation, Thailand with a focus on English as a language of instruction for teaching different subjects

• Presented a research paper at the 8th annual conference on Classroom-based assessment in the new normal and beyond: Challenges and possibilities organized by the Asian Association for Language Assessment (AALA), October 2022 Paper title: Assessing interactional speech performance using non-temporal tools in ESL classroom

• Presented a paper titled “Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Competence in Foreign Language Classroom: Perspectives of Fulbright FLTAs” at South Asian Languages in the Diaspora (SALD) conference,Yale University, USA, April 2021

• Presented a paper titled “Role of intercultural communication in teaching of a foreign language” at WISE 2020 International Conference, Organized by Wake Forest University, NC, USA, 2020
• Participated in the workshop titled “Best Practices in Creating Your Own Intercultural Learning Tools” by Perdue University, 2020
• Presented a paper titled “Communicative Strategies as a tool for assessing interactional speech” at Linguistics Colloquium, University of North Carolina, USA, 2020

• Presented paper titled “Using online collaborative writing as a pre-speaking task: integration of ICT in the ESL Classroom” at NCERT sponsored national conference organised by RIE, Ajmer (India), 2019

• Presented a paper titled “Sequential blending of online and face-to-face instruction in ESL classroom for achieving a common goal” at the Asian Conference on Language Learning at Kobe, Japan, 2018
• A senior reviewer at the international conference (IAFOR) on Asian Conference on Language Learning at Kobe, Japan, 2018

• Presented a paper titled “Effects of online synchronous discussion on ESL learners’ classroom speaking” at 4 International Conference on Language, Education, Humanities, and Innovation, Bali, (Indonesia) 2016.

• Presented and published a paper titled “Developing pragmatic competence of Indian ESL learners through teaching of Indirect Speech Acts” at an International conference (MAGIC) organized by University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun (India), 2014

• Conducted a workshop on Learning Outcome Based Curriculum Framework – NEP 2020; Proposal of Curriculum 2023-24 at Geetanjali College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, April 2023
• Delivered a training session on “Role of Critical Thinking in ESL classroom” in an FDP titled – Pedagogic Excellence in English Language Teaching- organized by Kumarguru College of Liberal Arts and Science, Coimbatore, Feb 2023

• Delivered a training session on “Writing abstract and review of literature” at an FDP titled – Research, Publication, and Patent Filing in Humanities and Sciences, organized by SRM Institute of Science and Technology, August 2022 Delivered a training session on “Academic Writing in Research” in an FDP conducted by K L University, Vijaywada, May 2022

• Conducted a workshop on International and Intercultural Education for under graduate students from China and India, Oct 2021
• Delivered a talk on ‘Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC)’ organized the World Council for Intercultural and Global Competence in collaboration with University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA – February, 2021
• Delivered a talk on ‘Techniques for flipped classroom and effective use of ICT tools’ at Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, Kurnool -January, 2021

• Delivered a talk on Exploring Research Opportunities in ELT at SASJ Govt. Degree College, Andhra Pradesh – June, 2020
• Delivered a talk on ‘Integrating critical thinking skills in ESL materials, instructions and assessment’ at Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science – July 2020

• Conducted a workshop on Technical Report Writing for Engineering Students at Aurora’s Technical and Research Institute, Hyderabad – 2017

• Implications of Natural Language Processing (NLP) in English language education
• Intercultural competence development
• Instructional modalities and learning outcomes among university students