Nishevita Jayendran is Assistant Professor of Language and Literature at the Centre of Excellence in Teacher Education (CETE; formerly CEIAR), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, where she teaches and consults on language education, literacy, materials design, creative writing and discourse analysis. Her research and publications span the domains of critical literacy, critical pedagogy, literary criticism, representation and culture studies.Anusha Ramanathan teaches courses on assessment, instructional design, language education, literacy and mentoring and co-anchors blended and online Continuous Professional Development programmes at CETE (formerly CEIAR), TISS. She has vast experience as a content developer, curriculum consultant, department head, editor, syllabus designer, teacher-educator and (visiting) faculty for language, literature, management and media studies. Her research interests include assessment, culture studies, ed-tech, ELT, literature, media studies, policy and teacher education.Surbhi Nagpal works in the areas of language education and Teacher Professional Development (TPD). She has designed and implemented online and blended courses in language education at the CETE. She has worked as a teacher, teacher-educator and researcher in the past, and her research areas include TPD and ELT.

• List of figuresList of tables Series editors’ note Foreword Acknowledgements AbbreviationsIntroduction 1 The notion of language: An overview 2 Language and policy: English studies in India 3 Language acquisition and language learning: An overview 4 Perspectives and approaches to language and literacy 5 Teaching of language – I (communicative English) 6 Teaching of language – II (language through literature)7 Teaching literature: Fiction, poetry and drama 8 Assessment and evaluation for language and literature Postscript Further reading Index

Nishevita Jayendran is Assistant Professor of Language and Literature at the Centre of Excellence in Teacher Education (CETE; formerly CEIAR), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, where she teaches and consults on language education, literacy, materials design, creative writing and discourse analysis. Her research and publications span the domains of critical literacy, critical pedagogy, literary criticism, representation and culture studies.Anusha Ramanathan teaches courses on assessment, instructional design, language education, literacy and mentoring and co-anchors blended and online Continuous Professional Development programmes at CETE (formerly CEIAR), TISS. She has vast experience as a content developer, curriculum consultant, department head, editor, syllabus designer, teacher-educator and (visiting) faculty for language, literature, management and media studies. Her research interests include assessment, culture studies, ed-tech, ELT, literature, media studies, policy and teacher education.Surbhi Nagpal works in the areas of language education and Teacher Professional Development (TPD). She has designed and implemented online and blended courses in language education at the CETE. She has worked as a teacher, teacher-educator and researcher in the past, and her research areas include TPD and ELT.

• List of figuresList of tables Series editors’ note Foreword Acknowledgements AbbreviationsIntroduction 1 The notion of language: An overview 2 Language and policy: English studies in India 3 Language acquisition and language learning: An overview 4 Perspectives and approaches to language and literacy 5 Teaching of language – I (communicative English) 6 Teaching of language – II (language through literature)7 Teaching literature: Fiction, poetry and drama 8 Assessment and evaluation for language and literature Postscript Further reading Index

Nishevita Jayendran is Assistant Professor of Language and Literature at the Centre of Excellence in Teacher Education (CETE; formerly CEIAR), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, where she teaches and consults on language education, literacy, materials design, creative writing and discourse analysis. Her research and publications span the domains of critical literacy, critical pedagogy, literary criticism, representation and culture studies.Anusha Ramanathan teaches courses on assessment, instructional design, language education, literacy and mentoring and co-anchors blended and online Continuous Professional Development programmes at CETE (formerly CEIAR), TISS. She has vast experience as a content developer, curriculum consultant, department head, editor, syllabus designer, teacher-educator and (visiting) faculty for language, literature, management and media studies. Her research interests include assessment, culture studies, ed-tech, ELT, literature, media studies, policy and teacher education.Surbhi Nagpal works in the areas of language education and Teacher Professional Development (TPD). She has designed and implemented online and blended courses in language education at the CETE. She has worked as a teacher, teacher-educator and researcher in the past, and her research areas include TPD and ELT.

• List of figuresList of tables Series editors’ note Foreword Acknowledgements AbbreviationsIntroduction 1 The notion of language: An overview 2 Language and policy: English studies in India 3 Language acquisition and language learning: An overview 4 Perspectives and approaches to language and literacy 5 Teaching of language – I (communicative English) 6 Teaching of language – II (language through literature)7 Teaching literature: Fiction, poetry and drama 8 Assessment and evaluation for language and literature Postscript Further reading Index