I am Beena Anil, Assistant Professor of English, SDNB Vaishnav College for Women. I have twenty years of teaching experience at the tertiary level. I have authored four books (You can be a Winner, Correct your English, Quotation of Great Thinkers, Confused Words) and have more than 25 research papers that are published in international journals of repute. I am a passionate teacher and spend quality time with students to share and create new ideas in learning and teaching.

EDUCATION 

Doctorate of Philosophy (English)

University of Madras, India

Thesis: Socio-psycho Linguistic Perspectives in Teaching English as a Second Language

Master of Philosophy (English Literature)

Presidency College, Chennai, India Dissertation: Translation and Language Teaching

Master of Arts ( English Literature)

Presidency College, Chennai, India Dissertation: R.K.Narayanan as a Novelist

Bachelor of Arts (English Literature)

Dr.Ambedkar Govt. Arts College, Chennai, India

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP

Books

Anil,B.(2008). You Can be a Winner, New Century Book House:Thamarai Publications. ISBN 8188049743

Anil,B.(2008). Confused and Misused words, New Century Book House:Thamarai Publications. ISBN 8188049948

Anil,B.(2008). Correct your English, New Century Book House:Thamarai Publications. ISBN 8188049921

Anil,B.(2008). Wonderful Quotations of Great Thinkers, New Century Book House:Thamarai Publications. ISBN 8188049956

Book Chapters

Anil,B. (2020) Techno Task: A Step ahead in learning and teaching English as a second language at elementary level. Handbook of Research on Modern Educational Technologies, Applications and Management. IGI Global Publicaitons, USA. ISBN10: 179983476X|EISBN13: 9781799834779

Anil,B. (2018). Smart E-Communication through Smart Phones, Handbook of Research on Mobile Devices and Smart Gadgets in K-12 Education. (pp240-251) IGI Global Publications, USA.  ISBN13: 9781522527060 (Indexed in Scopus)

Anil,B. (2017). Spin the Yarn, New Ways in Teaching English with Humor. (pp 6-8) TESOL International Association, USA.  ISBN 9781945351082

Anil,B. (2014).Empowering students to learn English using advertisements,  Teaching of English: Experience and Experiments, Pondicherry Book Publications, India. Vol IV  ISBN 818729972.

Anil,B.(2010). Learning English from advertisements – a study, Mass Communication Art of Advertisement (pp.  [ISBN 978-81-907473-1-8] 

Research Papers in Refereed Journals

Anil,B. (2020) Grammar with Fun, Teacher.ACER, Australian Council for Education Research (India).

Anil,B.(2019). Making techno-tasks accessible: a step to increase English learning skills in SLLs. The English Classroom. RIESI.

Anil,B.(2018, October) Activity Based Learning Bingo-ary, Teacher.ACER, Australian Council for Education Research (India).

Anil,B.(2018,May) Using Smartphones for English language learning in ELT, Cambridge University Press’s World of Better Learning Blog.

Anil,B.(2018,Feb) Teachers’ tasks are the change makers in an ESL classroom- are you ready?, Voice of Educators and the Voice of Education, NCERT Journal. (HRD ministry, Government of India) (ISSN 24551376)

Anil,B.(2017,July) Win and Won, Azimpremji’s Teachers of India     Website.

Anil,B.(2017) Applying Innovative Teaching Methods in a Second      Language Classroom, International Journal of Research in English    Education, Iran. (IJREE ISSN 2538-3027)

Anil,B.(2017) Oh yes videos are not just for watching, in EFL online magazine, Japan

Anil,B.(2016) Use of VLOG, Indonesian Journal of English Language and Linguistics, Indonesia.  eISSN: 2503-4197, pISSN: 2527-5070

Anil,B. (2016) Improving speaking skills by techno-tasks Brazilian English Language Teaching Journal,  Brazil.

Anil,B.(2015,April) Necessity of Developing Intrapersonal Skills among Women Learners for Enhanced English Communication’, International E-journal for Research in ELT. ISSN: 2395-0595. IF 2.04

Anil,B.(2015,Dec) Acquisition of English as a Second Language  at College level- An Empirical Study,  i-manager’s International Journal of English Language Teaching, ISSN 2231-3338.

Anil,B.(2015) Higher Order Questioning in Second Language Learning – a study, The Buckingham Journal of Language and Linguistics, UK ISSN 19579821.

Anil,B.(2015). Use of technology in English teaching classroom – a study, American International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, ISSN 2328-3734.

Anil,B.(2014, April-June). Bilingualism a sanguine step in ELT, International Journal of English Language Teaching ,  Vol 4 No.2, ISSN 2231-3338

Anil,B.(2014). Teaching English through rhymes, Teachers Forum Journal, India.

Anil,B. (2013,June). Teaching English through Games – a sanguine step,  i-manager’s Journal on English Language Teaching, India

Anil,B.(2013). Empowering Rural Students in learning English through Advertisements,  ELTIF Journal.  ISSN 22307710

Anil,B.(2011). Activity Based Poetry Teaching – a Motivational Study, Notions. India.  [ISSN 0976-5247]

Anil,B.(2009). Developing Speaking Skills of Foundation English Students, Journal of English Language Teaching, India [ISSN 0973-5208]

Articles in Conference proceedings

Anil,B.(2011) AB Poetry Teaching,  International Conference in Language and Linguistics,  Bharathiar University, India [ISBN 978-81-910681-7-7]

Anil,B.(2011)  Using Rhymes and Stories in Language Acquisition – A study,  NCEE-2011, India [ISBN 9788189843465].

Anil,B.(2010)  Language Teaching through Multimedia,  Kogwis 2010, Germany. [ISBN 978-3-86956-087-8]

Paper Presented at  National Conferences

Anil,B.(2012) R.K.Narayan’s Vision,  SDNB Vaishnav College for Women.

Anil,B.(2010) Learning English from Advertisements – A Study,  at a national conference organized by University of Pondicherry.

Anil,B.(2010) Does Language Teaching involve Cultural Teaching?,  at national seminar conducted by Sri Kanyaka Parameshwari Arts & Science College for Women, Chennai.

Anil,B. (2009) Indianness in Jhumpa Lahiri’s interpreter of Maladies,  at national seminar conducted by Dr. MGR Janaki College for  Women, Chennai

Paper presented at International Conferences

Anil,B. Teaching Poetry in Class Room, ELTAI International Conference,India

Anil,B. Managing Mixed Abilities in Classrooms, International ELTAI Conference.

Anil,B.(2016) Changing images of Gender in Literature, Gender Dynamics,  WCC, Chennai.

Invited Talk

Anil,B.(2011) Impact of Communication Skills at SSS Jain College for Women for Under Graduate Students.

Anil,B.(2012) An introduction to Australian Literature at MGR Janaki College for Women for Under Graduate Students

Anil,B.(2014) British Literature- an Overview at Sri Sankara College, Kanchipuram, for Under graduate and Post graduate students

Anil,B.(2014) Indian Writing in English – Present relevance at Vidyasagar College for Women, Chengalput, for undergraduate students

Anil,B.(2015) English today,  English association at Mar Gregarious College, Chennai, for undergraduate students

Anil,B. (2016) Shakespeare – relevance to the present world at DRBC Hindu College, Chennai, for undergraduate students

Anil,B.(2017) Delivered an inaugural speech on Modern Trends in Literature at the National Seminar conducted by Sri Sankara College, Kanchipuram.

Anil,B.(2019) a valedictory speech on Literary Criticism at Vivekananda College for Men, Chennai ,  for undergraduate students

Invited speaker at workshop

Anil,B.(2012) Conducted state level Workshop on intra and interpersonal development at Sri Sankara College for Arts and Science.

Anil,B.(2012) conducted a workshop  on LSRW at A.M.Jain College, Chennai.

Anil,B.(2014) conducted state level workshop on Speaking and Writing Skills at Sri Sankara College, Kanchipuram.

Service to the Profession

International level Editorial Board

 The Linguistics Journal, a peer reviewed print and online journal.

 International Journal of Social Science and Humanities

 The Asian EFL Journal ( Scopus indexed)

 Journal of Languages for Specific Purposes

 IGI publications, USA

 Editorial Review Board of TESOL Journal,  USA  (2017-2019)

International level Reviewer of Journals

The Linguistics Journal (Scopus indexed)

Multiculturalism and Technology Enhanced Language Learning by Margarida Romero and Dara Tafazoli (Book)

TESOL Journal, USA (Scopus Indexed)

International Advisory Board of Association

 Development of Teaching, Education and Learning (ADTEL)

Global Psychology and Language Research Foundation,  India

Teaching & Education Research Association (TERA), Eurasia, 2018- till date

Indonesia Journal of English Language and Linguistics

Member, Laureate-Cambridge Online Language Learning Research Network (OLLReN)

International Scientific Reviewer of Conferences

The Second International Conference on Science and Humanities, Sri Lanka, December 2016

The Second International Conference on Language and Linguistics, Sri Lanka, December 2016

The Second International Conference on Journalism, Sri Lanka, December 2016

The Third International Conference on Science and Humanities, 2017.

The Third International Conference on Language and Linguistics, Sri Lanka, December 2017

International Conference on Psychology & Language Research (Bangkok), 2017

 International Conference on Psychology & Language Research (Thailand), 2018

 International Conference on Teaching, Education & Learning (ICTEL), Colombo, 2018

Third international conference on Language and Linguistics, Sri Lanka, March 2018

The Vietnam TESOL Association Convention 2018

Guest Editor of an International Journal

 International Journal of New trends in English Language Teaching (IJNTELT), IGI Publications, USA, 2018

Online poetry publication

SILENCE – The Text Journal, vol.2:1, January 2020

‘Pinnacle of Glory’ published in Poetry.com

 ‘Decipher Days’ published in Voicenet.com

 ‘Kitchen’ published in Poetry nation

 ‘A WILL – A WAY’ in GNOSIS Journal (UGC indexed Journal), January 2018.

Non-academic Award and Achievement

 Created a Tamil Nadu Record for writing a miniature book

Created a Tamil Nadu Record for writing a miniature calendar

Some of the sketches and painting were exhibited at the Victoria Technical Art Exhibition, Chennai

Was interviewed  for a programme ‘ Saathanai Pengal’ on Raj TV

Received  Women Achievers Award from  MANITHA URIMAI MAGAZINE

Articles published

An article titled ‘You are a winner’ in Wisdom magazine

An article titled ‘What an idea’ in International Children’s magazine

An article titled ‘Success in you’ in International Children’s Magazine

An article titled ‘Where there is a will, there is a way’ in International Children’s magazine

An article titled’ Be Positive’ in International Children’s magazine

A few articles were published in the column  ‘Voice your views’ The Hindu

A few letters were published in ‘Letter to the Editor ‘column of The Hindu