Suresh Canagarajah
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- University of Kelaniya {{Small|(BA)}}
- Bowling Green State University {{Small|(MA)}}
- University of Texas at Austin {{Small|(PhD)}}
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Athelstan Suresh Canagarajah is a Tamil-born Sri Lankan linguist and currently an Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Applied linguistics, English, and Asian studies at Pennsylvania State University, where he has been a member of the faculty since 2007. His research covers World Englishes and teaching English to speakers of other languages. He has published works on translingualism, translanguaging,{{cite journal |last1=Overstreet |first1=Matthew |date=June 2, 2016 |title=The Global Inevitable: A Review of Canagarajah's Translingual Practice |journal=Enculturation |url=http://enculturation.net/global-inevitable |access-date=September 20, 2018 }} linguistic imperialism,{{cite journal |last1=Bhatt |first1=Rakesh |year=2002 |title=Review of Suresh Canagarajah: Resisting linguistic imperialism in English teaching |journal=Language in Society |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=631–635 |doi=10.1017/S0047404502274059 }} and social and political issues in language education, including codemeshing and language "shuttling."{{cite journal |last1=Campbell |first1=Lee |year=2003 |title=Review: 'A Geopolitics of Academic Writing' |journal=Journal of Ancient Civilizations |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=455–459 |jstor=20866575 }}{{Cite journal |last=Canagarajah |first=Suresh |date=2011 |title=Codemeshing in Academic Writing: Identifying Teachable Strategies of Translanguaging |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4781.2011.01207.x |journal=The Modern Language Journal |language=en |volume=95 |issue=3 |pages=401–417 |doi=10.1111/j.1540-4781.2011.01207.x |issn=0026-7902|url-access=subscription }} His book, Translingual Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations, has won three nationally recognized best book awards.
Selected publications
- Translingual Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2013. pp. xxii-230.
- Canagarajah, A. (1999). Resisting linguistic imperialism in English language teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Notable awards
- American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2020 Best Book Award for Routledge Handbook for Migration and Language{{Cite web |title=Book Award - American Association For Applied Linguistics |url=https://www.aaal.org/book-award## |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=www.aaal.org}}
- American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2016 Inaugural Best Book Award for Translingual Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations{{Cite web |title=AAALetter - March 2016 - American Association For Applied Linguistics |url=https://www.aaal.org/news/aaaletter---march-2016#BookAward |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=www.aaal.org}}
- British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL) 2014 Book Prize for Translingual Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations{{Cite web |last=Linguistics |first=British Association for Applied |title=Book Prize |url=https://www.baal.org.uk/what-we-do/book-prize/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=BAAL |language=en-GB}}
- Modern Language Association of America 2012-2013 Mina P. Shaughnessy Award for Translingual Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations{{Cite web |title=Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize Winners |url=https://www.mla.org/Resources/Career/MLA-Grants-and-Awards/Winners-of-MLA-Prizes/Biennial-Prize-and-Award-Winners/Mina-P.-Shaughnessy-Prize-Winners |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Modern Language Association |language=en}}
- Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) 2007 Richard Braddock Award for “The Place of World Englishes in Composition: Pluralization Continued"{{Cite web |date=2018-06-06 |title=CCCC Richard Braddock Award |url=https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/awards/braddock |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Conference on College Composition and Communication |language=en-US}}
- Modern Language Association of America 1999 Mina P. Shaughnessy Award for Resisting Linguistic Imperialism in English Teaching
References
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External links
- [https://sites.psu.edu/canagarajah/ homepage] [https://sites.psu.edu/canagarajah/]
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