Vemireddy Ramachandra Reddy

B.Com; M.Com; M.A; M.Phil; Research Scholar, Dravidian University

Dravidian University · DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATIONS

I live in a town called Bhadrachalam in Khammam district of Andhrapradesh. I'm a freelance writer and run a website with URL http://www.bhadrachalarama.net. I'm a part time researcher at Department of English and Communications in Dravidian University; kuppam. My area of research is the linguistic accounts of Chomsky.I submitted my doctoral dessertation and awaiting call for a viva-voce.

Research skills

Technical

I can use information technology in classroom teaching which I prefer to term as TAT(Technology Aided Teaching
IT

I can use my desk top computer with ease and use it for my research. I run a website with the URL http://www.bhadrachalarama.net.
Statistical

I have fair amount of knowledge in Statistics but I have to brush up my knowledge and skills.
Other

I possess good writing skills.

Research interests

Interests

Language Universals, Language Acquisition, Universal Grammar, Chomsky, Language Acquisition Device(LAD), critical period, Poverty of Stimulus, human brain, scarce input, innateness hypothesis, first language, Broca's area, Wernicke's area, Sylvian fissure, Linguistic Analysis, Chomskyan Grammar, Mura-Piraha, Daniel Everett, B.F. Skinner, Behaviourism

Research experience

Teaching: Training students in communication skills
Jun 2010

Research: A study on ‘Koya’ language spoken in south Indian state of Andhrapradesh with reference to Chomsky's recursion theory and universal grammar.

DRAVIDIAN UNIVERSITY; Kuppam; Chittoor Dist; Andhrapradesh · Department of English and Communications · DRAVIDIAN UNIVERSITY; Kuppam; Chittoor Dist; Andhrapradesh

Chomskyan Linguistics · Kuppam

Koya, Gondi dialect, script, oral, recursion, language universals; Bhadrachalam; Khammam; Chintoor

Education

Jun 2005–
Jul 2007

University of Madras

Linguistics · M.Phil

Chennai

Other

Languages

Telugu(mother tongue)
English
Hindi
Sanskrit
Koya
Other Interests

Browsing Net to find out inputs in my research, reading e books, interacting with media and listening to music. I blog in BRITISH COUNCIL website http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/eggheadedram

, Language in India (www.languageinindia.com), Scientific American, The Monk who Sold his Ferrari-Robin Sharma
The Song Celestial-Arnold
How to Win friends and Influence people-Dale Carnegie
The Lexus and the Olive Tree-Thomas L Friedman
Ageless Body and Timeless Mind-Deepak Chopra
Made in Japan-Okio Morita
Don't Sleep, There are Snakes-Daniel Everett

Publications

Chomsky's bio-linguistics approach and the language universals

Ramachandra Reddy Vemireddy

Teaching English (www.teachingenglish.org.uk). 01/2011;

This article helps you in knowing Noam Chomsky's Universal Grammar and the related innateness hypothesis which says that the language acquisition abilities are innately hardwired into human brain. It is widely believed that this is the main reason behind the ability of the children in internaliz... [more] This article helps you in knowing Noam Chomsky's Universal Grammar and the related innateness hypothesis which says that the language acquisition abilities are innately hardwired into human brain. It is widely believed that this is the main reason behind the ability of the children in internalizing the mother tongue at an amazing speed.

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Indian system of teaching-learning

V.Ramachandra Reddy

Teaching English (www.teachingenglish.org.uk). 01/2011;

Thousands of years ago the ancient Indian sages had penned their thoughts on Guru-Shishya relationship and the learning process involved in Upanishads which are also called as Vedanta. In Upanishads there is a mantra termed as Shanti Mantra(verse of Peace). May he protect all, may he nurture all, m... [more] Thousands of years ago the ancient Indian sages had penned their thoughts on Guru-Shishya relationship and the learning process involved in Upanishads which are also called as Vedanta. In Upanishads there is a mantra termed as Shanti Mantra(verse of Peace). May he protect all, may he nurture all, may we all perform together the most heroic and divine actions; may our learning be prosperous to all; may we never quarrel on the different beliefs we may have; may we illumine together, may we live in harmony. may there be peace for all and forever. May he protect all

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Provide your sense organs with the required experience to internalize English.

V.Ramachandra Reddy

British Council BBC Teaching English. 01/2010;

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Cyber Space-Opportunities and Threats

V.Ramachandra Reddy

01/2010;

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What makes even the poor people send their children to private schools in India?

V.Ramachandra Reddy

British Council; Teaching English. 01/2010;

In India government run schools have almost become defunct. The various state governments recruit thousands of teachers every year but they fail to perform for reasons well known. Inadequate infrastructure, too much of job security, non-accountability, excessive trade union activity are some of the ... [more] In India government run schools have almost become defunct. The various state governments recruit thousands of teachers every year but they fail to perform for reasons well known. Inadequate infrastructure, too much of job security, non-accountability, excessive trade union activity are some of the reasons for the teachers in government schools failing to perform. As a result people completely lost trust in government run schools and prefer to send their wards to private schools in spite of the fact that it is not affordable.

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Intesresting, comprehensible input is vital in Language Acquisition.

V.Ramachandra Reddy

BLOG; BRITISH COUNCIL. 01/2009;

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