Equity, Social Justice, and English Medium Instruction: Case Studies from Asia

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Ram Ashish Giri academic at Monash College/Monash University English Language Centre Melbourne teaches and researches issues related to ELICOS courses TESOL language testing and language (education) policy. Prior to joining Monash University (Monash College) he worked for Tribhuvan University Nepal as a lecturer and then as an associate professor for about 15 years. He pioneered the establishment of Nepal English Language Teachers Association (NELTA) in 1991. NELTA today is one of the largest associations for the English teachers of all levels. He has published articles book chapters and edited books. Currently he is an editor-in-chief of Journal of NELTA co-editor of TESL-EJ and a member of Editorial Board of ASIA TEFL. Amol Padwad was formerly a professor of SOL and director Centre for English Language Education at Ambedkar University Delhi. He was the secretary AINET Association of English Teachers (AINET) and a former National President of English Language Teachers Association of India (ELTAI). Currently he is a trustee of A. S. Hornby Educational Trust UK. In a career spanning nearly 40 years he has been a teacher teacher trainer researcher and ELT consultant for various government bodies and NGOs. He pioneered English Teachers Clubs teachers self-help groups promoting self-initiated professional development in some rural towns of India. Areas of his professional interest include teacher development and communities history of ELE decentring in ELT and teacher research. Mian Md. Naushaad Kabir is an associate professor of TESOL at the Institute of Modern Languages University of Dhaka (IML DU). He received his Ph.D. in English Language Education from The English and Foreign Languages University (Hyderabad India) M.A. from IML DU and B.A. (Hons) in English from Khulna University. He co-edited On Language in Leapyear (2020 IML DU) The Routledge Handbook of English Language Education in Bangladesh (2021) English as a Medium of Instruction in South Asia: Issues in Equity and Social Justice (2024 Routledge) and Language in Society in Bangladesh and Beyond: Voices of the Unheard in the Global South (2024 Routledge). As the executive/managing editor he founded BELTA Journal (2017) and TESOL Bangladesh Journal (2024). He translates and edits textbooks and writes teachers guides for the National Curriculum and Textbook Board Bangladesh.