ALBERT P’RAYAN 1. Personal details Name: Albert P’Rayan Date of birth: 07 December 1965 Marital status: Married Email: [email protected] Contact address: 22, Station View Road Kodambakkam, Chennai 600 024 Phone: 9884380861, 044-55322454 2. Education and Qualifications 1984 – 1987 BSc Mathematics St Joseph’s College, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchi, India 1990 – 1992 BPh Philosophy Sacred Heart College, Chennai, India 1994 - 1996 MA English Language and Literature St Joseph’s College, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu 1996 – 1997 PGDTE English Language Teaching Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 1996- 1997 PGDJ Journalism Management Studies Promotion Institute, New Delhi 2005 PhD (ongoing) 3. Developed areas of competence • Education Technology (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) • Training English Language Teachers • Media Education • Developmental Journalism • Photography 4. Work experience July 2005 Senior Lecturer in English Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology Payavoor March 2000 - Dec. 2004 Lecturer in English Jan 2002 – Dec 2004 Head, Department of English Kigali Institute of Science, Technology and Management (KIST), Kigali, Rwanda Jan 2001 – Dec 2003 Coordinator, African Virtual University KIST, BP 3900, Kigali, Rwanda Aug 1998 – Feb. 2000 Editor and ELT Resource Person Frank Brothers & Co. Publishers Ltd Chennai Branch Aug 1998 – Feb 2000 Lecturer in Journalism (Part-time teaching) Centre for Continuing Education Madras Christian College, Chennai July 1997 – May 1998 Lecturer in English Jaya Engineering College, Chennai June 1994 – May 1996 Lecturer in English (Part-time teaching) Sequeira Institute of English Studies St Joseph’s College, Tiruchi June 1992 – May 1994 Coordinator, Media Education Training Culture and Communication Centre Loyola College, Chennai 5. Publications and Paper presentation P’Rayan, A. 2003. “The Web-based English Language Learning (WELL) Project at the Kigali Institute of Science, Technology and Management” In Directions in CALL: Experience, experiments and evaluation Ed. by B. Morrison et al. (pp. 97- 115). Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. P’Rayan, A 1999 “The Humanicative Approach to Language Teaching” Paper presented in the All India Seminar 1999 ESL Issues: Teaching and Testing Regional Institute of English, Bangalore, India 6. Workshops and Training Attended • Computer-Assisted Language Learning, Anna University, Chennai, 1997 • Media Education Conference, Indore, India, 1995 • Many ELT workshops and seminars in India and abroad • Developmental Jouranalism • Photography for Development .