Sangeeta Johri

Sangeeta currently works as an online ESL ecturer at Arkansas State University and as EAP instructor at Hillsborough Community College. Previously, she taught ESL at the University of Wisconsin, University of South Florida, and Indian State University. She has a Masters in ESL from the University of South Florida and currently she is pursuing another MS degree in instructional technology. She is a published author and has presented at several national and international conferences on various topics related to ESL education.

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Articles by Sangeeta Johri

• Cyberbullying in higher education: Causes, implications, and preventive measures

  Friday, August 28, 2020

  The latest developments in technology have changed the practices, boundaries, contexts, and time frames of bullying. This transformation has not only changed the nature of bullying, but also helped rename the term as electronic bullying or cyberbullying. There are several types of cyberbullying activities that are popular on the internet, and cyberbullying incidences are becoming common in higher education settings.

• Using mobile apps for teaching ESL in higher education settings

  Monday, February 17, 2020

  Mobile technology in higher education has made a huge impact. Learning platforms enabled by computing technologies, such as online learning, mobile learning, and distance education, provide evidence of the influence of technology in the classroom. Like technology, language learning is always evolving, especially regarding the teaching of ESL/EFL. Since I am teaching ESL in a higher education setting, I will be exploring my vision of the future classroom through mobile apps in this article.

• The benefits of using a motivational framework for culturally responsive ESL teaching

  Friday, January 17, 2020

  This research-based article explores the benefits of a motivational framework for culturally responsive teaching in higher education. To support her study, the author explains how she has experimented and utilized a motivational framework in her classes while teaching English as a second language (ESL) to her students from diverse cultural backgrounds. The author highlights the four different aspects of a motivational framework: inclusion, attitude, meaning, and competence. She also highlights different strategies and activities that she has used in her own classes based on a motivational framework.

• Exploring digital literacy through websites in the ESL classroom

  Tuesday, January 08, 2019

  Today, because of digital literacy the world has turned into a small global village. Specifically, for ESL students, who are from different cultural backgrounds, communication becomes easy and convenient with digital literacy tools. To define digital literacy in terms of L2 learning, Meurant (2009) stated that digital literacy is "developing ability, confidence and readiness of non-native learners of English to use English as a second or foreign language to access, navigate, comprehend and contribute meaningfully to English language online resources and the online discourse of the online community."