Dr SAH, Pramod Kumar    博士
Assistant Professor
Department of English Language Education
Contact
ORCiD
0000-0002-6200-8898
Phone
(852) 2948 7377
Email
pramodsah@eduhk.hk
Address
10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Scopus ID
57200436920
SDGs
4 - Quality Education
10 - Reduced Inequality
Research Interests
  • English-Medium Education/Instruction
  • Language Planning and Policy
  • Antiracism and Anticolonialism in English Language Education
  • Critical Multilingualism/Translanguaging
  • Affect and Emotions in Language Education
  • Language Ideologies 
  • Multilingual and Multimodal Literacy Engagement
  • Teacher Education

Teaching Interests

TESOL

Educational Linguistics

Language Planning and Policy 

Critical Issues in English Language Education 

Anti-Racism and Decoloniality in English Language Education 

Multilingual Education 

Language, Society, and Power

Research Methodology (Ethnography/Critical Policy Analysis)


Personal Profile


Pramod K. Sah is an Assistant Professor of English Language Education at The Education University of Hong Kong, who was recognized among the world’s top 2% of scientists in Language and Linguistics in 2024. As a South Asian critical applied linguist, Dr Sah examines social justice issues in bi/multilingual and second language education and advocates for anti-colonial and anti-racist language policy, pedagogy, and research. For example, guided by critical theories fundamentally motivated by Pierre Bourdieu’s social theories of linguistic capital and social reproduction, his initial research and scholarship focused on the issues of language planning and policy within the context of English-medium instruction and bi/multilingual education. Expanding on this, his more recent research projects look at the intersection of immigration, race/ism, and ESL youths; for example, developing critical race and multilingual language awareness among ESL youth through critically engaged workshops. Related to this is another area of research, which he calls ‘emotional entanglements’ that refers to how the felt experiences of bi/multilingual teachers and students are shaped by their linguistic and racial/ethnic identities, agency, and ideologies. At the core of all his research and scholarship lies the goal of conceptualizing and advocating anti-racist and anti-colonial alternatives for bi/multilingual education policies, pedagogies, and research. 

Research Interests

  • English-Medium Education/Instruction
  • Language Planning and Policy
  • Antiracism and Anticolonialism in English Language Education
  • Critical Multilingualism/Translanguaging
  • Affect and Emotions in Language Education
  • Language Ideologies 
  • Multilingual and Multimodal Literacy Engagement
  • Teacher Education

Teaching Interests

TESOL

Educational Linguistics

Language Planning and Policy 

Critical Issues in English Language Education 

Anti-Racism and Decoloniality in English Language Education 

Multilingual Education 

Language, Society, and Power

Research Methodology (Ethnography/Critical Policy Analysis)


Research Outputs

Scholarly Books, Monographs and Chapters
Sah, P., & Li, G. (2024). School as the Agency of Social Reproduction: A Case of Medium of Instruction Policymaking for Quasi-Privatization in Nepal. In P. Downes, G. Li, L. Van Praag, & S. Lamb (Eds.), The Routledge international handbook of equity and inclusion in education (pp. 219-231). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003282921

Journal Publications
Sah, P. (2024). The Politics of Distraction in Planning English-Medium Education Policy in Schools. Current Issues in Language Planning, Latest article. https://doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2024.2358278
Sah, P., & Li, G. (2024). Toward Linguistic Justice and Inclusion for Multilingual Learners: Implications of Selective Translanguaging in English-Medium Instruction Classrooms. Elsevier Learning and Instruction, 92, Article 101904, Article 101904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2024.101904
Sah, P. (2024). Teachers’ Beliefs and Reproduction of Language Ideologies in English-Medium Instruction Programs in Nepal. International Journal of Bilingualism, 28(4), 701-718. https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069241236701
Uysal, H., & Sah, P. (2024). Language Ideologies and Language Teaching in the Global World: An Introduction to the Special Issue. International Journal of Bilingualism, 28(4), 611-617. https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069241240964
Zaidi, R., & Sah, P. (2024). Affordances of Multilingual and Multimodal Literacy Engagements of Immigrant High School Students: A Scoping Review. SAGE Open, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440241228122
Sah, P., & Fang, F. (2024). Decolonizing English-medium instruction in the Global South. TESOL Quarterly, Online publication, online. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3307

Conference Papers
Zaidi, R., & Sah, P. (2024, April). Paper Summary Race, Language, Religion, and Gender: Newcomer Students’ Stories of Intersectional Racism in Canadian Schools [Symposium presentation]. 2024 AERA Annual Meeting, Pennsylvania, USA. https://www.aera.net/AERA24
Rajagopal, H., & Sah, P. (2024, March). Exploring Multimodal Literacies with Young Emergent Bilinguals Towards Spaces of Emotional Encounters and Entanglements [Paper presentation]. AAAL 2024 Conference, Texas, USA. https://www.aaal.org/events/aaal-2024-conference---houston-texas
Sah, P. (2024, March). Unsettling Language Policy Otherwise: The Politics of Distraction in English-Medium Education Policy in Nepal. AAAL 2024 Conference - Houston, Texas AAAL 2024 Conference, Texas, USA. https://www.aaal.org/events/aaal-2024-conference---houston-texas

Career Overview

The Education University of Hong Kong
Assistant Professor
Date : 12/2023- Present
University of Calgary
Postdoctoral Associate
Date : 09/2022-11/2023