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ABOUT THE AUTHOR 
The author, Parupalli Srinivas Rao, has a vast 
experience of teaching English at various levels. He 
has been specialized in ELT and has authored 10 
books and published several research papers related 
to ELT in various international journals. He has 
attended several national and international ELT 
conferences and also presented some papers in 
them. He has also attended many webinars organized 
by renowned British based international ELT training 
institutions such as Cambridge English, Oxford 
University Press, Macmillan English, Pearson ELT, 
English First, IATEFL, British Council and American 
based Ed Web (USA). 
He has been on the Editorial board for twenty well-
reputed international journals. He has also done 
several prestigious projects including a project done 
for the National Council for Teacher Education(NCTE), 
Government of India and another one for King Faisal 
University, Saudi Arabia. He has attended several in-
service training programs in ELT. He has taught 
English in India, the Republic of Maldives and 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for 27 years. At present, he 
is working as Lecturer in English at English Language 
Centre, King Faisal University, Kingdom of Saudi 
Arabia. He is very much interested in research 
activities and preparing study material for 
Undergraduate and Master’s Degree courses. He is 
also a member of ELTAI, the prestigious organization 
for English language teachers. 
The author did his M. A. (English) from 
Osmania University in 1991. He also completed his 
PG Diploma in Teaching English (PGDTE) from CIEFL / 
EFL University and later he did B. Ed., M. Ed. and M. 
Phil. from Osmania University, Hyderabad. In 1999, 
he did PG Diploma in Functional English from Andhra 
University. He did Cambridge CELTA in London, UK, in 
the year 2008. He also completed two regular onsite 
ELT courses, namely, Pronunciation for Language 
Teachers and Teaching Grammar in Context from 
University of Edinburgh in Scotland in 2008. He also 
completed TEYL (George Mason Uni.), TGC (World 
Learning) and TYSE (Uni. Of Oregon) from the U.S. At 
present, he is pursuing his Ph. D. in ELT.