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Lavanya Sankaran is a Senior Lecturer specializing in Language Education at King's College London, with extensive experience in research and teaching. Her previous research projects include an ESRC-funded project focusing on dialect development within the Punjabi community in Southall, London, from 2008 to 2010, and a Leverhulme-funded project examining multilingual development among Sri Lankan Tamil adults in London from 2015 to 2018. Currently, she is the Principal Investigator on a project funded by the Leverhulme Trust entitled 'Communicative Practices in Memory and Culturalization Processes at Borders: Conflict-Affected Case Studies,' which is set to take place from 2024 to 2026. Her research interests encompass Sociolinguistics, Language Migration, Diaspora Studies, Linguistic Ethnography, and Qualitative Research Methods. In her teaching role, she leads several BA and MA modules including 'Analysing English,' 'Language, Identity & Culture,' and 'Researching Linguistic Diversity.' Additionally, Lavanya has contributed significant publications to the field, showcasing her expertise in Tamil studies and language acquisition among diasporic communities.
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