Dissertation Idea #2

I've just read these two articles:

1) An Interview with Prabhu

2) A Review of his book, Second Language Pedagogy

In the interview he did with Alan Maley, here is what Prabhu had to say:

What I want to do when I get abck to India is keep an open house for any teacher who wants to walk in and talk about teaching. It doesn't matter if it's only two or four teachers. I want to try to get the teachers to state on paper what they've said. Trying to write things down, clarifies things. It straightens one's thinking. It reveals and develops new thoughts. This is the 'process writing' philosophy. So, a small number of teachers trying to state their perceptions, and then other teachers trying to state their perceptions but taking in the perceptions of the first group - this can not only help those teachers immediately but it can also reveal to us some of the processes by which teachers' perceptions work and form. Perhaps there's room for something like a journal - not inthe sense of learned articles - but of teachers' statements circulated to other interested teachers.

So where is Prabhu now?? And does he really have an open door policy? Like I said, it would be fascinating to sit down over a cup of chai and chaat and talk with him about his experiences but I'd also like to hear about what he thinks about "International English." I'm particulary interesed in IE and developing countries and their socially and politically marginalized communities. It seems like what is often lacking in all these discussions of syllabus design is context! Maybe I should read his book!