Browsing by Author "Madhushani, N."

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Attitudes towards Teaching English through Literature
(English Language Teaching Unit, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Sangeetha, A.; Sandanayake, D.; Jayatissa, D.; Lakmali, M.; Madhushani, N.
Literature is often included into English lessons in school text books with the objective of improving English competency of students and the love of reading poems, novels and short stories written in English. In fact, literature is used in teaching both basic language skills, such as reading, writing, listening and speaking, and language areas such as, vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. Studies on this field often focus on the effectiveness of using literature in the ESL classroom. Thus, this study aims at investigating the attitudes of teachers in using literature to teach English Language in the ESL classroom. For this investigation a questionnaire including ten questions was given to 20 randomly chosen English language teachers that belong to government, semi-government and private schools in the Rathnapura and Kurunegala districts. Many teachers’ responses were positive towards this teaching technique but several problems were discovered such as the lack of preparation of language teachers in the area of literature teaching, lack of facilities in schools, absence of clear-cut objectives defining the role of literature in English language teaching. Thus, the field of teaching English language through literature in the ESL classroom should be more carefully studied and teachers should be more exposed to creative methods of teaching literature.
The Relationship Between Liquidity and Profitability: Empirical Evidence from Banks in Sri Lanka
(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Madhushani, N.; Wellappuli, N.
Banking sector plays a crucial role in the financial system of a country and provides significant contribution to the development of the economy. Importantly, this study investigates the relationship between liquidity and profitability of banks in Sri Lanka for the period of five years from 2011 to 2015. Moreover, this study attempt to find significant differences in liquidity and profitability among the selected banks. Data was gathered from annual reports of 10 selected banks in Sri Lanka. For data analyzing it employed descriptive statistics, multiple regression analysis, and ANOVA analysis. This study used current ratio and cash ratio as liquidity measures while profitability was measured by return on assets and return on equity. Further firm size was used as control variable. The findings of this study revealed that there is a significant and positive relationship between liquidity and return on assets while liquidity has an insignificant and positive relationship with return on equity. The impact of firm size on profitability is significant and positive. Moreover, there are significant differences in liquidity, profitability and firm size among the selected banks in Sri Lanka. These findings reveal that banks should pay attention in liquidity management and adopt efficient liquidity management techniques to maintain adequate liquidity level for maximizing its profitability.