IPRC - 2021
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Item Female Body and the flow of colonization: The Sleeping Dictionary(Faculty of Graduate Studies - University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Manathunga, M.A.Muditha LakmaliColonialism was a global entity in the world that had amalgamated with drastic economic and political dimensions of power. This philanthropic mission had followed by the exploitation of inhabitants in backward nations of the world. Significantly, the gender binary disposition upheld by colonialism viewed females’ as a stereotypical inferior group and as objects of physical and sexual labor. The violence of the colonial establishment had made sexual violence and females’ as a vulnerable specie to sexual exploitation. The major objective of the study is to upsize ‘The Sleeping Dictionary’ (2003) by Guy Jenkin as a dual categorization of the female body which her objectification created herself as a drastic form of resistance to the realm of colonization. The dual-positioning of the non-white female body as a powerful entity of resisting colonial hegemony becomes controversial. The research is predominantly qualitative in nature and the researcher employed feminist theories of Simon de Beauvoir, Judith Butler and the Male Gaze theory of Laura Mulvey with Postcolonial theories of Homi.K. Bhabha and Edward.W. Said which utilized the exploitation of the colonized in the guise of a philanthropic mission. In analysis and interpretation, the researcher utilizes a Literary and a Content analysis. Accordingly, the objectification of the female body as a sleeping dictionary had elevated to a position to resist the colonial dominance. The White maser’s desire for the non- European female body surpassed hegemonic polarizations imposed by the colonial regime. In a political appeal, the evocation of the female to resist the colonizer surpassed the sexual exploitation of herself as a sleeping dictionary with the materialization of female emotions by the colonizer. The political appeal to Romance had reinforced in a way the extreme objectification of the female body had granted a transitory position by her employment of feelings to resist the colonial strata. The practice of learning Indigenous dialects through the female body and with erotic teaching aids suggests a different appeal to female exploitation. The myth inculcated about the possibility to acquire a dialect in a form of a sexual rapport positioned the extent of marginalization imposed on a female body. Selima’s revelation of her generational legacy as a sleeping dictionary articulates the long-lasting continuity of sexual objectification. John’s rapport with Selima positioned beyond a mere sexual relationship to an authentic rapport. It is through John, the colonizer, Selima granted the opportunity to position herself beyond a sexual object. John’s ultimate decision to untie with Selima by traversing through a plethora of conflicts and psychological traumas, elevated Selima’s successful trajectory from sexual marginalization of colonialism. John’s capability to surpass hegemonic ideals of colonialism positioned himself as a humane figure who identified Selima more than an object of sexuality. The employment of the gaze of the colonizer to value the colonial female body depicts a novice approach to the movie by locating the non- white female body as a powerful mechanism to resist the colonial regime.Item Needs Analysis on English Teaching for Tourism and Hospitality Management Students(Faculty of Graduate Studies - University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Manathunga, M.A.Muditha LakmaliThis study examines the need for English language teaching for the Tourism and Hospitality Management students in the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management. Accordingly, the main objective of the study is to investigate whether there is an area to be improved in the English course according to the needs of the students and ultimately to develop the course to get the best learning outcome from it. This research was conducted in the mixed-method research approach incorporating both primary and secondary data. Primary data were collected through questionnaires and semi-structured interviews and the secondary data were collected through journal articles, magazines, book chapters etc. Under the convenience sampling, 30 students who are following the degree program in Tourism and hospitality management were selected as the sample of the study. A questionnaire was shared in Google forms and conducted semi structured interviews with three students. The interviews were conducted after obtaining the responses of the questionnaires to further collect data on the responses obtained from the questionnaire. The questionnaire is given online and consists of questions comprising 5 categories, namely students’ personal information, students’ need for learning English, Language Skills and aspects, satisfaction with the teaching materials and teaching approaches, students’ perception about the English learning process. In addition, semi structured interviews were conducted to get the necessary information on the use of English language materials and teaching approaches used in the classroom. There were 10 questions altogether with two open ended questions and they were analyzed using Minitab Statistical Software and Thematic analysis. After analyzing the data, it was found that the majority of the students focus to master the speaking and writing skills from the course, but they are not satisfied with what they have facilitated to master those skills. Most of the time traditional language teaching approaches were used in language teaching. Accordingly, the results of this need analysis study indicate that new teaching materials focusing on speaking and writing skills should be implemented at this institute and there is a need of updating the teaching materials regularly. The traditional teaching approaches should be replaced with more interactive teaching approaches such as communicative language teaching approach, task-based, content and language integrated teaching approach etc. The teaching materials and approaches should facilitate the needs of the students focusing more on practice rather than theory and English for Specific purposes is recommended.