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Item Relationship between mindfulness and happiness to develop life satisfaction of university students in Sri Lanka(International Conference on the Humanities (ICH 2018/2019), Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Weerawansa, S.Mindfulness is defined as the awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose in the present moment, and not being judgmental about the unfolding of experiences moment by moment. In practicing mindfulness, one becomes aware of the current internal and external experiences and is able to observe them carefully and accept them sans judgments. Happiness is one of the most important aspects of life satisfaction. However, there is a significant gap in the understanding of this relationship between mindfulness and happiness to develop the life satisfaction of university students in Sri Lanka. The present study investigates the relationship between mindfulness and happiness to develop life satisfaction among university students in Sri Lanka. Notions about life satisfaction are linked to one‘s culture and are relative and subjective, varying from country to country. Happiness is also subjective and varies from person to person. Life satisfaction is how one perceives about his/her life, a person‘s sense of well-being, his/her satisfaction or dissatisfaction, with life or happiness/unhappiness. Both mindfulness and happiness are associated with positive life outcomes, including greater subjective wellbeing. The study was aimed at how life satisfaction was gained through mindfulness and how it affects happiness. 350 university students in four state universities were selected at random, based on purposive sampling techniques. In order to measure the relationships, some indices were calculated based on Likert scale. The outcome of this study can be extended with the higher educational curriculum in Sri Lanka to plan better policies. This study also indicates a major finding that higher levels of mindfulness and happiness were associated with greater life satisfaction, positive effect and lower negative effect. Finally, this study will be developed as a conceptual model of mindfulness and happiness to develop life satisfaction of university students in Sri Lanka and happiness index for them. These results provide information regarding a possible process through which mindfulness and happiness exert its beneficial effects.Item Challenges faced by University Students in Foreign Language Acquisition(English Language Teaching Unit, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Randhuli, I.; Jayasinghe, M.; Samaraweera, S.; Kaushalya, K.University students encounter various challenges in learning a second or a foreign language. The research intends to figure out those challenges in making headway with the new target language from conversational to mastery. In fact, we separately plan to pinpoint the undergoing challenges with respect to skills of speaking and writing in accordance with the levels of language fluency at the moment. For this purpose, the methodology of this cohort and retrospective study is comprised of a structured questionnaire to be answered by “Beginner” and “Intermediate” students of foreign languages. The respondents are chosen effectively focusing on both Sri Lankan and Foreign students of university in order to acquire high accuracy in conclusions. The initial portion of the questionnaire focuses on identifying the student relative to the foreign language they learn, determining the level of fluency. The rest of the questionnaire is substantially directed upon the challenges they have confronted in writing and speaking the target language and their subjective solutions. The methodology, strategies of overcoming these challenges they face in beginner and intermediate levels in order to advance the language are the vital concerns of the research. How the resemblances of a known language can help to proceed for the comprehension of the new, whether it be the learner’s first language or another, is to be examined. Therefore the collection of obtained data is to be analyzed to determine the challenges at certain points of learning and to provide solutions to ease the process.