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Item The Impact of Studying English Literature in Improving English as a Second Language(Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Karunarathna, J.A.M.B.The four language skills are of varying degrees of importance to the second language learner. Listening and reading are considered as the receptive skills of language and speaking and writing are considered as the productive skills of language. Reading provides learners with a wide range of individual lexical or syntactic items. The students become familiar with many features of the written language such as syntax, discourse functions, by reading. The research aims at analysing the impact of English literature towards improving writing skills of English in the Sri Lankan context. The sample consists of 22 students who are learning English as a subject in the G.C.E. Advanced Level class, Co/Muslim Ladies College. The students have been learning English literature for a duration of 16 months. The instruments of data collection are questionnaires, interviews and analysis of texts written by the students in the 02nd week of study and in the 14th month. Specifically, in analysing the texts written by the students, the analysis was limited to subject-verb-object agreement, tenses, spellings and punctuation. An analysis of data was done descriptively and statistically, since both types of data, i.e. qualitative and quantitative data were collected. In the analysis of the texts 48% of improvement of accurate subject-verb-object agreement, 68% of improvement in the tenses, 52% of improvement of accurate spellings and 62% of accurate use of punctuation were observed. Thus, through the findings of the research, it could be discerned that learning English literature has a positive impact on improving writing skills of English as a second language.Item “Enhancing TESL in Sri Lankan Universities through the use of Sri Lankan Literature Written in English”(University of Kelaniya, 2013) Niles, S.This research study is an attempt to explore the possibilities of using English literary work by Sri Lankan authors to enhance the experience of learning English as a Second Language (ESL) in local Universities in Sri Lanka. This research bases itself on the premise that literature produced by Sri Lankans within a local context would enable students to gain a better understanding of the practical usage of the English language. Though the usage of literature has often been limited, the role of literature has been re-assessed and it is possible to view literary texts as providing rich linguistic input and effective stimuli for students to express themselves while acting as a potential source for learner motivation. Therefore this paper wishes to delve into the manner in which Sri Lankan literature (mainly poems), which is culturally appropriate, can be used to enhance English language teaching to the University undergraduates. In addition to the expected outcome of the study, it is also assumed that a number of other objectives would be met through this research. The use of English literature within the ESL classroom would enhance the oral skills and reading habits of undergraduates, facilitate critical thinking and develop awareness and sensitivity among students. The research will be conducted through classroom-based experiments and observation. This study will also seek to inform the production of teaching/learning materials that can be used effectively to ensure that the teaching/learning capacity within the ESL classrooms in Sri Lankan universities is enhanced through the use of Sri Lankan literature written in English.Item Leonard Woolf’s Divided Mind: The case of the village in the jungle(2007) Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A.Item Colonial Neuroses: Kipling and Forster(ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature, 1974) Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A.Item Racism and The Nigger of the "Narcissus"(Conradiana, 2011) Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A.Item Quartet -- The Other Tagore(Journal of South Asian Literature, Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, 1993) Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A.Item Sri Lankan English Literature and the Sri Lankan People 1917-2003(Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2005) Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A.Item Disillusionment with more than India(Towards a Transcultural Future, Literature & Society in a ‘Post’-Colonial World, 2005) Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A.Item Haroun and the Sea of Stories and Rushdie's Partial/Plural Identity(World Literature Written in English, 2008) Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A.Item Paul Scott's Later Novels: The Unknown Indian(Modern Asian Studies, 2007) Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A.
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