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Item A Technique to Tackle Both Speech and Writing Simultaneously: A Case Study based on Library and Information Science Degree Program(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Suwandaratna, D.Library science graduates need to find employment in libraries to use the expertise they gain as students. Career opportunities in state libraries being negligible seeking work in private sector libraries is the option they have. Yet, because of the advanced oral proficiency. The interviewees are expected to display at career related viva voice examinations of the private sector, they fail to impress interviewers, and as result lose chances of employment. To help them face interviews satisfactory as well as tackle job related speech, providing them oral practice is a must. However, given the wide range of writing tasks needed to be taught to address the Final Examination needs, allocating separate time slots for speech is impracticable. Besides, tackling speech in isolation does not appear to be productive. As a solution to this, the presenter designed special illustrations to teach key writing areas of the Final Examination. Specialty of these illustrations was their ambiguity. To unravel the ambiguity students had to interpret the pictures differently. The focus of the class during this time being meaning, students did not mind using their interlanguage to interpret pictures. The use of the language for a communicative purpose enabled students to acquire it naturally. At the same time different interpretations provided raw materials for the writing tasks. Diverse interpretations that emerged in class were sorted out later and relevant once were arranged under different column headings of a specially designed table. Column were named as “Problem”, “Cause”, “Solution”, “Motivation”, “Reaction”, “Request” and so on, depending on the nature of the task. Contents in the column were orally practiced further and used to write letters reports, notices. Technique helped tackle both speech and writing simultaneously. Class room observations and feed back obtained from students suggest that the technique is effective and learner friendly.Item Influence of L1 in Code Switching(University of Kelaniya, 2005) Senaratne, C.D.Code switching is a bilingual linguistic phenomenon. Code switching between two languages may either be catergorized as insertion or alternation. This paper investigates the phenomenon of code switching in Sri Lankan bilinguals whose L1 is Sinhala in contrast with speakers whose L1 is English (or English and Sinhala). The paper attempts to describe the influence of L1 when switching in conversation. The study treats insertion and alternation as two separate manifestations of the same linguistic phenomenon. It also describes attitudes to the phenomenon of code switching in Sri Lanka by its speakers and non-speakers. The study makes use of a case study approach. Speakers are catergorized by their L1 and the study analyzes, if there are differences in the manner of code switching i.e. whether speakers alternate or insert and whether this is due to the influence of L1.The experiment contains samples of spontaneous speech productions of informants who are also interviewed. The findings of the study will determine the influence or non-influence of the L1 in code switching in bilingual speakers of Sri Lanka. It will also determine whether speakers combine insertion and alternation when switching codes or whether one phenomenon leads to the other in the course of conversation. It will determine if insertion and alternation can separate bilinguals into dominant or balanced groups irrespective of their choice of L1.