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Item A Study on the Multimedia Teaching Method Applied in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning in Sri Lanka(4th International Conference on Social Sciences 2018, Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Kandambi, S.U.In recent years, as a result of the economic and cultural interactions in between foreign countries and Sri Lanka, teaching languages has successfully step towards Sri Lankan education system. Gradually a vast number of students are motivated to learn languages because of its essentiality in contemporary Sri Lankan society. Due to the rapid development of the information technology in the 21st century, the modern society is also more concerned about the integration of the multimedia education in to the education system in Sri Lanka. This study mainly focuses on the effectiveness of the multimedia teaching method in language teaching classroom in Sri Lanka. This research is designed to be a quantitative research study and the research sample consisted of 100 students engaged in Chinese language learning, as well as the local Chinese teachers who involved in Chinese culture teaching in the University of Kelaniya. Data collection method of this study includes questioner and the interview. The research sample was questioned on the multimedia methods used in the Chinese language classroom and the student satisfaction regarding the multimedia teaching method currently used. The findings demonstrated that, the multimedia techniques usage is not satisfied to meet the academic needs of teachers and the language education system of the university is not yet derived from the traditional education process. Thus, the conclusion concerns the teacher should regulate the new multimedia teaching methods engaged with the new developments of the second language education including PowerPoint presentation, video displaying, picture displaying and object displaying methods in order to let the language learner easily acquire the focal point of the teaching and also to facilitate the effective utilization of learning time by enhancing the interest towards learning. The leaners themselves can be taught to operate multimedia and learning materials. Create more opportunities to train the teachers to use multimedia methods in TCFL classroom is also recommended in order to grow needs and demands of the language studies through the digital media towards a sustainable future in Sri LankaItem An Analysis of the Prevailing Statistics Education in Sri Lanka and Feasible Solutions to Uplift it(University of Kelaniya, 2005) Wickramasinghe, R.I.P.; Indralingm, M.Teaching statistics has not been an easy task in comparison with other disciplines. This is the common complain made by most of the teachers at all levels who teach statistics in Sri Lanka. Though the situation is such, it seems that no concrete steps have been taken to change the acute situation. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to analyze the prevailing difficulties in statistics education in Sri Lanka and to find feasible solutions to improve the situation to a higher level. As the entire statistics education is a broad one, and the preliminary statistics education has a direct impact on other levels of statistics education, in this paper the attention is given to discuss the preliminary statistics education in Sri Lanka. The initial attempt is to discuss and analyze the ongoing statistics education system in Sri Lanka. Those colonial methods of teaching that does not improve the level of the statistics education are also identified. The next step is to identify some strategies that are affordable as well as feasible. The aim of these new strategies is to create active teaching and active learning participation which cannot be seen in the colonial statistics education system. Non-technological strategies and new technological strategies are discussed and suitable arrangements are made to alter those technological strategies to suit Sri Lankan education system. Among the new technological strategies, an attention is given to introduce web media, multimedia and other techniques such as computer animations in this teaching process. In addition to those solutions, it is also suggested to eliminate the language barrier which is a one of the main obstacle to improve the level of statistics education in Sri Lanka.