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  • Past Tense in Jaffna Tamil and Sinhala: A Contrastive Study 
    Senthuran, S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Sri Lankan nation consists of varied cultures, languages and religions. Tamil and Sinhala are the major languages spoken in Sri Lanka. Sinhala belongs to the Indo-Aryan language family and Tamil belongs to the Dravidian ...
  • A Postmethod Pedagogy; Reality or Fallacy in Enhancing Teacher Growth: Special Focus on Higher Education in Sri Lanka 
    Herath, H.M.U.K. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Postmethod pedagogy, emerged as an alternative to the concept of method and method based pedagogy which consists of so many limitations, basically focuses on the professional growth of the teachers in ESL teaching and ...
  • Preferences on Learning English as a Second Language 
    Jayasundara, J.M.P.V.K. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    English occupies the place of a Second Language (ESL) in primary, secondary and tertiary levels playing an inevitable role in the Sri Lankan education arena. Moreover, the necessity of English as a medium of instruction ...
  • The Problems Encountered in Religious Translation and How to Overcome Them 
    Jayasinghe, D.G.T.A. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The present study deals with the problems encountered in religious translation, which is one of the most complex areas of translation studies. In this area the translator faces some serious difficulties such as understanding ...
  • The Problems Encountered in Using Communicative Language Teaching in Teaching German as a Foreign Language 
    Cooray, B.M.S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    This paper focuses on the difficulties encountered by the teachers in using communicative teaching method in teaching German as a foreign language. The communicative language teaching which emerged in the 1970s and 1980s ...
  • Problems Faced by a Bilingual Child in Learning 
    Thilagarajan, N. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Generally, people start to learn a second language after a particular age when they would have a clear idea about a second language. However, in present society many children happen to be bilingual by birth, because of the ...
  • Problems in Translating Sinhala ‘weniya’ into English 
    Rajapakshe, R.M.W. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    One language may differ from another phonologically, morphologically, syntactically and semantically. There are, however, differences as well as similarities between two languages. The degree of those differences and ...
  • The Process of Translating and Editing of Pāli Texts in Sri Lanka from 19th Century to the Present 
    Rajapaksha, D.M. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    It is to be emphasised here that the pivotal objective of compilation, translation and edition of Pāli texts was not only to enhance Theravāda tradition in its pristine purity in Sri Lanka but also to ensure its perpetual ...
  • Quest for sustainability of Bilingual Education Programme in Sri Lanka: Lesson from Malaysia 
    Nanayakkara, P. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Bilingual Education Programme (BEP) in Sri Lanka , even after passing almost 15 years of age, still has its own challenges to meet. One of them is sustainability of the programme due to lack of clear and coherent policies. ...
  • Reading Disabilities (Dyslexia) and Difficulties as a Learning Problem: A Psycholinguistic Study 
    Wijesekara, J.S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    'Reading' is a creative ability and it is a complex cognitive process relating to brain-cells with the functions of visual system or tactile. Knowledge on symbols in a language and semantic interpretation of those symbols ...
  • The Reasons behind Japanese – Sinhalese Cultural Translation Errors 
    Balasooriya, B.A.D.N. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Quality language translation aims to share the knowledge and bridge the communication with world. Recently the language translation has become one of the most in- demand job opportunities for foreign language learning ...
  • Relationship between Mode of Assessment and Second Language Performance: An Analysis Based on the Student Performance in Advanced Level General English Paper 
    Dissanayake, S.A.R.R.P. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    General English paper, the paper for which the highest number of candidates (248482) appeared at GCE (A/L) examination in 2015, aimed at testing various language related abilities such as reading, vocabulary, grammar and ...
  • Role of Classroom Interaction on the Improvement of English Language Speaking Skill at the University of Jaffna 
    Patrick, D. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The aim of this study is to explore a suitable technique in teaching speaking skill of English as a second language among the first year students of the Faculty of Science at the University of Jaffna. The participant ...
  • The Role of Orthography in Dyslexia 
    Pandey, K.K.; Jha, S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The objective of the paper is to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the syllabic and alpha-syllabic writing system and the role of grapheme to phoneme conversion among dyslexic children. Researches in the area of ...
  • Satirical News Papers in Sri Lanka: Language and Effectivity 
    Madushanka, H.A.G. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The role played by the satirical newspapers in the current society has become significant due to its unique features, especially the language of humour through which the current affairs are communicated to the general ...
  • Second Language Anxiety among Undergraduates of Three Sri Lankan Universities 
    Siriwardena, S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    A considerable number of second language learners suffer from language anxiety when they enter the second language classroom. Most of them express their anxiety of the language in different forms, to the extent that students ...
  • The Sidath Sangara: A Diachrony - Embedded - Synchronic Grammar 
    Premaratne, A. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The Sidath Sangara (SS.) is the earliest existing Sinhala grammatical treatise. Scholars attribute it to the thirteenth century. Monastics schools (Pirivena) and other indigenous education traditions have been using it as ...
  • Sign Language Teaching for the Hearing Disabled 
    Thayanithy, K. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Each and every speech community, all around the world use their own and unique language to communicate with one another. Like wise the people who have hearing and speaking disabilities use the sign language as a means of ...
  • The Student-Teacher Collaboration in the English for Academic Purposes Classroom 
    Hewage, N.S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The present paper deals with the impact of the student-teacher relationship on teaching / learning English for Academic Purposes (EAP) with exclusive reference to a Sri Lankan higher educational institution which offers a ...
  • A Study on Code-Mixing as a Communication Strategy among Urban Bilingual Tamils 
    Sanmuganathan, K. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    This paper explores code-mixing as a communication strategy among urban bilingual Tamils in Jaffna. In bilingual and multilingual societies where more than one language is used by different speech communities, speakers ...

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