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  • 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 ...
  • A Study on the Effectiveness of Using Multimedia to Teach English as a Second Language 
    Peiris, A.E. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    With the development of the Science and Technology, new teaching methods were explored by second language facilitators using access to computers, internet, electronic mail, audio cassettes, power point, videos and even ...
  • A Study on the Lack of Motivation in Learning Foreign Languages among Undergraduates 
    Premarathna, U.A.D. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka provides the opportunity for the undergraduates to learn a number of foreign languages at the main subject level and at the certificate course level. Despite of such opportunities, a ...
  • A Study on the significance of the Language Used in Sangharaja Sadhu Chariyawa 
    Madhusanka, H.A.G. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The pioneer of the Religious Enlightenment in Sri Lanka during the 17th Century was Welivita Sri Saranankara Sangharaja Thero. He contributed the revival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and received the higher ordination. Sangaraja ...
  • A Study on the Translation Methods in Classical Sinhala Literature 
    Herath, H.M.K. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Practice of translation methods in Sri Lanka has been evident since the time of Arahat Mahinda thero‟s arrival in the third century BC. Indeed, classical Sinhala literature was founded in the translations of chronicles and ...
  • A Study on the Use of English and Sanskrit Borrowings in Contemporary Sinhalese 
    Pawithrani, C. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    English and Sanskrit occupy significant places among the languages that have influenced the Sinhalese language. English and Sanskrit words have entered the lexicon of the Sinhalese language as both borrowings and derivative ...
  • A Study on the Use of English in Second Language Writing Tasks 
    Shanmugayogini, R. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Today informal writing has become very common in writing emails, text messages, and advertisements and in internet discourses. Language used in journals, short stories and in other literature is found to be more informal. ...
  • Subjects in Colloquial Sinhala 
    Kariyakarawana, S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    In most languages, including in literary Sinhala, subject of a sentence appear in Nominative case. In colloquial Sinhala however subjects can appear in several different cases in both intransitive (I) and transitive sentences ...
  • Sustaining Bilingual Education Effectively in a Rural School 
    Samarawickrama, D.Y.S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Main objective of bilingual education policy which replaced the English education in 2001 in Sri Lankan schools was promoting bilingualism and bi-literacy among the students while respecting and maintaining the value of ...

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