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  • The Use of ‘Impersonal It’ by English as a Second Language Learners 
    Wijewardana, A.D. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    ESL learners in Sri Lanka find it difficult to write English sentences due to syntactic differences between their mother tongue and the target language. It is noticeable that the English sentences start mostly with the ...
  • Using Poetry in Teaching English as a Second Language as a Means of Improving Language Production 
    Gunarathne, N.M.A.D.W.C. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    With the intention of meeting the needs of English Language learners, Language teachers and instructors are trying to use different methods to improve the language skills of the students. It has been observed that the ...
  • Using Sinhalese in Teaching German as a Foreign Language for the Undergraduates of the University of Kelaniya 
    Lansakara, L.H.M.D.S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The study focuses on the controversy, revolving around the teachers‟ use of the mother tongue (MT) in foreign language (FL) teaching. Specifically, this report concentrates on the examination of German teachers‟ and learners‟ ...
  • Word Formation in Tamil Baby Talk 
    Wijeratne, W.M. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    This research is aimed at discovering the nature of the words used by Tamil children at the early stage of their language acquisition. Language is acquired by humans during the early part of their life. While acquiring a ...

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