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  • Facebook as a Platform to Develop Paragraph Writing Skills of Tertiary Level ESL Learners 
    Jayarathna, D. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)
    Facebook, being one of the most visited social media sites in the world as well as in Sri Lanka, is identified as an exceptional source of influence on language learning. Especially, Facebook groups are effective applications ...
  • Facing Shores: Baloch Music on the Arabian Peninsula 
    Murer, George (Department of fine arts, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2023)
    Edited from footage shot during my doctoral research (conducted in Oman, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait between 2014 and 2017), this film surveys Baloch cultural life in the Eastern Arabian Peninsula through the lens of ...
  • Factors Affecting Learning English as a Second Language in Rural Areas of Sri Lanka (In Negombo Rural Area) 
    Fernando, K.D.N. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Students in rural areas of Sri Lanka face many problems and difficulties in learning English as a second language (ESL). This study aims to sort out some factors which affect learning English as a second language in rural ...
  • Factors Affecting Low Proficiency of English Speech in Ordinary Level Students in Colombo District 
    Jayawardena, H. M. C. P. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2021)
    Proficiency of English language includes writing, speaking, listening, and reading skills, of which the former two are productive skills and the latter two are receptive skills. In the Sri Lankan context, English is taught ...
  • Factors which generate Pronunciation Difficulties for the Undergraduates of University of Kelaniya 
    Wijesundara, E.; Wijesooriya, K.; Pathirana, S.; Warnasooriya, K. (English Language Teaching Unit, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The research paper will focus on the fundamental pronunciation problems faced by the randomly selected undergraduates who learn English as a second language in the University of Kelaniya. The sample of this study consists ...
  • Fears and Aspirations of Humans as Expounded by Lucretius and Juvenal 
    Jayasekera, K (Journal of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2009)
  • Features of Corrective Feedback Leads to Form-Focused Instruction 
    Asna, M. S. F. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2023)
    Language teaching methodologies in the history of language teaching paradigms have often shifted between deductive and inductive methods concerning instructional pedagogies. Previous studies suggest that most language ...
  • Female labor force participation in Sri Lanka 
    Adikari, A.M.P. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Women’s access to employment and resources increase human capital and capabilities in a household as well as in an economy. According to the annual report of Sri Lanka Labor Force Survey in 2014, labor force participation ...
  • Femininity and the position of Women in Ancient Rome 
    Jayasekera, K. (Aquinas Journal, Aquinas, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1987)
    The belief is that no human woman gave birth to the founders of Rome. They were children of she wolf. The characteristics the Romans prided themselves of is quite visible from this. They were proud of their masculinity, ...
  • Feminism in Federico Garcia Lorca’s Stage Dramas 
    Kathriarachchi, U.K. (Drama & Theatre and Image Arts Unit, Department of Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    This study explores feminism in Federico Garcia Lorca’s Stage dramas. Federico Garcia Lorca dramatizes the stultifying and sexually repressive life of women in provincial Spain in a rural trilogy formed by his three most ...
  • Feminist Implications of the Instagram Content of Rupi Kaur. 
    Mallawaarachchi, I.A. (International Conference on the Humanities (ICH), 2017 Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Rupi Kaur is a Canada-based activist, poet and a prose writer with an Indian origin whose main platform of expression is Instagram. Kaur’s artistic expressions include poetry which are often coupled with complementary ...
  • Feminist research methodology: Making meanings of meaning-making 
    Wickremasinghe, Maithree (Routledge, 2010)
    Mentioning the word ‘methodology’ in conversation often elicits passive disinterest at the least, and vocal disdain at the most. For those practising development, the term can conjure up images of flow charts, log frames ...
  • Festival-si: A Sinhala Text-to-Speech System 
    Weerasinghe, A.R.; Wasala, R.A.; Gamage, K.N. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science/ IJCNLP: International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing, 2007)
    This paper brings together the development of the first Text-to-Speech (TTS) system for Sinhala using the Festival framework and practical applications of it. Construction of a diphone database and implementation ...
  • A field Study of susceptibility to Yoga meditation and Asana systems for control non-communicable diseases 
    Arachchi, H.A.D.N.H. (International Conference on Sanskrit and Eastern Studies, 2018 Department of Sanskrit and Eastern Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Genetic problem, physical and environmental situation were caused to non-communicable diseases. Communicable diseases, respiratory disorder, high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer can be considered to be major non-communicable ...
  • Field Study on Sacrificing Ancestors by Mahāyāna Buddhist in Taiwan 
    Ven. Akhila, S. (International Conference on Sanskrit and Eastern Studies, 2018 Department of Sanskrit and Eastern Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Taiwan is the small country but well developed in Asia the continent. According to the census, 35% of the population adhered to Buddhism (Mahayana). Among the Buddhist rituals, sacrificing ancestors get the highest place. ...
  • Film Translation: Difficulties Encountered in Subtitling 
    Perera, A.S. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Cinema being an expression of culture which may contain diverse cultural remarks, sometimes makes it difficult for the spectator belonging to a different culture to understand what it communicates. Thus linguistic interjection ...
  • The film ‘Sakkarang’ and the success of Dharmasena Pathiraja as a film director 
    Basnayaka, B.A.N.H. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Dharmasena pathiraja is a Director who has a special place in the history of films in Sri Lanka. Because, subject matter of films selected by him is very specific and identifiable. Dharmasena Pathiraja has not paid ...
  • First Language acquisition: A case study 
    Wijeratne, W.M. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    The present study is a case study which aims at looking for the gradual development of language acquisition of a child from the six month to three years. Language acquisition is an innate ability based on which human infants ...
  • First Language Interference in Learning Tamil as a Second Language:A Case Study. 
    Srikantharajah, S. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Language learning has been one of the significant interest in the humanistic discipline. In recent studies, First Language Learning is viewed as a part of individual's biological development. Second Language Learning is a ...
  • First Language Interference in Second Language Speaking With a Special Reference to the Age Factor 
    Gunarathne, N.M.A.D.W.C. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    English language has been playing the role of the second language in Sri Lanka since the British imperialists came to Sri Lanka in 1815. Since then English language has taken significant place in Sri Lankan society because ...

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