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  • An Assessment of Urban Sprawl in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. 
    Jayathilaka, K.M.D.A.S. (International Conference on the Humanities (ICH), 2017 Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Rapid urbanization is a common trend in developing countries with the movement of people from sparsely populated areas to densely populated areas in search of a better standard of living. As a result, the increase of the ...
  • Attitude about Foreign Languages 
    Lewis, R.L. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    I arrived in Sri Lanka at the end of January 2005. By the end of February I was settling in to my new home (a room in a guest house) and was beginning to learn a bit about the people and cultures of the country that would ...
  • Code Mixing and Code Switching as a Strategy of Persuasion in Sri Lankan Television Commercials 
    Ishara, G.L.P.M. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Language mixing is a common linguistic phenomenon practiced in bilingual or multilingual contexts. It is referred to as code mixing or code switching. Code mixing and code switching between Sinhala and English can be ...
  • A comparative study of positions of collectivism in Japanese and Sri Lankan societies 
    Dissanayake, D.M.S. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Collectivism refers to one of the four dimensions of culture; the concept of self which elaborates on individualism and collectivism. The thinking patterns, behavioral patterns and believes of Japanese and Sri Lankans are ...
  • A Comprehensive Study on Kuzanthai M. Shanmugalingam’s Plays of 1980-1990 
    Rajakaruna, R.H.W.P.W.A.C. (Drama & Theatre and Image Arts Unit, Department of Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The period of 1980-1990 is remembered as perhaps the most violent period in Sri Lanka’s history with the growing ethnic tension leading to a civil war with the LTTE against the Sri Lankan state. Due to the adverse situation ...
  • The De-Facto status of the implementation of the official languages policy in police stations of Sri Lanka 
    Wickramasinghe, D.D. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The police in any given country are the guardian of the law and trust who is vested with the responsibility of maintaining public peace. Thus, they are expected to deal with the public more often than any another ...
  • ESL Students’ Attitudes and Preference towards Learning the English Language through Blended Learning 
    Weerakoon, A. (English Language Teaching Unit, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Methods of teaching and means of learning English language have undergone profound changes due to the development of information technology, especially the advancement of computer networks. Technology enhanced blended ...
  • The Great Epic Ramayana and its impact in Sri Lanka. 
    Swastika, R. (International Conference on Sanskrit Studies, 2017 Department of Sanskrit, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    The Ramayana is one of the great Indian epic written by Valmiki. In Sanskrit literature it is known as Adi-Kavya and the writer Adi-Kavi. This Ramayana contains the history of Rama and royal tradition in 24,000 verses and ...
  • Impact of Digital Musical components on usage of Folk Music in Applied Musical Creations in Sri Lanka. 
    Bulathsinhala, H. (International Conference on the Humanities (ICH), 2017 Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Folk culture in any community plays a major role in portraying the authentic and indigenous cultural elements, and many communities incorporate such elements to engrave their cultural identity in their creative work for ...
  • Impact of Digital Technology in the Graphic Design Process in Sri Lankan Context. 
    Amarakoon, A. (International Conference on the Humanities (ICH), 2017 Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    The transition from analog to digital technology has affected both the design process and the working environment of graphic design industry. While the digital technology enhances the production process, it also has a ...
  • The Importance of using Digital Technology in Archiving Temple Murals in Sri Lanka: Case study based on the Southern Coastal Region (Galle District). 
    Peduruhewa, C.D. (International Conference on the Humanities (ICH), 2017 Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    A large number of temple murals belong to Kandyan era in Sri Lanka are being in an endangered stage due to negligence, vandalism, and natural causes such as water seepage, sunlight, insects, bats, soot etc., Many of these ...
  • Including all: Perceptions of mainstream teachers on inclusive education in the Western Province of Sri Lanka 
    Hettiarachchi, S.; Das, A.; Ranaweera, M.; Attanayake, L.D.; Walisundara, D. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The changes made to the local constitution (Parliament of Sri Lanka, 1997), the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN, 2005) in 2016 and the first World Report on Disability (WHO, ...
  • India's new relationship with Sri Lanka through Yoga 
    Wijesooriya, G.H.L.H. (International Conference on Sanskrit and Eastern Studies, 2018 Department of Sanskrit and Eastern Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The word "Yoga" has its origins in the ancient Sanskrit language and means "to attach, join, harness, yoke". Yoga achieves the spiritual development of a human being. Yoga first appeared in ancient text such as the sacred ...
  • Language Policy Implementation: A Comparative Study between Sri Lanka and Canada 
    Wickramasinghe, P.D.D.D. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Accommodation of a multi-ethnic population within a territory of a single state has been largely acknowledged as a worldwide issue due to the problems stemming out from the linguistic disparities. In the most of the countries ...
  • 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 ...
  • Promoting Cave Tourism in Sri Lanka 
    Rathnayake, S. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Cave tourism is an environmental based tourism product. It means exploring natural caves and tunnels. It is also known as spelunking in the United States and Canada and potholing in the United Kingdom. Speleology is the ...
  • Significance of Performing Arts as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Sri Lanka 
    Jayathunga, M. (Sojo University, 2015)
    Cultural divelsit-v ol a cotirtrl is mainlv baseci on ethnicity and religiositl' ol rt: rnhabrtants. Culture of cnch ethnic comr.nuniq depends on thcir customs. bclicfs^ rituals. superstitions. conrmunication and oral ...
  • A Study about Language Rights Violation in the Post War Sri Lanka. 
    Wickramasinghe, D. D. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Language constitutes a fundamental right of all citizens of Sri Lanka. According to Chapter III, Article 12 (2), no citizen shall be discriminated against on grounds of language. The constitutional provisions thus entitle ...
  • A study on the regression of the logo design industry of Sri Lanka 
    Amarakoon, A. (Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Since the advent of the computer technology in the graphic design industry in Sri Lanka, there is a considerable decrease in the visual and aesthetic quality of the logos designed by commercial logo designers, which ...
  • A Study on the Utility of Hierarchical Phrase-Based Model for Low Resource Languages. 
    Shanmugarasa, Y.; Thayasivam, U. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    With the rebellion of internet, people got more opportunities to go global. There is the issue of communication, which is made more challenging due to difference in languages. English is the generally spoken language and ...

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