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  • Oral Learning Strategies of Elementary Chinese Learners: Study Based on Learning Chinese as Foreign Language in Sri Lanka. 
    Yu Bo (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Learning strategies are one of the most important individual differences in learners. It also provides a better understanding of metacognition, cognition, social and emotional processes in second language acquisition, which ...
  • Parent and Teacher Assessment as a Screening Tool for Hearing Loss among School Children. 
    Sakalasuriya, S.; Perera, P.J. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Optimum hearing is vital for speech development and education of a child. Many causes of Hearing Loss (HL) are reversible or correctable with modern technology. Early diagnosis of HL will have a significant positive impact. ...
  • Perspective of the Post Advanced Level Students towards Second Language (L2) Speaking Anxiety. 
    Peiris, A. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    As observed, students in ESL classrooms find speaking as one of the most challenging tasks even though they had been studying the language for almost 13 years. There are some students who fear the word “speech”, and ...
  • Physical and Psychological Causes Related to Stammering. 
    Premakumara, L. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Speech and language development problems are very common among children. Among them, stammering occupies a central position in the sphere of fluency disorders. The term stammering is most commonly associated with involuntary ...
  • Plurilingual Competence and Construction of Linguistic Identity:A Study on Sri Lankan Students Following French Studies in University of Kelaniya. 
    Rodrigo, J.S. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    The study of identity is pertinent to Language Sciences since language shapes the individual‟s perception of the world and his relationship to his social network. A linguistic repertoire containing multiple languages could ...
  • Present Tense in Jaffna Tamil and Sinhala –A Contrastive Study:Based on Comrie‟s Point of View. 
    Senthuran, S.; Wijeratne, W.M. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    The aim of this research is to find out the similarities and dissimilarities between present tense in Jaffna Tamil and Spoken Sinhala languages. This study is significant as tenses are not similar in all languages. Sinhala ...
  • Problematique Analysis of Praxis in ELTU Classrooms to Generate Innovative Teaching. 
    Kuruppuarachchi, M.T.K. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    A serious concern expressed at present is that the English skills of graduates continue to be poor. As such this study intends to refocus on praxis at the ELTU classrooms of the University of Peradeniya. The issue may be ...
  • The Problems Encountered by English Teachers in Teaching English as a Second Language in Urban School Classrooms in Sri Lanka. 
    Liyanage, A. K. S. I. K. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    This research focuses on the difficulties encountered by English teachers in teaching English as a second language in urban school classrooms in Sri Lanka. The eclectic method used in teaching consists of interactive ...
  • Relevance of the Morphological Concepts Root, Stem and Base in the Structural Analysis of Sinhalese Words. 
    Randula, K. K. G. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    The term piyewi (prəkṛti) appearing in traditional Sinhalese grammars refers to an element operating within word structure. It is a morphological extraction which has not been properly defined in any of the traditional ...
  • Reliability of Google translate in English to Sinhalese Translation. 
    Gunasinghe, M.P.D. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Translations, throughout the past, have been done by the human translators; but today, along with the technology, keeping a step ahead, the human translators are being replaced by machine translators. Systran‟s translation ...
  • A Research on Applying the 'Liushu Theory' on Teaching Chinese Characters to Sri Lankan Student. 
    Fernando, K. D. K. D. T. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Starting from the year 2004, the students who are learning Chinese in Sri Lanka have gradually increased. Among the problems observed among the learners, the main problem was the inadequacy of study resources including ...
  • A Review of Chinese Language Teaching in Sri Lanka. 
    Jing, L. G. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Chines, is one of the most popularly studied languages in 21st century. It is becoming Esperanto around the world today. According to the survey, more than 100 million people all over the world are learning Chinese. The ...
  • SATS: A Computer Aided Translation Engine. 
    Kumara, I.; Mohomad, N.; Sarveswaran, K. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Computer used language translation is a controversial subject. Even though many research studies have been done in this area of study, still there are no machine translation systems available for Sinhala – Tamil – English ...
  • Segmentation of Chunks in Developing a Mental Lexico-Syntactic System: A Case Study Based on A Young Second Language Learner. 
    Dissanayake, S. A. R. R. P. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    There is growing evidence in the field of psycholinguistics that children are sensitive to the properties of multi-word combinations of building blocks, which include multi-word chunks. These chunks, when used in early ...
  • Short-term Training and Continuous Feedback:A New Approach to Train English Language Teachers. 
    Sandya, B. M.; Atchuthan, Y. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Even though the universities, teacher-training colleges, and other higher education institutions in Sri Lanka produce trained English language teachers annually, they are unable to fulfill the country‟s entire education ...
  • Sinhala „wage‟ as an Epistemic Modal. 
    Ponnamperuma, T. R. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    "wage‟ is the semantic resemblance of „seem‟ in English. Therefore, can one categorize "wage‟ as a raising predicate? The construction known as subject-to-subject raising, proposed for verbs such as seem or appear, relates ...
  • A Socio-Psycholinguistic Study on Taboo Words in Sinhala Community. 
    Aberathne, U.; Wijesekara, J.S. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Taboo words are defined as the substandard words, which are not usually tolerated in formal discourses. Therefore they are not used in standard writings or in public spheres." Taboo words are used to communicate ideas in ...
  • Sociolinguistic and Linguistic Differences between Juray and Sora. 
    Gomango, O.; Anderson, G.D.S. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages & Berhampur University, India Juray is a seriously endangered Munda language of the Sora-Juray cluster spoken in Gajapati district, southern Odisha State, India (Gomango ...
  • Specifications and Letter Characteristics of Post-Brahmin Epigraphs. 
    Amarakoon, C. I. K.; Bandara, I. R. I. B. G. S .H. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Epigraphs between the first and the fourth centuraies are known as post-Brahmin epigraphs. This study investigates the specifications of post-Brahmin epigraphs and characteristics of letter formations. Proportional formation ...
  • Stance-Taking in Sinhala Discourse. 
    Perera, K. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Stance – or stance-taking - is a robust area of study in discourse that has been little applied in Sinhala. Stance is the study of linguistic resources used to express the speaker‟s emotions, attitudes, evaluation of and ...

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