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A Study On The Impact Of Machine Translation Software Towards Technical Translation: With Special Reference On English To Sinhala Category

Dilshani, T.; Senevirathna, C. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya. Sri Lanka, 2019)

A software capable of conducting a flawless automatic translation between natural languages independent of human interference could be termed as Machine Translation (MT) or Fully Automated Translation (FMT). As a subfield ...
A study on the Attitudes of School leavers towards Sri Lankan English and how it affects Language Planning and Policy in the Sri Lankan Education System

Wazeer, F.S.; Rathnayake, A.G.N.K.; Wijesinghe, U.D.T.M. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya. Sri Lanka, 2019)

Sri Lankan English (SLE) or Ceylonese English is the variety of English Language spoken and understood in Sri Lanka. It belongs to the family of South Asian Englishes. The study of attitudes towards SLE among school leavers ...
A study on the effectiveness of communicative language teaching approach in schools in Rathnapura District- Sri Lanka

Lakmali, M.A.M. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya. Sri Lanka, 2019)

Communicative language teaching (CLT) approach is learning to communicate. The Sri Lankan Government has adopted the communicative approach to teaching English in the government schools (National Institute of Education, ...
A Study on the Difficulties encountered by the translators when translating cultural words with special reference to the short novel Vap Magula by Somarathna Balasuriya

Ratnayake, I. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya. Sri Lanka, 2019)

Translation which is the process of transferring an idea of one language to another language, can be considered as one of the most effective ways to communicate between two cultures. This study was specially focused on ...
A Study on the Most Productive Morphological Processes in Sri Lankan English Fiction

Perera, S.S.; Chandrasekara, W.; Hewawasam, T. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya. Sri Lanka, 2019)

Among the morphological processes used by the English language speakers, Sri Lankan English users tend to use certain processes more frequently compared to other processes in speech and writing. These morphological processes ...
A study on the errors of business Chinese vocabulary, case study of level II level III students of degree program in the University of Kelaniya

Dharmakeerthi, M. M. I. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of Modern Language, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya. Sri Lanka, 2019)

China is one of the fastest growing economies and one of the largest global markets in the world. So business Chinese is very important. International students need to learn business Chinese vocabulary. The acquisition of ...
A Study on how audience reception affects Professional Wrestling

Wickramasinghe, H. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya. Sri Lanka, 2019)

The success of a Professional Wrestling or any entertainment medium depends entirely on its reception by the audience. Without listening to the audience‟s expectations the show cannot exist. Therefore, audience reception ...
A Study on Speech Accommodation of Bilingual Preschoolers around Nugegoda Area

Weerarathna, A.M.P.H. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya. Sri Lanka, 2019)

In linguistics, accommodation is the process by which participants in a conversation adjust their accent, diction, or other aspects of language according to the speech style of the other participant. It is used to be called ...
A study on the importance of Marketing Strategies for the promotion of Sri Lankan Film Industry

Ihalagedara, C.B.B. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of Drama, Theater & Image Arts Unit, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya. Sri Lanka, 2019)

Sri Lankan cinema can be identified as an art as well as a business that aims at a profit. At present, film promotion will be spread out through new media though, film marketing strategies will be spread out through various ...
Developing Reading And Listening Test Papers To Investigate The Influence Of Item Types On The Performance Of Comprehension Skills Of ESL Learners

Jayasinghe., J.D.U.M.; Upamalika., T.N. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)

Assessment is considered as one of the indispensable pedagogical process in language teaching and learning, and it provides opportunities for teachers to recognize their objectives and to realize the extent to which the ...
Effectiveness of Rubrics Used for Assessing Presentation Skills of the Undergraduates of Bachelors‟ in Business Management Degree Program of the University of Kelaniya

Randhuli, I. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)

In the past few years there has been a considerable shift of teaching process where the “learner-centered‟‟ teaching is recognized as being significant and critical to learning. Along with that, in the domain of assessment, ...
Enhancement of Sri Lankan English vocabulary in Sri Lankan short stories and poems in English: A Morphological Analysis

Wicrkamage, N. P.; Ekanyake, E.M.A.N.; Welgama, N.N. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)

Sri Lankan English (SLE) was born through the contact between Standard British English (SBE) and the vernacular languages of Sri Lanka; Sinhala and Tamil. In the contemporary society, SLE has become the high yielding way ...
Difficulties Encountered By Translators When Referring Glossaries: With Special Reference To The Glossaries Of Technical Terms Of The Department Of Official Languages – Sri Lanka

Thennakoon, T. M. N. M. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)

Translation, the process of transferring the meaning of a text in one language into another language can be categorized as technical translation and non-technical translation. Technical translation, also known as non-literary ...
Confusions Faced by Translators in Translating English Homonyms into Sinhala

Kannangara, K.K.D.T.I. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)

A homonym can be defined as a word that is spelt like another word (or pronounced like it), but which has a different meaning. Homonyms play a tricky role in a language as there is more than one possible meaning despite ...
Comparison of Chinese and Sinhala causative sentences take: „Ràng‟（让） as an example

Wettasinghe, D.V.K. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of Modern Languages, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)

There are many special Chinese sentence patterns, which are different from other languages by its national characteristics. Chinesecausative sentences, as one of Chinese special sentence pattern in modern Chinese, are ...
Discussion of Love through the Setting of Emily Bronte‟s “Wuthering Heights”

Hewa, S. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)

Emily Bronte‟s novel “Wuthering Heights” revolves around the unique romantic relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff. The landscape of the lonely moorlands of Yorkshire acts as a central image to which the plot and ...
Contextual issues in translating Tamil Loan Words in Sinhala to English Language

Thilakarathne, T.C. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)

Loanwords are the words adopted for a language by speakers from another language. Modern Sinhala language has the influence of many foreign languages. Tamil, which is one of the major languages in the process of language ...
Representation of women in the context of marriage depicted in Sri Lankan memes

Wathsala, H.M.S.; De Zoysa, T.R. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of Modern Languages, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)

Women being always subjected to various portrayals in media, their image is now the source of new age humor; Internet Memes. Widespread all over in the social media platforms, these memes express any aspect of the individual, ...
Sequencing of grammar contents and its impact on achieving the intended learning outcomes: An analysis of English textbooks used in Sri Lankan government schools from grade 6 - 8

Amarasinghe, H. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of English language teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)

The English knowledge of a majority of the school students in Sri Lanka is not up to the expected standard, this is a well-known fact. The analysis of O/L results of the 2015 English language paper by the Examinations ...
Test Development Process On Testing Students In Reading And Writing In English As A Second Language Classroom In Rathnapura Education Zone

Jayathissa, D. (Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG 2019), Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019)

English language plays a crucial role as a global language. In Sri Lanka, English has been taught as a second language in schools. Hence, testing in English as a Second language (ESL) has become important in measuring ...

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