Senior Lecturer (G I)
Language Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Contact:
CRC, 1st floor, HSS Building
Office: 2881056, Ext: 556 Mobile: NULL
E-mail: dedev@ou.ac.lk NULL
I have a special interest in teaching adults in Distance Education contexts and I see the DE mode as a means of empowering students – specially those who are interested in lifelong learning.
Areas of Specialization:Teaching literature in second language contexts
Research interests:Teaching literature in ESL contexts, ESL reading, issues in DE
Affiliations:SLELTA – Sri Lanka English Language Teachers Association, Member UGC Standing Committee on the Teaching of English
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Awards:AIDAB Australian Government Award – University of Sydney. Asian Development Bank (DEMP Project) Scholarship for Doctoral Studies – 2005
Researches:Exploring Knowledge and Beliefs of Teachers of English Literature in Sri Lanka – Paper presented at Asian Conference of Education, Osaka, Japan 2012 Efficacy of the English for General Academic Purposes (EGAP) course at OUSL – Student Perceptions – Paper presented at OUSL Annual Academic Sessions, 2012, (with R. De Silva and I. Bogamuwa) Raheem, R. & Devendra, D. (2007), “Changing times, changing attitudes: History of English education in Sri Lanka” in English education in Asia: History and policies, eds Y.H Choi and B. Spolsky, Asia TEFL, pp. 181-203. Devendra, D & Medawattegedara, V. (2004) Teaching Literature in non native contexts: Some issues related to interpretation. Paper presented at the 3rd International SLELTA Conference, Colombo. Medawattegedara, V. & Devendra D.( 2002) ? Which English to teach ? A study of teacher?s attitudes towards Sri Lankan English ? Paper published in the conference proceedings of the 2nd International SLELTA conference Devendra, D. & Medawattegedara V. ( 2002) ?Students? perception & reaction to feedback on CA assignments? Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Academic sessions of the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Devendra, D. ( 2001) ?Text difficulty & its effect on the comprehension of Referential ties? Paper published in VISTAS, Vol 1, Journal of the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, OUSL
Ongoing Research:Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Literature Instruction, Factors affecting Non-Completion in Open and Distance Learning.
Research Supervisions:ESL Reading, Ability grouping and Language teaching, Use of Articles among ESL undergraduates.
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