Lecturer (on Contract)
B.A.(Hons) in TESL(University of Kelaniya), M.A in TESL (reading) (PGIE, Open University of Sri Lanka)Contact:
Room 04, Department of English Language Teaching (DELT), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Building No 14), The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda.
Office: +94-11-2881091, Ext: 2501
E-mail: ggcma@ou.ac.lk
Last Updated on 5 months
Areas of Specialization:Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)
Research interests:Second Language Acquisition, English Phonology, Language Policy and Planning
Programme Coordination:English for General Academic Purpose (EGAP) – Cycle 7
Course Coordination:LTE3412/ LTE3413
Publications:“A Study on Employing TED Talks as a Digital Tool for Developing Communicative Skills of Tertiary Level ESL Learners” at ICCM 2022, University of Jaffna. http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/5720
“Identifying Difficulties Encountered by Sri Lankan ESLStudents at the First Certificate in English (FCE) Listening Tests” at iOURS 2022. https://ours.ou.ac.lk/abstract/identifying-difficulties-encountered-by-sri-lankan-esl-students-at-the-first-certificate-in-english-fce-listening-tests/
“Target Language or the First Language? Employing First Language in Teaching Grammar for Undergraduates in a Second Language Classroom” at International Postgraduate Research Conference 2022 –University of Kelaniya.
http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/25883
“Heterogeneous or Homogeneous Groups? Student Perspective on the Role of Gender in Teamwork Related to Higher Education” at RUICHSS-2022, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna. http://ir.lib.ruh.ac.lk/handle/iruor/9534
“A critical evaluation of use of native English speaker audio clips and non-native English speaker audio clips in ESL (English as a second language) classroom in the University of Kelaniya” at OURS 2021, Open University of Sri Lanka. https://ours.ou.ac.lk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ID-175
“A study on the effectiveness of the strategy of „looking for key words‟ to enhance the listening comprehension in the ESL classroom” at RUISELT 2021, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. http://repository.rjt.ac.lk/handle/123456789/5154
“A Critical Evaluation of the Supernatural Elements in the Jataka Stories through the Theoretical Framework of Magic Realism” at 3rd International Conference of Intangible Cultural Heritage ICICH 2021.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359415538_A_Critical_Evaluation_of_the_Supernatural_Elements_in_the_Jataka_Stories_through_the_Theoretical_Framework_of_Magic_Realism
“A Statistical Analysis of Test Scores of Young Sri Lankan English as a Second Language (ESL) Learners in Onsite Summative and Online Summative Examinations” at ICSUSL 2021, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. http://repo.lib.sab.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/susl/2132
JOVPA-Sri Lanka – An Assessment of Developing Academic Literacy, Media Literacy and
Critical Literacy of Undergraduates Who Study Film and Television Studies through
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Approaches.
HR Glimmer 2023
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