Senior Lecturer
Language Studies
Humanities and Social Sciences
Contact:
Kandy, Polgolla
Office: 081 2 494495, Ext:
E-mail: sddis@ou.ac.lk sddissanayake83@gmail.com
Areas of Specialization:
Applied Linguistics
English as a Second Language
English for General Academic Purposes
Research interests:Teaching English as a Second Language, Language Assessment, Collaborative Language Learning, Teaching English through Distance Education mode, English for General Academic Purposes
Affiliations:TESOL International Association
Contributions:
Researches:
“Challenges in Teaching and Learning English as a Second Language with Special Reference to the Open University of Sri Lanka.” (Paper presented at the 13th Annual Research Symposium of the University of Kelaniya on 22nd November 2012.)
Ongoing Research:Difficulties encountered in Teaching and Learning English for General Academic Purposes at the University Level.
Publications:Dissanayake, SD, Dissanayake CB. (December, 2019). “Common Syntactic Errors made by the Undergraduates in Writing English as a Second Language”, International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science Vol. 7 No. 11.