English language came into existence in Ceylon with the arrival of British in 1796. However, a need to teach it arose much later namely, when British felt the need of a "nucleus of native loyalists for their political ...

Code switching is defined as a mode of communication available to bi/multilingual speakers. This strategy of communication is used by such speakers for various purposes in various situations. It is said that those who ...

Machine Translation (MT) or Automatic Translation is generally concern about automating all or part of the process of translating one human language to another language. These human or natural languages bear similarities ...

This paper examines the controversial issue of the status of the official, national or link language/s of Sri Lanka. The focus of the study is on perspectives of language and identity among speakers of English in Sri ...

At the time of regaining independence, though the Sri Lankan economy was open to free trade, it was mainly dominated by agriculture. Since the adoption of liberal economic policies in 1977, new industries have been created ...

One of the major Contemporary issues in the plantation sector is centred on labour. There is a mismatch between the availability of labour and their turnout. Around 30 per cent of the resident workforce does not pursue ...

The research investigated the impact of employee personality on customer orientation. The study focuses a common management problem of service organizations to reduce expectation gap and to win customer loyalty. The main ...

The theoretical economic background of the British colonial administration in Sri Lanka is an observable component. The mercantilism and laissez-fair policy was the sprit of British rulers and, their investment policies ...

The expansion and impact of Western colonization saw the dominance of Portugal in the East during the 16th century. Portuguese occupation and colonization of the maritime provinces of Sri Lanka in 1505, resulted in a ...

Drought indicates dry situation caused by lack of water, which occurs when rainfall is less than normal for several weeks, months or years. Droughts occur in Sri Lanka is either due to lesser annual rainfall, and/or late ...