Graduate Studies: Recent submissions

  • Intra-Household Food Sharing in a Selected Semi Urban Area in Matale District: A Case Study 
    Herath, H.M.D.R.; Angammana, B.H. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Food is one of the basic needs of human beings. According to the biological approach food can be defined as a combination of organic and inorganic elements which need to nurture the human body; also, food is a cause variable ...
  • Issues and Influences Affecting the Global Tourism and Hospitality Industry 
    Wijesooriya, T.N. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Tourism and hospitality industry have become a pillar of economic growth in modern world and provides an enormous opportunity to achieve the tremendous economic, social, cultural, environmental and heritage value. Major ...
  • Does The Entire Science Enclosed by Scientific Method? 
    Wijeyeratne, L.D.S. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The fundamental principles of the scientific method are essential for enhancing perspective, increasing productivity, and stimulating innovation. These principles include deductive and inductive logic, probability, parsimony, ...
  • The Impact of Shrimp Farming on the Diversity of Mangroves in Puttalam Lagoon, Sri Lanka 
    Gunathilaka, M.D.K.L. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Mangroves are one of the most threatened ecosystems dominated along the periphery of lagoons and estuaries while these are the prime areas for aquaculture, particularly shrimp farming. Therefore, the encroachment of shrimp ...
  • Preservation and Conservation of Library Resources in Law College Library and NIOSH Library, Colombo, Sri Lanka 
    Dayananda, A.P. M. M. D. B. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Present study was carried out to identify preservation and conservation of library resources in Sri Lanka Law College library and NIOSH (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health) library. This research was done ...
  • Use of Machine Readable Cataloging Standard in University Libraries of Sri Lanka 
    Rathnayaka, D.; Ven.Rewatha, P. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Machine Readable Cataloguing (MARC) is the adoption of Manual Catalogue into machine-based system. In 1960, Use of computers for cataloguing purpose began. MARC I, MARC II, Universal Machine Readable Cataloguing - UNIMARC ...
  • Financial Literacy and Retirement Planning; Based On Wewala West GN Division 
    Perera, P.G.T.N. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    In present society several severe troubles which arise due to the lack of financial literacy and specially issues regarding retirement life confidence are observed. A very few out of the Sri Lankan population have retirement ...
  • Rights of the Sri Lankan Female Workers in the International grounds 
    Jayawardane, T.V.P. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Internationally, Sri Lanka ranks low on gender equality indices, and since the 1970’s it been a country of origin for low skilled labour migrants. Annual Statistics of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment states that, ...
  • Application of Official Languages Policy in Sri Lankan Public Service 
    Wickramasinghe, P.D.D.D. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Every citizen of the country has the right to seek services in both official languages in public institutions according to the chapter IV of the constitution of Sri Lanka. Also, according to the public administration ...
  • A Study of Vevalketiya Slab Inscription from the Perspectives of Penal Laws of Sri Lanka - A Comparative Legal Analysis 
    Goonaratne, R. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The concepts of crime and punishment have been in existence since the dawn of the human cavillation. Sri Lanka is not an exception to this phenomenon as her rich history spanning more than two thousand five hundred years ...
  • ESL Teacher Challenges in Dealing with Heterogeneity among Undergraduates 
    Dissanayake, P.D.S.N.; Jayavindi, A.M.S. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Heterogeneity refers to various proficiencies of students in a classroom where the learners are endowed with mixed abilities and intellectual variety along with knowledge extremes can be seen. Teaching heterogeneous students ...
  • Features of Sri Lankan English or Leaner Errors? An Investigative Study of the Attitudinal Behaviour of English Speakers in Sri Lanka 
    Hettiarachchi, H.V.A. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The significance of the concepts of ‘language standards’ and ‘standard languages’ can be understood through the way in which language ideologies have affected the society’s perception of institutionalized varieties of ...
  • The Effectiveness of the Modulation of Lessons for the Sri Lankan ESL Learning Undergraduates at a State University based on Content-Based Language Teaching in ESL Teaching and Learning 
    Gunasinghe, M.P.D. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Content-based instruction (CBI) is a significant approach in language education (Brinton, Snow, & Wesche, 1989), designed to provide second-language learners instruction in content and language (hence it is also called ...
  • Productive Strategies of Generating Neologisms in Sri Lankan Print Media 
    Gunawardana, A.A. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Language mirrors the changes and development of present society. English language, especially, is spoken widely all over the world and survives the evolution in society by frequent addition of new vocabulary to meet its ...
  • Tackling Metalinguistic Lacunas and the Choice of Loans: A Study Based on the Compilation of a Sinhalese Treatise on Indian Folk Dance 
    De Silva, J.; Seuwandi, W.M. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    In order to fill a metalinguistic lacuna, i.e., the non-existence of a term to describe some new object or practice, the necessity to adopt a word from a different language with little or no modification arises. Known as ...
  • Musical Trends of the Songs Created by Sunil Shantha 
    Nilupama, L. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The origin of music has occurred with the intellectual development of the human revolution. Song is the major tool of distributing the taste of music among the people. Sunil Shantha can be identified as a pioneer musician ...
  • Accuracy in the Usage of Direct and Indirect Speech in Learning English as a Second Language: Tertiary Level 
    Jayasinghe, R.R. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Direct speech in English Language refers to quoted speech, for example, Rani said, “I visited my uncle yesterday.” Indirect speech refers to reported speech, for example, Rani said that she had visited her uncle on the ...
  • Wholesome Limit of Sense Perception with Reference to the Madhupi ṆḌikasutta and the Bāhiyasutta 
    Ven.Dhammanisanthi, E. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    It is necessary to explore the limits of knowledge, within the bounds of the subject of Buddhist epistemology. Here, wholesome deeds are recognized as the limit of knowledge. All the objects kusala’ grasped by the five ...
  • Cross-cultural Identity Research of Foreign Language Teachers' - A Case Study of Chinese Teacher Volunteers in Sri Lanka 
    BO, Y. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    This study attempts to explore the positioning of "Chinese Teacher Volunteers" social identity and cultural identity on the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral levels from the perspective of novice volunteers, and the ...
  • A Critical Evaluation on Religious Congregations in Post-French Revolutionary Era 
    Nonis, R. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Catholic Church was known as the Gallican Church then. On the eve of the French Revolution the churches were closed down and the religious orders were disbanded by suppressing religious freedom. The intellectuals of the ...

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