Graduate Studies: Recent submissions

  • The Portrayal of the Evolution of Sri Lankan Culture in Music Videos 
    Hettiarachchi, K.S.T. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The ideas, customs, and social beaviour of a particular person or a society are named as the culture. It can be clearly seen that culture and the society are strongly connected with each other. When discussing about a ...
  • An Analysis of Competencies of English Language in General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level Examination in Sri Lanka 
    Ranathunga, H. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    This research intends to analyse the competencies tested in English language in General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (G.C.E.O/L) Examination in Sri Lanka. Therefore, the study evaluates the standard of the English ...
  • Importance of Documenting the Sri Lankan Dance Motion and Notation 
    Wijerathne, B.W.R.D. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Record in written of dancing technique on the body’s position and placement can be defined as Documenting of Dance Motion. In the world of dance, a standard and specific system is used to report the human motion in an ...
  • The Practical Implementation of Learning Stations to Enhance the Student-Centered Learning in Foreign Language Teaching 
    Witharana, N.V.S.M. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Traditional Foreign Language Teaching and learning strategies have changed from teacher-centered teaching to student-centered learning, moving students from passive receivers of information to active participants. Within ...
  • An Analysis of Writing Errors of the Korean Language Learners in Sri Lanka 
    Diddeniya, C.V. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    At present, the number of foreigners who learn Korean language is rapidly increasing. There is no exception in Sri Lanka. Students who prefer to learn Korean language are gradually increasing every year. The main goal of ...
  • Second Language Interference on Pronunciation in Learning German as a Foreign Language 
    Danansooriya, D.M.H.M. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    When a second language or a foreign language is learnt, four skills of the target language should be improved. These skills are listening, speaking, reading and writing. The native speaker acquires these four skills with ...
  • Innovative Teaching Methods for Large Groups of Foreign Language Learners 
    Gurusingha, L.S. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    In modern society, foreign language acquisition has become an essential component of professional training. The University of Kelaniya plays a major role in enhancing foreign languages for both local and international ...
  • Exploring the Pedagogical Significance of CEIL-A Study Based on Sri Lankan Tertiary Education 
    Gunasekara, H.N.W. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    CLIL: Content Language Integrated Learning is popular as an effective way of teaching students both content and the language simultaneously. With English being prioritized as a lingua franca and the status it has obtained ...
  • Exploring Posttraumatic Growth in Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse in Sri Lanka 
    Booso, K.; Godamunne, P. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Posttraumatic growth is a phenomenon that has been observed in survivors of traumatic events, following a period of conscious processing and coming to terms with of the experience of trauma. It is defined as a perceived ...
  • An Analysis on the Impact of SMS News Alerts the Mismanaging Critical Environmental Attributes Sequential Pre-Disaster Warnings 
    Dahanayaka, T. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Sri Lanka has been facing natural disasters like floods, landslides and etc, for a long time. A common feature of all disasters experienced in Sri Lanka is that they emanate from mismanaging the critical environmental ...
  • Abstract Art Style of H.A. Karunarathna in Contemporary Visual Arts 
    Baddegama, S.K. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    H.A. Karunarathne becomes a remarkable personnel in the Sri Lankan art history, especially the modern art. Due to his leadership to establish a tradition based on several European and American styles namely abstract ...
  • A Study on Adaptability of the Chinese Language Teaching Material “Happy Chinese” for Elementary Chinese Education in Sri-Lanka 
    Kandambi, S.U. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    The Chinese language plays a vital role in current Sri Lankan education. Although at first the Chinese language has been introduced as a certificate course study program in Sri Lanka, now it has been uplifted as a degree ...
  • North Indian Classical Vocal Music for the Class Rooms 
    Mallikarathna, S.W. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    This article comes up with the facts that will accept music educators to absorb North Indian Classical vocal music in to a multi cultural music education system. Hindustani music is mainly vocal-centric with the musical ...
  • The Use of Commercial Videos as Authentic Materials in Improving the Practice of Intercultural Skills of Foreign Language Learners 
    Cooray, B.M.S. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    “The combination of moving picture and sound can present language more comprehensively than any other teaching medium and a video sequence watched in class, makes students more ready to communicate in the target language” ...
  • A Comparative Study of United Nation’s CEDAW with Reference to the Buddhist Teachings 
    Subhagya, K. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    During many decades’ women and girl children are made to face tremendously challenging situations. In this eras have made available to the world such development in economics, scientific and technological fields that no ...
  • “Shadows of the Hidden Dragon”; A Case Study of ESL Writing Anxiety at the Tertiary Level 
    Karunarathna, J.A.M.B. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Studies related to English as a second language which are taken place in the Sri Lankan tertiary education context show that, out of four language skills among the undergraduates, the weakest skill is writing. Second ...
  • An Analysis of Culture-Specific Items in the French Translation VIRAGAYA ou le non-attachement of the Sinhala Novel Viragaya 
    Samarasinghe, H. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Culture-Specific Items (CSIs) are the concepts which are specific for a language. The notions of these concepts differ from culture to culture. The CSIs employed in the novel Viragaya (1956) written by Martin Wickramasinghe ...
  • Effects of Music Listening and Its Relationship on Music Preferences 
    Sudarshani, K.G.M. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Individual differences of music preferences are among the most intricate psychological phenomena. While one person gets on successfully another person pays more attention on listening music on occasional preferences. They ...
  • Attitudes towards Sri Lankan English: An Attitudinal Survey in a University Context 
    Karunanayake, S. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Sri Lankan English makes sense for anyone who had resided in Sri Lanka. In the words of Michael Meyler, "Sri Lankan English is the language spoken and understood by those Sri Lankans who speak English as their first language, ...
  • Translating Fantasy: Not So Fantastic. A Study on Challenges of Translating Fantasy Fiction, Based on the Experience of Translating the Fantasy Fiction Novel: The Lord of the Rings 
    Rajapksha, U.D. (19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
    Contrary to the popular belief, translation is NOT just a matter of words but a matter of making intelligible a whole culture, says Anthony Burgess the English writer/composer. However, this proves challenging, especially ...

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