Human security is a relatively new concept that emerged to address the modern security threats that cannot be addressed via traditional security approaches. Narrow definition of human security address two main paradigms; ...

Writing about a nation emerging from three decades of violent conflict requires one to rethink identities irrevocably altered by the dehumanizing effects of war. Since the conclusion of the armed conflict in May 2009, ...

Each year, thousands of literary works are being translated into Sinhalese, due to the popular demand. The Sri Lankan demand for world literature has grown to such an extent that there is a trend of literary works of ...

Even though every child commences to learn English from their nursery, even after thirteen years of education of the English language, there are students who are unable to pass the General English language paper in the ...

Detective fiction is a genre that gained critical acclaim at an unprecedented rate over the past few decades. The way in which it engages with the reader intellectually is a significant reason behind the increasing popularity ...

People across the world today live in fear, anxiety and mistrust. There are nations who possess enough weapons to destroy our world many times. They exist in constant mistrust of each other. The extent of mistrust, hatred, ...

This paper aims at investigating the attitudes of a group of teachers of English in higher education in Sri Lanka towards peer observation of teaching (PO). Simultaneously, it highlights the significance of practising ...

Kaffir community is a unique socio-cultural group in Sri Lankan society. Though the term ―kaffir‖ is a derogatory term for African people, Sri Lankan Kaffirs use it to introduce themselves. They have accustomed to Sri ...

Since the 1980s, Sri Lanka, following trends in language teaching and learning in the West, has adopted the Communicative Approach in its endeavor to teach English as a second language to its student population. Group ...

Afro-Sri Lankans (also known as Kaffirs or Kapiri) are a very small ethnic group in Sri Lanka who are descendants of African workers and soldiers brought to the island by Portuguese and British colonists. The research ...