Ms. Ashani Peiris

Lecturer

Faculty of Humanities & Sciences | English Language Teaching Unit

Career Summary

Ashani Peiris is a Lecturer in English attached to Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe, Sri Lanka who has 10 years teaching experience in academic field.In addition, she serves as the cordinator for Business Communication, Communication Skills for CSE and Communcation Skills (Orientation). Before joining SLIIT, She had worked as a Temporary Assistant Lecturer and a Visiting Lecturer at University of Kelaniya.

Assistant Lecturer (SLIIT)
Instructor in English (SLIIT)
Temporary Assistant Lecturer ,University of Kelaniya (2013-2014)
Visiting Lecturer, English Language Teaching Unit,University of Kelaniya(2013)
Visiting Lecturer, ELTU, Diploma and Higher Diploma in Business conducted by the Faculty Of Commerce & Management Studies, University of Kelaniya(2014)
Visiting Lecturer: An Intermediate Course in English, University of Kelaniya(2016)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

M.A in Linguistic, University of Kelaniya
B.A (General Degree), University of Kelaniya,

HONOURS AND AWARDS

1st Place, Staff Development Programme conducted by SLIIT
1st place winner, Creative writing, World Consumer Rights Day, conducted by the Consumer Affairs Authority and Information Communication Technology Agency (2017)

Research Interests and Memberships

Research Interests

English Language Teaching
Effective Language teaching methodologies
Technology in ELT
Apllied Linguistics

Memberships

Member of Sri Lanka English Language Teachers Association (SLELTA)

Ongoing Research

My Publications

Conference Presentations

Ms. Ashani Peiris " �An analysis of the effectiveness of using L1 (Sinhala) to teach L2 (English)� Presentation, at 14th Annual Research Symposium, University of Kelaniya, 2013
Ms. Ashani Peiris " �A study on the Impact of Facebook on improving English (L2) vocabulary of undergraduates�, Presentation, at th Research Conference , The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, 2014
Ms. Ashani Peiris " �Impact of the proficiency in English Language on students� performance in their main subjects�, Presentation, at International Postgraduate Research Conference, 2015
Ms. Ashani Peiris " �A study on the effectiveness of using multimedia to teach English Grammar�, Presentation, at Second International Conference on Linguistics (ICLSL), University of Kelaniya , 2016
Ms. Ashani Peiris " Group activities as a remedy for speaking anxiety Presentation, at 9th International SLELTA Conference, National Institute of Education (NIE), 2017