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Ms. Navodya Rajapakse
Lecturer
Faculty of Humanities & Sciences | English Language Teaching Unit
Career Summary
- Navodya Rajapakse is a lecturer in English, attached to the Faculty of Science and Humanities, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe.
- She joined SLIIT in 2015 and has been engaged in various academic activities while being the module coordinator for Communication Skills (IT 1040).
- Furthermore, she works as a SLIIT partner, under the title University Associate of Faculty of Science and Englineering at Curtin University.
- In addition, she provides her services to SLIIT as the Communication Skills module coordinator since 2017
- Prior to that she had also been English for Academic Purposes module coordinator from 2016-2017
- She is also a visiting lecturer and an external examiner at ELTU, University of Kelaniya since 2017 to date
- She had also been a visiting lecturer at University of Colombo from 2016 to 2018
- Prior joining SLIIT, she had been a lecturer at the English Language Teaching Unit, at the University of Kelaniya. In fact, she had been a member of the ELTU Research Group as well.
- She had also been an intern as a translator, in 2013, at the Ministry of External Affairs, Sri Lanka.
- Moreover, she had been a member of the Faculty of Computing and Hackathon Organizing Committees of CODEFESTs held in 2016 to 2017 respectively.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- M.A, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo
- B.A. (Second Upper Honors), Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya
- Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (Staff Development Ceter,SLIIT)
- Certificte in Teaching English Online (Cambridge Assessment English) - University of Cambridge
- Dip. in English , Aquinas College of Higher Studies
HONOURS AND AWARDS
- In 2018 she was awarded the Certificate for Teaching in Higher Education by the Staff Development Center -Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology.
Research Interests and Memberships
Research Interests
- Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)
- Second Language Acquisition
- Educational Assessments
- Educational Theories in Second Language Acquisition.
- Business English
- English for Professional Purposes
- Task Based Learning
- Teacher Development and Training
Memberships
- SLELTA (Sri Lanka English Language Teachers’ Association)
- Sponsorhip Committee - SICASH 2020
- Organizing Committee, Hackathon, CODEFEST 2017, Faculty of Computing, SLIIT
- Organizing Committee, CODEFEST 2016,Faculty of Computing, SLIIT
- Organizing Committee, 5th National Conference on Technology and Management 2016, Faculty of Computing, SLIIT
Ongoing Research
My Publications
Conference Presentations
- R.W.D.N.K.Rajapakse " • Usage of resources to facilitate ELT and learning in government schools in Gampaha district Presentation, at Univeristy of Kelaniya, 2016
- R.W.D.N.K.Rajapakse " • Usage of materialistic resources in English language teaching in Ordinary and Advanced level in Biyagama Divisional Secretariat governemnt schools Presentation, at University of Ruhuna, 2017
Book Chapters
- R.W.D.N.K.Rajapakse " A Short Story Publication in the collection called 'Bandana" " Bandana, 2014, Translation Unit, University of Kelaniya,
Journal Publications Under Review
- Navodya Rajapakse " Student Centered Education in Teaching English as a Second Language for Ordinary and Advanced Level Students at Non-Urban Government Schools " Faculty of Humanities and Sciences Journal, Under Review
Journal Publications
- Navodya Rajapakse " Examining the Mode of Teaching English as a Second Language in Gampaha District Non-Urban Government Schools of Sri Lanka " SICASH (Faculty of Humanities and Sciences) Journal, Not Published,
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