Dr. Swarnananda Gamage Senior Lecturer (Grade I) Department of English Language Teaching Head, Department of English Language Teaching +94112857783 +94718338288 swarnananda@bpu.ac.lk / kgswarnananda@gmail.com

Academic Qualification

• B.A. English, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
• M.A. in Drama and Theatre, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
• M.A. in Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
• M.Phil. in Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
• Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Kelaniya
• Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching English Language and Literature, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
• Literature Short Course, Birkbeck University, United Kingdom
• Teacher (English) Training Certificate, Teacher’s College, Sri Lanka

Academic Experience

• Senior Lecturer Grade I, English Language Teaching Unit, Buddhist and Pali University (2019 -Present)
• Senior Lecturer Grade II, English Language Teaching Unit, Buddhist and Pali University (2013 - 2019)
• Lecturer, English Language Teaching Unit, Buddhist and Pali University (2008-2013)
• Instructor, English Language Teaching Unit, Buddhist and Pali University  (2001 - 2007)
• Trained Teacher of English, Ministry of Education, Kurunegala (1989 - 2001)

VISITING LECTURER

• MA in English Literature conducted by Department of English, Faculty of Post – Graduate Studies and External Examinations, Buddhist and PaliUniversity of Sri Lanka.( 2019- Present)
• B(Ed) Degree Programme, Master of Education, Theories in Education, Lincoln University College. (2020- Present)
• B.A Degree Program – English, CINEC Campus, Malabe, Sri Lanka. (2016- Present)
• Diploma in English conducted by English Language Teaching Department. (2006- Present)

POST GRADUATE SUPERVISION

• Examiner, Master of Philosophy, University of Kelaniya - ‘The verb nucleus concept as an improved method for teaching English as a second language’ by P.I Keerthisinghe

• Supervisor –Master of Arts, BPU, Gender issues : A study based on the early Buddhism by H.M.I Udayanganne Rathnayake (Reading)
• Supervisor –Master of Arts, BPU, The Influence Of Healing And Re-  conciliating Power Of Oriental Drama On European Drama by  T.W.M  VinithKumari (Reading)
• Supervisor of the presentation, Master of  Philosophy, BPU ‘An Analytical Study of the Factors Influencing English  Speaking  Proficiency of the English Medium Prospective Teachers’ by  A.M.D Udit

SYLLABUS DESIGNING AND MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Compulsory English, Certificate course, Advanced certificate course at DELT, BPU.
• Diploma in English,Certificate course, Advanced certificate course, Higher Diploma in English (External) conducted by DELT at Faculty of Post Graduate Studies of BPU.
• English Language Proficiency,  BA  Degree External Programme at Faculty of Post Graduate Studies of BPU.
• BA (English)  degree programme, CINEC Campus, Malabe.
• Pracheena Pandit degree programme, The Oriental Studies of Sri Lanka
• Literary Theories, B(Ed) degree programme, Lincoln University

Administration

• Co – controlling Chief Examiner, Board of Examiners (General English) -General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level Examination) Ministry of education (2012 -present)
• Chief Examiner, Board of Examiners (General English) -General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level Examination) Ministry of Education (2003 - 2011)
• Head of the English Language Teaching Unit, Buddhist and Pali University (2008-2011), (2014-2015)
• Coordinator, Diploma in English, Buddhist and Pali University (2005), (2014 - 2015), (2019, 2020, 2021)
• Member of Senate Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka

OTHER APPOINMENTS 

• Member of the Paper Setters’ Panel, General English (13), AL examinations, Department of Examinations.(2019- Present)
• Paper Setter-English Literature & English Language PrachinaPandith Degree Programme - English by The Oriental Studies of Sri Lanka(2015- Present)
• Member of  Curriculum Development Committee Bachelor of Arts Degree – English, CINEC Campus, Malabe, Sri Lanka (2015 - 2016)
• Conference Secretary International  Conference on Religious Tolerance and Harmony sponsored by American  Embassy, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka (2015) 
• Joint Secretary First International Online research Conference Series by BPU, Sri Lanka (2020)
• Chairman – the Committee of Syllabus Designing – (Pracheena) English by The Oriental Studies of Sri Lanka
• Paper Setter English Literature & English Language Central Bank Promotion Examinations, Department of Examination,Sri Lanka. (2017- 2018)
• Member The  Program Advisory Committee (PAC) HND in English, Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education
• Research Article Reviewer VCIRS - 2017, the International Research Conference, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka  
• Chair Technical  Session of English Language, Linguistics and Literature, VCIRS - 2017,  the International Research Conference, Vavuniya Campus of the University  of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
• Student counselor Buddhist and Pali University, Sri Lanka (2015 ,2019)

Research interests

• Teaching English Literature
• Evolution of Drama & Theater
• English Language Teaching

International/ National Seminar Presentations

• Gamage, K.G., 2013, “Role of Non-biological Mothers, 2^nd International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, 4^th& 5^th of December 2013
• Gamage, K.G., 2014, “Colloquial Sinhala language as a mixed discourse variety; a study on the syntactic and semantic impact of English language on present-day colloquial Sinhala language”, 15^th Annual Research Symposium of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, October 30 & 31,2014
• Gamage, K.G., 2018, “Tuition teachers and English language teaching: An exploration of English language tuition classes”, 4^th International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, 29^th March 2018
• Gamage, K.G., 2013, “Has the trend of students working in groups produced real collaboration? A study based on web-related collaborative writing among second language learners”, Collaboration & Innovation in Research 14^th Annual Research Symposium, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, November 28 & 29,2013
• Gamage, K.G., 2015, “Selling or Being Sold - An Exposition of Death at of a Salesman”, International Research Conference, Bikshu University    
• Gamage, K.G., 2006, Influence of English Language on Sinhala, Professional Development Program of Academic Staff, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka
• Gamage, K.G., 2011, what’s to be: “Big frog in a small well or small frog in a big well” Characteristics of good teacher A bilingual presentation, Professional Development Program of Academic Staff, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka
• Gamage, K.G., 2013, Feminism: Cure or Cruse in Sri Lankan Context, Professional Development Program of Academic Staff, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka
• Gamage, K.G., 2014,Colloquial Sinhala Language as mixed discourse variety a study on the syntactic and semantic impact of English Language on present day Colloquial Sinhala Language, Professional Development Program of Academic Staff, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka.

Research & Publications

THESIS

• Efficacy of an innovative teaching methodology for the development of Second Language proficiency among adult Sri Lankan learners: an experimental study, 2018, an Unpublished PhD  Thesis
• Relationship between Development of Grammatical Competence and Pre – Linguistics Input inL2 Learning context: an experimental Study, 2011,an Unpublished MPhil Thesis

PUBLICATIONS

• Gamage, K.G. & Dissanayeke, P., 2008. Discourse Analysis, Sarasavi Publications, Sri Lanka.
• Gamage, K.G., 2016, The Indispensable Literary Terms & Techniques, Olanco Printers, Sri Lanka
• Gamage, K.G., 2017, Introduction to Tennessee Williams’  The Glass Menagerie Olanco Printers, Sri Lanka
• Gamage, K.G., 2019, Introduction to A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, Olanco Printers, Sri Lanka

PUBLICATIONS IN INDEXED JOURNALS

• Gamage,  K.G., 2024, Shakespeare Tragedy, Comedy and Historical Play, European Modern Studies Journal- Vol 8 No 2, 91-95
• Gamage,  K.G., 2024, "I am Heathcliff-he is more myself than I am" Diversity in Romance of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, European Modern Studies Journal- Vol 8 No 3, 251-258
• Gamage,  K.G., 2021, Emphatic  Symbolism and Drastic Insinuative Events Employed in 'Uprooted' (The  English Translation of Gamperaliya) by Martin Wickramsinghe, European Modern Studies Journal- Vol 05, No 05, 315-321
• Gamage,  K.G. & Wickramaarachchi T.I, 2013,''What is to be a ‘Mother’?”— An  Exposition of “Non-biological Mothers” in Literary Texts, English  Language and Literature Studies, Canadian Center of Science and  Education, (Index-Journal) Vol 6, No.1, 75-80 
• Gamage,  K.G., Is Othello suffering from Othello syndrome?-An exposition the Tragic Flaw of 'Othello' by Shakespeare Published in Volume 9 Issue 10,2020 of Global Scientific Journals (GSJ Publisher) ISSN 2320-9186 (page 791-799)
• Gamage,  K.G., The Pedagogical Application of the Grammar Translation Method as an Effective Instructional Methodology in Teaching English as a Second Language, Open Access Library Journal 2020,Volume 7, e6913 ISSN Online: 2333-9721 ISSN Print: 2333-9705, (page 1-10)
• Gamage,  K.G., Expressionism, The Psychological Realism and Other Theatrical Devices Reflected in “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams, International Journal of Science and Research,  Volume 9  Issue 11, November 2020 ISSN 2319-7064 , (page 267-270)
• Gamage,  K.G., “The Sacred Duty’ - Oscar Wild’s “Lady Windermere’s Fan”, A Response to “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen: A Comparative Study, Open Access Library Journal 2020, Volume 7,   e6913 ISSN  Online: 2333-9721  ISSN Print: 2333-9705 (page 1-8)
• Gamage,  K.G., Selling or being Sold : ‘Eat the Orange and Throw the Peel away’ - Reading ‘Death of a Salesman’ by Arthur Miller as a Modern Tragedy, Published in Volume 8 Issue 12,2020 of Global Scientific Journals (GSJ Publisher) ISSN 2320-9186 (page 785- 794)

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

• Gamage,  K.G., 2024, Exploring the Efficacy of Audio-lingual Method for Adults' English Language Speaking Proficiency: A Case from a University in Sri Lanka, Journal of Language Studies (JLS), Bi-Annual Double Blind Peer Reviewed Refereed Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, Dec. 2022, pp. 1–42
• Gamage,  K.G., Ending says it all : a slap on the malignant fiction- an exposition of the end- passage of Things Fall Apart, Journal of Language Studies (JLS) (Bi- annual peer reviewed refereed journal) Volume 2 Issue 1 June 2018 (page 113-121)
• Gamage,  K.G., Feminism: a cure or a curse, 2016, PARIYESANA, Journal of PDPAS, Vol. 01, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka.
• Gamage,  K.G., Feminism : A cure or a curse?, Pariyesana, Journal of PDPAS Volume 1 (page10)
• Gamage,  K.G., Shakespeare : the Dramatist of All Times, DELT Reader Journal of English Education Volume 1 (page 8- 18) (Also published online in Researchgate- an international research publication website)
• Gamage,  K.G., Shakespearean Tragedy, Comedy and Introduction to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, DELT Reader, Journal of English Education Volume 2 (page 9 – 28) (Also published online in Researchgate.)
• Gamage,  K.G., Dissecting Poetry : ‘Out, Out---’ by Robert Frost, “Sandhara” academic journal (page 297- 302) (Also published online in Researchgate.)
• Gamage,  K.G., Is it all about 'Actions' of Loku Nanda and 'Reactions' of Kusuma? An Exposition of “Action and Reaction” by Chitra Fernando in Relation to its Themes, Techniques and Symbols, Journal of Language Studies Vol. 5 Issue II, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka. (page 51-78)

EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTION

• Editor- Journal of Language Studies (JLS), Bi- Annual Peer Reviewed  Referred Journal by Faculty of Language studies, BPU- Volume 2, Issue 1, December 2018.
• Editor- Journal of Language Studies (JLS), Bi- Annual Peer Reviewed  Referred Journal by Faculty of Language studies, BPU- Volume 3, Issue 1, June 2019.
• Co-editor- Research Papers Presented at the International Conference on Religious Tolerance and Harmony (IRTH 2015)
• Co- editor- Delt Reader- Journal of English Education by  Department of English Language Teaching- Volume 2, 2019.
• Co- editor- Delt Reader- Journal of English Education by  Department of English Language Teaching- Volume 1, 2018.

RESOURCE PERSON

• A Guest Lecture on Literature: Realities or Fantasies, Bachelor of Science in Information Systems & Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Degree Program, School of Computing, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2015)
• A Guest Lecture, on “What will make you a good teacher” Amana international School, Kolonnawa, Sri Lanka, (2015)
• Conducting the seminar on Dramatic Genres, M.A. Literature, Faculty of Post – Graduate Studies and External Examinations, Buddhist and PaliUniversity of Sri Lanka
• Conducting a workshop for the Teacher training students 2017/2018 batch on ‘How to teach Literature ; poetry, fiction and drama effectively’ ,  CINEC campus , Malabe, 2018
• Conducting the seminar for Chief Examiners and Additional Chief Examiners  for General English (13), G.C.E (A/L) examination – 2019
• Offering services as resource person in A/L General English Evaluation process at the Department of Examination, May 2020.
• Conducting a seminar for A/L students who follow English (73) as a subject at Sandalanka Central College on 7^th July 2020.
• Being a judge at the Drama competition of  Inter Advanced  Technological Institutes held at Advanced Technological Institute of Kandy (English day competition of SLIATE)  on the 28^th December 2017
• Conducting a workshop for the Teacher training students 2019/2020 batch on ‘How to use drama as an instructional tool in teaching English as a second language’ at the CINEC campus auditorium, Malabe on 15^th September, 2020
• Conducting the seminar for Chief Examiners and Additional Chief Examiners for G.C.E (A/L) examination – 2020
• Being a resource person, the workshop for the lecturers of the Department of English Language Teaching (DELT), University of Sri Jayawardanapura - 2020.
• Offering services as a visiting lecturer at Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technical Education, Dehiwala, 2002.
• Conducting the Co-controlling chiefs’ meeting for the evaluation of A/L General English (13) at Department of Examination on 28/29 August 2013.

SYMPOSIUM  

• Designing and Implementing Peace Education founded in Theravada Buddhist Teachings, Peace and Conflict studies Center, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. (2015)
• Training of Trainers on Transitional Justice Concepts & Issues - Phase 1 conducted by the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka( 2016)

WORKSHOP

• “Effect of Internet Addiction on Academic Performance of the Students at the Buddhist and Pali University Sri Lanka”, Internet Society Sri Lanka Chapter, Buddhist and Pali University, Sri Lanka (2018)
• Awareness Program on “Upgrading Syllabus and quality Assurance” Buddhist and Pali University, Sri Lanka (2015)
• “Enhancement of active learning in students” Buddhist and Pali University, Sri Lanka (2014)
• Development in Educational Technology in ELT, IRQUE English Competency Project, English Language Teaching Unit, University of Rajarata, Sri Lanka (2006)
• Staff Development Program, Buddhasravaka Bhiksu University and Buddhist and Pali University if Sri Lanka (2011)
• Workshop on Effective Presentation skills conducted by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Skills Development on 18th June 2015 at BPU.
• Workshop on ‘Enhancement Of Active Learning In Students’ under the workshop series on ‘Student Centered Learning’ on 23^rd July 2014.
• Certificate course in ‘Research Methods Techniques And Statistics For Data Analysis’ on January 21/29 and February 6/10 in the year 2015 at BPU.
• Developments in Educational Technology in ELT organized by the English Language Teaching Unit, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka on 13th /14th June 2006 at Earl’s Regency Hotel, Kandy.