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Dr. Kosala Kumarage
Senior Lecturer (Grade I)
Department of English Language Teaching
+94112098367
kosalak@bpu.ac.lk
     
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Academic Qualification
- Master of Arts in Linguistics-University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
- BA (special) in English Language and English Literature-University of Sri Jayewardenepura
- Diploma in Advanced English for Administration and Academic Purposes-University of Colombo
Academic Experience
- Senior Lecturer II- Department of English Language Teaching, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka ( 01.10.2016 to date)
- Lecturer- Department of English Language Teaching, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka (01.10.2013)
- Temporary Lecturer- Department of English Language Teaching, University of Sri Jayewardenepura (2011-20
Administration
- Head, English Language Teaching Unit, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka (2016)
- Course Coordinator, Diploma in English, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka (2016)
Research interests
- Applied Linguistics
- Psycholinguistics
Research & Publications
- “Basics in English Grammar”, an introduction to parts of speech in English Grammar, ISBN 978-955-42043-0-0- (2015)
- “The Role of Motivation in Learning English as a Second Language”, ISBN 978-955-42043-1-7 (2015)
Current Research Activities
- “It was a blow on Ibo culture”(A discussion on the effects of colonization on Ibo culture with reference to the novel, Things Fall Apart) ,“Aurora” journal of English Studies ISBN-978-955-30-6750-0 (2015)
- “Motivation –A Contributing Factor in Second Language Learning”, “Sandhara” ISSN-139182000006,(2017)
- “Use of Literature in support of teaching Second/Foreign Languages” , “Aurora” Journal of English Studies ISSN-2536-8001 (2017)
- “An Echo Critical Approach to selected poems of William Wordsworth”, “Pin Kethaka Aswenna” Journal of the Faculty of Language Studies ISBN 978-955-9373-25-4 (2017)
- “Mother Tongue in the English Language Classroom: Blessing or a curse”- “DELT Reader” Journal published by the Department of English Language Teaching (2018)
Peer Review Journal Articles
- The University Students’ Motivation in Learning English ISSN2579-2156 (2017)
- The Role of First Language in Learning a Second Language at the Undergraduate Level (2018)
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