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Key actors in Agenda- Setting on LGBTQ rights: positive and negative role

Jayarathne, KL Surangika Subhashini (2017)

I. INTRODUCTION We are in an era that generally accepts that every human being is born free and deserves equal rights to live their lives as they wish with freedom. But this is an almost unrealistic dream for LGBTQ groups ...
Exclusion within Exclusion: Gender Stereotyping of Vocational Training in Prison

Thilanka, W.A.S. (2017)

Abstract – The main objective of the study is to examine the gender differences in implementing vocational training programmes in prison. Sri Lanka has come to believe that prisoners should be economically rehabilitated ...
Exploring the Awareness of Waste Disposal and Suggesting Future Suggestions for managing waste: A Case Study in the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna

Peramunagama, S.S.M.; Sandarenu, P.C.; Samaraweera, G.C. (2017)

Abstract- Wastes are categorized into several types such as commercial waste, solid waste, construction waste and medical waste. Waste management is currently one of the most important aspects in each society that should ...
Crop Farm baseline Survey in Eravur Pattu of Batticaloa District with Special Reference to Socioeconomic Factors, Cultivation Practices, Extension Services and Constraints

Narmilan, A; Puvanitha, S (2017)

Abstract- The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing the adoption of agricultural practices among small holder farmers in Eravur Pattu of the Batticaloa District. Agriculture is the principal source of ...
The impact of Academic Emotions on Language Learning in the university context: a Narrative Review

Wathuge, PC (2017)

Abstract - Emotions affect learning in general and language learning (LL) in particular since they contain useful information that guides human cognition, behaviour and motivation. As such, emotions experienced in an ...
The Use of First Language in Teaching Second Language Vocabulary to Sri Lankan Undergraduates.

Weeraratna, WMMMJT; Wijetunge, MTN; Jayasinghe, VU (2017)

Abstract- English has become the “Global language” (Crystal, 2003) and is taught as the second language in most of the countries around the world. In Sri Lanka too, there is a considerable demand for English Language ...
A Review of Literature on the Community of Inquiry Framework

Walisundara, W.M.U.S.K (2017)

The purpose of the current study was to critically analyze the learning in community of inquiry (CoI) framework. In the year 2000 Garrison, Anderson and Archer introduced CoI framework in order to find solutions to reduce ...
Presentation and correlates of moral injury as a response to Past transgression

Karunarathna, KAC (2017)

The concept of moral injury has been researched mostly on military personnel who have either witnessed or engaged in acts generally deemed to be moral transgressions, during combat. Although, it is explored mostly among ...
The Factors that Affect the Demand for Private University Education in Sri Lanka

Gunarathna, A.M.I (2017)

In Sri Lanka, university entrance is highly competitive with only two percent of students having the opportunity for admission. This situation manipulates a severe competition among students and it gives rise to the ...
University learners’ performance in using the definite article in definite contexts versus the indefinite article in indefinite contexts.

Samaranayake, Mohan (2017)

Interlanguage errors have long been a field of interest for a number of studies over the years. Errors in article usage, a kind of interlanguage errors are a persistent problem that teachers of English as a second/foreign ...
A Small-Scale Genre Analysis Study of the Introductions of a Corpus of Postgraduate Essays in the Field of Applied Linguistics

Abeyawickrama, Wimansha (2017)

Most English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses focus on developing general academic writing skills. Swales (1990) argues that prominence should be given not only to the general writing skills but also to discipline related ...
The Impact of Parental Involvement on Students’ Attitude and Performance in Science in Batticaloa Educational Zone, Sri Lanka.

Elankumaran, C.; Arulmoly, C. (2017)

This study was carried out to find the impact of parental involvement on student’s attitude and their performance in science subject. A sample survey design was adopted for this study. The study was directed at the ...
Sinhala and Tamil influence on Sri Lankan English particle use: A corpus-based study on the case of ‘for

Kumara, MDSS (2017)

Colonial expansion brought English into contact with different languages. In Sri Lanka, English has been in contact with Sinhala and Tamil for over 200 years. Today, all users of Sri Lankan English (SLE) are either bilingual ...
The Contact between Sinhala and English Orthography in Online Text Messages

Malalasekera, Nimasha (2017)

Abstract-At present, using English characters to represent Sinhala words appears to be a common feature in online texting among Sinhala-English bilinguals. This study examines the contact between Sinhala and English ...
The Gaze, Image, and (Hi)stories: A critical review of the representation of the rape and murder of Vithya Sivaloganathan

Willarachchi, DDL (2017)

Abstract- Media construction, representation and discourse of rape have a considerable power in shaping public understanding and knowledge of rape, and the use of images has a significant impact on this as a "photograph ...

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