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FACTORS INFLUENCING ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY OF ORDINARY LEVEL STUDENTS (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SELECTED SCHOOLS IN GAMPAHA DISTRICT)

Solangaarachchi, S.A.H.N. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

English proficiency of the majority of Sri Lankan Ordinary Level students is not at a satisfactory level for many years. According to the latest government statistics, 34.22 percent of students have failed English as a ...
THE 21ST CENTURY INNOVATIVE METHODS FOR TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN SRI LANKAN SCHOOLS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

Dahanayake, S.S.; Abeywickrama, A. R. W. K. H. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

As the trends in language education have been shifting ever since the 20th century, the traditional educational system is being replaced by innovative ways. As such, these practices have progressively made their way into ...
PEDAGOGICAL CHALLENGES FOR ACTIVE DIGITAL LEARNING IN SELECTED HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES IN SRI LANKA

Sellahewa, W.N.; Samarasinghe, T.D. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

The goal of the current study is to identify the pedagogical challenges that certain higher education institutions in Sri Lanka may face when implementing active digital learning. Ten individuals were randomly selected ...
A STUDY ON TRANSLATION STRATEGIES EMPLOYED IN INTERSEMIOTIC TRANSLATION (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE NOVEL ‘THE ROAD FROM ELEPHANT PASS’ AND THE MOVIE ‘ALIMANKADA’)

Karunananda, D. G. A. I.; Hansani, J. A. M. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

Translators employ various strategies in translation. With respect to the strategies of intersemiotic translation in the translation of the English novel 'The Road from Elephant Pass’ into the Sinhala film ‘Alimankada’, ...
SIGNIFICANCE OF LISTENING COMPREHENSION IN GERMAN AT THE G.C.E. ADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATION OF SRI LANKA

Paranavitana, N.; Herath, H.M.S.S. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

Listening comprehension is a receptive skill, which ought to be developed methodically with specific strategies. The progress of methods of teaching German as a foreign language for many decades shows significant attention ...
TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES ADOPTED IN TRANSLATING AGRICULTURAL TERMS: (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PERFORMANCE REPORT 2018 PUBLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE)

Menike, A. M. L. N. A. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

This study focuses on the translation techniques adopted in translating agricultural terms with special reference to the Performance Report 2018 published by the Department of Agriculture. Since translators use different ...
EXPLORING THE QUALITY OF TRANSLATED TEXT FROM ENGLISH TO TAMIL: A STUDY BASED ON UNDERGRADUATES OF TRANSLATION STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA

Arulchelvam, Mathuvanthy (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

Fidelity and transparency are regarded as the two major factors in the process of translation. Therefore, maintaining both fidelity and transparency equally in the same text is the Herculean task for a translator. Hence, ...
LANGUAGE INTERPRETING ANXIETY AMONG TRANSLATION STUDIES LEARNERS

Priyanadhi, R. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

Language interpretation plays a vital role in the Translation Studies classroom at the Department of Translation Studies, University of Jaffna. In general,Interpretation is a verbal communication which is a process of ...
AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF SEMANTIC EQUIVALENCE IN THE TRANSLATION PROCESS (ENGLISH AND TAMIL)

Mathura, S. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

The study analyses the impact of semantic equivalence in the translation process, particularly when translate between English and Tamil Languages.This study consists the role of semantics in meaning discrimination. The ...
CROSS-LINGUISTIC INFLUENCE IN THIRD LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Gunawardena, C. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

This study investigates the role of previously acquired languages, testing three different third language (L3) acquisition models: the absolute L1 transfer, L2 status factor, and Typological Primacy Model (TPM). The absolute ...
ANALYZING THE PROBLEMS IN TRANSLATING IDIOMATIC TEXTS FROM ENGLISH TO TAMIL AND TAMIL TO ENGLISH

Sheliyna, S. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

The study investigates the problems in translating idiomatic texts from English-Tamil and Tamil-English, which is frequently occurring in general translation, and the effective ways of overcoming such problems using ...
PERCEPTIONS OF THE USE OF “KAHOOT” AND “SLIDO” AS LEARNER ENGAGEMENT TOOLS FOR TERTIARY-LEVEL ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

Dineshika, H.K.P. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

The purpose of this present study was to investigate the tertiary level undergraduates’ perception of the use of Kahoot and Slido as learning tools for English language learning. 45 undergraduates from the Faculty of ...
A STUDY ON EFFICACIOUS USAGE OF TEACHING AIDS IN CHINESE GRAMMAR TEACHING IN SRI LANKA: WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO SABARAGAMUWA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA

Rathnayake, Prabani (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

Teaching aids engage in a salient part in the teaching-learning process. It presents information in a latest and helpful manner so that students get a better understanding of what they are taught. In regard to Chinese ...
INTEGRATION OF TRANSLATION FOR THE G.C.E ADVANCED LEVEL SYLLABUS OF GERMAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN SRI LANKA

Menike, A.L.A.P.Kaushalya; Paranavitana, N.S.D. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

The integration of translation for German as a foreign language in Sri Lanka is in high demand. The German language is taught in many schools in Sri Lanka. Especially, it is included as a subject in the Advanced Level ...
DERIVATION OF SOCIO-POLITICAL CONCEPTS OF THE DRAMA ‘THE HOUSE OF BERNADA ALBA’ INTO SRI LANKAN CONTEXT

Bandara, Y. G. C. H.; Gunathilaka, D. D. I. M. B. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

Translation reinforces the camaraderie that exists between language and sociopolitical concepts of a society. Accordingly, the genre of dramatic text translation, reserved a crucial space. Hence, the fundamental objective ...
GRAMMAR DEFICIENCY AFFECTED BY GERMAN GRAMMATICAL GENDER AMONG SINHALESE LEARNERS OF GERMAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN SRI LANKA

Dissanayake, D.M.H.C.; Paranavitana, N.S.D. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

In learning German as a foreign language, the acquisition of grammatical gender poses a challenge to beginners when it comes to appearing in articles for nouns, unlike Sinhala. This study investigated the main reasons for ...
THE DEPICTION OF PARAPHILIC DISORDERS IN SOMARATNE DISSANAYAKE’S UNDERPANTS THIEF: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS

Ranthilini, P.V.S.S.; Wathsala, H.M.S. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

Paraphilic disorders refer to deviant sexual urges that negatively impact both the individual suffering from the disorder and society. Sri Lankan cinema has overlooked this theme until the production of Underpants Thief: ...
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON CHINESE TONE ACQUISITION ERRORS OF SRI LANKAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Kumara, T. K. A. P.; Madhusanka, N. G. D. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

This study was carried out to investigate the errors in the Chinese tones of Sri Lankan undergraduate students, analyze the causes of the errors, and summarize the error rules through experimental method. Findings indicate ...
THE USE OF DRAMA AS A PERFORMANCE ENHANCER IN TEACHING GERMAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: A CASE STUDY BASED ON THE STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE OF THE DRAMA FAUST BY JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Cooray, B. Madhupali Sugandhika (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

This research seeks to examine the impact of using drama as a performance enhancer in teaching German as a foreign language. This is a case study based the first year German Honors Degree students’ performance of the Drama ...
FOREIGNIZATION AND DOMESTICATION IN MICHAEL ONDAATJE’S RUNNING IN THE FAMILY: TRANSLATING TITLES INTO FRENCH AND SINHALA

Jayawardena, H.S.M.M. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2023-01-12)

Michael Ondaatje’s Running in the Family (1983) has been translated into several languages, including French and Sinhala. The present study focuses on the two translations aiming to examine the use of two main translation ...

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