Curriculum Vitae
Delgoda Liyanage Sarath Ananda
16.03.1965
No.278/31, Nagahakotuwa, Sanhinda Mawatha,Belummahara , Imbulgoda,
Sri Lanka- 0777848549/ dlsananda@yahoo.com
Objective:-
I am a qualified English Language Teaching (ELT) professional with more than 20 years of experience in teaching at university level and I am still looking for further opportunities to maximize my skills and capabilities by further studies/research and involvements through which I can reach my vision “empowering the lives through quality education”.
Present Employment:-
*Lecturer in English /Head -ELTU
(University of Sri Jayewardenepura – Sri Lanka)
Present Administrative Positions at the University:-
* Head- English Language Teaching Unit
* English - Activity Coordinator/UTEL (University Test of English Language) Coordinator for all faculties-
* Member of the faculty board- (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences).
* Coordinator- (Faculty Financial, Infra-structure and Technological Development
Committee - faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
* Member of Faculty Extended Courses Development Committee.
* Member of Faculty Information and Communication Technology Development
Committee.
* Faculty Coordinator- Out Bound Training (OBT)
Present Research Involvement:-
*“Acquisition of tense and aspects through reading materials in the English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom”:
(A study conducted with special reference to the undergraduates of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura)
Academic Qualifications:-
* Bachelor of Arts with English as a subject
(University of Kelaniya – Sri Lanka)- 1999
* Master of Arts in Linguistics
(University of Kelaniya – Sri Lanka)- 2008
* First Certificate in English
(University of Cambridge) 1991
Professional Qualifications:-
* National Diploma in Teaching English as a Second Language
(National Institute of Education – Sri Lanka)- 1989
* Advanced Secondary School English Teaching Course (ASSET)
(The British Council –Sri Lanka)- 1990
* One year course in “Drama in Education”
(The British Council – Sri Lanka)- 1991
Foreign Scholarships and Training:-
- Certificate of Training in “Shaping the Way We Teach English”
(American Center -New Delhi India) -2008.
- Scholarship on Advanced Teacher Training Programme
(English and Foreign Languages University – Hyderabad) 2010.
- Material Development Project- Writing materials for UTEL-band 5 for the University of Sri Jayewardenepura – by attending the project at - English and Foreign Languages University – Hyderabad-2014.
- Global thirty University Project- Ritsumeikan University-Japan, Participated as a resource person. (July-2015)
Work Experience:-
* 22 years of experience in teaching English at university level in the capacity of instructor in English and a lecturer in English.
Public Paper Presentations:-
* Overcoming Challenges through innovations-a presentation at Ritsumeikan University –Japan
* Presented a paper on “English Language Teaching Possibilities through Japanese
short stories of Kawabata Yasunari”at the National Conference on EUE (Enhancing
University English
Contribution to International Conferences:-
- In charge of Editing Conference Abstracts- Second International Research Conference On Humanities and Social Sciences-2013
- Committee Member of the Third International Research Conference On Humanities and Social Sciences-2014
- Committee Member of the 4th International Research Conference On Humanities and Social Sciences-2015
Publications
* “Business English” –Upuli Printers –Galle-2000 (This book was published for the use of university students)
- ‘A certificate course in English’ Co-editor
- I hereby declare that the above particulars furnished by me are true and accurate to the best of my knowledge.
D.L.S. Ananda