Name: Ms. NWSC Wijewantha
Position: Lecturer (Probationary)
E-mail: supunicw@gmail.com , wijewanthanwsc@kdu.ac.lk
Contact Number: 077-7124967
Academic Qualifications
Work Experiences
Research Interests
Committees
Publications
Academic Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts (Honors), Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
- Master of Arts in Linguistics, University of Kelaniya
- Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE)
- TKT, Cambridge Assessment of English
Work Experiences
- Lecturer (Probationary) on assignment basis – General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (Southern Campus ) – 2015 -2016
- Instructor (Gr II) – General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (Southern Campus ) – 2016 -2020
- Teacher Assistant in the English Intensive Programme at Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka – 2015
- Visiting Lecturer, English – Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education (SLIATE) – 2015
- Visiting Instructor, English – University of Ruhuna – 2015
Research Interests
- Second language acquisition
- Applied linguistics
- Literature in language teaching
- Sri Lankan English
Committees
- Secretary/ Convener, Curriculum Development and Review Committee (CDRC), Faculty of Built Environment and Spatial Sciences, KDU Southern Campus, 2017-2020.
- Faculty Coordinator for International Relations Office (IRO), KDU
Publications
Conference Papers
- N.W.S.C Wijewantha (2022) The Effectiveness of Using Padlet as an Interactive Tool for Practicing Grammar in the Second Language Classroom, 6th International Research Conference of Uwa Wellassa University – IRCUWU 2022
- NWSC Wijewantha, HP Alahakoon, WE Dahanayake (2021) ESL Undergraduates’ Perceptions on Online Vocabulary Testing Practices, Ruhuna University International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences – RUICHSS 2021
- NWSC Wijewantha (2021) An Analysis of the Covid-19 Neologisms in Sri Lankan Print Media, Proceedings of the Vavuniya University International Research Symposium – VUIRS 2021.
- NWSC Wijewantha (2021) ZOOM as a Virtual Platform of Language Learning during the Pandemic: An Account of Undergraduate Learners’ Experience, ASIA TEFL 2021 International Conference.
- NWSC Wijewantha (2021) Speaking Anxiety in the Second Language Classroom: Learners’ Perspective, Proceedings of the International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences – IRCHSS 2021
- HP Alahakoon, NWSC Wijewantha, HR Tharanga, WE Dahanayake (2021) A Participatory Survey on Effective Utilization of Teacher-Student and Student-Peer Interaction on Online Platforms in Second Language Teaching Pedagogy, 14th International Research Conference of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
- Wijewantha N.W.S.C. (2020) Influence of L1 Transfer on the Acquisition of L2 Syntax: A Study Based on the Written Composition of Undergraduate Learners, Proceedings of the International Research Conference of Uwa Wellassa University of Sri Lanka – IRCUWU 2020, (P. 370)
- N.W.S.C Wijewantha (2020) News Articles as an Authentic Material Source for Teaching Punctuation in the Second Language Classroom: A Study Based on Sri Lankan Undergraduate Learners, 18th Asia TEFL International Conference, Goyang, South Korea.
Journal Publications
- NWSC Wijewantha (2021) Documentaries as Multimodal Texts to Promote Reading in the Virtual Language Classroom: An Experimental Study, Journal of English Language Teaching and Linguistics 6 (3), 633-642