At undergraduate level, I usually teach linguistics courses. Since 2018, I have taught the following:

ENG 1106 Introduction to Language Systems – introductory linguistics concepts

ENG 3171 Methodological Approaches to Language Research (co-created and co-taught with Dr Esther Surenthiraraj) – a survey of selected, typical methods used to research language-based phenomena

ENG 3264/3269 Second Language Acquisition – an overview of topics in how a second language is learnt and taught

ENG 3271 Language Ideologies (co-created and co-taught with Dr Esther Surenthiraraj) – looks at ideologies related to language use, especially in relation to gender, nationalism, disability, sexuality, etc

ENH 3275 Language and Identity (co-created and co-taught with Dr Esther Surenthiraraj) – a course open to students from other departments on how identities (gender/sexuality/ethnicity/etc) are performed an and through language

ENG 4183 Child Language Development and Socialization – a course on children’s acquisition of language(s), and socialisation to literacy, social norms, etc

At postgraduate level, I teach courses/sessions in linguistics and on topics related to research methods, including ethics, data management, etc.

I supervise students undertaking language-based research at undergraduate, Masters’ and MPhil/PhD level.

Since 2015, I have supervised postgraduate candidates from the following programs:

• Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo
• Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo
• Post-Graduate Institute of English, Open University

I am happy to supervise students using qualitative research methods in the following areas: sociolinguistics, child language development, language and education policy, pragmatics of Sinhala.