Conferences 

2020

Are Natives Different from Non-Natives, Or Are They from The Same Breed? A study on the interpretation of gestures of teachers in distinguishing statements vs questions by native and non-native speakers of English, 6th International Conference on Second Language Studies (ICSLS-2020), Dubai, 17-18 April

2019

Gendered Language Specifications of Sinhala Conversations, Co-authored with Bodhi Kumarawaduge & Deliya Botheju, Academic Paper Presented at Sinhala Studies Symposium organized by Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo, December 2019

 

Bosses, Followers and Negotiators of Speech: A Conversation Analysis of Sinhala Language (a case study), Co-authored with Bodhi Kumarawaduge & Deliya Botheju, Academic Paper Presented at Ruhuna International Conference of Humanities and Social Sciences RICHSS- September 2019

2018

‘Skeletons in the closet: post-conflict language policy planning in Sri Lanka (from 2009-present, Academic Paper presented at International Conference of Humanities and Social Sciences ICHSS 2018 at University of Peradeniya 24-25 November 2018

Creating the Ethnic Other- Contextualizing Anti-Minority Violence through War- Glorification Cinema in Sri Lanka’ presented at the Sri Lanka Round Table – 2018 at University of Zurich, Switzerland held from 6-7 September 2018

 

Rajapaksa Dilemma of Language Policy Planning in Sri Lanka: A Cross-section to post-war Sri Lanka Language Planning Situation, Academic paper presented at 7^th Annual Conference on Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Communication in Higher Education (CALICHE-2017), Texas Tech University, USA- April 2018

 

2017

Players behind the curtain: Course logic study of graduate level academic writing program at Texas Tech University, 36^th Annual GATESOL Conference, Macon, Georgia, USA October 19

 

Legitimation of Language in Post- war Sri Lankan linguistic landscape– Panel Speaker at the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Conference, SungKongHoe University, Seoul, South Korea, July 28-30, 2017

 

Identity, habitats and linguistic reimaging of post-war Sri Lanka– Space and Culture 20^th Anniversary Conference “The Idea of Place”, Organized by Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada- May 5-7, 2017

 

Courses under radar: Course logic study of academic writing (ESL 5315) course at TTU- Academic paper presented at 6^thAnnual Conference on Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Communication in Higher Education (CALICHE-2017), Texas Tech University, USA- April 7, 2017

 

Lost in Kallady: Identity, survival and future of Sri Lanka Creole Portuguese, Academic paper presented at International Conference for Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC 2017), University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA- March 2-5, 2017

2016

Road to Reconciliation; Language Patterns and Social Dynamics of Post-war Sri Lanka: A Creole Example– Academic Paper Presented in Sri Lanka Graduate Students Conference at Center for South Asian Studies, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, USA- November 4-5, 2016

2013

Bilingual Patterns of Sri Lanka Creole Portuguese: A case study- Academic paper presented in Annual Research Symposium of University of Colombo- 2013

 

Language Revitalization- Its importance and relevance to the local linguistic account– Academic paper presented in Annual Research Symposium of Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo- 2013

 

2012

Graphical identity of Sri Lanka’s National Languages– Academic paper presented in Annual Research Symposium of Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo-2012

 

Linguistic Ecology of Colonial Sri Lanka, Paper presented in 5th Annual Research Conference of Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka- 30th- 31st March 2012

 

2011

Behavioral Changes during decades- A quick glance to Sri Lanka Creole Portuguese– Presented at the 4th Annual Research Conference of Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka (RASSL)

2010

Linguistic identity of Sri Lanka Creole Portuguese– Presented at 9th International Language and Development Conference, 17- 19 October 2011, Galadari Hotel Colombo

A Sociolinguistic Approach to the Sri Lanka Creole Portuguese– Presented at Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo- June 2010

Frescoes on the Rock Wall of King Kashyapa: A Clinically prescribed piece of Medicine for the King– Presented at Fourth International Conference of Sri Lanka Association of Buddhist Studies December 10-12, 2010 Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy- December 2010