Awards and grants

• 2014
  The Best Extended Abstract Award

  The Best Extended Abstract Award of Humanities offered by IRCHSS, 2014, University of Sri Jayawardhanapura, Sri Lanka
  
• 2014
  A Solidarity Award

  A Solidarity Award offered by the International Association of Applied Linguistics to attend and present a paper in AILA World Congress held in Brisbane, Australia from 10th to 15th August 2014.
  
• 2011
  A two-year post-doctoral research fellowship

  A two-year post-doctoral research fellowship offered by Japan Science Foundation for Promotion of Sciences under the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for worldwide researchers – April 2011 to April 2013
  
• 2008
  A travel grant

  A travel grant by the ASIA TEFL Foundation to present a research paper in the Asia TEFL International Conference 2008 held in Bali, Indonesia
  
• 2008
  A Yahata Scholarship

  A Yahata Scholarship from Yahata Foundation, Japan. 2008 – 2009
  
• 2005 – 2007
  A Kumahira Scholarship

  A Kumahira Scholarship from Kumahira Foundation, Japan. 2005 – 2007