CAREER SUMMARY
Dinushika Jayathissa is a Lecturer in English attached to the English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU), Faculty of Humanities & Sciences. She has more than 5 years of experinces in the field of tertiary level education. She serves as the Coordinator for English for Acdemic Purposes for the Faculty of Computing.
Before joining SLIIT she had worked as a;
- Lecturer in English | CINEC Campus (pvt) Ltd, Malabe.
- Lecturer (probationary) | Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC), Padukka.
- Lecturer (Temporary) | Department of English Language Teaching (DELT), University of Kelaniya
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)- November 2020 – August 2024, Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Sri Lanka
- •Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) – February 2016 – March 2020, University of Kelaniya, Dalugama, Sri Lanka
- Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) Module 4 (Content and Language Integrated Learning-CLIL) - Band 3 – September 2020, British Council, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka.
- Certificate program in International Relations – October 2016- April 2017, University of Colombo, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka.
- Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) Module 3 (Managing the teaching and learning process) - Band 3 - April 2015 ,British Council, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka.
- Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) Module 2 (Lesson planning and use of resources for language teaching) – Band 3 - April 2015, British Council, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka.
- General English (Pre-advanced-1)- October 2014 – December 2014, British Council, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka.
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
- Test Development in ESL Context
- Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)
- Curriculum Development
- Professional Development of ESL Teachers
- Current Trends in Teaching ESL
- Learner Autonomy
Research Clusters
Language and Culture
The research that has been produced and research in progress by this cluster addresses: 1) the challenges of teaching and learning English grammar, vocabulary, and syntax; 2) approaches to critical evaluation of all genres of English literature identified as drama, poetry, fiction, and non-fiction belonging to different literary periods; 3) stylistic analyses of functional texts produced for a variety of purposes arising in different domains of life such as academic, social, political, industrial, commercial, legal, etc.; 4) production of standard texts in accordance with legitimate social norms to satisfy various public requirements in society; and 5) development of a literate culture with values and morals that can be respected worldwide.
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