CAREER SUMMARY
- Lecturer in English, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology - March 2018 – to date
- Lecturer/ Consultant in English, National Institute of Business Management - November 2013- August 2017
- Visiting Lecturer, English Language Teaching Unit, University of Ruhuna – November 2017- February 2018
- Visiting Lecturer, Department of English Language Teaching, University of Kelaniya – October 2017 – December 2017
- Visiting Lecturer at Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education (SLIATE) – October 2017 – January 2018
- Instructor in English at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University - October 2011- November 2013
- Project Lecturer of the University Grants Commission teaching English in the Pre orientation programme for new entrants to universities. - June 2011 -September 2011
- Visiting Lecturer conducting the English Language Intensive Course for new undergraduates at the English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU), Kelaniya - November 2010 - December 2010.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language, Postgraduate Institute of English, Open University of Sri Lanka (2017)
- Master of Arts in Linguistics, University of Kelaniya (2014)
- Bachelor of Arts (1st Class Honours), University of Kelaniya (2010)
- Diploma in French (Diplome de Langue Francaise, Ecole Internationale de Langue Francaise, Alliance Francaise, Sri Lanka)
- Diploma in International Relations (Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies)
- Completed a 120 hour English Teacher Training Programme conducted by the Ministry of Higher Education in partnership with the British Council, Colombo
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
- Genre Analysis
- Corpus Linguistics
- Teaching Grammar as a Second Language
Memberships
MY PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
- Erandi Kithulgoda, Dushyanthi Mendis "Using electronic corpora to analyse language structure and use in Special Occasion speeches"
- Erandi Kithulgoda "Should we say ‘This is wrong'? ; Impact of Explicit Corrective Feedback on Language Accuracy"
- Erandi Kithulgoda "Crossing Over to the other Side: Attitudes held by Sinhala Medium Humanities and Social Sciences Undergraduates of Sri Lankan Universities"