CAREER SUMMARY
- Navodya Rajapakse is a lecturer in English, attached to the Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Malabe.
- She joined SLIIT in 2015 and has been engaged in various academic activities along with the coordination of many undergraduate modules.
- She has also worked as a University Associate of Faculty of Science and Englineering at Curtin University, Australia.
- She had also been a visiting lecturer and an external examiner at Department of English Language Teaching, University of Kelaniy and University of Colombo for 5 years.
- Prior joining SLIIT, she had been a lecturer at the Department of English Language Teaching at the University of Kelaniya.
- During her final year in the Bachelor's, she had been a trainee translator at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Reading for PhD, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo
- M.A, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo
- B.A. (Hon), Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya
- Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (Staff Development Ceter,SLIIT)
- Certificte in Teaching English Online (Cambridge Assessment English) - University of Cambridge
- Dip. in English , Aquinas College of Higher Studies
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
- Online Learning
- Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)
- Second Language Acquisition
- Educational Assessments
- Educational Theories in Second Language Acquisition.
- Business English
- English for Professional Purposes
- Task Based Learning
- Teacher Development and Training
Memberships
- Sri Lanka Association for Improving Higher Education Effectiveness (SLAIHEE), Sri Lanka
- SLELTA (Sri Lanka English Language Teachers’ Association), Sri Lanka
- SICASH, SLIIT since 2020
- National Educator Awards since 2023
- CODEFEST 2016-2017, Faculty of Computing, SLIIT
- National Conference on Technology and Management 2016, Faculty of Computing, SLIIT
MY PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
- R.W.D.N.K.Rajapakse "Usage of resources to facilitate ELT and learning in government schools in Gampaha district "
- R.W.D.N.K.Rajapakse "A Short Story Publication in the collection called 'Bandana""
- R.W.D.N.K.Rajapakse "Usage of materialistic resources in English language teaching in Ordinary and Advanced level in Biyagama Divisional Secretariat governemnt schools "
- Navodya Rajapakse "Student Centered Education in Teaching English as a Second Language for Ordinary and Advanced Level Students at Non-Urban Government Schools"
- Navodya Rajapakse "Examining the Mode of Teaching English as a Second Language in Gampaha District Non-Urban Government Schools of Sri Lanka"
- RWDNK Rajapakse, K. G Wijesuriya "A Comparative Analysis of the Impact of Audiobooks and E-Texts on Comprehension in SLA "
- R.W.D.N.K. Rajapakse, K. G Wijesuriya "Learning English Online: Students’ Perception on Collaborative Learning"
- R. W. D. N. K. Rajapakse & Dr. L. Wijewardene "Assessing Undergraduates’ Receptive Skills in Second Language Acquisition Online: Students’ Perspective"
- R. W. D. N. K. Rajapakse & Dr. L. Wijewardene "From Impossible to Possible: A Research Review on the Effectiveness of Learning English online During the Pandemic at Tertiary Level in Sri Lanka"
