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CAREER SUMMARY
Manouri Jayasinghe, 26 years in academia in France is the Head of English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) at SLIIT. She serves as the Lecturer in-charge for the modules offered by the ELTU. In addition she acts as a curriculum developer and an internal moderator. She joined SLIIT in 2016.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- National Institute of Languages and Civilizations (INALCO), Paris, France Member of Sorbonne group of universities)
Ph.D. (Languages, Literature and Societies – Post-colonial literature, American and Sinhala literature)
- University of Paris 8, France
MAS - Master of Advanced Studies - (American Literature and study of English Speaking societies)
- University of Paris 8, France
M.A. - Master of Arts - (American Literature)
- University of Kelaniya – Sri Lanka
B.A (Hons)-Bachelor of Arts in Economics
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
- American Literature
- Post Colonial Literature
- Intangible Heritage
Memberships
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.
