SLIIT

CAREER SUMMARY

Randhula Gunawardhana is a Permanent Instructor in English attached to the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology having 14 years of teaching experience in tertiary education.
She is the Coordinator in English for the Faculty of Engineering
The Coordinator of the PELA Program offered by the Curtin University, Melbourne for the Engineering students following the Curtin Degree.
Before joining SLIIT, she taught EAP and ESP at the ELTU, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Masters in Linguistics in Progress, University of Kelaniya
Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching English as a Second Language, Postgraduate Institute of English, Open University of Sri Lanka (2017)
Postgraduate Diploma in English, Postgraduate Institute of Arts, University of Peradeniya (2009)
Bachelor of Arts (2005)

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP

Research Interests

L2 Motivation
Teaching English as a second language

Memberships

Sri Lanka English Language Teachers’ Association (SLELTA)
Associate Member of Curtin University
Organizing Committee, 5th National Conference on Technology and Management 2016, Faculty of Engineering, SLIIT

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.