Ms. BMD Dilhani Sandanayake

Academic Qualification

Ms. BMD Dilhani Sandanayake, Instructor in English (On Contract)
BA (Hons’) in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL), University of Kelaniya (Second Class Upper Division)

MA in Linguistics (Reading), University of Kelaniya

Biography

Ms. BMD Dilhani Sandanayake is an experienced Instructor in English Language, focusing on achieving professional skills in Teaching English and utilizing modern student-centered pedagogy to enhance ESL (English as a Second Language). She has teaching experience in ESL at the Primary and Secondary levels since 2011 and at the Tertiary level since 2020. Ms. Sandanayake is interested in enhancing speaking skills in English and incorporating an elective approach in Teaching English as a Second Language.

Contact Details

Teaching Interests

  • Teaching English as a Second Language for academic, specific, and general purposes
  • Speaking skill enhancement
  • Business communication
  • Linguistics: Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics

Research Interests

  • Sri Lankan English
  • Teaching English as a Second Language
  • Teaching English through literature

Research, Presentations, and Publications

  • Research: Sri Lankan English Borrowings in selected Sri Lankan English Short Stories. (2019)
  • Abstracts and Presentations:
    • Attitudes Towards Language Policy and Planning of the Administrative Sector in Sri Lanka: Divisional Secretariat – Four Gravets in Galle (Humanities Undergraduate Symposium, 2019, University of Kelaniya)
    • Attitudes towards teaching English through Literature (Junior Research Symposium in TESL, 2016, University of Kelaniya)

Professional Activities, Positions, and Workshops

  • Positions:
    • Instructor in English (on contract) at the Department of English Language Teaching, University of Vavuniya, since 2021 to present
    • Visiting Instructor in English at University of Colombo – Institute of Agro-Technology and Rural Sciences (March 2020 – October 2020)
    • Resource person in the Orientation Programme in the Faculty of Technological Studies, University of Vavuniya (2022)
    • Participated in the National Level English Literature Quiz Competition (Lit Q 2013)
    • Trainee teacher in English Language at Holy Family Convent, Kadawatha (2019)
    • English Language Subject Leader (2011)
    • Voluntary Teacher in English Language at Gal/Bulnewa School (2011-2012)
  • Workshops:
    • Statistical methods and their Applications in Social Science – Staff Development Centre, University of Vavuniya (March 2021)
    • Work ethics and Academic, Administrative Accountability – Staff Development Centre, University of Vavuniya (March 2021)
    • Havoc in Scholarly Communication – Staff Development Centre, University of Vavuniya (April 2021)
    • How to become an Effective Academic – Staff Development Centre, University of Vavuniya (October 2022)
Teaching Interests
  • Teaching English as a Second Language for academic, specific, and general purposes
  • Speaking skill enhancement
  • Business communication
  • Linguistics: Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics
Research Interests
  • Sri Lankan English
  • Teaching English as a Second Language
  • Teaching English through literature
Research, Presentations, and Publications
  • Research: Sri Lankan English Borrowings in selected Sri Lankan English Short Stories. (2019)
  • Abstracts and Presentations:
    • Attitudes Towards Language Policy and Planning of the Administrative Sector in Sri Lanka: Divisional Secretariat – Four Gravets in Galle (Humanities Undergraduate Symposium, 2019, University of Kelaniya)
    • Attitudes towards teaching English through Literature (Junior Research Symposium in TESL, 2016, University of Kelaniya)
Professional Activities, Positions, and Workshops
  • Positions:
    • Instructor in English (on contract) at the Department of English Language Teaching, University of Vavuniya, since 2021 to present
    • Visiting Instructor in English at University of Colombo – Institute of Agro-Technology and Rural Sciences (March 2020 – October 2020)
    • Resource person in the Orientation Programme in the Faculty of Technological Studies, University of Vavuniya (2022)
    • Participated in the National Level English Literature Quiz Competition (Lit Q 2013)
    • Trainee teacher in English Language at Holy Family Convent, Kadawatha (2019)
    • English Language Subject Leader (2011)
    • Voluntary Teacher in English Language at Gal/Bulnewa School (2011-2012)
  • Workshops:
    • Statistical methods and their Applications in Social Science – Staff Development Centre, University of Vavuniya (March 2021)
    • Work ethics and Academic, Administrative Accountability – Staff Development Centre, University of Vavuniya (March 2021)
    • Havoc in Scholarly Communication – Staff Development Centre, University of Vavuniya (April 2021)
    • How to become an Effective Academic – Staff Development Centre, University of Vavuniya (October 2022)