My CV



MD Shantha Sisira Kumara
No-07A, SAMOOHA GOVIPOLA, Pubudupura, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka 50000
Tel: 0094252236077
Mobile: 0094716858691
Email: skmenikpure@gmail.com
Date of Birth: 12 Oct 1972
PERSONAL STATEMENT
I am a highly-motivated, dedicated academic striving to serve and research in the field of Education.My areas of research interest are Corpus Linguistics, Contact Linguistics, Sri Lankan English, Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and English for Specific Purposes (ESP).
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS


Sep 2007 to Dec 2009
M.A. in Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.


Nov 1994 to Apr 1999
BA (General) Degree: Second Class (Lower Division) honours, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Mihintale, Sri Lanka - Subjects: English, Mass Communication, and Environmental Studies.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Feb 2012 to Apr 2012

Methodology for TESOL (Online), University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA
Jan 2011 to Feb 2011


Research stay on International Corpus of English- Sri Lankan Component (ICE-SL), University of Giessen, Germany.

April 2010

Feb 2007 to Mar 2007
Training on Compilation of spoken language data for International Corpus of English (ICE), University of Giessen, Germany.
Research Attachment on 'Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)', Institute for Applied Language Studies (IALS), The University of Edinburgh, UK
WORK EXPERIENCE
09/2011 to present

Lecturer in English, English Language Teaching Unit, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka


08/2005 to 09/2011
Instructor in English (Permanent), Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of sri Lanka

11/2002 to 10/2004
Instructor in English (on secondment), Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of sri Lanka


11/1992 to 12/1993
Primary Trainee Teacher, Department of Education, North Central Province







COURSES TAUGHT:
English for Science & Technology, English for Professional Purposes, Diploma in English (Internal) program, Diploma in English (Extension) program, Business English, Computer Assisted Language Learning, Practical & Professional Writing, ELT Methodology, Communication Skills, and Practical Phonology
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Kumara MDSS & AAM Nizam (2017).‘Contact effects of Sinhala and Tamil languages on Sri Lankan English noun-preposition combinations’ Paper presented at the 3rd National Buddhist Conference of the Biksu University of Sri Lanka, November, 2017.

Kumara MDSS (2017a).‘Prepositional Adjectives in Sri Lankan English’. Paper presented at the 2ndInternational Conference of the Trincomalee Campus, September, 2017.

Kumara MDSS (2017b),‘Contact language influence on Sri Lankan English preposition use’. Paper presented at Vavunia Campus International Research Symposium, August 2017.

Kumara MDSS (2017c), ‘Sinhala and Tamil influence on Sri Lankan English particle use:
A corpus-based study on the case of for’, paper presented at the 10th International Research Conference of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Rathmalana, August, 2017.
Kumara MDSS (2016), Dedicated Multimodal Corpora for ESL curriculum implications (Rajarata Corpus of Academic English-RaCAE), Saarbrücken, Lambert Academic Publishing.
Kumara, MDSS (2014a), “We sat for the public service exam”: An innovation in New Englishes outdoing the continued form. Paper presented at the 8thInternational SLELTA Conference, Oct., 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Kumara, MDSS (2014b), Up-country, low-country, hill-country, and mid-country: Semantic extension in Sri Lankan English. Paper presented at the 8thInternational SLELTA Conference, Oct., 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Kumara MDSS (2013a), Information and Communication Technology for Language Learning, In Performance Enhancement through Personality and Life Skills Development – Selected Topics, Ed. Jayasinghe U &Jayaweera A, Staff Development Centre- Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 58-75.
Kumara, MDSS (2013b), Use of dedicated multimodal corpora for curriculum implications of EAP/ESP programs in ESL settings, Paper presented at the Corpus Linguistics 2013 conference, July 2013, Lancaster, UK.
Kumara MDSS (2012), Distinctive Particle Verbs in South Asian Varieties of English. A paper presented at the tenth Asia TEFL International conference, October 2012, Delhi, India.
Kumara MDSS &Gunawardana R (2011), Taking a decision on making decisions: A corpus based study of two English Light Verb Constructions, paper presented at the second Annual Research Sessions of Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, November 2011, Mihintale, Sri Lanka.
ShanthaKumara, MDS. &Mendis, D (2010), Making out SLE: A Corpus Based Study of Sri Lankan English Phrasal Verbs. Paper presented at the 6th International SLELTA Conference, Oct., 2010, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Present:                                  Coordinator-ELT: Faculty of Applied Sciences
                                                   Member- Website updating committee

2011-2013
University Development Grant (UDG) Coordinator- OTS office of the HETC Project/Rajarata University of Sri Lanka.

2010
Member and the key proposal writer, UDG Sub-committee on English, OTS office of the HETC Project.

2008-2010
Acting Coordinator Quality Enhancement Fund program, LTS office of the IRQUE project/ Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka.

2010-2012
Faculty of Applied Sciences-Rajarata University of Sri Lanka/ Coordinator-English Language Teaching

2010-2011
English Language Teaching Unit-Rajarata University of Sri Lanka/ Academic Coordinator-Diploma in English (Internal) program

2012, 2011
Department of Examinations/ Co-Controlling Chief Examiner-GCE A/L General English
REFERENCES
PROF. DR. JOYBRATO MUKHERJEE
President
Justus Leibig University of Giessen
Germany
00496419930150
Joybrato.Mukherjee@anglistic.uni-giessen.de
MR. RM DHANAPALA                  Head
English Language Teaching Unit
Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
Mihintale
Sri Lanka
                                                                                0094252266802
                                                                                rmdhanapala@yahoo.co.uk

                                                                                               

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