Dr T A Pushparajah

Contact:

Department of English Language Teaching

University of Kelaniya

Sri Lanka  

Educational Qualifications:

• Master of Arts in Linguistics, University of Kelaniya

• Master of Arts in International Relations, University of Colombo

• Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in English Literature, University of Jaffna

Professional Qualifications in English Language Teaching & Assessment:

• Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

• Language Testing Summer School, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom

• Team Leader & Spoken Examiner for Cambridge Assessment English (CAE, BEC Preliminary, BEC Vantage)

• Teacher Trainer, English Teacher Training Course as a part of the MOHE Teacher Training Programme conducted by British Council in partnership with the Ministry of Higher Education, Sri Lanka.

• Staff Development Course for Probationary Academic Staff, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Other Teaching Experience

• Assistant Lecturer, Department of English, University of Kelaniya: 2009 Nov – 2011 Apr  Visiting Lecturer, Department of Languages & Communication Studies, Trincomalee Campus of Eastern University of Sri Lanka: 2013- 2015

• Visiting Lecturer, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Moratuwa: 2017- 2019

• Visiting Lecturer, Department of English Language Teaching, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka: 2018- 2019

• Visiting Lecturer, Australian College of Business & Technology, Colombo

Awards and Fellowships:

• Gold Medalist of Prof. T. Thurairajah memorial award for the overall performance at the Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka- 2006

• Martin Wickremasinghe’s perspectives on strategic thinking towards attaining (business) goals- a case study of the human resource potentials of the key-characters portrayed in the novel MadolDoova (Research Paper was adjudged as a best paper in the track of Business and Innovative Management at the 4th International Conference on Finance and Management-2009, University of Colombo-2009 )

Research Presentations and Publications:

Publication:

1. Pushparajah,T.A, Manobavan.M, (2009), Martin Wickremasinghe’s perspectives on strategic thinking towards attaining (business) goals- a case study of the human resource potentials of the key-characters portrayed in the novel MadolDoova, International Research Conference on Management and Finance, Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo, Sri Lanaka , ISBN 978-955-9021-79-7

 Conference Presentations:

1. Pushparajah,T.A (2007), Multi-faceted aspect of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children, Unpublished BA Dissertation, University of Jaffna

2. Pushparajah, T.A, (2008), Globalization and Contemporary Literature, Annual Research Conference of the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, ISSN 1800-4911

3. Pushparajah, T.A (2008), Sociological perspectives of contemporary Indian Literature with special reference to Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children, Annual Research Conference of the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, ISSN 1800-4911

4. Pushparajah, T.A, Manobavan. M, (2009), Impacts of globalization on the sociological makeup of contemporary literature and mass-media, Annual Research Conference of Sociological Association of Sri Lanka

5. Pushparajah, T. A (2010), Sociograms as scaffolding to teach literary texts in the secondary and tertiary education, Sixth International SLELTA Conference, BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka

6. Pushparajah, T. A, Manobavan (2010), Using the war cum political strategies used in the Mahabarata as a paradigm to stimulate strategy formulation for business management – a mental modelling approach, 12th Annual Research Symposium of the Faculty of Graduate Studies of University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

7. Pushparajah, T. A (2011), Representation and representability of Tamils in the post-war scenario, Annual Research Symposium of the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

8. Pushparajah, T. A (2012), Integration of technology in the ESL classroom: perspective and challenges, 13th Annual Research Symposium of the Faculty of Graduate Studies of University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

9. Pushparajah, T. A (2013), Better Questions for Better Answers: A Strategy to Develop Critical Thinking and Communicative Skills among ESL learners, 14th Annual Research Symposium of the Faculty of Graduate Studies the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

10. Pushparajah, T.A, Wickramaarachchi, T.I, Chitrasena, H.R.K (2013), Towards a Corpus-Based Identification of Sri Lankan Learner English: A Pilot Study Based on First Year Undergraduate Writings at the University of Kelaniya, First National Conference on General Linguistics, University of Kelaniya

11. Pushparajah, T.A. (2014), Use of short videos to help ESL students to develop critical thinking, 6th International Conference on Language and Communication, Graduate School of Language and Communication, National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand

12. Pushparajah, T.A. (2015), Changing assessment and pedagogical reconstruction in the English as a Second Language (ESL) classrooms in Sri Lanka, International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (ICSSH 2015), Colombo, Sri Lanka

Memberships & Professional Activities

• Treasurer, Sri Lanka English Language Teachers’ Association (SLELTA), 2011-2014 

• Peer Support Group Member (PSR) for Regional Teachers’ Association in South Asia

• Regional Hornby School, Bangladesh, 2011

 Current Teaching

• Language Testing and Evaluation

• Language Policy and Planning

• Project on Content Development

• Internship