Special Events

1. Took part in the International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP) on American Language II: Connecting English Teachers with U.S. History and Culture sponsored by the United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The United States of America, March 17 - April 04, 2014


2. Attended the 7th BELTA (Bangladesh English Language Teachers' Association) conference as a member of the Peer Support Review Team lead by Mr.George Pickering. (18, 19, and 20 January 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh)


3. Attended the Regional Curriculum Mapping Workshop organized by the British Council (28 January 2013 to 01 February 2013, Colombo, Sri lanka

My Involvement in professional Associations

Chair- Institute of Quality and Productivity Management (From October, 2017)

Chair - Sri Lanka English Language Teachers' Association (2015)

Member – Asia TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)

Member – Sri Lanka English Language Teachers' Association (SLELTA)

Treasurer- SLELTA (from 15 October 2008 to 15 October 2009)

Member- ELT@I (English Language Teachers Association, India)

My Presentations and Publications

•   Samaraweera, D.; Abd Hamid, J.; Ali Khatibi, A.; Azam, F.; Dharmaratne, I. (2018). Measuring burnout of human service workers: Testing the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory in Sri Lankan context. European Journal of Education Studies, 4 (12)

·       •  Samaraweera, D.; Abd Hamid, J.; Ali Khatibi, A.; Azam, F.; Dharmaratne, I. (2018). A study of the relationship between burnout of Pre service ESL teachers in Sri Lanka and their perception of mentoring during the internship period. International Journal of Latest Research in Humanities and Social Sciences, 1 (10), 9-16

• Conducted the Keynote address at the International Conference on “The Cultural Semiotics of English Language and Literature” organized by the Department of English of DRBCCC Hindu College, Chennai, India on 2^nd and 3^rd March, 2018 (title of the talk: ESL in South Asia in the New Millennium: 21^st Century Skills and Challenges in Achieving EFA Goals)

·      •   Delivered an invited talk on “Teacher Burnout: Implications for ESL Teacher Development” at the International Conference jointly organized by the Department of English of the Anna University and SSN Engineering College, Chennai, India on 1^st March, 2018.

• Samaraweera, D. (2014). Role of the National Institute of Education for the improvement of primary and secondary education in Sri Lanka. Economic Review, 40 (3-4).

•I know what my learners can do. An interactive session on using assessment as a powerful learning teaching tool in the language classroom. 2nd International English Language Teacher Educators' Conference jointly organized by the British Council and the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. 3-5 March 2012 at HICC, Hyderabad India.

•“Assessing listening and speaking skills”. A workshop cum presentation conducted at the teacher training workshop conducted by the Sri Lanka English Language Teachers’ Association. December, 2011

• A Study of Mentoring as a Viable Tool for English Language Teacher Development in Sri Lanka. Unpublished M.Phil dissertation. The English and Foreign Languages University: Hyderabad, India. July 2011.

• Willing horses: Where's the water? Primary teacher education in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. A paper presented with Prof. Jayashree Mohanraj, Tika Ram Bhatta and Megha Juneja at the International conference on English Language Teacher Education and Development. 2011 January, Hyderabad, India.

• Conducted a workshop on using L1 as a scaffolding to enhance second language acquisition, with Prof. Geetha Durairajan (team leader), Mr.Deeepesh Chandrasekharan, Mr. Kishore Chandra, Mr. Nainala Sathish Kumar, and Ms.C. Uma Maheshwary, at the UGC sponsored National Seminar conducted by Shree Shivaji Arts, Comm. & Science College, Rajura, Mahaarashtra State, India. March 2011

• London Eye or India Gate? culture as a driving force behind EFL teaching in India. A paper presented with Deepesh Chandrasekharan, and Kishore Chandra P. at the National Conference on ELT: Language and Culture at Pune, India, organized by the English language Teaching Institute of Symbiosis, Pune and English language Teachers' Association of India. 2011 February.

Ref:
Samaraweera, D., Chandrasekharan, D. & Pathakota, K.C. (2012). London Eye or India Gate? Culture as a Driving Force behind EFL Teaching in India. In Chindhade, S., Parab, S. & Daptardar, A. (Eds). ELT: Language and culture. ELTIS: Pune. (p: 179-183)
ISBN 978-81922548-0-7

•'Activity Based Oral English' published in 'The Primary', quarterly published by the Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education, National Institute of Education, September 2008. (Written in Sinhala)

•Teaching English Literature in the Second Language Classroom. An Analysis of the Problems of Teachers of English. Paper presented at the 5th International SLELTA conference 2008, Colombo.

•Lifelong Education, the Role of Distance and Open Education as Agencies of Life Long Education in the field of Teaching English as a Second Language- Unpublished-

•School Culture, English Teacher Vs. the rest of the School- An article published in the Dip TESL journal 2006

•Computer Aided Language learning, problems and Experience in Teacher Training.- A paper presented at the International Conference on Enhancing the Role of the English Education in Schools – Colombo 2006 December.

My Work Experience

• Course Coordinator Diploma in Teaching English as a Second
Language, National Institute of Education Sri Lanka (2004- to date)
Introduced the subject component Computer Aided Language Learning

• Lecturer (Second Language Learning and Teaching Skills), B.Ed. (English) degree programme conducted by the Department of Teacher Education, National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka.

• Co Director and Script Writer of the documentary television programme produced by the Department of Electronic Dissemination, NIE, Sri Lanka to mark the 49th anniversary of the Colombo Plan. June, July 2010

• Member – Curriculum monitoring Project Team of the Faculty of Languages Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Education (2009)

• Member of the team of writers – Preparation of the Examination and Assessment Guidelines For English Language (Grades 10 and 11)- Research and Development Branch, National Evaluation and Testing Service, Department of Examinations, Sri Lanka- (2008,2009) ISBN 978-955-668-019-5

•Mentor – preparation of a Moodle based language improvement course for the Diploma in Teaching English as a Second language programme – an assignment carried out by the graduate students of the University of New Mexico, USA- This programme was carried out with Prof.Lani Gunawardena, Mr.Damien Sanchez and Mr.Susil N. Maduwage.

• Visiting Instructor (English Language) Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration (2004 to date)

• Coordinator Academic Subject component (English) Bachelor of Education Degree programme National Institute of Education Sri Lanka (2004/05)

• Lecturer (English Language and Literature) Bachelor of Education Degree programme National Institute of Education Sri Lanka 2000, 2005, 2009, and 2010

• Lecturer, Bachelor of Education Degree Programme for Maldivian teachers of English. 2005 and 2005

• Visiting Instructor Extension Courses (English), Department of English University of Colombo Sri Lanka (English Language and Literature)

• Development of Lesson Materials (Literature) – Diploma in English for the Teachers of English (DETE) Part II under the patronage of Prof. Siromi Fernando (2008)

• Visiting Lecturer (English) National Institute of Business Management Sri Lanka (2005 to date)

• Visiting Lecturer (English) Skills Development Fund Ltd., Sri Lanka (2007)

• Visiting Instructor Institute of Workers Education, University of Colombo (2004)

• Member Syllabus designing committee (English Language) for National Institute of Technical Education Sri Lanka.

• Member Syllabus Revision Committee to revise the Grades 6,7,8,10 and 11 Syllabuses – National Institute of Education

• Member Syllabus Revision Committee to revise the G.C.E. (O/L) Literary Appreciation (English) syllabus.

• Coordinator Preparation of the Teacher’s Resource Book for the G.C.E. (O/L) Literary Appreciation (English) subject 2007.

• Member Syllabus Revision Committee to revise the G.C.E. (A/L) English Language and Literature syllabus.

• Participated in the preparation of the Teachers’ Instructional Manual (English Language) and training of In Service Advisors and Assistant Directors of Education (English) for Grades 6 and 10.- 2006-

• Participated in the preparation of the Teachers’ Instructional Manual (Activity Based Oral English) and training of In Service Advisors and Assistant Directors of Education (Primary) for the Key stage 1.

• Participated in the preparation of the Self Access Audio Cassettes for Grades 10 and 11- National Institute of Education

• Participated in the “Nenasa Thaksalawa” T.V. programme on ITN.

• Coordinator- Teacher’s Instructional Manuals for Grades 7 and 11(2007)

• Member of the panel of writers – English Language Text book for grade 11 (2007), Education Publications Department, Sri Lanka.

• Subject Matter Specialist – Preparing E Learning materials (Ceylinco Sussex) - 2007

• Presenter (English Language Programmes) SNET T.V. programme of the Swarnawahini Channel (in collaboration with the National Institute of Education.).

• Coordinator – Preparation of the Teacher's Instructional manual Grade 8 – 2008

• Resource person – Training Programme to Train National Cadet Corps Officers as Teachers of English, NCC Training Centre, Rantembe. (September 2008)

• Visiting Lecturer (Presentation Skills) Skills International, Colombo 3 (October 2008)

• Resource Person – Workshop on Developing Presentation Skills of the First Year Students, Department of Financial management, University of Kelaniya. (November 2008)

• Resource person – National Level Study on Achievement of Students in English Language in Grade 10, Item Writers' Workshop 2,3, 4 and 12 March 2009- The Open University of Sri Lanka

My Professional history

1.Pl/Dimbu/Nelumwewa School
From 15/05/1991 - 31/08/2001
As a Teacher of English

2.Zonal Education office, Dimbulagala
From 01/09/2001 - 01/08/2004
As an Inservice Advisor, English

3.02/08/2004 - 30/06/2013
Department of English
National Institute of Education
As a Senior Lecturer

4. Currently
 Director
 Department of English
National Institute of Education

My Training

1. Computer Assisted learning - 2009
Training conducted by the Secondary Education Modernization proect
Colombo

2. International Training on Future Curriculum Design- 2009
Centre for Continuing Education
university of malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

3. Training on E Learning Policy
Distance Learning Centre, Colombo
An ADB fundeded project by the Secondary Education Modernization Project

4. Exploring Language through literature- 2005
International Languages Teacher Training institute (IPBA)
Kuala lumpur, malaysia
Under Malaysian Technical Cooperation (MTCP)

5. ESP Methodology Course conducted by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants, Sri Lanka -1996