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 Unpublished M.Phil dissertation.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.