Newsletter

Newsletter
January -2010
English Association
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
Editor- in- Chief- Ayesha Ratnayake








Vice Chancellor’s Message
It is with great pleasure that I write this short note for the launch of the volume 1of the newsletter published by the English association, faculty of social sciences and humanities of this university. This kind of publications could not only pass the information and activities carried out by the English association to the society, but would pave the way to create quality scholars with the up-liftmen of the English language.
I wish the newsletter an uninterrupted continuation and thank the editorial committee, without whose effort this would not have been a success.
Prof .K .A Nandasena

Dean’s Message
It gives me pleasure of publishing a newsletter of English Association for the first time. Actually, this attempt is highly appreciated. I hope the students of the English Association will be able to face their future properly being involved in such kinds of extra activities beyond their studies. The key of the world is English. I wish them all success for the progress of their Newsletter.
Prof. A. Lagamuwa




Activities organized under the IRQUE Project





British Council
Students visited the British Council recently and got involved in the following activities.
• Visiting all sections of the British Council Library.
• Participating in a workshop conducted by the British Council.
• Observing the distinction between British English and Sri Lankan English.
Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation

Students visited the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation recently.


Activities observed
• Editing news
• Presenting news
• Educational programs
• Listening to the history of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation
• Visiting studios and record rooms
Teaching Practice

Students, who want to be English teachers, participated in a workshop conducted by Mrs. P.D. Samanmal at the Teacher centre at Anuradhapura.They leant the following facts regarding teaching practice.
• Effective Classroom Management
• Good qualities of a language teacher
• Lesson planning
• Teaching methodology
They also underwent teaching practice in classrooms and senior teachers observed their teaching. After the teaching session, they made comments on their teaching and lesson plans so that they will be able to improve their teaching methodology.

English Association Magazine-Pearl Volume-01
We hope to publish this magazine every year. Pearl-Volume -01 has already been released along with the articles written by the members of English Association. We have already planned to publish the volume -02 of Pearl. Hence, we cordially invite the members to submit their articles to the Editor in Chief on or before 31st August, 2010.
Following members have contributed to the volume-01 of Pearl.
1. Indira Gunasekara
2. Edward Fernando
3. Nadeesha Sewwandi
4. Indunil Kumari Rathnayake
5. Ishani Premasiri
6. W. Nandasena
7. Thilini Dilhara Gunathilaka
8. Hiroshini Senarathne
9. I.Dharmasena
10. Shane A. Bernard

Office Bearers of English Association
Patron Mr. D.N. Aloysius
President Ayesha Rathnayaka
Secretary Indunil Rathnayaka
Treasurer Indira Gunasekara
Vice President Edward Fernando
Asst. Secretary Shriyani Thilakarathne
Editor-in- Chief Nadeesha Sewwandi

Presentation by Students
Power presentation is compulsory for all students, who study English as a main subject for their General Degree. This comes under Continuous Assessment Test (CAT).


Practical Activities
Students are also required to do more practical activities in the classroom using internet, recorders, TV and radio regarding their lessons, which are based on dramas, poetry, short stories and novels. They also deal with more language lessons. For this purpose, they use the Audio Visual Unit of the Main Library. In addition to this, students are involved in more reference activities in the library.