Ms. Sarmatha Santhirasegaram

B.A in English Literature (Hons)

M.A In TESL (reading)

Lecturer (Probationary)in English

Departmant of English Language Teaching

Faculty of Business Studies

Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna

Vavuniya, Sri Lanka

Contacts

Mobile Number: 0774157414

E - mail:

Official: sarmatha@vau.jfn.ac.lk

Personal: sammysandra@ymail.com

Academic Records

University Education

Bachelor of Arts in English Literature,

First Class , Special Degree

Uuniversity of Jaffna

Sri Lanka.

Postgraduate Education

Master of Arts in TeachingEnglish as a Second Language) at PGIE (Post Graduate Institute of English) Reading

Open University of Sri Lanka.

Other

• Language Development Course’ in English, Non-Formal Education Unit, Zonal Education.

• French Course, Alliance Française de Jaffna. 2

• English For Life’ comprising Business English with ICT Awareness and Career success Skills’, the English Language Scholarship programme of John Keels Social Responsibility Foundation conducted in collaboration with Gateway Educational Service.

• Diploma in PC Application and Office Management, Information Technology Park, Ministry of Science and Technology.

Teaching Interest

English as a Second Language for Specific Purposes

English as a Second Language for General Purposes

English Literature

Research Interests

Applied Linguistics (Corpus Linguistics)

Psycholinguistics

Sociolinguistics

Testing and Evaluation

Issues and Development of ESL.

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS:

RESEARCH:

• Dissertation – ‘The Reflections of Memory and Trauma in Anne Ranasinghe’s Holocaust poems. (This dissertation is submitted to the Department of Linguistics and English, University of Jaffna in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts, Special Degree in English Literature.

• The use of short stories to activate content and language schemata to enhance writing skills is being done for the Master of Arts in Teaching English as a second language degree programme conducted by the Postgraduate Institute of English. (Reading)

PUBLICATIONS:

• Enhancing a dichotomous test item to develop the assessment of undergraduates, Reading skills, ICMA 2019 , 6th International Conference on Multi disciplinary Approaches organized by the faculty of Graduate studies, University of Sri Jeyawardenapura.

• Enhancing Pedagogic Practices in ELT: Expectations and Realities, SELT 2019? Symposium on English Language Teaching organized by DELT, University of Jaffna.

• Imperialistic Intention of Degradation in portraying the Cultural Hybridity in the poem ‘Mother– in - law’, a research article was published in the magazine ‘Vannoku’ volume 1 published by Advance Technological Institute, Vavuniya.

• A research paper titled ‘Achieving National Integration and Spiritual Harmony through Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali was presented at the 23rd Annual Scientific Session, Jaffna Science Association.

• A research paper titled ‘The Trees: A Collateral Victim of War: An Ecopoetic view was presented in the International research conference JUICE 2016, University of Jaffna.

• A research paper tilted ‘Cognitive Barriers in Learning English as a second language at Tertiary Level: A survey of ESL class at the University of Jaffna was published in ICLSL 2016, University of Kelaniya.

• A research paper titled ‘A Study of Recurrent Grammatical Errors in Writing English among undergraduates was published in IRCHSS 2016, University of Jeyawardenapura University.

• A research paper titled ‘The Reflections of Memory and Trauma in Anne Ranasinghe’s Holocaust poems was presented in the second International Conference on Contemporary management ICCM 2015, University of Jaffna.

• An article on Ceylon Today newspaper ‘Maus – a canon of Holocaust Literature, 24.08.2014.

• Published poems in English in an anthology ‘Write to Reconcile’ edited by Shyam Selvadurai.

• The poems were translated into Tamil and Sinhala and published by the National Peace Council.

Professional Contribution

• A member in the Arts & Cultural Committee of the Vavuniya Campus

• A member in the committee for preparation of Prospectus and Students Handbook for 2018/2019 batch

• A member in the committee for preparation of Newsletters, Faculty of Business Studies

Academic Contribution

• Participated in the UTEL workshop on English Language Enhancement on 04.04.2019 at M.B.Ariyapala Auditorium, Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo

• Participated in the residential workshops on Fundamental of Testing UTEL from 13.06.2019 to 14.06.2019 & from 27.06.2019 to 28.06.2019 at University Grant Commission, Colombo 07

• Participated in Poetry and Philosophy Project on the topic of ‘Three Language Bodies from One Landscape’ conducted by the Department of Fine Arts, University of Jaffna in collaboration with the Goethe Institute of Colombo at Thinnai Hotel in Jaffna

• Contributed for developing the curriculum for Diploma in English, an extension programme of the Department of English Language Teaching, Vavuniya Campus

Personal Information

Date of Birth : 10 of May, 1988

Place of Birth : Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Ethnic Group : Sri Lankan Tamil

Alma mater:

• Chavakachcheri Hindu College

• J/ Vembadi Girls’ High School

• University of Jaffna

• Postgraduate Institute in English , OUSL

Work Experience

Temporary Lecturer in English Literature (2014 -2015)

Department of Linguistics & English,

Faculty of Arts,

University of Jaffna

Temporary Lecturer in English (2016-2018)

Department of English Language Teaching,

Faculty of Arts,

University of Jaffna

Lecturer (Probationary) in English

Department of English Language Teaching,

Faculty of Business Studies,

Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna.

Visiting Lecturer (2016)

Department of English Language Teaching,

Faculty of Business Studies,

Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna.

Visiting Lecturer (2020)

BLC (British Ladder College)

Jaffna.