THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE

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THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE

ON HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA

18TH AND 19TH MARCH 2021

VENUE: New Senate Board Room

Zoom Link: tiikm.com/irchssmainhall

8.50 am Arrival of Guests

9.00 am Lighting the Oil Lamp

9.10 am University Anthem

9.15 am Welcome Address by Dr. Sujeewa Hettiarachchi

Conference Chair

9.20 am Address by Professor Shirantha Heenkenda

Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura

9.25 am Address by Senior Professor Sudantha Liyanage

Vice Chancellor, University of Sri Jayewardenepura

9.30 am

Address by Guest of Honor

Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunge

Chairman, University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka

9.40 am

Address by Chief Guest

Ms. Alaina B. Teplitz

US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives

9.50 am Vote of Thanks by Mr. Ajantha Kalyanaratne

Conference Secretary

9.55 am National Anthem

Inauguration Ceremony 18th March, 2021

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Day 1 - 18th March, 2021

TIME Sri Lanka (GMT +5:30)

VENUE

09.00 am – 9.45 am

NEW SENATE

BOARD

ROOM

Inauguration ceremony

10.15 am – 11.15 am

NEW SENATE

BOARD

ROOM

Plenary 01

Professor Praneeth

Abhayasundere

11.30 am -12.30 pm

NEW SENATE

BOARD

ROOM

Plenary 02

Dr. Oshan Wedage, Dr. Siran

Deraniyagala, Prof. Michael

Petraglia, Dr. Noel Amano,

Dr. Michelle C. Langley, Dr.

Patrick Roberts, Prof. M.M.

Pathmalal

01.00 pm – 03.00 pm ROOM A Session 01 - 05 papers Language and Literature

01.00 pm – 03.30 pm

ROOM B Session 01 - 06 papers Environment, Governance

and Development

ROOM C Session 01 - 06 papers Technology, Innovation and

Education

03.15 pm – 05.15 pm ROOM A Session 02 - 05 papers Language and Literature

03.45 pm – 06.00 pm

ROOM B Session 02 - 07 papers Environment, Governance

and Development

ROOM C Session 02 - 06 papers Technology, Innovation and

Education

6.30 pm – 7.30 pm

NEW SENATE

BOARD

ROOM

Plenary 03 Professor Daniel Seely

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Day 2 - 19th March 2021

TIME Sri Lanka (GMT +5:30)

VENUE

8.30 am – 10.30 am ROOM A Session 01 – 04 Papers Buddhist Studies, Religion

and Philosophy

8.00 am – 10.30 am ROOM B Session 01 – 07 papers Environment, Governance

and Development

8.00 am – 10.30 am ROOM C Session 01 – 06 papers Symposium on Language

Teaching and Learning

10.15 am – 12.15 pm ROOM A Session 02 – 05 papers History, Culture and

Heritage

10.45 am – 12.45 pm ROOM B Session 02 – 05 papers Communication, Media and

Society

10.45 am – 12.45 pm ROOM C Session 02 – 06 papers Symposium on Language

Teaching and Learning

01.00 pm – 3.00 pm ROOM A Session 03 – 05 papers History, Culture and

Heritage

01.00 pm – 3.00 pm ROOM B Session 03 – 05 papers Communication, Media and

Society

01.00 pm – 4.00 pm ROOM C Session 03 – 08 papers Language and Literature

03.15 pm – 5.15 pm ROOM B Session 04 – 05 papers Communication, Media and

Society

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DAY 01 - 18th March, 2021

SCHEDULE OF PLENARY

PLENARY 01

Venue – Senate Board Room

Session Name Plenary 01

Time 10.15 am – 11.15 am Sri Lanka (GMT +5:30)

Topic

&

Speaker

“ANTHROPOMORPHISM AND ZOOMORPHISM: RESOLVING THE

PRAXIS”

Professor Praneeth Abhayasundere

Plenary Chair Professor W.M. Dhanapala

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PLENARY 02



Time 11.30 am -12.30 pm Sri Lanka (GMT +5:30)

Topic

&

Speakers

“FRUITS OF THE FOREST: SRI LANKA AND ITS GLOBAL PREHISTORY”

Dr. Oshan Wedage, Dr. Siran Deraniyagala, Professor Michael Petraglia, Dr. Noel

Amano, Dr. Michelle C. Langley, Dr. Patrick Roberts, Professor M.M. Pathmalal

Plenary Chair Professor Charmalie Nahallage




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PLENARY 03



Time 06.30 pm - 07.30 pm Sri Lanka (GMT +5:30)

Topic

&

Speaker

“TOWARD EXPLAINING LANGUAGE: THE MINIMALIST PERSPECTIVE”

Professor Daniel Seely, Eastern Michigan University, USA

Plenary Chair Dr. Sujeewa Hettiarachchi



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PROGRAMME OF TECHNICAL SESSIONS IRCHSS - 2021


SCHEDULE OF TECHNICAL SESSIONS

ROOM A

Venue – Room A

Session No. 01

Track Language and Literature

Time 01.00 pm – 03.30 pm Sri Lanka (GMT +5:30)

Session Chair/s

Professor Harshana Rambukwella

Dr. Chitra Jayathilake

Session Convener Ms. H.S.D. de Zoysa

Session In-charge Ms. Nelum Rathnayake +94 714 478825

Mr. Aruna Shantha +94 712 357415

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Abstract ID No. Topic Author/s

068

STRIVING FOR SUPERIORITY: A

COMPARATIVE PSYCHOANALYSIS OF JAY

GATSBY AND LORD VOLDEMORT

P.W.B. JINANDI

CHATHURYA

153

THE REVOLUTION OF DISCREDITED VOICES:

EDNA AND BRETT AS PROTOTYPES OF “THE

FEMALE INDIVIDUALIST”

RASHINI S. DALUWATTE

154

‘QUEST FOR SELF’: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

ON MAYA ANGELOU’S “PHENOMENAL

WOMAN” AND KAMALA DAS’S “AN

INTRODUCTION”

P.G. SANKHAJA

THAMARASI

GUNATHILAKA

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SRI LANKAN UNIVERSITIES DURING THE 1971

INSURRECTION THROUGH THE LENS OF SRI

LANKAN ENGLISH FICTION: A COMPARATIVE

STUDY OF SARACHCHANDRA’S CURFEW AND

A FULL MOON AND WIJENAIKE’S THE REBEL

JANITHA EKANAYAKE

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ECHOES OF MADAME BOVARY IN ANNA

KARENINA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

POORNIMA

THUDUWAGE

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Venue – Room A

Session No. 02



Session Chair Dr. Kanchankesi Warnapala

Session Convener Ms. N.M.L. Nanayakkara

Session In-charge Ms. Nelum Rathnayake +94 714 478825




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THE WESTERN FEMINISM AND

BRAHMANICAL PATRIARCHY: TWO TAILS

OF ABEDKAR’S NOTION OF WOMEN

EMANCIPATION

HARSHA SENANAYAKE,

SAMARTH TRIGUNAYAT

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POETIC DEVISES USED TO PORTRAY THE

MATERNAL FEELINGS IN THE POEM

“MORNING SONG” BY SYLVIA PLATH

YOGARAJAH ATCHUTHAN

147

WHERE THE SILENCE SPEAKS: RESISTANCE

CULTURE IN MOROCCAN POST-COLONIAL

LITERATURE

RUVINDRA SATHSARANI

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WITHIN AND BEYOND – A

PSYCHOANALYTICAL STUDY OF PHILIP

LARKIN’S PREOCCUPATION WITH DEATH

AS A MANIFESTATION OF SUICIDAL

IDEATION

MINU PERERA

091

THE EFFECT OF CULTURALLY FAMILIAR

LITERARY TEXTS ON THE STUDENT

PERFORMANCE IN THE SRI LANKAN

LITERATURE CLASSROOM

AKIKO ARUNADEE

JAYATILEKE


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ROOM B

Venue – Room B

Session No. 01

Track Environment, Governance and Development


Session Chair/s Ven. Professor Pinnawala Sangasumana

Professor Charmalie Nahallage

Professor T.M.S.P.K. Thennakoon

Session Convener Ms. Himanshi Liyanage

Session In-charge Dr. Himalika Ranaweera +94 761 916967

Ms. Imanga Nadeeshani +94 774 676696

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189 GIS-BASED SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF

LANDSLIDES IN RATHNAPURA DISTRICT,

SRI LANKA

B. A. S. C. KUMARA, NELUM

KANTHILATHA

157 CURRENT PATTERNS IN THE USE OF

DOMESTIC WELLS IN THE VILLAGES IN

DEVINUWARA DIVISIONAL SECRETARIAT

DIVISION, SOUTHERN SRI LANKA

L.G.D.S. YAPA, H.A.I.L.

MADUWANTHI

164 HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT AND RURAL

LIVELIHOODS- A CASE STUDY FROM

THENUWARA AND MAILANKULAMA

GRAMA NILADHARI DIVISIONS- SRI LANKA

S.D.S.N. SENADHEERA,

K.L.W.I. GUNATHILAKE,

C.M.K.N.K.

CHANDRASEKARA

181 A GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF TEMPORAL

CHANGES OF GEOMORPHOLOGICAL

FEATURES IN CALIDO BEACH IN

SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF SRI LANKA

S.H.S.M. SIRIWARDANA,

R.M.K. RATHNAYAKE

080 AN ASSESSMENT OF THE

SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERN OF DOMESTIC

WATER CONSUMPTION IN THE DOMPE

GRAMA NILADHARII (GN) DIVISION

G.N. KAUSHALYA, L.

MANAWADU, V.P.I.S.

WIJERATNE

073 SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CHANGES IN THE

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE VALUE OF THE

HANTANA MOUNTAIN RANGE

R.M.S.BANDARA

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Venue – Room B

Session No. 02



Session Chair/s Professor D.P.S. Chandrakumara

Professor B.W.R. Damayanthi

Session Convener Ms. S.U.B. Hewage





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DETERMINANTS ON PROFITABILITY OF

FOOD, BEVERAGE AND TOBACCO

COMPANIES LISTED AT COLOMBO STOCK

EXCHANGE, SRI LANKA

MITHUSHANA RAVINDRAN,

G.R.M. GAMLATH

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IMPACT OF CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTIVE

ACTIONS OF GREEN POLICIES ON

ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN THE

MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN

ANURADHAPURA DISTRICT SRI LANKA

MAKN ARAVINDA, P.S.K.

RAJAPAKSHE, R.G.P.

SANDARUWAN, M.M.R.

UPALI

159 STATISTICAL MODELING OF WEEKLY

RAINFALL DATA FOR BETTER PLANNING

H.P.T.N. SILVA, A.J.P.

SAMARAWICKRAMA, T.S.G.

PEIRIS

188

DOMESTIC DEMAND, EXPORT AND

ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SRI LANKA

R.M.M. MAYOSHI

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A REVIEW OF LITERATURE IN APPLYING

THE RICARDIAN MODEL TO ANALYZE

ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

ON AGRICULTURE

V. UPANANDA, H.K.I.P.

ABEYSINGHE

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IMPACT OF GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL

PLANNING ON MANAGING WORK RELATED

EMPLOYEE STRESS IN SRI LANKAN

APPAREL COMPANIES

A.W.G.N.M. ABEYRATHNA


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ROOM C

Venue – Room C

Session No. 01

Track Technology, Innovation and Education


Session Chair/s Snr. Professor Samanthi Senarathne

Dr. Lalith Ananda

Session Convener Ms. Charitha Marcus

Session In charge Mr. Suresh Nalaka +94 717 173141/+94 778 344141

Mr. Sampath Pushpakumara +94 714 837683

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RECOGNIZING RED FLAGS OF

ACCOUNTING NUMBER ANXIETY:

PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF

ACCOUNTING LEARNERS

PETHMI OMALKA DE

SILVA

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DEVELOPING A PROFILE TO IMPROVE

COMPETITIVENESS IN DEBATING OF

UNDERGRADUATES WITH MATHEMATICAL

LOGIC

S.THEVAKA, M.R.F.

AQEELA IJAS

177 KNOWLEDGE SYNTHESIS AMONG

PHYSICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS

M.R.M.A. JAYASINGHE

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EFFECTS OF INNOVATION AND PERCEIVED

EASE OF USE ON ADOPTION OF ONLINE

LEARNING

D.A. GAYAN NAYANAJITH

136

USING THE OPEN GROUP ARCHITECTURE

FRAMEWORK (TOGAF) FOR QUALITY

ASSURANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

TEACHING AND LEARNING

H.M.C. PUSHPAKUMARA,

PRASAD M. JAYAWEERA,

WANNIARACHCHIGE M.K.

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A STUDY ON NEEDS FOR IMPROVING

AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT COMPETENCIES

OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINEES IN A

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY IN SRI LANKA

CHINTHAKA

CHANDRAKUMARA

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Venue – Room C

Session No. 02

Track Technology, Innovation and Education


Session Chair/s

Professor R.B. Marasinghe

Dr. D.P.K. Manel

Dr. Nelum Kanthilatha

Session Convener Ms. Geethika Rathnayake

Session In-charge Mr. Suresh Nalaka +94 717 173141/+94 778 344141

Mr. Sampath Pushpakumara +94 714 837683



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PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF THE PUBLIC

SERVICE- FINDINGS FROM THE CEYLINCO

GENERAL INSURANCE LIMITED

E.A. EKANAYAKE,

P.M.T.S.K.S. LIYANAGE

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INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY (ICT) SKILLS OF IN-SERVICE

TEACHER TRAINEES: WHERE ARE WE IN

THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING ICT

COMPETENCE FROM THE PEDAGOGICAL

DIMENSION?

P.D.H.S. AMARASINGHE

139

PERCEPTIONS OF PARTICIPANTS ON

ONLINE LEARNING IN THE OUTBREAK OF

COVID-19

SUJEEWA POLGAMPALA,

M.N.S. EDIRISINGHE, G.A.D.

SUDARAKA, A.S.

PATABEDIGE

009

MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ BELIEFS OF

LOW ACHIEVEMENT AMONG STUDENTS AT

THE JUNIOR SECONDARY LEVEL OF

EDUCATION IN SRI LANKA AND THEIR

IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOL BASED

TEACHER DEVELOPMENT (SBTD)

SUBHASHINIE

WIJESUNDERA,

SAKUNTHALA

YATIGAMMANA

138

DEVELOPING SERVICE PROCESS

REPOSITORIES FOR HEALTHCARE

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

S. VASANTHAPRIYAN,

PRASAD JAYAWEERA

194

EMPLOYABILITY SURVEY OF ARTS

GRADUATES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO

A STATE UNIVERSITY IN COLOMBO

PIYODA WIJESEKARA,

C.A.D. NAHALLAGE


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PROGRAMME OF TECHNICAL SESSIONS IRCHSS - 2021



ROOM A

Venue – Room A

Session No. 01

Track Buddhist Studies, Religion and Philosophy


Session Chair/s Venerable Professor Magammana Paññananda

Professor Chandima Wijebandara

Session Convener Mr. Hasitha Senarathna

Session In-charge Ms. S.U.B. Hewage +94 719 731172

Mr. Sumanajith Kumara +94 714 439307



061

THE IMPACT OF CULTURAL

UNTRANSLATABILITY IN YASHODARA’S

LAMENT ON THE TARGET READERSHIP

WITH REFERENCE TO THE ENGLISH

TRANSLATION OF YASHODARAWATHA BY

PROF. R. OBEYSEKARA

J.A.M. HANSANI, M.M.M.N.

BANDARA

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ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY OF NEW

TRENDS IN THE CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS

INSTITUTION OF SRI LANKA THROUGH

CULTURAL DIFFUSION WITH SPECIAL

REFERENCE TO THE CHILAW AREA

PRANEETH

ABHAYASUNDERE, W.K.M.

WIJAYARATHNA, D. M. K.

G. K. DISSANAYAKE, G. A.

A. N. SRI SHAN

104

THE MIND WANDERS FAR, DOES THIS

STATEMENT DEFACE THE PURE

THERAVADA BUDDHIST INTERPRETATION?

VEN. METIBEMBIYE

SEELANANDA

175

THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE

BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHICAL TEACHING IN

MODERN CONFLICT RESOLUTION,

INTERVENTION AND MEDIATION

P.K.B. ISURU

PREMARATHNA


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DAY 02 – 19th March, 2021


Venue – Room A

Session No. 02

Track History, Culture and Heritage

Time 10.15 am – 12.15 pm Sri Lanka (GMT +5:30)

Session Chair Professor P.B. Mandawala

Professor Pathmasiri Kannangara

Session Convener Ms. Nelum Rathnayake

Session In-charge Ms. S.U.B. Hewage +94 719 731172

Mr. Sumanajith Kumara +94 714 439307



156

THE VINTAGE DRAPING STYLES IN SRI

LANKA: SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SARI

DURING THE 20TH CENTURY

AYESHA

WICKRAMASINGHE

002

TARA IN THE SECRETUM: INEQUITY IN

HOUSING THE STATUE OF TARA AT THE

BRITISH MUSEUM

AYESHI BIYANWILA

090

AN INTELLIGENT LAND SELECTION

SYSTEM FOR RECOGNITION OF CULTURAL

HERITAGE IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES:

CASE STUDY OF MUHUDU MAHA VIHARAYA-

POTTUVIL, SRI LANKA

D.S. KALANA MENDIS

184

TECHNOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR OF THE LATE

PLEISTOCENE HUMAN HABITATION AT

RAJAGALA MAHA LENA ROCK SHELTER IN

EASTERN PROVINCE IN SRI LANKA

GAMINI RANASINGHE, K.M.

ALEXANDER,

M.D.I.K. ABEYNAYAKE,

E.G.J. SURANGA

037

THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF HISTORICAL

BUILDINGS IN KANDY: CASE STUDY ON

ADAPTIVE REUSE OF KANDY MAMPITIYA

WALAWWA

D. M. K. G. K.

DISSANAYAKE, W. K. M.

WIJAYARATHNA, G. A. A. N.

SRI SHAN


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Venue – Room A

Session No. 03

Track History, Culture and Heritage


Session Chair/s

Ven. Professor M. Wijithadhamma

Professor Karunasena Hettiarachchi

Dr. Kusumalatha Lankamulla

Session Convener Mr. Thisara Sathsara

Session In-charge Ven. Prof. E. Sarananda +94 715 440203




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A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF CULTURE &

HERITAGE ATTRIBUTES ON TOURIST

SATISFACTION (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE

TO ANURADHAPURA)

W.M.G.M.WICKRAMASING

HE, P.B.S.N.KUMARA

036 AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY OF GAME

DANAYA IN KELAWA VILLAGE

DININDU DEWAPURA,

YASANJALI DEVIKA

JAYATILLEKE, RAVINDRA

KARIYAWASAM

092

RIGHT TO HEALTH IN HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

AND RIGHT TO HEALTH IN ANCIENT SRI

LANKA: AN OVERVIEW

D.M. NISANKA

MADHUBHASHINI

JAYARTHNA, PRIYANTHA

ALAGIYAWANNA

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NUTRITIONAL CONSTITUENTS AND FOOD

CULTURE OF EARLY HUMANS IN DRY

ZONE: BASED ON FAUNAL REMAIN

ANALYSIS OF RAJAGALA MAHALENA

EXCAVATION SITE

K.M. ALEXANDER, GAMINI

RANASINGHE, JUDE

PERERA, C.A.D

NAHALLAGE, M.D.I.K.

ABEYNAYAKE, N.L.K.

SANDUNIKA

195

A STUDY OF MEDIEVAL POPULATION IN

SRI LANKA WITH REFERENCE TO THE

LITERARY SOURCES

U.N.K. RATHNAYAKE


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ROOM B

Venue – Room B

Session No. 01



Session Chair/s

Snr. Professor H.M.T.N.R. Herath

Dr. M.A. Shantha Wijesinghe

Ms. V.S. Suriyabandara

Session Convener Ms. B.H. Seneviratne





071

ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL

ORGANIZATIONS IN BALANCING

ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS WITHIN CHINESE

FUNDED MEGA DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN

SRI LANKA

AGANA GUNAWARDANA,

PIYUMANI RANASINGHE

187

REALISM AND SRI LANKA’S STRATEGIC

RELEVANCE IN INDIAN OCEAN REGION:

ANALYSIS OF INDO-SRI LANKA RELATIONS

H.E.N. PRIYADARSHANI

060

FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND

HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT IN THE JUDICIAL

CONTEXT OF SRI LANKA FROM AN

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

SAMANGI HIMASHA

ABEYRATHNE

033 MERGER CONTROLS IN SRI LANKA: A

COMPETITION LAW PERSPECTIVE THASHIRA GUNATILAKE

034

THE US RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL

CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENTS: FROM THE

KYOTO PROTOCOL TO THE PARIS AGREEMENT

ANU UNNY

047

POSSIBILITIES OF RECOGNIZING RIGHT TO

PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION NEXT TO RIGHT

TO PRIVACY IN SRI LANKA: A LEGAL ANALYSIS

K.K. GIMHANI ANUTHTHARA

155 FASHION INDUSTRY IN SRI LANKA: THE

FACTORS AFFECTING THE GROWTH

SUMITH GOPURA, NETHMA

INDUMINI


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Venue – Room B

Session No. 02

Track Communication, Media and Society


Session Chair/s Dr. Asha Fernando

Session Convener Ms. Nadeesha Abeyrathne





019

AN ASSESSMENT OF UNDER-AGED

MARRIAGES IN THE NOCHCHIYAGAMA

AREA IN THE ANURADHAPURA DISTRICT

A.S SAMARAKOON, W.T.D

WIJETHUNGA, M.T

SAMARAKOON

097

CHALLENGES FOR CAREER

ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN INSTIGATED

BY SOCIAL TRIBULATIONS

B.V.N. WIJEWARDHANA,

M.M.M. DIAS

059

PSYCHO-SOCIAL ISSUES FACED BY CHILD

MOTHERS IN SRI LANKA

B.G.I.M. SAMARASINGHE,

CHINTHAKA

CHANDRAKUMARA

118

THE CURRENT STATUS OF DNA

FINGERPRINTING PROCEDURES IN

CRIMINAL AND CIVIL INVESTIGATIONS –

AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

N.L.K. SANDUNIKA, C.A.D.

NAHALLAGE

079

GENDERING ABUSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA;

A STUDY OF CYBER VIOLENCE AGAINST

WOMEN ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM

FACEBOOK

MERINNAGE NELANI DE

COSTA


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Venue – Room B

Session No. 03



Session Chair/s Professor M.W. Jayasundara

Session Convener Ms. Nishani Ranaweera


Ms. Suresh Nalaka +94 717 173141/+94 778 344141



017

THE UNTOLD STORY OF PROSTITUTION IN

BUDHWAR PETH PUNE, INDIA (RED LIGHT

AREA)

W.T.S.D. PERERA

173

STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOLO TOURIST

ARRIVAL IN SRI LANKA

P.B.S.N.KUMARA

031

A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN

SPECIALIZED TRANSLATORS AND

GENERAL TRANSLATORS ON BUSINESS

TRANSLATION PERFORMANCE IN SRI

LANKA

HARSHA AMARASINGHE,

J.A.M. HANSANI, H.H.

SENEVIRATHNE

172

POLARIZED ETHNIC RELATIONSHIPS

LEADING TO A CIVIL WAR: A STUDY

BASED ON RELATIONSHIPS AMONG MAIN

ETHNIC GROUPS OF SRI LANKA IN THE

POST-INDEPENDENCE ERA

SURANJITH GUNASEKARA,

UPALI PANNILAGE

171

THREE-DIMENSIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON

DIGITAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL IMPACT

ANALYSIS: CASE STUDY AT COVID-19

PANDEMIC

PRASAD M. JAYAWEERA,

PRANEETH NISHADA

ABHAYASUNDERE, W. K. M.

WIJAYARATHNA


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Venue – Room B

Session No. 04



Session Chair Professor W.M. Dhanapala

Dr. Rasanjalee Perera

Session Convener Ms. Charitha Liyanage


Ms. Suresh Nalaka +94 717 173141/+94 778 344141



096

A CASE REPORT: WHY DO NOT PEOPLE

REPORT WITNESSING CRIMES TIMELY TO

SAVE LIVES?

H.T.D.W. ARIYARATHNA

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SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY ON SRI LANKAN

INFERTILE URBAN MEN AND WOMEN

COPING WITH SOCIAL STIGMA

H.W.M.Y.

WICKRAMASEKARA

170

IMPACT OF AGE AND SOCIAL CLASS ON

INDIVIDUAL MUSIC PREFERENCES IN

SELECTED URBAN AND SUB-URBAN AREAS

IN SRI LANKA

P.A.D.S. PALIHADERU,

B.I.L.M. MENDIS, J.M.K.J.K.

PREMARATHNE, A.S.

DISSANAYAKE, I.H.

RAJAPAKSHA, P.

KARUNANAYAKE, U.

SENARATH, W.

WIJESURIYA, SWEE KEONG

YEAP, WANG YONG HO,

W.K.R.R. DIAS, D.A.

SATHARASINGHE

186

SOCIO - CULTURAL PROBLEMS FACED BY

AUTISTIC PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES:

AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY

S.D.Y. JAYARATHNE, C.A.D.

NAHALLAGE

185

A CRIMINOLOGICAL ANALYSIS ON CRIME

SCENE RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL

FACTORS IN THE WESTERN PROVINCE OF

SRI LANKA

K.G.N.U. RANAWEERA,

M.P.A.A. BUDDHADASA,

K.B.N. DE SILVA


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ROOM C

Venue – Room C

Session No. 01

Track Symposium on Language Teaching and Learning


Session Chairs Dr. Bimali Indraratne

Session Convener Mr. Sarath Ananda

Session In-charge Ms. Nishani Ranaweera +94 716 280191




192

WHICH IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE

TECHNIQUE FOR INDUCING LEARNERS’

ATTENTION TO WRITTEN CORRECTIVE

FEEDBACK (WCF): REVISION OR

DISCUSSION? APPROMIMATE REPLICATION

OF EKANAYAKA AND ELLIS (2020)

W.I.EKANAYAKA, ROD

ELLIS

103

DEVELOPING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

THROUGH PEER-ASSESSMENT

P.B.S.L. PUSHPAKUMARA

122

INVESTIGATING UNDERSTANDING OF

ACADEMIC LITERACY IN ENGLISH MEDIUM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES AMONG

STAKEHOLDERS IN SRI LANKAN HIGHER

EDUCATION

NADEE MAHAWATTHA,

ROMOLA RASSOOL

143

A TESTING AND EVALUATION-BASED

APPROACH TO SECOND LANGUAGE

(ENGLISH) WRITING: AN INTERVENTION

STUDY

S. G. S. SAMARAWEERA

004

TEACHER EMPOWERMENT IN SECOND

LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN SRI LANKA

S.A. KULARATHNE

022

SPEAKING ANXIETY IN THE SECOND

LANGUAGE CLASSROOM: LEARNERS’

PERSPECTIVE

N.W.S.C. WIJEWANTHA


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Venue – Room C

Session No. 02

Track Symposium on Language Teaching and Learning


Session Chair Dr. Indira Mawelle

Session Convener Ms. H. P. L. W. Shashikala

Session In-charge Mr. Sampath Pushpakumara +94 714 837683

Dr. Sujeeva Sebastian Pereira +94 772 339118



130

EXPLOITATION OF COMMUNICATIVE

LANGUAGE TEACHING TO MITIGATE

LEARNER ANXIETY IN SPEAKING ENGLISH

AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

SAVITHRI

KARUNANAYAKE

128

SECOND LANGUAGE ANXIETY AMONG

UNDERGRADUATE LEARNERS OF ENGLISH

LANGUAGE IN SRI LANKA: A GENDER

BASED STUDY

A.M.W.D.G.K.

AMUNUGAMA, W.A.D.D.U.

WICKRAMASINGHE

125

ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC SPEAKING

ANXIETY (PSA) AMONG SRI LANKAN LAW

UNDERGRADUATES

W.S. SUDUSINGHE, W.G.C.

KUMARA, C.J.

KOTHALAWALA, T.D.

KOTHALAWALA

110

ENHANCING THE ENGLISH ORAL

COMPETENCE OF UNDERGRADUATES: A

STUDY CONDUCTED FOCUSING THE FIRST-

YEAR STUDENTS AT BUDDHIST AND PALI

UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA

THILINI NILANKA

WEERASOORIYA

182

AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON THE ROLE

PLAYED BY ‘CULTURE’ IN ITALIAN EFL

CLASSROOMS

G.A. RISHINI CHAMARI

JAYARATHNA

081

VIDEOS VERSUS PRINT MATERIALS IN

INCIDENTAL VOCABULARY ACQUISITION:

AN IMPACT STUDY

KESHANI WIJESURIYA,

SUCHERU DISSANAYAKE


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Venue – Room C

Session No. 03



Session Chair Professor Rathnasiri Arangala

Professor Rathna Wijethunga

Session Convener Dr. Tharaka Ananda

Session In-charge Mr. Sampath Pushpakumara +94 714 837683



020

ATTITUDINAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE

VISUAL CENTRISM OF SINHALA SPELLING

INSTRUCTION: A SOCIO-PSYCHOLINGUISTIC

STUDY

RIDMI HANDAPANGODA

050

EVALUATION OF STORY WRITING BY

JAPANESE LANGUAGE LEARNERS: A

COMPARISON BETWEEN NATIVE AND NON-

NATIVE JAPANESE LANGUAGE TEACHERS

DONA DASSANAYAKA

PAVITHRA OSHADHI,

MASUMI ISOMI

193

CODE-SWITCHING IN WRITTEN DISCOURSES:

AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF SINHALA-

ENGLISH HYBRID EMAILS CHITRA JAYATHILAKE

055

LANGUAGE OF TAXI-HAILING APPS IN THE

DIGITAL ERA: SEMANTIC AND FUNCTIONAL

SHIFTS

D.A.G. ARIYASINGHE,

APARNA HETTIARACHCHI

078

THE IMPACT OF FOOTNOTES ON

READERSHIP: WITH REFERENCE TO

SINHALESE TRANSLATION OF ‘THE SUN

ALSO RISES’

N.M. WIJEBANDARA , J.A.M.

HANSANI

048 DO CONSTRUCTIONS WITH INANIMATE

SUBJECTS IN THE SINHALA LANGUAGE

POSSESS A CONFIGURATIONAL STRUCTURE?

M.G. LALITH ANANDA,

PRABATH B. KANDUBODA

054

BREAKING INTERGROUP BARRIERS

THROUGH HETEROGLOSSIC PRACTICES:

BILINGUAL EDUCATION FOR

ETHNOLINGUISTIC INCLUSIVITY IN SRI

LANKA

HARSHA DULARI

WIJESEKERA

196

SINHALA BUDDHIST NATIONALISM FROM

LANGUAGE LOYALTY TO LANGUAGE

DISLOYALTY IN SRI LANKA

A.P. KARNASOORIYA,

SUJEEVA SEBASTIAN

PEREIRA


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