ACADEMIC STAFF COURSES PUBLICATIONS LIBRARY RESEARCH UNIVERSITY CALANDER MORE INFO.. INQURIES     ACADEMIC STAFF.. Name Select Dr. H. Sirisena (Head) Prof. Sarath Amunugama Ms. Niroshini Gunasekera Dr. Neelakshi Premawardhena Dr. Asoka de Zoysa Ven. Dr. Meemure Gunananda Ven. Dr. Dhammadinna Ms. Dilrukshi Rathnayake Ms. Dhammi Rathnayake Ms. Udara de Silva ACADEMIC STAFF   Name : Ms. Udara de Silva Designation : Lecturer (Probationary) Department : Department of Modern Languages University Location : ( Room Number) K2 122 Telephone Number : (Office) 94-112914494 Email Address : -- Other Email /desilvaudara@yahoo.com --------------- udara_de_silva@hotmail.com   Educational Qualification: M.A. in Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2004/2005 B.A. (General) Degree, First Class Honors, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka 2004. Teaching : Japanese Language and Literature Research Interests : Japanese Language Education in Sri Lanka Interference errors made by Sinhala Native Speakers in learning Japanese Current Research Activities : 1. Japanese Language Education in the Secondary and Tertiary Education Institutes: A Critical Survey of the Student Weaknesses, Problems and Teaching Methodology 2. Research on Interference Errors made by Sinhala Native Speakers in learning Japanese Selected Publications : 1. de Silva U.I., “Minkan Kouryu no Arikata” (Human Relations between Sri Lanka and Japan ), Proceedings of the Trans Asia Student Conference 2005, Tunghai University, Taiwan (2005) 2. de Silva U.I., Kaundika H., Karunarathna B., “Suriranka”, “Nihngo ha Nan no Yaku ni Tatsunoka”(How Does Japanese Help The Situation in Sri Lanka), Nihongo ha Nan no Yaku ni Tatsunoka, Proceedings of the Trans Asia Student Conference 2005, Tunghai University, Taiwan (2005) 3. de Silva U.I., “Japanese Language Education in Sri Lanka: A Critical Analysis of the Past, Present and Future”, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Sri Lanka Studies, University of Kelaniya (2005) 4. de Silva U.I., “Japanese Language Studies at Sri Lankan Universities: How important is Subject Benchmarking”, Proceedings of the “International Symposium” on issues and challenges of the 21st Century, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (2006) 5. de Silva U.I., “Suriranka kara no Tegami” (a Letter from Sri Lanka), Hanabi Magazine published by Tunghai University, Taiwan (2006) Department of Modern Languages, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka Phone : +94-0112903721, +94-0112903720---Fax : +94-0112914494