Dr Bihimini Abeywickrama
Senior Lecturer, Department of English Language Teaching
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To integrate, or segregate: That is the question
Speech delivered as the Chief Guest at the awards ceremony of the English Language teaching programme conducted by the Bodhimaga Padanama in collaboration with the English Language Professionals Association, Kalutara
Publication year: 2023
Language proficiency through vocabulary development: A corpus-based approach?
Conference papers
Publication year: 2022
From romanticism to realism
Keynote speech delivered at the launch of the ‘Where the Sun Shines’, Sri Lanka Book Publishers' Association, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka.
Publication year: 2022
Vocabulary in the Legal English Classroom
Conference papers
Paper selected to be presented at MATSDA 2019 Conference, University of Liverpool, UK.
Publication year: 2019
Needs analysis: a neglected stage of ESP course design?
Guest speech delivered at the ‘Perkumpulan’ Research Discussion Forum organised by the Department of English Language Teaching, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
Publication year: 2019
John Still: A man of many facets
Keynote speech delivered at the launch of the ‘Luxuriante Jungle’, the French translation of John Still’s ‘Jungle Tide’, Alliance Française de Kotte, Sri Lanka.
Publication year: 2018
Designing an English curriculum for law students in state universities in Sri Lanka: Challenges, perspectives, and implications
Conference papers
Paper presented at the IAACS 6th World Conference on Curriculum Studies titled ‘Transnational Curriculum Inquiry: Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing World’, University of Melbourne, Australia, December 9-12.
Publication year: 2018
Techniques of using authentic materials in language teaching
Conference papers
Workshop selected to be conducted at TESOL Spain 37th Annual Convention, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.
Publication year: 2014
Motivating ESL learners to use language with confidence
Conference papers
Workshop conducted at the 35th Annual TESOL Greece International Convention, Hellenic American Union, Athens, Greece, March 15-16.
Publication year: 2014
Literature as a reflection of reality and a window to an ideology
Speech delivered as the Chief Guest at the launch of the poetry collection ‘Conscience: An interpretation of mankind’, Nalanda College, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka, November 27
Publication year: 2014
Using authentic materials in the second language classroom
Conference papers
Paper presented at the 12th East West Centre International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia Pacific Region, University of Hawaii, USA, February 14-16.
Publication year: 2013
Teaching with authentic materials: My ideas, your ideas, our ideas
Conference papers
Workshop conducted at the Los Angeles Regional CATESOL Conference 2013 titled ‘Endeavour to Unite, Succeed, and Connect’, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA, March 2.
Publication year: 2013
Memoirs of a student of online teaching
Refereed Journal Articles
Proceedings of the 12th AsiaCALL Conference, Bangkok, Thailand.
Publication year: 2013
Incorporating realia into language instruction
Conference papers
Workshop conducted at the TESL Toronto Spring Conference 2013 (TOSCON-13), University of Toronto, Canada, June 25.
Publication year: 2013
Developing academic literacy of undergraduates of law
Conference papers
Poster presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL 2013) Conference titled 'Applied Linguistics in a Globalizing World’, Sheraton Dallas Hotel, Texas, USA, March 16-19.
Publication year: 2013
Corpus data in the legal English classroom
Conference papers
Paper presented at the American Association for Corpus Linguistics (AACL) Conference, San Diego State University, USA, January 18-20.
Publication year: 2013
Cinematic magic in the second language classroom
Conference papers
Paper presented at the TESOL Talk series organised by the MA (TESOL) Student Association, San Francisco State University, USA, February 22.
Publication year: 2013
Authentic materials in the ESL classroom
Conference papers
Paper presented at the MATSDA/School of English Conference 2013 titled ‘Enjoying to Learn: the Best Way to Acquire a Language’, University of Liverpool, UK, July 13-14.
Publication year: 2013
Academic Literacy Development
Conference papers
Paper selected to be presented at the European Conference on Language Learning, Thistle Hotel, Brighton, UK.
Publication year: 2013
Video and films in English for legal purposes
Conference papers
Paper presented at the Introduction to Teaching English for Legal Purposes Training Programme, Römer Villa, Neu Ulm, Germany, September 3-7.
Publication year: 2012
Using video in legal English teaching
Conference papers
European Union Legal English Teachers’ Association (EULETA) Conference, University of Applied Sciences, Osnabrück, Germany, August 31-September 2.
Publication year: 2012
Using realia in language teaching
Conference papers
Poster presented at the European Union Legal English Teachers’ Association (EULETA) Conference, University of Applied Sciences, Osnabrück, Germany, August 31-September 2.
Publication year: 2012
Using real and reel to foster learner motivation
Refereed Journal Articles
In D. Wijesundara & C.Jayasinghe (Ed), Two hundred years of English language use in Sri Lanka: Trajectories of language, literature, and pedagogy, SLELTA, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 131-141
Publication year: 2012
Memoirs of a student of online teaching
Conference papers
Paper presented at the 10th AsiaCALL Conference titled ‘Mobility in Language Teaching and Learning through Technology’ hosted by the Asia Association of Computer Assisted Language Learning in collaboration with Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand, February 9-11.
Publication year: 2012
Designing legal English courses: Challenges and perspectives
Conference papers
Poster presented at the 31st TESOL France Colloquium, Télécom ParisTech, France, November 16-18.
Publication year: 2012
An integrated approach to develop writing skills of final year undergraduates of law
Refereed Journal Articles
Journal of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 1, 120-129
Publication year: 2012