Head – DELT / Senior Lecturer in English Language, Department of English Language Teaching
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Biography:
Dr Shashinie Thenabadu is a Senior Lecturer in English Language Teaching (ELT), attached to the Department of the English Language Teaching Unit (DELT) of the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Currently she is Head of department.
Qualifications:
PhD in TESL from Monash University, Australia.
MA (TESOL), La Trobe University, Australia
MA in Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
BA, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Her Research Interests are Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL).
Teaching Experience: Over 20 years of Language Teaching at Tertiary level
Work experience:
University of Peradeniya, University of Kelaniya, Kotalawela Defence University
PhD in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)
Monash University, Australia 2017
M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
La Trobe University, Australia
M.A. in Linguistics
University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
BA
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) Teacher Accreditation, UK
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Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education, Staff Development Centre, University of Colombo (Teaching portfolio: Reflections of an Apprentice of Teaching)
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Training program
National Online Distance Education Service (NODES) of the Distance Education Modernization Project (DEMP), Ministry of Higher Education, Sri Lanka
University of Cambridge ESOL Oral Examiner
British Council, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Online teacher training course
University of Oregon Linguistics Department, American English Institute (UO AEI) USA Distance Learning Course
Department of English Language Teaching
University Grants Commission
Faculty of Management & Finance/Faculty of Medicine
Department of English Language Teaching