- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Languages
- Senior Lecturer Grade I
Contact information
Univerity of Moratuwa
Katubadda
Moratuwa
Sri Lanka
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Language Skills Enhancement 1 -Undergraduate -2019
Language Skills Enhancement 2 -Undergraduate -2018
Technical & Scientific Writing -Undergraduate -2015
Head of the Department - Administrative head of the Department of Languages (2023 To date)
Chairman of the Pre-academic Term Committee -Ensuring the overall success of the pre-福利在线看 Term of the Faculty of Engineering freshman. (2023 To date)
Head of the Department - Administrative Head of the Department of Languages (2023 To 2026)
Research Activities
Learner Autonomy
Metacognition
ESAP
Group Dynamics in ESL
Metacognition in ESL research
Error analysis, Needs/Wants Analysis in ESP
Cognitive Scaffolding in ESL input
Education and Professional Affiliations
Bachelors, Sabaragamuwa 福利在线看 of Sri Lanka ,2005 Bachelor of Arts in Languages (English Special) Hons.
Masters, 福利在线看 of Kelaniya ,2011 Master of Arts in Linguistics
MPhil, 福利在线看 of Kelaniya ,2017 Master of Philosophy in Linguistics
Masters, Post-graduate Institute of English, OUSL ,2022 Master in TESL
Asia TEFL(2018 To 2019)
TESOL International(2020 To date)
Career
Convener; Pre-academic Term (PAT) of the Faculty of Engineering, 2017, 2018
Honours and Awards
Publications*
W.M.P.Y.B. Rathnayake,".Achieving Augmented Learning via Re-engineered Assessment Practices in a Transforming Learning Milieu.",International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences,福利在线看 of Sri Jayawardenepura,2023,61-62
W.M.P.Y.B. Rathnayake,".Driving to Lexical Proficiency via Cognitive Scaffolding.",3rd International Research Symposium on Social Sciences and Humanities (IRSSSH)-2020,Auditorium, 福利在线看 Grants Commission, Sri Laka,2021,66
W.M.P.Y.B. Rathnayake,".A Needs Analysis Seeking the Baseline for a Language Skills Curriculum :A Case of Non-Starter Engineering Apprentices.",Eighth International Conference of Sabaragamuwa 福利在线看 of Sri Lanka, ICSUSL 2021,Sabaragamuwa 福利在线看 of Sri Lanka, Belihuloya,2021,164
W.M.P.Y.B. Rathnayake,".Diagnosis of prevalent metacognitive strategies among ESL learners.",Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka- 福利在线看 of Kelaniya (ICLSL),福利在线看 of Kelaniya,2017,115
W.M.P.Y.B. Rathnayake, G.J.S. Wijesekera ,".Analysis of learner errors seeking the requisite cognitive skills to address them.",Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka- 福利在线看 of Kelaniya (ICLSL),福利在线看 of Kelaniya,2017,142
W.M.P.Y.B. Rathnayake,".Multifarious replicas in Metacognition and Mindfulness.",Peradeniya 福利在线看 International Research Sessions (IPURSE) 2016,Faculty of Dental Sciences, 福利在线看 of Peradeniya,2016,415
W.M.P.Y.B. Rathnayake,".Fostering Learner Autonomy: An empirical approach to lead EL learner autonomy in Slumber lost groups..",International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences,福利在线看 of Sri Jayawardenepura,2014,
W.M.P.Y.B. Rathnayake,".Group Dynamics as Stimuli to motivate and sustain the Autonomy of the learners in English.",12th Annual Research Symposium,福利在线看 of Kelaniya,2011,142
W.M.P.Y.B. Rathnayake,".Maslow鈥檚 theory of Motivation, Wijenaike鈥檚 Monkeys and Human Cravings..",3rd international Symposium (INSYM-SUSL),Sabaragamuwa 福利在线看 of Sri Lanka,2010,
W.M.P.Y.B. Rathnayake A.K. Karunarathne,".RECALIBRATING LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT: TOWARD A METACOGNITIVE PARADIGM FOR 21ST-CENTURY ESP.",Proceeding of the 3rd Desk Research Conference 芒鈧�� DRC 2025,,2025
W.M.P.Y.B.Rathnayake,".An Exploratory Analysis of Non-starter Undergraduates鈥� Learning Needs for a Scaffolding ESP Curriculum.",Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities and Language Studies,Volume 1, Issue 1,2023
W.M.P.Y.B. Rathnayake,".Ascertaining Requisite Metacognitive Elements of Input through the Exploration of Language Learners' Cognitive Characteristics.",Sabaragamuwa 福利在线看 Journal,16,2018
W.M.P.Y.B. Rathnayake,".Multifarious Replicas in Phenomenology: Metacognition and Mindfulness.",ColomboArts Biannual Refereed Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities,11,2018
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