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Are They Really Poor Spellers?: A Socio-psycholinguistic Study on Sinhala Spelling Errors of Visually Impaired Language Learners
(2019)Though, a considerable amount of studies on visual impairment have supported the concept of ‘sensory compensation’, a growing body of studies has identified Visually Impaired Language Learners (VILLs) as poor spellers. ... -
Assessing the Determinants Affecting Hambantota District Public Transportation Users When Selecting a Travel Route: A Contemporary Survey Based on Southern Expressway (E001) and Normal Route (A02)
(2019)This study has focused to identify the factors effects to Hambantota district public transportation users when selecting travel route. Principally the travel experience on Southern expressway (E01) and normal route ... -
Blending Varied Concepts: Is it Effective in ESL Writing Class?
(2019)Writing has been a difficulty in ESL education. According to Weigle (2002), there have been various approaches to teach writing that have led to numerous changes and subsequent development of writing models. The present ... -
Development of an Effective Framework for Social Entrepreneurship in Sri Lanka
(2019)Social entrepreneurship is a subsector of entrepreneurship with a growing trend. This allows people to solve social or environmental issues while having an income. This concept is all about sustainability where the ... -
Effectiveness in Application of General Concept of Mindfulness (GCM) and the Buddhist Concept of Mindfulness (BCM) in Psychotherapeutic Interventions
(2019)Mindfulness has advanced in research arena as an increasing trend in psychotherapeutic practice. Many attempts have been made to test how mindfulness can be effectively integrated in therapy. It is claimed that mindfulness ... -
The Estimation of Weight of Factors Influencing Bus Transit Service Quality: Evidence from KDU Commuters
(2019)Among the many reasons, lack of service quality provision of the public transport systems in Sri Lanka results in continuous shift of passengers from public transport to private vehicles. This research is based on ... -
Factors Affecting Business Failure of 3PL Companies in Sri Lanka
(2019)Sri Lanka, Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) contribution to GDP and employment generation is over 70 percent. As per the previous studies done by Lussier, Bandara and Marom (2016), 45 percent of the businesses (Small & ... -
Factors Affecting Green Entrepreneurial Intention among Small and Medium Enterprise Owners in Western Province, Sri Lanka
(2019)Disturbance to the ecological balance by enterprises in their entrepreneurial activities have led to the increased interest in green behaviours signifying the role of entrepreneurs within them. Green Entrepreneurship, a ... -
Identifying the Reading Habits among Secondary School Students in Northern and Eastern Provinces in Sri Lanka
(2019)Reading removes educational barriers, allowing more equal chances in education by promoting language development, intellectual training and enhancing the possibility of adjustment to one’s personal situations. Education ... -
The Impact of Board Characteristics on Level of Sustainability Disclosure: Evidence from Listed Companies of Sri Lanka
(2019)The main objective of this study was to examine the impact of board characteristics and level of sustainability disclosure of all the companies (except banking, finance, insurance companies and investment trusts) listed ... -
Impact of Capital Structure on Market Value of Listed Beverage, Food and Tobacco Companies in Sri Lanka
(2019)The market value of a firm is influenced by various factors. The market value movement is based on the firm’s fundamentals, market efficiency, macroeconomic indicators and perception of the investors. Several studies have ... -
Impact of Dimensions of Centralization Procurement System on Financial Performance with Special Reference to Health Care Industry in Sri Lanka
(2019)The private sector contribution in provision of health care in Sri Lanka has been growing tremendously during last two decades. There were several international standard tertiary care private hospitals established in ... -
Impact of Human Factors on Sport Performance across Different Developmental Stages of National Athletes in Sri Lanka
(2019)This research study was combined both factors as ‘human factors’ and its impacts on sport performance. The human factors are relating to the interrelation of social factors and individual thought and behaviour. The ... -
Impact of Social Media on the Academic Performance of University Students
(2019)In the 21st century development of the internet has occurred rapidly. The development of internet has highly impact on the performance of the students. Specially social media or the social networking has become very ... -
Influence of Market Power on Leverage of Listed Manufacturing Companies in Sri Lanka
(2019)— Main purpose of this study is to investigate whether there is an impact of market power on leverage of listed manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka, because manufacturing sector has grown faster and has large number ... -
Investigation of Debilitation of Tea and Technology Adoption in Small Holders in Mathugama Division in Kalutara District, Sri Lanka
(2019)Tea is the main foreign exchange earning crop in Sri Lanka, which provides greater strength to the national economy. Smallholders are the major producers of the tea industry. It was reported that tea bushes in ... -
Metacognitive Strategy Instruction for Reading Comprehension Skills: An Investigation on an Advanced Level ESL Classroom of a Public School in Kegalle Education Zone
(2019)Language learning strategy theory is developed with multitude of approaches employed by the researchers in the field of linguistics and cognitive science. The postulated theories on Strategy-Based Instructions (SBI) reflect ... -
Morphological Processes of Sri Lankan English in Four Sri Lankan Short Stories
(2019)One of the main devices used to express different feelings and concepts of the users of a new variety of a language is new vocabulary. Sri Lankan English which is identified as a distinct variety of English has a rich ...