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Tourist Motivational Factors That Affect Tourist Visiting Decision-A Case of Sri Lanka
(2018)With the globalization and the open market policies of different nations, the movement from one country to another has been drastically increased among the people. Out of the most sustainable industries in the world, the ... -
Determinants of Moonlighting of Teaching Professionals in Sri Lanka
(2018)Moonlighting; holding two or more jobs by one individual has become a key feature in the current labour market in Sri Lanka. The majority of professionals moonlight due to financial motives, heterogeneity motives, flexibility ... -
Social and Psychological Dimensions of Queer Representations in IndianCinema: anInterpretative Analysis
(2018)There are many subject matters that are concealed under the veils of invisibility and ignominy by the society and the issues revolving around sexuality and gender rightly qualifies under this category. Such is the overwhelming ... -
Buddhist Practices in Rehabilitating War-Affected Children: a Sociological Study of How Buddhist Practices Contribute to the Rehabilitation of War-Affected Children in Sri Lanka
(2018)The purpose of this paper is to examine the role that Buddhist practices for war-affected children in Sri Lanka can play in the overall scheme of rehabilitation and reconciliation. After 1970, more research paved way for ... -
Psycho-Social Factors Associated with Sri LankanWomen Seeking Employment in Middle East Countries as Housemaids.
(2018)Sri Lanka is known to export female migrant workers as housemaids. Increasing evidence shows this phenomenon leads to abuse of migrant females in host countries and adversities to their children at home. This study was ... -
Traditional Techniques of Dyeing Textiles with Natural Dyes: a Case Study of Southern Province in Sri Lanka.
(2018)Dyeing with plant-based extracts has a long tradition in the world. The desire for more bright and stable colours can be seen as one of the strong driving forces in the historical development of natural dyes. Today synthetic ... -
Study on Awareness of Cyber Security Among Primary Teacher Trainees in Addalaichenai Govt. Teachers` College
(2018)Cyber Crime is on the increase everywhere in the world. A large number of people have become victims to this crime. It has affected not only the dealer, but also teachers and students to a great extent. Small children are ... -
Influence of Push and Pull Travel Motivational Factors on International Tourists Re-Visit Intention to Gall in Sri Lanka
(2018)Tourism plays a dominant role in Sri Lanka and tourism industry consider as a major foreign currency earner in the economy. Hence, International tourists perform most prominence role in the country. However, as compared ... -
The Need for Insider Perspective in Language Codification; a Study in Relation to Sri Lankan English Codification
(2018)Defined as the "language used by Sri Lankans who choose to use English for whatever purpose in Sri Lanka (Gunesekera, 2005, p. 11), Sri Lankan English (SLE) is gradually accepted as a newly institutionalized variety of ... -
Critical Review of Literature on Giving Corrective Feedback in Tesol Sessions
(2018)Giving corrective feedback in classes has widely been discussed in Second Language Acquisition focusing on the requirement of the feedback and the types of feedback based on the time and the purpose of providing them. The ... -
Improving Oral Presentation Skills in Undergraduates Through Constructive Criticism (As a Bi-Product of Scaffolding)
(2018)English is a global language at present and it is considered the key to knowledge, information, communication, technology, travel, trade and business (Turmapang, 2012). As there is a continuous rise in the unity of people ... -
Assessing the Composing Competency of Adult Second Language Learners Enhanced Through Increased Self-Confidence During Portfolio Based Learning
(2018)Writing being a language skill hard to acquire, but essential for academic success, identifying the learner attitudes towards it is important. This study is devoted to investigate the possibility of developing the ... -
Power and Displacement: En Route to Female Empowerment
(2018)Empowerment and liberation are frequently associated with women portrayed in literature. In a significant body of literature in English, the acquisition of female liberation is depicted as a result of displacement. 'Displacement` ... -
The Symptom of Situational Consciousness in Third-World Literature: Exploring Salman Rushdie`s Midnight`s Children
(2018)-This study claims that Fredric Jameson`s (1986) situational consciousness is prevalent in Salman Rushdie`s Midnight`s Children (2006) to the extent that it is identified as a 'symptomatic deadlock` (Žižek, 1994) from which ... -
The Interdependence of Gender, Sexuality, Ethnic and Class Binaries in Shyam Selvadurai`s Funny Boy and Cinnamon Gardens
(2018)Shyam Selvadurai`s novels have contributed significantly to Sri Lankan English literature. The author highlights sensitive areas such as gender, economic classes and racial issues as well as subjects considered as taboo in ... -
A Palimpsestuous Reading of Shehan Karunatilaka`s "chinaman"- Power Dynamics of the Palimpsest of Sri Lankan English
(2018)The present study is an attempt to device a combined approach towards reading Sri Lankan English literature that takes into account both socio-linguistic and thematic concerns of the cannon. In this context, the study holds ... -
Innovative Behavior of Employees in Sri LankanSoftware Companies
(2018)Along with the advancement of the technology, software companies have to face a huge competition in the global and local market. To face this competition innovations can be used as a strategic weapon. As employees are the ... -
Factors Affecting on the Demand for Three Wheelers: Special Reference to the Perception of Passengers
(2018)Three wheelers play a significant role in the transportation sector in Sri Lanka. The selection of this topic is highly influenced to the current situation of Sri Lanka where we can see a large number of three wheelers on ... -
A Study on the Effect of online System of Sri Lanka Customs on Shipping Lines` Satisfaction
(2018)Sri Lanka Customs performs a vital role in the country. The functions performed by them include collection of government revenue as customs duty and other levy on behalf of a number of other government authorities and ... -
Identification of Factors Affecting Warehouse Efficiency in Apparel industry
(2018)Warehouse activities are now becoming the midpoint of important to ensure the effective storing, handling, receiving the goods efficiently in the manufacturing firms. Therefore, this study has been conducted to identify ...