Ms EE Malawithanthri – Department of Languages

Master of Arts in Linguistics awarded by the Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya.
Bachelor of Arts awarded by Faculty of Arts, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Teaching Knowledge Test on CLIL (TKT CLIL Band 4) awarded by University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching of English as a Second Language PGDE-TESL (Merit) awarded by University of Colombo
National Diploma in Teaching English as a second language (Merit)
Certificate course on “Teaching English through Webskills” from University of Oregon, Eugene, USA obtaining a scholarship offered by State Department of USA.
Certificate course on Special Teacher Training on ESL teaching at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India (Scholarship awarded by the Government of India).
Certificate course on Special Teacher Trainer Training at The Sri Lanka India Centre for English Language Training (SLICELT) – Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Certificate course on 120 hour English Teacher Training course conducted by the British Council in partnership with the Ministry of Higher Education, Sri Lanka.
Certificate course on Teacher Educator Course conducted by the British Council in partnership with the Ministry of Education which covered ELT Training, Trainer Training, Core Skills Training and Mentoring Skills Training.
License on International Pedagogical Information Communication Technology

Resource person for the Ministry of Education and National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka 2009 – 2021.
Visiting Lecturer – English at Sri Lanka Advanced Technological Institute, Dehiwala 2011 -2021
Project Lecturer, English-Open University of Sri Lanka Regional Centre, Ambalangoda 2011
ESL trainer for the National Institute of Language Education and Training (NILET) 2013 – 2019.
Resource Person at Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation being the script writer and the presenter of “English for Life” Programme 2019
National Level Judge at National Level English Language and Drama Competitions 2012 – 2020
Visiting Lecturer – Aquinas College of Higher Studies 2018 – 2019

Member of the Panel of writers of the English pupil’s text books (Grade 6 – 11) circulated and taught in government schools published by Education Publications Department.
Member of the Panel of writers of the English Workbooks (Grade 6 – 11) circulated and taught in government schools published by Education Publications Department.
Member of the Panel of writers of the Grade 4 Pirivena English pupil’s books circulated and taught in government religious schools published by Education Publications Department.
Member of the Panel of writers of the ELT support material developed for the bilingual classes under the directions and guidance of the Bilingual and Trilingual Programmes Branch, Ministry of Education.
Member of the Panel of writers of the Supplementary Manual to Teach Western Music in English Grade 7 published by Ministry of Education
Developed e-materials for Grade 6, 7, 8 and 9 for ‘Ethaksalawa’ organized by Education Publications Department.
Reviewing and piloting “English in 100 Hours; Certificate Course for Adults” (English as a Life Skill resource guide book) and contributed by giving suggestions to revise the version.
Published poems and stories (Sinhala and English) in the “Sunday Observer” and other local Sinhala papers.
Published educational blogs with the intention of assisting students on different subjects such as educational psychology, phonetics and phonology etc.

“Digital media for facilitating self-directed learning in bilingual education pupils in Sri Lanka” – Second Conference on Bilingual Education- June 2016.
“Assessment for learning a second language in a MLE setting in Sri Lanka” – 5th International Conference on Language and Education – Bangkok, Thailand, October 2016.
Assessment for learning a second language in a multilingual education setting – Symposium on Language Related Action Research – Ministry of Education.
“The Role of English and English Language Teaching in Reconciliation”; sharing the experience of ELIPRO (English Language Improvement Programme) for Non-English In-Service Advisors – 9th International SLELTA Conference – 2017.

A scholarship awarded by State Department of USA, the Certificate course on “Teaching English through Webskills” was obtained from University of Oregon, Eugene, USA
A scholarship awarded by the Government of India a Special Teacher Training on ESL teaching was obtained at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India.