• Universal Ethics Across Cultures: A Comparative Study of Thirukkural and Shakespeare 

  Sebarajah, A. (International Thirukkual Foundation, Mauritius, 2026)

  Thirukkural, authored by the Tamil philosopher Thiruvalluvar (c. 300 BCE–300 CE), stands as a foundational ethical text in Tamil and world literature. Comprising 1,330 couplets, it addresses virtue (Aram), governance and ...
• A comparative Study of AI English Tutors and Tamil Nonverbal Communication Patterns for the Development of Culturally Adaptive AI tools in ESL Context 

  Sebarajah, A. (Federation of Global Tamils, Canada, 2026)

  Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered English tutoring is a paradigm shift in English as a Second Language (ESL). It is an AI-centred teaching and learning approach rather than a teacher- or student-centred approach for ...
• Group Work for Stress-Free Environment for Effective Language Learning and Acquisition - An Experimental Study 

  Subajana, J. (Sri Lanka Association (SLAIHEE), 2012)

  Group work is a general teaching-learning strategy where students work together in face-to-face interaction, with the teacher as a facilitator, to achieve a common goal. Language competency develops best in a stress-free, ...
• Syntactic Structural Analysis of Student Writing and Language Education 

  Subajana, J.; Senaratne, C.D. (FGS University of Colombo, 2022)

  This study investigates the diversity and syntactic complexity of sentence patterns in the essay writing of first-year English as a Second Language (ESL) undergraduates at the University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka. Although ...
• The Use of the Grammatical Morphemes of Plurality and Subject-Verb Agreement in Creative Writing in English in Sri Lankan Context 

  Subajana, J. (Sri Lanka English Language Teachers Association, 2014)

  Writing is one of the prime productive skills for second language learners. Students have problem in the application of grammatical morphemes correctly. This paper investigates the use of the grammatical morphemes of ...
• Common Morphological Errors in English Writing of First YearUndergraduates of Vavuniya Campus as Second Language Learners 

  Subajana, J. (KhonKaen University, KhonKaen Province, Thailand, 2016)

  This study aimed to investigate common morphological errors in the writing of first-year undergraduates in the Faculty of Business Studies, Vavuniya Campus, and to propose solutions. The scripts of seventy-two respondents ...
• The significance of sentence patterns in enhancing essay writing for ESL undergraduates: a systematic literature review 

  Subajana, J.; Senaratne, C.D. (Open University Sri Lanka, 2024)

  This article presents a comprehensive literature review examining how diverse sentence patterns can enhance the quality of English essay writing among undergraduates learning English as a Second Language (ESL). Incorporating ...
• A Comparative Study of Words in Tamil Baby Talk 

  Wijeratne, W. M.; Subajana, J. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2016)

  This research study is aimed at identifying similarities and differences of baby words in Tamil. Baby talk (BT) is the language used by infants aged below five or six years to talk to each other or to talk to parents or ...
• A Linguistic Stylistics Analysis of the Poem 'Breakfast' by Jacques Pervert in theEnglish Language Teaching Contex 

  Subajana, J. (FGS university of Colombo, 2023)

  Stylistics is an essential linguistic approach and is often considered a sub-branch of Applied Linguistics. This paper aims to investigate the poem at four distinct linguistic levels of stylistic analysis: graphological, ...
• Syntactic factors impacting essay writing skills of learners of English as a second language 

  Subajana, J.; Senaratne, C. D. (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, 2023)

  Writing essays at the tertiary level has always presented challenges to students in Sri Lankan universities as it involves a multitude of linguistic competencies. It is identified through essay writing activities and ...
• The use of complex noun phrases in essay writing of English as a second language (ESL) learners 

  Subajana, J.; Senaratne, C. D. (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2024)

  This study investigates first-year students at the University of Vavuniya and their ability to construct complex noun phrases in academic essay writing. Complex noun phrases, including pre- and post-modifiers, are essential ...
• An investigation of clauses in essay writing by ESL undergraduates at a state university in Sri Lanka: A critical study for enhancing teaching pedagogy 

  Subajana, J.; Senaratna, C.D. (University of Peradeniya, 2024)

  Essay writing is crucial in Sri Lankan education, especially in the state examinations such as the GCE Ordinary and Advanced Levels. The essay is a compulsory question which typically carries fifteen marks based on specific ...
• An analysis of student learning style Preferences for promoting student engagement 

  Subajana, J.; Priyanthy, M. (University of Colombo, 2011)

  Many students demoralized if the educators fail to identify students learning style preferences inteaching and learning. Therefore, adopting the appropriate and effective methodologies andlearning styles for undergraduates ...
• An Analysis of Paragraph Writing Skills of First-Year Undergraduates in the Faculty of Business Studies, University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka 

  Sebarajah, A. (University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 2026)

  Effective paragraph writing is a fundamental academic skill that significantly influences students’ success in higher education, where written communication is a primary method of assessment. A good paragraph has a strong ...
• Enhancing ESL Learners’ Phonemic Awareness: A Comprehensive English Letters and Sounds Chart as a Teaching Tool 

  Sebarajah, A. (University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka., 2026)

  Mastering English pronunciation is a complicated, confusing and difficult task for English as a Second Language (ESL) learner at Sri Lankan universities as one English letter consists of different sounds and there are ...
• A Case Study on Effects of Communicative Teaching Method in Improving English Speaking Skills of Grade Ten Students 

  Sebarajah, A. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, 2017)

  The research focuses on fostering speaking skills through Communicative Language Teaching, which has been attempted to be adopted in ESL classrooms in schools in Sri Lanka by the government since the late 1980s. (National ...
• The effect of Creating a WhatsApp group to improve Academic Vocabulary Skills in English among undergraduates of Aesthetic Studies at Eastern University, Sri Lanka. University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. 

  Sebarajah, A. (SELT, University of Jaffna, 2019)

  There is a considerable demand for English Language Teaching (ELT) in Sri Lanka. Accordingly, the research is based on teaching Academic vocabulary skills in English to the undergraduates as the students had low academic ...
• Implementing Student-Centered Learning Method in English as a Second Language Classrooms in Sri Lankan Universities -Challenges 

  Sebarajah, A. (Department of English Language Teaching, Eastern University, Sri Lanka, 2021)

  The concept of learner-centred is traditionally related to student teaching (Ulmer, 1969). Though, “it is not defined in Dewey's work, there exists a clear link from learnercenteredness to the concept of learning through ...
• Investigating the Perceptions of Reading Comprehension in English of the Undergraduates of Swamy Vipulanandha Institute of Aesthetic Studies 

  Sebarajah, A. (Swamy Vipulanandha Institute of Aesthetic Studies, Eastern University, Sri Lanka, 2023)

  The present research aimed at exploring the students’ perceptions of reading comprehension and their English Language proficiency because the learners were passive in reading comprehension classes at the university. In ...
• Learning to Use English Prepositions: Structural Implications for the Tamil Students 

  Jeyaseelan, G. (The Open University of Sri Lanka, 2024)

  The mastery of English prepositions poses a significant challenge for Tamil-speaking ESL students in Sri Lanka, attributable to profound morpho-syntactic structural differences between English and Tamil. English prepositions, ...

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