Dr Chandeera Gunawardena


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Personal Academic Tutor (PAT)

I am a Personal Academic Tutor at the University of Sunderland in London (UoSiL), where I support two postgraduate programmes: MSc Project Management and MSc Engineering Management.

Before joining the UoSiL, I worked as a Teaching Associate and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of York. While working at the University of York, I taught linguistic modules/seminars and study skill seminars for students in various programmes. In Sri Lanka, I have worked as a Senior Lecturer in two state universities.

I have a PhD in Linguistics from the University of York. I also hold an MA in Applied Linguistics from Sorbonne University and a BA in Linguistics from Angers University, France

Research

  • I am interested in research related to language and education.

Conference Papers (Peer-Reviewed)

  • Gunawardena, C. (2023). Explicit and Implicit Grammar Teaching: The Lecturer’s Dilemma. The International Conference on Innovations in Education and Technology, the University of Sunderland in London.   

  • Gunawardena, C., & Rathnayake, U. (2022). Acquisition of genericity in English articles: An investigation of L1-Sinhala−L2-English Speakers. The Manchester Forum in Linguistics, Manchester University, UK.    

  • Gunawardena, C. (2021). Implicit and explicit grammatical knowledge in L2 and L3 acquisition. The International Research Conference, University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka.   

  •  Gunawardena, C. (2021). Unlearning of the verb movement parameter in second language acquisition task. Rajarata University International Symposium on English Language Teaching, Sri Lanka.   




  • Gunawardena, C. (2021). Measuring implicit and explicit grammatical knowledge in second language acquisition. 15th LangUE conference. University of Essex, UK.   

  • Gunawardena, C. (2021). Multilingual transfer: L1 morphosyntax in L3 French. Linguistics and English Language Conference, University of Edinburgh, UK. 


  • Gunawardena, C. (2018). Object pronouns in second language acquisition. The Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain, University of Sheffield, UK.  




  • Gunawardena. C. (2017). Adverb placement in French second language acquisition. The Postgraduate and Academic Researchers in York (PARLAY) Conference, University of York, UK.    


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Journal Publications:

  • Gunawardena, C. (in press). Explicit and Implicit Grammar Teaching: The Lecturer’s Dilemma. 

  • Innovations in Education and Technology Gunawardena, C. (2023). First Language Transfer in the Acquisition of English Object Pronouns by Sinhala-Speaking ESL Learners. Journal of the Humanities (2022) 43:2, 58-75. Gunawardena, C. (2022). Acquisition of L3 French object clitics by L1-Sinhala-L2-English speakers. Language Related Research, 13(5), 223-252.

  •  Gunawardena, C.P. (2022). Measuring implicit and explicit grammatical knowledge in second language acquisition. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2(2), 17-22.

  • Gunawardena, C.P. (2022). Acquisition of the verb movement parameter in French by adult English speakers. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 2(1), 11-20.

  • Gunawardena, C.P. (2022). Use/non-use of ne in Spoken French by L2 and L3 French Speakers. University Journal Humanities, University of Rajarata, 7(11), 11-17 
Professional recognition: 
  • AFHEA (Advance Higher Education - Associate Fellow)

Last updated 28 March 2024