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Item The Importance of Television in Order to Improve English as a Second Language among Children(Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Peiris, T.G.The purpose of this study is to determine whether the television channels can make sensible influence in improving the English knowledge among the children in the country. Fluency in a second language is of course not an easy task, but not an impossible task as well. Teaching methodologies and techniques need to be modernised and lacking of such will cause the difficulty in improving the task. Further the starting age of studies is also a reason for the issue and those two reasons have become the significant reason for the drawback of the second language among the children. According to the recent researches, it is found that language proficiency of a child is highly improved between the ages of2-4 years and therefore, it is possible to teach both mother tongue and the second language to the child during that age, the proficiency of both languages could be optimised. This study concern the possibility of doing such improvement assuming that television channel could be done the same in successful manner. But unfortunately still such influencing study channel is not being performed in Sri Lanka. But, such channels are very popular in most of the countries and those international charmels are being telecasting in locally too. The expected progress oflanguage proficiency could be compare with the children who do follow such channels and who do not follow the charmels. Further, they could be interview and also could be observed the day to day activities usage of vocabulary and the way of communication among them in order to compare with the progress. The final objective is the proficiency or improvement of children in commanding the second language among themselves through television charmel.Item First Language Interference in the Usage of English as the Second Language in Sri Lanka(Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) de Silva, P.M.The English Language is considered as the second language in Sri Lanka and it plays the role of the linking language as well . Therefore, Sri Lankan citizens give a priority to learn English well .Though Sri Lankan English learners are good at writing English, sometimes when they speak English, they use the Sinhalese structure involuntarily .Not only in speaking, but in writing as well, some people use the Sinhalese structure When Sinhalese .people speak in English, their speech differs fromthat of native speakersbecause of the mother .tongue interference Not only through borrowing English words, but also in the manner that sh sentencesEngliare made by the Sinhalese who arewell educated inEnglish , the interference is notably high. Hence the research focuses on exploring first language interference in the usage of English as the second language in Sri Lanka. The research was conducted by interviewing Sri Lankans who learn English as a second Language .Secondary data were gathered from books and internet .The sentence structure in English is completely different from the sentence structure in Sinhalese and through this study, problems which arise through differences in language structures and their influence on learning English Language are discussed. Thus, this research draws attention towards the ways in which mother tongue interfere in the usage of English Language as the second language in Sri Lanka.Item Pronunciation errors in English among Sri Lankan school children(Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Hewawasam, I.A.; Amaratunga, J.G.I.D.; Udakumbura, U.D.L.; Pramodya, K.G.H.; Vithanage, V.G.P.M.The aim of this research is to figure out pronunciation errors of English among school children. The significance of this research is identifying the common pronunciation errors made by Sri Lankan school children and finding resolutions to overcome those errors. In the past researchers have investigated on this matter with a common perspective in mind. A necessity was identified to conduct a research on the pronunciation errors in the English language among Sri Lankan school children. In this research, errors made by Sri Lankan school children who speak English as a second language were detected. A group of students from a reputed school in a suburb of Colombo were selected as the participants. Questionnaires were given to them in order to identify errors. According to the research, the students who have a broader exposure to English outside the school make fewer mistakes. The results suggest that the students tend to make pronunciation errors due to the influence of their mother tongue. It can be concluded that proper guidance and constant practice should be provided for the school children to improve the clarity of their English language pronunciation.Item Problems Faced by a Bilingual Child in Learning(Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Thilagarajan, N.Generally, people start to learn a second language after a particular age when they would have a clear idea about a second language. However, in present society many children happen to be bilingual by birth, because of the multi-ethnic nature in their parents‟ marriage. The child thus begins to acquire the language from his parents‟ mother tongue. When the child lacks words in one language, he replaces them with the words from the other language. Though, children have a flair of understanding both languages from the childhood, they encounter some challenges when the start their initial education. For instance, the inability to understand the differences between the two languages, proceeding their conversations using both languages, making syntactical and grammatical mistakes and suffering to pronounce different sounds properly are some of the perennial challenges in this regard. It is difficult for a bilingual baby to keep every difference of the languages in mind. When a learner is exposed to unfamiliar situations in the learning at the first time, bilingual baby faces a difficult situation and ultimately seeks the help of the rules of his most familiar language to understand the learning. Consequently, the respective children are mentally affected and suffer considerably at the commencement of their primary education. Thus, it should be examined how these problems can be minimised. The aim of this research paper is to identify the problems faced by these children and to suggest viable solutions to overcome them. This study is based on a child whose mother‟s mother tongue is Sinhala while her father's mother tongue is Tamil. This is a qualitative research and data will be collected from a sample of selected bilingual babies and teachers. The ultimate goal of this research is to introduce techniques to overcome the problems faced by a bilingual child in the process of learning.Item Mother Tongue Interference on English as a Second Language on Undergraduates' Writing(Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Gardihewa, P.N.Second language learners try to use the second language in terms of first language‟s point of view. The purpose of this study was to make ESL learners aware of the gravity of mother tongue intrusion and to analyse certain grammatical errors which undergraduates commit due to mother tongue interference. In this study, an analysis was made to identify the impact of L1 on ESL writings of the undergraduates of Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka. The study is mainly based on the qualitative method of data collection. The data collected from subjects‟ responses were analysed, and the findings were derived. The secondary data were gathered from books, magazines and internet. This study proves that due to lack of certain grammar patterns in native language, ESL learners commit grammatical errors. The word order in English is completely different from the word order in Sinhalese and this particular difference leads ESL learners to commit errors. Thinking in Sinhalese and directly translating it into English is another major error which ESL learners often commit. Therefore it is proved that undergraduates in Sri Lanka as second language learners are affected by mother tongue interference.