Dr. Udara de Silva

Dr. Udara de Silva(on sabbatical leave)

Department: Department of Modern Languages

University Location: (Room Number) K16 001

University Address: Department of Modern Languages,

University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

Telephone: (Office) +94-11-2-903721 / (Extension) 724

E-mail: udaradesilva@kln.ac.lk / desilvaudara@yahoo.com

Ph.D. Graduate School of Language & Society, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan 2015.
M.A. Graduate School of Language & Society, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan 2012.
M.A. in Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2004/2005.
B.A. (General) Degree, First Class Honors, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka 2004.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

de Silva, U.I. (2022). The Challenges of Translation: A Case Study of Translations from Japanese to Sinhala, in Odyssey of Partnership 70 Years Japan-Sri Lanka Relations (Ed.) H.D. Karunaratne, pp. 371-389. ISBN 978-624-5873-53-1
de Silva, U.I. (2020). L2 Self of Sri Lankan Learners of Japanese as a Foreign Language. Journal of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna, Vol. 9 (1), pp.83-96. https://hss.ruh.ac.lk/JFHSS/Vol9Iss1/Volume%209%20Issue%201_Paper%205.pdf ISSN 1800-3486 https://doi.org/10.15057/27244
de Silva, U.I. (2015). Language Learning Motivation: A Case Study of Sri Lankan JFL Learners in the University Level, Gensha, Vol.1 (9), pp. 418-432. http://hermes-ir.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/hermes/ir/re/27244/gensha0000904320.pdf
de Silva, U.I. (2015). Language Learning Motivation and Achievement: Sri Lankan University Students of Japanese as a Foreign Language, Hitotsubashi Nihongo Kyooiku Kenkyuu, Vol. 3, pp.61-72. http://hermes-ir.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/hermes/ir/re/27989/jle0000300610.pdfISBN978-4-904595-59-6, https://hdl.handle.net/10086/27989

Selected Conference Proceedings And Abstract Presentations

de Silva, U.I. & Lokugamage, S. (2024). Exploring Avenues for Sustainability Literacy- Focusing on Japanese Folktales, Proceedings of the 10th Ruhuna University International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, 05th December 2024.
de Silva, U.I. (2007). Japanese Language Studies in Sri Lanka: A Critical Analysis, Proceedings of the 8th Annual Research Symposium, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 19th December 2007.

Books

Senarathna, I., de Silva, U.I., Lokugamage, S., Gunawardhena, S.A. (2024). Ekamath Eka Kaleka Japan Rate. Samaywardhana Publishers, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Book Chapters

de Silva, U.I. (2020). ‘Hima’, Short Story Translation of ‘Yuki’ by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Videsha Sahithya Pariwarthana Sangrahaya 2019–2020 (A collection of Translated Short Stories), Department of Modern Languages, University of Kelaniya, pp. 224–226.
de Silva, U.I. (2018). ‘Agni Deviyo’, Short Story Translation of ‘Aguni no Kami’ by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Videsha Sahithya Pariwarthana Sangrahaya 2017–2018 (A collection of Translated Short Stories), Department of Modern Languages, University of Kelaniya, pp. 66–80.

Other Publications

Rathnayake, D., Gunawardhana, S., de Silva, U. I., Wimalasena, G., Jayasuriya, D., Aonuma, K., (2010) Suriranka koukou e reberu– A Level - Sachini San to Issho- (prescribed Japanese Language textbook for GCE Advanced Level Examination), 2010, Educational Publications Department, Sri Lanka.

Erasmus+ “International Credit Mobility” grant, Staff Training Mobility at University of Rouen Normandy, France. 2023.
Tsukada Memorial Award for the best Master’s thesis by a foreign student, Graduate School of Language & Society, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, 2012.
Monbukagakusho scholarship awarded by the Japanese Government for Post Graduate Studies, 2010.
Grant by the Japan Foundation for the participation in the Short-term Teacher Training Programme conducted by the Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute, Kita-Urawa, Japan, 2010
Association of International Education Japan (AIEJ) scholarship to participate in the Student Exchange Programme at Soka University, Tokyo, Japan, 2001.

Motivation in learning second/foreign languages & Second Language Acquisition Studies
Japanese language education in Sri Lanka
Translation studies
Japanese folklore