Work background in brief
- Worked as Journalist for a leading English Newspaper in Sri Lanka, was a freelance journalist, Information Officer for the USSR Embassy, Publicity Officer for UNESCO/Sri Lanka Cultural Triangle, as well as an English Lecturer at University and in several English Language Learning Centres in Colombo.
- After I got married in Colombo and migrated to Australia, I worked as Secondary teacher of English, French, ESL and Social Science at various schools in Melbourne and as ESL Teacher at Adult Migrant Education Programs in Victoria; served as VOC. ED lecturer at the Dandenong TAFE and as English Language Educator at the RMIT University.
- In 1999, moved to the NT as Music /SOSE teacher on invitation by the NT Ed.Dept. Also worked as English Lecturer at Darwin Uni.
Currently researching for the Doctor of Teaching Linguistics.
Educational Qualifications
- Degree in Humanities – University of Sri Lanka
- Piano/ Theory/ Violin performance – Royal College of Music, London
- TEFOL – Polytechnic of Central London
- PG/Dip of Applied Linguistics – Melbourne University, Australia
- PG/Dip of English Literature – Monash University, Australia
- PG/Dip. Music – Monash University Australia
- PG/Dip. Education – Monash University- Australia
- MA Prelim Media Studies – La Trobe University – Australia
- Master of English – Monash University- Australia
- Master of Applied Linguistics – Northern Territory University Australia
- Currently reading for Doctor of Teaching Linguistics – Northern Territory University Australia
- Doctor of English Literature – RDTN Uni- USA