BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//USJ - 91´«Ã½ - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:USJ - 91´«Ã½ X-ORIGINAL-URL: X-WR-CALDESC:Events for USJ - 91´«Ã½ REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Caracas BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:-04 DTSTART:20210101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Caracas:20221213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Caracas:20221213T110000 DTSTAMP:20260619T100823 CREATED:20221207T132543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221210T101035Z UID:60034-1670922000-1670929200@www.sjp.ac.lk SUMMARY:Web Page Launch of the ‘English for Fun’ Project and the English Language Acquisition Centers (ELACs) DESCRIPTION:Web Page Launch of the ‘English for Fun’ Project\non 13th December 2022\, 9 a.m. \nThe English for Fun Project is designed to intervene at a crucial age of language acquisition\, the pre-school age\, which will help people learn English better as they progress in life. It will give children exposure to the English language through fun and enjoyment and is therefore based on stories\, nursery rhymes and songs. The audio tracks as well as the PDF versions of the Student and Teacher’s Guidebooks are provided free of charge to anyone who is interested. Printed material is carried in Sinhala and Tamil as well\, so that adults can help their children become familiar with English even without being proficient in the English language themselves. This website will make the whole syllabus available to English Language Acquisition Centers that will be established in the Public Library System nationwide. \nThe English for Fun Project is conceptualized and designed by Dr. Madhubhashini Disanayaka Ratnayake\, Senior Lecturer\, Department of English Language Teaching\, 91´«Ã½. \nProgramme – Web Page Launch of the ‘English for Fun’ Project \n\nWelcome Speech – Dr. Nayana Wijayasundara\, Librarian\, 91´«Ã½\nSpeech by Senior Professor Sudantha Liyanage – Vice Chancellor\, 91´«Ã½\nSpeech by Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunge – Chairman\, University Grants Commission\nSpeech by Professor Nanda Dharmaratne – Chairman\, National Library Services Board\nSpeech by Professor Shirantha Heenkenda – Dean\, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\, USJ\nLaunching of the English for Fun/ELAC webpage.\nSpeech in Tamil by Ms. Parvathi Nagasundaram\, former Head of the Department of English\, 91´«Ã½\nSpeech by Professor Rajiva Wijesinha – Former Chairman\, Tertiary and Vocational Educational Commission\nVote of Thanks by Dr. Madhubhashini Ratnayake – Senior Lecturer\, Department of English Language Teaching\, USJ\n\nSession will be conducted by Dr. Manoja Samaradiwakara\, Senior Assistant Librarian\, University of Sri\nJayewardenepura. English Compering\, Ms. Yashodha Medis\, Department of English Language Teaching\,\nUSJ. Tamil compering\, Ms. Bhagya Dilhani\, Department of Sinhala\, USJ.\nYour presence at this event will be greatly appreciated. \nNayana Wijayasundara\, PhD\nLibrarian\n91´«Ã½ \nPRESS Release URL:/event/web-page-launch-of-the-english-for-fun-project-and-the-english-language-acquisition-centers-elacs/ LOCATION:Main Library\, 91´«Ã½\, 109 Sri Soratha Mawatha\,\, Nugegoda\, 91´«Ã½ ORGANIZER;CN="Main Library%2C 91´«Ã½":MAILTO:librarian@sjp.ac.lk END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR