The 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.

The English for Fun Project is conceptualized and designed by Dr. Madhubhashini Disanayaka Ratnayake, Senior Lecturer, Department of English Language Teaching, 91´«Ã½.

Programme – Web Page Launch of the ‘English for Fun’ Project

• Welcome Speech – Dr. Nayana Wijayasundara, Librarian, 91´«Ã½
• Speech by Senior Professor Sudantha Liyanage – Vice Chancellor, 91´«Ã½
• Speech by Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunge – Chairman, University Grants Commission
• Speech by Professor Nanda Dharmaratne – Chairman, National Library Services Board
• Speech by Professor Shirantha Heenkenda – Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, USJ
• Launching of the English for Fun/ELAC webpage.
• Speech in Tamil by Ms. Parvathi Nagasundaram, former Head of the Department of English, 91´«Ã½
• Speech by Professor Rajiva Wijesinha – Former Chairman, Tertiary and Vocational Educational Commission
• Vote of Thanks by Dr. Madhubhashini Ratnayake – Senior Lecturer, Department of English Language Teaching, USJ

Session will be conducted by Dr. Manoja Samaradiwakara, Senior Assistant Librarian, University of Sri
Jayewardenepura. English Compering, Ms. Yashodha Medis, Department of English Language Teaching,
USJ. Tamil compering, Ms. Bhagya Dilhani, Department of Sinhala, USJ.
Your presence at this event will be greatly appreciated.

Nayana Wijayasundara, PhD
Librarian
91´«Ã½

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