Dr. A. Rasakumaran

• PhD in English,
• MA in Teaching English as a Second Language,
•  MA in Linguistics,
• Post Graduate Diploma in Education (Teaching English as a Second Language),
• BA (Hons.) English Special Trained (English Teachers’College, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Refereed and Indexed Journals

• Rasakumaran, A. (2017). Task based or task supported language teaching at Sri Lankan Universities-a comparative study. Asian Academic Research Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 4, (5).
• Rasakumaran, A. (2017). Are female freshmen of Arts apprehensive? A study based on Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. International Journal of Innovative Research & Development, 6, (8).
• Rasakumaran, A. & Indradevi, S.(2017). Oral communication apprehension among freshmen: a case in the Faculty of Medicine. Journal of Human Capital Development, 10, Number (1) Published by the Universiti Teknikal (Technical University), Malaysia, Melaka. ISSN: 1985-7012
• Rasakumaran, A. Manipulation of Task complexity and L2 Oral Production. (2016) The Sri Lanka Journal of South Asian Studies, 2, (1), Published by the Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna.
• Rasakumaran, A. (2020). English for academic purposes: a tertiary education perspective. North Asian International Research Journal of Social Science and Humanities, 6(6).
• Rasakumaran, A. (2020). Natural approach and second language acquisition: A critical review. Language in India, 20(2). 101 – 112.
• Rasakumaran, A. (2020). A Brief History of Foreign Language Teaching. . Language in India, 19(5).
• Rasakumaran, A. (2017). Managerial discourse in financial communication. Journal of Business Studies, 4(1), 51-61
• Rasakumaran, A. (2019). Increasing task complexity and second language oral production. North Asian International Research Journal of Social Science and Humanities, 5(4).
• Rasakumaran, A. & Patrick, J.J.D. (2019). Schema theory and cognitive aspects of reading. Journal of Humanities and Social Science. 24(4): 26 – 30
• Rasakumaran, A. (XXXX). Manipulation of Task complexity and L2 Oral Production. Sri Lanka Journal of South Asian Studies.
• Rasakumaran, A. (2018). Use of indirect focused feedback with metalinguistic keys in the acquisition of the suffix -s in a Sri Lankan university. International Journal of Current Trend in Science and Technology. 8(10)
• Rasakumaran, A. (2020). Comparing the Effectiveness of Three Written Corrective Feedback Modalities in Second Language Acquisition. Sri Lanka Journal of South Asian Studies, 4 (1) pp 91-106. Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna

Full papers presented in International Conferences

• Sanmuganathan, K. & Rasakumaran, A. (2014) Impact of L1 in Teaching Morphsyntactic Features of English: A cross Linguistics Approach. Full paper presented and published at the 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Management (ICCM) 2014. Volume I, 664-678.
• Rasakumaran, A. (2016).The effects of repetition of tasks on the acquisition of L2 forms among school children. Full paper presented and published at the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Management (ICCM) 2016. Volume 3(1) 485-495.
• Rasakumaran, A. (2016). Comparing the effectiveness of L1 and L2 glosses in promoting incidental vocabulary acquisition in a CALL environment. Full paper presented and published at the International Conference on Contemporary Management (ICCM) 2016. Volume 3(1) 524-542.
• Rasakumaran, A. (2017). Developing intercultural communicative competence among business administration freshmen of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Jaffna. 4th International Conference on Contemporary Management. 25th and 26th July, 2017. Volume 4 pages 139-149.
• Rasakumaran, A. (2017). Task complexity and L2 oral production among business administration sophomores. 4th International Conference on Contemporary Management. 25th and 26th July, 2017. Volume 4 pages 448-459.

Reviewer of Research Publications

• ICCM, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Jaffna
• International Conference, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna
• Journal of Business Management, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna

• Reviewer for Business English IV (BBM 2205)

• Coordinator IRQUE Project