Mr. Pasan Bhanuka Athapaththu

• LLB – The Open University of Sri Lanka (Reading)
• M.A in Linguistics – Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya
• B.A (Hons) in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) – University of Kelaniya

Refereed and Indexed Journals 

• English on the Internet: An attempt to redefine the ‘borderless’ and mapping a new geography on the world atlas of Englishes, A Review of Digital World Englishes, written by Patricia Friedrich (2025), English Today, The International Review of the English Language, Cambridge University Press https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266078426101151 

• Book Review: Weaving Stories of Language Education with Narratives of Teachers and Learners Edited by Nami Sakamoto, Masako Nasu, Kazutake Kita, Masayuki Teranishi, Palgrave Macmillan, 2025, xix+344 pages, EUR 128.39 (eBook), 17 b/w illustrations, ISBN 9783031938542, Narrative Inquiry, John Benjamins https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.25122.ath

• Crafting Digital Spaces: Familiarity, Usage and Sociolinguistic Functions of Internet-Inspired English Vocabulary among Sinhala-English Bilinguals of Generation Z, VISTAS Journal, The Open University of Sri Lanka

• Entanglements of English: Problems to be Solved or Realities to be Acknowledged? A Review of Entangled Englishes, edited by Jerry Won Lee and Sofia Rüdiger (2025), English Today, The International Review of the English Language, Cambridge University Press  https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266078425100813

• Book review: Beckingham, S., Lawrence, J., Powell, S. and Hartley, P. (Eds.) (2024) Using generative AI effectively in higher education: sustainable and ethical practices for learning, teaching and assessment. London: Routledge., Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (JLDHE), Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE), The United Kingdom https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi36.1599

• Book Review: Presenting in English: A Practical Guide by Dick Smakman, 2024, LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching, English Language Education Study Programme of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta,  Indonesia. https://doi.org/10.24071/llt.v28i1.12074

• Book Review: Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Learning Research (2nd Edition) by Garry Barkhuizen, Phil Benson, and Alice Chik, 2024, Journal of Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Education, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada https://doi.org/10.22329/jtl.v19i1.9460

International and National Conferences

• A collaborative research on the title of Developing an ESL Syllabus Based on Four Basic Skills for the Department of Marketing and Management at the University of Kelaniya, International Conference on English Language Teaching (ICONELT) 2025, University of Peradeniya

• A collaborative research on the title of A Communicative, Task-Based, and Technology-Enhanced Curriculum Model for Instruction: Redesigning English for NVQ Level 4 Vocational Learners Course Module, International Conference on English Language Teaching (ICONELT) 2025, University of Peradeniya

• A collaborative research on the title of Task-based assessment and its impact on oral presentations of undergraduates: insights from students’ narratives and presented at the International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPRC 2024), Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya

• A research paper on the title of From Action Star to Absurdity: The Chuck Norris Internet Phenomenon as a Source of Memes and presented at the 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences and Languages, Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

• A research on the title of The Use of Intertextual Referencing in the Making of Internet Memes and presented at the Annual International Research Symposium (AIRS) held at the Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo, Sri Palee Campus, University of Colombo

• An article on the title of Beyond Romance and Courtship: A Marxist Reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, “Prabha” Academic Journal, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya

• A collaborative research on the title of Morphological Processes of Sri Lankan English in English Newspapers in Sri Lanka and presented at the Undergraduate Research Symposium (HUG) held at the Faculty of Humanities of University of Kelaniya in 2019., University of Kelaniya

• A collaborative research on the title of Morphological Processes of Sri Lankan English in Four Sri Lankan Short Stories and presented at the 12th International Research Conference held at Sir John Kotelawala Defence University in 2019., Sir John Kotelawala Defence University