{"id":591,"date":"2022-09-28T06:07:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T06:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elt.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=591"},"modified":"2026-06-10T00:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:16:32","slug":"dr-t-karunakaran","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elt.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/dr-t-karunakaran\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr.T.Karunakaran"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"591\" class=\"elementor elementor-591\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c806592 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c806592\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1a711e\" data-id=\"b1a711e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ce9714 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3ce9714\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elt.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-26-at-11.44.26-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-4631\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-210e2f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"210e2f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Dr.T. Karunakaran<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Professor<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f216331\" data-id=\"f216331\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf089ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"cf089ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2171\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2171\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Academic Qualifications<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2171\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2171\"><p>Current Status\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 : PhD (English Language Education) <br \/>Held at\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 : English and Foreign Languages University,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Hyderabad, India.<br \/>Research Title\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 : Socio-cultural Factors and Bilingual Education in\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Jaffna \u2013An Impact Study<br \/>Highest Education : MPhil in Linguistics (English Medium)<br \/>Held at\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0: University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka<br \/>Research Title\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0: English Borrowings in Jaffna Tamil From 1993 to 2006<br \/>Duration\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 : Two years <br \/>Second Degree\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 : MA (English Medium)<br \/>Subject\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 : Linguistics<br \/>Held at\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 : University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka <br \/>Duration\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 : One year<br \/>First Degree\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 : B.A.<br \/>Held at\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0: University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka<br \/>Subjects\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 : English, Linguistics, Sociology <br \/>Grade\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0: Second Class (Lower Division)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2172\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2172\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Professional Qualifications<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2172\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2172\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2173\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2173\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Research & Publications<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2173\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2173\"><p><strong>Books Published<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Karunakaran, T. (2015). Skill based language learning. Kumaran Book House, Colombo. ISBN: 978-955-659-474-4.<\/li><li>Karunakaran,T., &amp; Devi,D.(2017). Teaching English as second language. Kumaran Book House, Colombo.ISBN:978-955-659-571-0<\/li><li>Wijeratne,K.,Devendra,D.,Jeyathilake,C.,Assella,S, Warnapala, K.,<\/li><li>Karunakaran,T.,Bandara,A., &amp; Attygalle,R.R.(2018). English resource book for G.C.E.A\/L. Department of English, National Institute of Education, Maharagama.<\/li><li>Karunakaran, T., Rajendran, S., &amp; Gejeswari,N. (2018). Socio-cultural perspective of language teaching, learning and acquisition. Sarasavi Publishers, Colombo. ISBN:978-955-31-1321-4.<\/li><li>Karunakaran, T., Rajendran, S., &amp; Gejeswari,N. (2021). Dimensions of translation, Sarasavi Publishers, Colombo. ISBN:978-955-31-2300-8<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>List of Papers published in International and National Journals<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Karunakaran, T., &amp; Devimeenakshi, K. (2017).Implementing task-based learning methods in Indian classroom. Journal of Education and Human Development, American Research Institute for Policy Development, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 175-181 (Indexed in ISI, Scopus, Pubmed).<\/li><li>Karunakaran,T., Karthikeyan,J.,Chong Seng,T ,&amp; Christopher Rajasekaran,W.(2019). Outlook of University Students and their Profession Strategy. Jour of Adv Research in Dynamical &amp; Control Systems, Vol. 11, 11,pp.848-854.<\/li><li>Baskar,C.V.,and Karunakaran,T.(2020).The effect of Tasks in enhancing the speaking and writing skills of the ESL tertiary learners.SALSAS,Faculty if Arts ,University of Jaffna,Vol.3:1,pp.40-50.<\/li><li>Karunakaran,T,. Adaikalam,A., Saravanan,V.,and Sankar,G.(2021). Strategies of psycholinguistics on the acquisition of third language from the second language. Elementary Education Online,Vol.20:5,pp. 3750-3755<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Published as Full Papers<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Karunakaran, T. (2012).<\/strong> Bilingual education in Sri Lanka<em>. <\/em>Proceedings of the International Conference of the Dept. Of History, University of Jaffna,pp.402-409<\/li><li><strong>Karunakaran, T. (2014). <\/strong>Bilingualism and second language acquisition: A review-proceeding of the International Conference of Commerce and Management by Faculty of Commerce and Management at the University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2174\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2174\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Activities<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2174\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2174\"><p><strong>Chair Person \u2013 Conferences<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Served as a Chairperson at the National Conference organized by RISI and ELTIF, Bangalore, India on 29th December 2018.<\/li><li>Chairperson at the International Conference organized by the Dept. of English, Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, India on 9th February 2019.<\/li><li>Chairperson at the National Conference organized by the Dept. of English and Foreign Languages, Bharathiar University, India on 8th March 2019.<\/li><li>Chaired a technical session at the International Symposium organized by DELT, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka on 15.11.2019.<\/li><li>Chaired a technical session at the International Symposium or organized by DELT, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka on 30.06.2021.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Resource Person in Training Programmes, Workshops and Seminars<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Served as a Resource Person at NIE and drafted a syllabus for B.Ed. from 28th June to 30th June 2017.<\/li><li>Served as a Resource Person at the International Workshop organized by the Dept. of English, Bharathidasan University on 13th February 2019.<\/li><li>Served as a Master Teacher and supervised the teaching practice of Mrs P,Selvakumar, Pg. Diploma in BE, PGIE,OUSL(2020)<\/li><li>Serving as a Master Teacher and supervising the teaching practice of Mrs .G,Vidiya and Mrs. S.Pakeersthy, Pg. Diploma in BE,PGIE,OUSL 2021.<\/li><li>Serving as a Resource Person at CODL and conducting lectures for B.Com(Exteranl) from 2020 till date.<\/li><li>Serving as a Resource Person at CODL and conduction lectutres for Diploma in Professional English from Dec 2021 to till date.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Membership in Professional Associations<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Accredited Member<\/strong> &#8211;<\/p><ul><li>TESL Ontario (Professional Association for Teaching English as Second Language in Ontario, Canada)<\/li><li>TESL Canada (Professional Association for Teaching English as Second Language in Canada)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Member<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Sri Lanka English Language Teachers&#8217; Association (SLELTA)<\/li><li>University Teacher\u2019s Association, University of Jaffna.<\/li><li>English language Teachers\u2019 Association of India.<\/li><li>WEC (Writers Editors Critics), India.<\/li><li>English Language Teaching Interaction Forum, India.<\/li><li>ASIA TEFL<\/li><li>Advisory Editorial Board, Literati, A Transnational Peer Reviewed Journal English Language &amp; Literature, India<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Executive Member<\/strong><\/p><p>University Teacher\u2019s Association, University of Jaffna.<\/p><p><strong>Associate Editor<\/strong><\/p><p>Scholar Critic &#8211; An International Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies<\/p><p><strong>Editorial Board<\/strong><\/p><p>The Hope Journal of Research, House of Pakistani Educationists, Pakistan\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Co-Editor <\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0Research Scholar, International Refereed Journal of Literary Exploration<\/p><p><strong>Reviewer <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>\u00a0International Journal of English Linguistics, Canadian Center of Science and Education<\/li><li>JUICE, University of Jaffna.<\/li><li>Lokaratna, EFL University, Hyderabad, India.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Editor<\/strong><\/p><p>International Journal of English, Language, Literature and Skills, India.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2175\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2175\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Awards<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2175\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2175\"><ul><li>Innovative Academic 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