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    An Analytical Study of the Factors Influencing the English Speaking Proficiency of Prospective English Medium Teachers
    (Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, SLIIT, 2022-09-15) Amaratunga, U
    National Colleges of Education (NCOEs) conduct Pre-service Teacher Education courses in English medium to cater to the demand of English medium teachers to implement bilingual / bi-medium education in government schools. Although English speaking proficiency is very important to English medium teachers, it has been revealed that the majority of the prospective teachers who follow the Information Communication Technology (ICT) course in NCOEs do not have the required level of English speaking proficiency. This paper discusses the nature of the English speaking deficiencies of prospective English medium teachers of ICT and the major factors that affect their English speaking proficiency. This analysis was done as part of an ongoing study conducted using the Mixed Methods approach. Quantitative and qualitative data was gathered through questionnaires, interviews and documentary analysis from a sample of prospective teachers of ICT, English medium lecturers who teach in the ICT course in three NCOES, Directors of Education at the Ministry of Education and Senior Lecturers at the National Institute of Education. Findings revealed that the prospective English medium teachers’ English speaking proficiency is lower than that of the other language skills due to several psychological, linguistic and socio-cultural factors. Therefore, effective strategies should be introduced to improve the Teacher Education Programme of the NCOEs to enhance the development of English speaking proficiency of prospective English medium teachers.
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    Gathering Transition Perspectives: Views of Undergraduates with Low English Proficiency (LEP) in the First Year of English Medium Instruction (EMI)
    (Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Hussain, Z. D
    This paper reports on the qualitative and quantitative data gathered from a sub group of first year undergraduates in a faculty of Management and Finance, the students with Low English Proficiency (LEP). These students were in the second semester of their first year. This data captures the students’ expectations and impressions of their first year EMI experience. The main objective of this data collection and analysis was to identify the students’ perspective on the importance of the four language skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking related to their academic tasks. Thus, it was used to identify the language needs and motivations according to the first year undergraduates. These students identified comprehension of content lectures, reading and comprehending lecture notes and other subject related reading material, reading and comprehending exam questions, writing exam answers and assessed assignments. However, the students’ views need to be triangulated with the hindsight views of senior students to gather a more comprehensive understanding of their real English language needs. Such insights have the potential to guide needs based tailormade English language interventions.