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Teaching. Teaching English as a second language. v. t. e. Sri Lankan English (SLE) is the English language as it is used in Sri Lanka, a term dating from 1972. [1] Sri Lankan English is principally categorised as the Standard Variety and the Nonstandard Variety, which is called as "Not Pot English". The classification of SLE as a separate ...
Although English is not de jure an official language at the national level in the United States, most states and territories within the United States have English as an official language, and only Puerto Rico uses a language other than English as a primary working language. The United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand ...
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Headquarters. 40 Buthgamuwa road, Rajagiriya. 6°54′35″N 79°53′59″E / 6.909775°N 79.899831°E / 6.909775; 79.899831. Minister responsible. Mano Ganesan, Minister of National Co-existence Dialogue and Official Languages. Ministry executive. W.M.P.G. Wickramasinghe, Ministry Secretary.
The main languages spoken in Sri Lanka are Sinhala and Tamil. Several languages are spoken in Sri Lanka within the Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, and Austronesian families. Sri Lanka accords official status to Sinhala and Tamil, with English as a recognised language. The languages spoken on the island nation are deeply influenced by the various ...
First awarded. 1959; 65 years ago (1959) Website. www.cultural.gov.lk. The State Literary Award is a set of annual literary prizes by the Government of Sri Lanka under several categories. The awards cover fiction, poetry, translations, songs and cover designs. Works from Sinhala, Tamil and English language are reviewed.
Sri Lankan literature. Sri Lankan literature is the literary tradition of Sri Lanka. The largest part of Sri Lankan literature was written in the Sinhala language, but there is a considerable number of works in other languages used in Sri Lanka over the millennia (including Tamil, Pāli, and English). However, the languages used in ancient ...
The Hela Havula is a Sinhalese literary organisation founded by Kumaratunga Munidasa in January 1941. [1] '. Hela Hawula' was formed as the only organization in Sri Lanka to protect and uplift the Sinhala language, Sinhala land and Sinhala culture. [2][3] 'Hela Hawula' has been recognized as a statutory body by the adoption of the Hela Hawula ...
The Official Language Act (No. 33 of 1956), commonly referred to as the Sinhala Only Act, was an act passed in the Parliament of Ceylon in 1956. [1] The act replaced English with Sinhala as the sole official language of Ceylon, with the exclusion of Tamil from the act.