Life Member:

1. Social Science and Humanities Research Association (SSHRA)
2. Association for Development of Teaching, Education and Learning (ADTEL)

Executive Board Member (2022-2024):

3. International Association for the Psychology of Language Learning (IAPLL)

Discourse Analysis, Teaching English as a Second Language, Psycholinguistics, Applied Linguistics

Books:

Weerakoon, I. (2015). Attitudes and motivation: Attitudes and motivation of second language learners. Germany: LAMBERT Academic Publishing. 

Research and Publications:

Weerakoon, I. K., Zhang, Z., & Maniam, V. (2023). A systematic review of sources of English language anxiety. Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (SLJSSH), 3(1), 117-125. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljssh.v3i1.92

Weerakoon, I., Zhang, Z., & Maniam, V. (2022, June 23-25). Towards a classroom model for managing language anxiety of English as a second language learners in Sri Lankan state universities. Paper presented at the Psychology of Language Learning Conference 2022 (PLL4), Cape Breton University, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Siriwardhana, K. M. R., & Weerakoon, I. (2014, October 29-30). Analysis of motivation orientations of undergraduates of Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (SUSL) and Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka (UWU). Paper presented at the Second International Research Symposium 2014, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Mihintale, Sri Lanka. 

Weerakoon, I., & Senaratne, U. D. (2014, October 15-16). The undergraduates' inclination for lifelong learning of English with special reference to undergraduates of Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. Paper presented at the International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS 2014), University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka. 

Senaratne, U. D., & Weerakoon, I. K. (2014, August 21-22). Tertiary English education: Are we producing lifelong learners? Paper presented at the International Research Conference 2014, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka. 

Weerakoon, I.K., & Siriwardhana, K.M.R. (2014, July 4-5). Attitudes of second language learners with particular reference to undergraduates of Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka and Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka. Paper presented at the International Research Sessions (iPURSE), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. 

Siriwardhana, K.M.R., & Weerakoon, I. (2013, July 6-7). Motivation of second language learners with particular reference to undergraduates of Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka and Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka. Paper presented at the Third International Symposium 2013, South-Eastern University of Sri Lanka, Oluvil, Sri Lanka. 

Weerakoon, I.K. and Basnayake, B.M.L.R.K. (2011). Using Literature in ESL Classroom. Two-Day workshop on Innovative Pedagogical Practices in the Twenty First Century: English in Practice, Belihuloya, Sri Lanka: Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.

Abeywickrama, R. and Weerakoon, I. K. (2008). An analysis of Errors in Sinhala Speaking Undergraduates’ English Writing. 2nd International Symposium 2008. Belihuloya, Sri Lanka: Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.

Weerakoon, I. K. (2007). The Authentic Situation of Post-Apartheid South Africa as Revealed in ‘Disgrace’ by J.M. Coetzee. Abstracts: First annual symposium on Social Sciences and Humanities: (pp.4).  Belihuloya, Sri Lanka: Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.