Dr. MDNMU Mahawattha

Nadee Mahawattha is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Marketing Management, Faculty of Management Studies, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. She obtained her PhD and M(Phil) in Linguistics from the University of Kelaniya and her B.A. (Honors) in English from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. Before she joined the university system, she worked as an assistant teacher of English in two state schools and as a temporary lecturer at the Ruwanpura National College of Education (RNCOE), Sri Lanka. Her research interests are English Medium Instruction (EMI), Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), Bilingual Education, Translanguaging, and Academic Literacy.

Nadee Mahawattha (corresponding author) is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Marketing Management, Faculty of Management Studies, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. She obtained her PhD and M(Phil) in Linguistics from the University of Kelaniya and her B.A. (Honors) in English from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. Before she joined the university system, she had worked as an Assistant Teacher of English in two state schools and as a Temporary Lecturer at the Ruwanpura National College of Education (RNCOE), Sri Lanka. Her research interests are English Medium Instruction (EMI), Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), Bilingual Education, Translanguaging, and Academic Literacy.

• Academic Literacy in English Medium Degree Programmes
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration of Language Lecturers and Subject Lecturers  
• Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
• Content-Based Instructions (CBI)
• Testing and Evaluation
• Bilingual Education
• Translanguaging
• American Literature

Forthcoming conference proceedings

• Already submitted a conference proceeding research article by Rassool, R. & Mahawattha, N. to be published on the topic “Innovative assessments using translanguaging strategies in Bilingual Education classrooms: A case study from Sri Lanka”.  New Directions South Asia 2025 in Language Assessment Conference in New Delhi, p.2. at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

Journal Articles

• Mahawattha, M.D.N.M.U. (2026). An Analysis of English Support Courses and Institutional Structural Arrangements of English Language Teaching Staff in English Medium Instruction: Evidence from Three State Universities in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.4038/sljssh.v6i1.141

• Mahawattha, N., & Rassool, R. (2023). “A smooth transition or a giant leap?” The challenges posed by the transition from secondary education to higher education in relation to EMI in Sri Lanka. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 13(2), 293-315.

https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/download/38276/32806

Book chapters

• Rassool, R. & Mahawattha, N. (2025). Challenges of English Medium Instruction (EMI) in General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level (A/ L) Classrooms in State Schools of Sri Lanka. In M.M. Gu, Y. Liu & C.F. Huang [Eds.], Re-envisioning English-medium Instruction in K-12 Schools: Policy, Research and Practice (pp.141-156). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-83002-0

• Mahawattha N, Rassool, R. & Coorey, R. V. (2023). The practice of Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Developing Academic Literacies in an English Medium Degree Prgramme in Sri Lankan Higher Education. In L. Buckingham, J. Dong & F. K. Jiang [Eds.], Interdisciplinary Practices in Academia: Writing, Teaching and Assessment (pp. 110-128). Routledge.

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