About me

I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Linguistics at the University of York in the Humanities Research Centre. Prior to joining the Humanities Research Centre, I was a Research Assistant at the University of York.

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I completed my PhD in Linguistics at the University of York. The key goal of my doctoral thesis was to shed light on the nature of grammar development in third language (L3) acquisition. This goal was achieved by means of a study of L3 speakers with a language profile that has not previously been studied: namely, first language (L1) speakers of Sinhala whose second language (L2) is English, and L3 is French.

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While doing my PhD, I completed the York Learning and Teaching Award (YLTA) programme, which is an HEA accredited Level-7 programme in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. The YLTA helped me to become an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Prior to coming to the UK, I have also worked as a Lecturer in French at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.