Mahangu Weerasinghe

Mahangu is a recent graduate of the University of Kelaniya whose research interests include second language acquisition, language policy and planning, and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL). An English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher, his long-term goal is to teach English creatively and effectively, and to make language teaching in Sri Lanka more relevant to the student of today.

Publications and Presentations

• Weerasinghe, Mahangu. An analysis of the effectiveness of English medium instruction in the Faculty of Commerce and Management of the University of Kelaniya. 9th Annual Research Symposium 2008; 2008 Dec 18 - Dec 19; Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

Code

• Upstream, a log aggregator and report tool written in Python. Evolving from a simple bash script to a multi-developer project with QT, GTK and Curses frontends, Upstream was Mahangu's summer 2006 project. You can get a svn snapshot or try the debian package if you'd like to poke around.
• Taprobane, a GNU/Linux Live CD distro based on Debian. Focusing on Sinhala support, and an easy Live CD build system, the distro aims to make GNU/Linux accessible to more people within Sri Lanka.

Contact

Mahangu is reachable via email at mahangu@NOSPAMtaprobane.org.