Biography
I am Osanka Rathnasiri from Sri Lanka, and my academic background is in education policy, teaching English as a second language (TESL), linguistics, and English language and literature. These specializations, my lived realities as a multilingual speaker of English, and the professional experiences gained over a decade of working as a lecturer in English-medium higher educational contexts in Sri Lanka have led me to my doctoral studies at UBC. Through reflexive practices and social justice approaches to education, I work on exploring critical issues surrounding English-medium instruction (EMI) in the global South of Sri Lanka. I am interested in questions of language ideologies, identity, investment, power, and politics in language and literacy education.
Research
Language ideologies, identity, investment, power and politics, EMI, academic literacies, discourse analysis, multilingualism, intersectionality