The Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, has organized a series of staff development lectures to be conducted by Professor Theresa McGarry of the Department of Linguistics, Trinity State University, USA.

Accordingly, the first lecture, titled ‘Inductive Learning and Teaching,’ was successfully held on Thursday, 11 December 2025, at the Department premises.

Professor Theresa McGarry is currently affiliated with the Department of Linguistics at the University of Kelaniya, where she is engaged in collaborative research on the Sinhalese language.

The session was attended by Ven. Dr Kapugollawe Anandakiththi Thero, Head of the Department of Linguistics, together with both permanent and temporary academic staff members of the Department.