Ms. Mihiri Jansz

MPhil in Linguistics (Kelaniya), MA in TESL (PGIE, OUSL), Certificate for Teachers in Higher Education (OUSL), BA (Jayawardenepura)

Senior Lecturer

Post Graduate Institute of English

Mihiri is a Senior Lecturer at the Postgraduate Institute of English (PGIE), The Open University of Sri Lanka and she has been a member of the academic staff for more than a decade. During this time, she has been involved in teaching and curriculum development of a range of programs including the MA in TESL, the PGDip PPE programme and the short course on qualitative data analysis, to name a few. Mihiri has developed courses for undergraduates at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and the University of Peradeniya. She is also one of the writers of the General English GCE A/Level textbook that is currently in use. Internationally, Mihiri is an advisory board member for the TESOL Journal and completed a term (2021-2024) on the “Conference Connections Committee” of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL).

Identity, Technology in ELT, World Englishes

Programme Coordinator – Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice in English (PGDip PPE), MA in Teaching English as a Second Language (MA in TESL- Old Syllabus)

  1. Schreiber, B., & Jansz, M. (2024). Global Englishes-oriented teacher education: lasting shifts, ELT Journal, https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccae027
  2. Schreiber, B., & Jansz, M. (2023). ‘It’s a language politic’: Sri Lankan English and linguistic hierarchies in the English language classroom. Asian Englishes, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13488678.2023.2216869
  3. Schreiber, B., & Jansz, M. (2021). Engaging with Global Englishes through collaborative online international learning (COIL). In A.L. Selvi & B. Yazan (Eds). Language teacher education for global Englishes: A practical resource book. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Language-Teacher-Education-for-Global-Englishes-A-Practical-Resource-Book/Selvi-Yazan/p/book/9780367536428