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		ENGLISH WITH SMILE BOOK ONE Author W.H. Samaranayake ISBN 9559072005 Pages 138 Size 14.5 x21 x 1 cm, PB Price US$ 5 / € 4 / £ 3 The need for a suitable text book for the effective teaching of English in the Middle classes of Sinhalese and Tamil schools and in the Lower “transition” classes of junior and Secondary schools was well evidenced by the ready and wide reception given to my English Without Tears, Part I, which made its appearance early this year and by the persistent demand for Part II of the book. English With a Smile, Book I, is its revised and improved edition designed to be still more serviceable both to the learner and to the teacher. English, with its increasing importance as a world language, is to continue to make its contribution to our country’s life as a second language, but limitations are to be placed on the teaching of it within the school curriculum. The teacher of English has, therefore, to eliminate all waste of time and effort. The present work seeks to aid him in the task.			ENGLISH WITH SMILE BOOK TWO Author W.H. Samaranayake ISBN 9559072013 Pages 162 Size 14.5 x 21 x 1.3 cm, PB Price US$ 6 / € 5 / £ 4 There is at present, widespread concern over the falling standards of English in our schools. With the progressive switching over of the medium of instruction to Swabasha in accordance with the language policy of our Government, the future of this great language cannot but cause apprehensive speculation in the minds of those who desire that the benefits of its rich literature be not denied to our pupils. Until recent years when English was the medium of instruction in our English schools, text books written with a foreign background perhaps presented no problem. But now, with the accent on Swabasha, it is widely and strongly felt that the teaching of the subject should necessarily be in a strictly ‘swadesha’ setting…..

		ENGLISH WITH SMILE BOOK THREE Author W.H. Samaranayake ISBN 9559072021 Pages 252 Size 14.5 x 21 x 1.3 cm, PB Price US$ 8 / € 6 / £ 5 the emergence of Ceylon as one of the free nations of the world has naturally awakened the national consciousness of the people, and it has inevitably led the Government to re-introduce Swabasha as the medium of instruction in all schools and as the language of the State. Deep concern, however, has been expressed about the future of English in the educational set-up of the country in view of the fall in the standard of knowledge of the language at present. Those who have the educational and economic progress of the country at heart can not but view this trend with anxiety as it might lead to closing the door against this great source of world knowledge and modern thought. …. The present book is a humble attempt to revitalise the failing love for English in this country…….			PRACTICAL ENGLISH Author W.H. Samaranayake ISBN 9559072041 Pages 331 Size 14.5 x 21 x 1.5 cm, PB Price US$ 11 / € 9 / £ 8

		SRI LANKAN ENGLISH LITERATURE AND THE SRI LANKAN PEOPLE 1917-2003 Author D.C.R.A. Goonetilleke ISBN 9558095904 Second Edition Pages 332 Size 14 x 21x 3 cm, PB This book is an attempt to examine Sri Lankan English literature from its origins to the present. In this book, the history of Sri Lankan English literature is seen in the context of the history of the Sri Lankan people. Includes appendix on "Leonard Woolf's Divided Mind: The Case of The Village in the Jungle".			LIGHT OF ASIA Author Sir Edwin Arnold ISBN 955 8129 011 Pages 155 Size 14 x21 x 1 cm, PB Price US$ 3 / € 2.5 / £ 2 This book, 'Light of Asia' consists of poems which the author has sought, by the medium of an imaginary Buddhist votary, to depict the life and character and indicate the philosophy of that noble hero and reformer, Prince Gautama of India, the founder of Buddhism. This book will prove to be interesting and also informative for all general readers.

		ENABLING TRADITIONS FOUR SINHALA CULTURAL INTELLECTUALS Author Wimal Dissanayake ISBN 955 9170 775 Size 14.5x 21.5 x 1 cm, PB Price US$ 8 / € 7 / £ 6			CHANGING FACE OF COLOMBO Author R.L.Brohier ISBN 955 9170 317 Size 21.5 x 29x 1 cm, HB

		THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN SRI LANKA 1843-1980 Author Kamalika Pieris ISBN 955 9170 384 Size 13.5 x 21.5x 1 cm, PB Price US$ 8 / € 7 / £ 6			FOOD AND NUTRITION Author C.G. Uragoda ISBN 955 96843 10 Size 20.5 x 29 x 2 cm, PB

		CEYLON BEATEN TRACK Author W.T. KEBLE ISBN 955 8425 273 Size 14.5 x 22 x 1.5 cm, PB			VISIONS OF AN ISLAND Author Neville Weereratne ISBN 09999 04833 Size 23 x 30.5 x 3 cm, HB Price US$ 75 / € 65 / £ 50