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English: Not a Kaduwa any more- BY PRAMOD DE SILVA Source:Sundayobserver In Sri Lanka, where a majority of people speak either Sinhala or Tamil (the two vernacular languages), a sound knowledge of another language opens many doors that would otherwise remain closed. That language is English, also called a link language in Sri Lanka and many other countries where other languages dominate. But English can transcend those barriers and facilitate communications between speakers of other native languages. English also has a bit of an ‘elitist’ image here in Sri Lanka and in fact, many university students call it the Kaduwa (sword), as people who are fluent in Kaduwa can cut the others down in job interviews etc. But this need not be the case. There are plenty of free resources that help even total novices learn and speak English in a short period of time, gaining moderate fluency. Most countries ...