Dr. Claire Wijayatilake
Lecturer in International English
About
Dr. Claire Wijayatilake has been in the field of English Language Teaching for over 30 years. Originally from Sussex, she lived and worked in the field of education in Sri Lanka for 23 years, including 16 years with British Council, Colombo. After holding several other positions in secondary and further education in Sri Lanka, she returned to the UK in 2013 and worked for several universities, including Middlesex, Westminster and King’s College, London. She joined the University of Chichester in July 2022.
Claire holds a first degree in Modern Languages (King’s College, London), DELTA, MA TESOL (Institute of Education, London) and a PhD in Applied Linguistics and English Language Teaching (University of Warwick). She is also a qualified Spanish teacher.
Professional
Claire was an IELTS examiner for 20 years and an examiner trainer for three. She is co-author of Cambridge University Press’s Mindset for IELTS series as well as other IELTS preparation material. She has also written preparation books for the Cambridge Main Suite examinations.
Claire’s PhD focuses on autoethnography, teacher development and school culture. She is also interested in Sociolinguistics.
Key Publications
Wijayatilake, C. Complete Advanced workbook, CUP (forthcoming)
Cosgrove, A and Wijayatilake, C Prepare Level 8 (C1 level coursebook for schools), CUP (2021)
Cosgrove, A and Wijayatilake, C Prepare Level 9 (C1/Cambridge Advanced English level coursebook for schools), CUP (2021)
Cosgrove, A. and Wijayatilake, C. Open World Advanced Students’ Book (forthcoming, 2019), CUP
Wijayatilake, C. Open World First Teacher’s book (2019), CUP
Wijayatilake C, Open World First Workbook (2019), CUP
Contributing writer Key for Schools Trainer 2 second edition (2018), CUP
Contributing writer Preliminary for Schools Trainer 2 second edition (2018), CUP
Archer, G and Wijayatilake, C (May, 2018) Mindset for IELTS Level 3 Student’s book, CUP
Wijayatilake, C and Hutchinson, S (April 2017) Mindset for IELTS Level 1 Student’s book, CUP
Wijayatilake, C (2017) Mindset for IELTS Level 1 Teacher’s book, CUP
Wijayatilake, C (2012) An autoethnographic inquiry into my practices and experiences as a teacher trainer and beginning principal at two international schools in Sri Lanka,
http://go.warwick.ac.uk/wrap/51694
Wijayatilake, C (2012) An autoethnographic exploration of my professional experiences as a teacher trainer and principal at two international schools in Sri Lanka,Cambridge Journals: Language Teaching/issue03/July 2012 pp 403-405
Wijayatilake, C.(2008) When the Tsunami hit Sri Lanka in Earle, S. Bartholomew, C. and Komaromy, C.(Eds.) Making sense of Death, Dying and Bereavement, Sage/Open University
