The Department of English Language Teaching, University of Peradeniya is the largest Department in the University.
The Department of English Language Teaching (DELT) of the University of Peradeniya serves all nine faculties of the university through English Language Teaching Units (ELTUs), but is administratively located within the Faculty of Arts. Its primary objective is to teach English to undergraduates for academic, professional and general purposes. While individual faculties have specific requirements and courses to fit their English Language needs, the Faculty of Arts offers English as a Second Language (ESL) courses to its students at three competence levels in the First, Second and Third years of study.