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Translations of Shakespeare: his texts and theatre in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2006-11)
Translation of Shakespeare has a long history in the region of Bengal. It began in 1809 when Charles Monckton, a student of Fort William College, translated a few excerpts from Tempest into Bangla. Since then, there have ...
Madness and Women: A reading of three women's novels
(BRAC University, 2010-12)
The state of madness is often associated with women. This paper will try to reveal the situations which drive a woman into mental imbalance. Three phases of female life are explored here- adolescence, youth and middle-age ...
An assessment of the reading materials of class 9 & 10 : English for Today
(BRAC University, 2012-08)
In Bangladesh English is taught and learned as a second language. " English for Today " is the first source of academic learning English. Bengali medium students are very much familiar with this textbook from their primary ...
Trapped in desire: Feminine desire and interracial complexities
(BRAC University, 2008-12)
This paper seeks to look at the complexities related to feminine desire as racial issues get combined with it. I will focus on how white female sexuality copes with race issues by looking into two novels and a play. I hope ...
The representation of Language, Race and Ethnicity in Shakespearean tragedies
(BRAC University, 2013-04)
Language, race and ethnicity are the leading themes of William Shakespearean’s time. He portrays these aspects in his great plays. Shakespeare shows us the colonial problems in many ways but the presentation of language; ...
Interdependency of language and social views : A study of women's social position in a Bangla Speech Community
(BRAC University, 2012-08)
Works of many feminists, linguistis and sociologists have suggested the notion that all languages are man-made and man-driven to carry out the male agenda, and it plays a role in creating and maintaining a certain social ...
Teaching organization of essays and paragraphs: A tertiary level scenario
(BRAC University, 2011-08-01)
This thesis is concerned with teaching organization of essays and paragraphs in writing at tertiary level universities in Dhaka. It tries to assess the strengths and weaknesses of teaching writing with a view to suggesting ...
An evaluation of the tasks of IX-X textbook "English for Today": An empirical study
(BRAC University, 2011-07)
The objective of this study is to evaluate the tasks in the English textbook currently used in classes IX and X of Secondary Schools in Bangladesh. It attempts to find out if the tasks are communicative as claimed in the ...
Teaching techniques of EFL classrooms in Rangamati Schools
(BRAC University, 2012-04)
This research compares the views of 54 indigenous and 29 Bengali students and five teachers of four schools of Rangamati on the existent teaching techniques of English classes at the secondary level. The researcher has ...
Language shift: the diverse factors responsible for the acceleration process in different communities
(BRAC University, 2012-08-12)
This research attempts to find out the diverse factors accelerating the process of language shift in different communities. There are some social, economic and political factors that lead a community to shift from using ...