Browsing Thesis, B.A. (English) by Author "Department of English and Humanities, BRAC University"
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The difference in the representation of the “Black” protagonist in Oroonoko and Things Fall Apart
Tabassum, Sazerin (BARC University, 2017-08)Colonialism is a historical phenomenon which was established a long time ago where a nation proceeds to extend and retain its authority over other people and territories. It was a policy followed by a number of European ... -
Differences in language use by male and female students in tertiary academia in Dhaka city
Akhter, Ishrat (BRAC University, 2014-12)Gender variation in language use has become a very common issue in everyday discourses of our life. When we use language frequently, we generally make differences from each other. The differences mainly occur among male ... -
Different types of teaching techniques used by teachers in ESL speaking classroom: focus on secondary level Bangla medium students of Bangladesh
Haque, Rabiya (BRAC University, 2017-04)Teaching technique is the way that every teachers use to create an effective English class. Different teachers have their own techniques and perform accordingly. The paper deals with the creation of various techniques and ... -
Difficulties' Bangla medium students face in listening comprehension in ESL
Afroz, Shireen (BARC University, 2017-08)The aim of this study is to investigate core problems in listening comprehension encountered by Bangla medium school students of our country who are learning English as a second language (ESL). This study also tends to ... -
Digital poetry: reading Jim Andrews’ “Seattle Drift” and “Arteroids”
Habiba, Ummay (BRAC University, 2017-04)Digital technology is reshaping literature and literary creativity. Digitisation of traditional texts is a common practice now, and reading digitally is widely deemed as convenient and time effective. While such changing ... -
The discourse analysis of Facebook and its impact on language learning: a study
Sen, Nobanita (BRAC University, 2016-08)This study attempts to find out the role of Facebook on language learning. Therefore it includes analyzing the discourse of different apps that are popular in use on Facebook. Different components of discourse analysis ... -
Discourse analysis of telecom ads: a critical insight from the applied linguistics perspective
Dasgupta, Shatabdi (BRAC University, 2015-04)Advertisements, evident all around, are part of the daily lives of people. It is a kind of communication which is also part of social process. In a particular culture advertisements have dominance to influence the ... -
Discourse on social gathering: context Bangladesh
Ahmed, Namira (BRAC University, 2016-11)This study attempts to find out the present trend and emotional factors of social gathering. Therefore it includes analyzing the discourse of different social gathering and different level participants. Different components ... -
Do per-reading activities help learners comprehend a text better?
Haque, Md. Mesbahul (BRAC University, 2010-12)Teachers who are teaching English as second language are in a regular search of various strategies that may develop learners reading comprehension skill. Activation of prior knowledge before reading the actual material is ... -
Do we need literary texts in language classroom? An investigation on students' perceptions
Zerin, Samia (BRAC University, 2009-04)In Bangladeshi English language teaching situation, literary texts are not highly valued. There are several misconceptions regarding the use of literary texts to teach language and this paper has examined this issue from ... -
An ecocritical reading of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid’s Tale and Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide
Nawar, Ariana (BRAC University, 2023-05)This thesis explores an ecocritical and ecofeminist reading of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide. The study examines how the two novels intersect with feminist and ecological concerns, ... -
The effect of Bangla dialect on English language teaching : teachers' perspectives and attitudes
Shuchi, Shahria (BRAC University, 2013-11)The researcher‟s objective was to find out the effect of Bangla dialect on English language teaching. Along this, researcher had to find out teachers‟ attitudes and perspectives about students‟ dialectal sounds. To do that ... -
The effect of culture on productive skills
Akhter, Nazma (BRAC University, 2008-08)This research helps to discover some of the interesting findings of a survey conducted to determine how culture of students affects in learning their second language. This research attempts to determine, how culture of ... -
The effect of personality traits on adult learners’ vocabulary learning
Ara, Jannat (BRAC University, 2015-08-08)Personality traits are known as one of the feature of interpersonal communication and the form of communication is most important for social interaction. It never occurs in any to people in exactly the same way. This is ... -
Effectiveness and difficulties of creative writing in language learning: a study of secondary level Bangla medium schools in Dhaka city
Akhter, Ishrat (BRAC University, 2016)Writing is one of the productive skills which sometime seems difficult to acquire to the learners. There are many approaches to teach writing. Creative writing is one approach of teaching writing which has become more ... -
The effectiveness of creative writing in language learning : a comparative study between Bangla medium and English medium elementary level
Akhter, Nushrat (BRAC University, 2014)Writing is one of the productive skills which sometime seems difficult to acquire to the learners. There are many approaches to teach writing. Creative writing is one approach of teaching writing which has become more ... -
Effectiveness of extensive reading in Second Language learning : a study on the development of linguistic skills in reference to reading
Shelly, Shahina Akter (BRAC University, 2015-12)Over the past few decade extensive reading has been gaining support and recognition in second language learning pedagogy. There are numerous articles that show the benefits of extensive reading in English for both foreign ... -
Effectiveness of humor in English language learning: Bangladeshi perspective
Margoob, Sadia (BARC University, 2017-08)Humor is an interesting subject to everyone. Most importantly humor has been a part of our pedagogical system. It adds inspirational enthusiasm among learners. Teachers mention different humors to teach English Language. ... -
The effectiveness of task based language teaching in improving ESL learners’ reading and writing skills
Rubaiat, Shakika (BRAC University, 2018-08)Language learning process has always been a matter of debate. Researchers have been developing language teaching methods over ages, emphasizing on the best approach of structuring, planning and implementing more effective ... -
Effectiveness of teacher talk in English and Bangla medium schools of Bangladesh : a comparative study
Hussein, Nashra (BRAC University, 2013-08)This paper compares students’ perceptions on the effectiveness of teacher talk in English and Bangla medium schools of Bangladesh. For this research, a survey was conducted among 113 students and 20 teachers from English ...