Browsing Thesis, B.A. (English) by Author "Department of English and Humanities, BRAC University"
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The 20th century zeitgeist in Doris Lessing's fiction: a reading of the children of violence series
(BRAC University, 2011-08)This paper attempts to explore the forces that defined the twentieth century through a reading of Doris Lessing's Children of Violence series and the Golden Notebook. Each century is defined by the mass consciousness of ... -
Activity route map: how it helps the teacher to make an effective classroom environment
(BRAC University, 2017-03-25)The purpose of this research is to identify the effects of different classroom activities and find how the teachers and learners are involved with different activities. The researcher has investigated four private ... -
The affect of Multiple intelligences on second language teaching and learning
(BRAC University, 2011-08)Learners of second language possess different characteristics that make them different from each other. Multiple intelligences is one of these characteristics, which is considered to affect the acquisition of formal ... -
Amitav Ghosh : A post colonial writer
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Amitav Ghosh and his depiction of historical aspects and global interaction and experimentation with language
(BRAC University, 2013-04-18)The thesis, looks at the novels of Amitav Ghosh (1956), especially In An Antique Land (1992), The Glass Palace (2000), Sea of Poppies (2008) and River of Smoke (2011), to show the historical aspects of the cultures and ... -
An analogous study of Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevky with their perceptions of reality : revisiting Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
(BRAC University, 2015-04)This paper explores Leo Tolstoy‘s life before analyzing Anna Karenina (1877). Tolstoy was a renowned author of the 20th century and was famous for his realistic works. This paper will highlight how Tolstoy portrays the ... -
Analysis of credibility of Hadiths and its influence among the Bangladeshi youth
(BRAC University, 2010-12-11)The research paper strives to justify the position of hadiths in Islam. By extensive research, the author comes to the conclusion that adhering to hadiths is only a faith choice, and is not backed by any Islamic logic, ... -
Analysis of error correction done in different schools in Dhaka city
(BRAC University, 2007-04)Though error correction is considered to be the integral part of language teaching unfortunately, in our country, in most of the educational institutions, error correction is considered to be the most negligible part. ... -
Analyzing implementation of extensive reading in ESL classrooms
(BRAC University, 2015-12)The research is based on a small-scale study that explores the present practices of extensive reading in the ESL classrooms at primary levels in Bangladesh. It focuses on the principles of extensive reading and investigates ... -
Analyzing the natural elements of Emily Dickinson’s selected poems using eco-feminist criticism
(BRAC University, 2018-08)Emily Dickinson was a 19th century American female poet. During her time, Dickinson was unrecognized as a great female poet. Throughout her lifetime less than a dozen of her almost eighteen hundred poems were published. ... -
The application of CLT in literature class at Bangla medium secondary level schools in Bangladesh: a shift from traditional method (GTM) to communicative approach (CLT)
(BRAC University, 2017-12-06)From the very beginning of English literature learning, students have been learning literature in traditional methods especially in GTM, where teachers only read out and analyze the story, poems, novel etc. and students ... -
Appropriateness of EAP courses at tertiary level: an intra-university study in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2018-08)The existing research works of ELT in the context of Bangladesh, either focus on the implementation of language teaching methodologies, its issues and how the teacher’s role is essential to language learning and development. ... -
Aspects of technology as distractions while teaching in a classroom : classroom management reflection, teachers' and students' perception
(BRAC University, 2017-12-06)This paper on Technology as Distractions while teaching in a Classroom contains all over the views scenarios and solutions as per the suggestions. Even in this paper here it was reviewed about the distractions of using ... -
Assessing reading difficulties and reading strategies in the context of Bangladesh: tertiary level
(BRAC University, 2016-11)Reading is not an easy skill since most of the learners have many reading issues specially ESL learners. The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate various reading difficulties are faced by advanced level tertiary ... -
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 ... -
Audiovisual material in language teaching: Learners’ perspective
(BRAC University, 2014-05)In order to teach listening and speaking skills to second language learners, video is considered to be a very effective instrument. Video clips provide learners with real use of the target language enabling them to see the ... -
Authentic input to motivate learners to develop listening skill: benefits, drawbacks of using podcast
(BRAC University, 2014-04)In Bangladesh, mobile devices are distinctly gaining the importance in education section. While CD-ROMs, multimedia computer labs, the World Wide Web, e-mail, and SMS still play an important part in language learning, ... -
Authentic materials of business writing in post graduate level: Attitudes of teachers and students
(BRAC University, 2014-12)Materials selection is important to teach business writing in post graduate level. Teachers and students have different points of view about authentic materials. The present research attempts to find out teachers and ... -
Backwash effect of SSC and HSC Examinations : focus on listening and speaking skills
(BRAC University, 2014-12)Exam is one of the major influential factors on learning outcome. It encourages students to practice more on specific skills, topics or subject of assigned curricula of an exam. According to Skinner (1957) language learning ... -
Bangladeshi tertiary level students' common errors in academic writing
(BRAC University, 2010-04)The goal of the study is to investigate Bangladeshi tertiary level students' common errors in academic writing. It will also reveal the writing problems through error analysis in students' academic essay writing. In this ...
