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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 ...
Arundhati Roy’s fiction: mapping the micro-narratives of the marginalized
(Brac University, 2019-04)
Postmodernism starts with shifting of ideas from modernism. In postmodernism, authors
adopt multiple features like historic-metafiction, magic realism, intertextuality and many more.
One of the major changes that happen ...
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 ...
A portrayal of violence, obstacles and agency of Muslim female characters in the novels, Woman at Point Zero and My Feudal Lord
(BRAC University, 2017-08)
This thesis is based on the feminist theory of patriarchy. My theoretical base is Deniz
Kandiyoti’s theory, “Patriarchal Bargain”. I will also relate the theories of Western feminism,
post-colonial feminism, Muslim ...
Talk-shows of Bangla vision: in the notion of power-play
(BRAC University, 2012-04)
Representation of ‘History and Violence’ in the narration of the postmodern novels : Martin Amis’ Time’s Arrow, J M Coetzee’s Disgrace and Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children
(BRAC University, 2015-12)
A novel cannot narrate time, experience or memory of the past accurately but can reconstruct history and then recount the events of history and violence. The literary devices and narrative techniques used to write history ...
Exploring the aspects of Dark Romanticism in 19th Century American Literature
(Brac University, 2019-12)
Dark Romanticism in 19th century America was popular among the readers, but not entirely in literary circles where writers were focusing more on transcendalist writings, like “Nature” of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Writers like ...
Implementation of classroom monitoring methods: a study from Bangladeshi context
(BRAC University, 2017-04)
This research focuses on the types of classroom monitoring techniques of the teachers
while teaching and learning English for the secondary level students in different
Bangladeshi schools. Classroom monitoring techniques ...
Discourse analysis of telecom ads: a critical insight from the applied linguistics perspective
(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 ...
Error correction in English composition class : a comparative study of Bangla medium and English medium school
(BRAC University, 2012-08)
In Bangladesh, both the Bangla medium schools and English medium schools follow different methods, different approaches and also follow different strategies for teaching the target language. The hypothesis of this paper ...