Thesis, B.A. (English): Recent submissions
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Perceptions of secondary level students and teachers taking private tutoring in English Online in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2022-01)COVID-19 situation gave the world quite a drastic change. Even in the education sector, some serious problems have risen, as the method of teaching has changed its direction and shifted to online platforms. Along with ... -
Utilizing lesson plan in ESL classroom at primary level: a study on primary level Bangla medium school in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2020-09)Lesson plan is a model about how a teacher will conduct their class on given time including necessary components. From various researches it has been found that lesson plan is a useful tool for teaching. In terms of ESL ... -
Effective ways of learning vocabulary online for ESL students at tertiary level in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2022-01)The paper shows that Bangladeshi ESL students learn vocabulary from online and which method is effective for them. Bangladeshi ESL students can learn vocabulary from visual/ multimodal methods and traditional methods. ... -
Challenges and benefits of using online learning platforms in English language teaching and learning in Bangladesh: a secondary school scenario
(Brac University, 2021-09)The sudden interruption in traditional face-to-face language teaching caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted educational institutions of all levels in Bangladesh. Schools, like other educational institutions switched ... -
The unbearable heaviness of being: Analyzing Bigger Thomas from Richard Wright’s Native Son as a character beyond good and evil
(Brac University, 2022-01)Published in 1940, the reputation of Native Son as one of the most significant African-American literary texts is due to its fascinating plotline that follows the story of an unusual protagonist named Bigger Thomas living ... -
The inevitable gateway from prostitution: a post-colonial study on Eka Kurniawan’s Beauty is a wound
(Brac University, 2021-09)In a capitalist society, where commodification knows no boundary, commodifying sexual intercourse is a genius strategy to augment the advent of capitalism since sexual desire and its fulfillment is indispensable to the ... -
How external standardized language exams and exam prospects affect Bangladeshi students
(Brac University, 2021-12)Bangladeshi students who aim to go abroad for higher education often have to give external standardized exams like IELTS, TOEFL, SAT, GMAT and GRE. Such an exam acts as a marker for students’ language proficiency on an ... -
Mobile-assisted language learning in Secondary level schools in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2021-01)Mobile learning has been applied to higher studies in developed countries for more than a decade to ensure a smooth, effective and trouble-free teaching and learning process. Advanced technology has played a vital role in ... -
A qualitative exploration of Bangladeshi STEM graduates’ English speaking
(Brac University, 2022-01)English speaking skills especially in the ESOL context like Bangladesh, STEM graduates are facing many challenges in terms of English speaking. Many of them are not proficient to speak in English well as they face many ... -
English version in Bangladesh: the awkward middle child that needs desperate attention
(Brac University, 2021-09)This study, qualitative in nature, explores learning and teaching in an English version school in Bangladesh. English Version has never been able to live up to its full potential due to countless unattended issues. While ... -
Teaching writing skills: a comparative study of Bangla medium and English medium schools of Dhaka city
(Brac University, 2020-12)This research paper attempts to find out the methods, strategies and techniques which are used in Bangla medium schools and English medium schools to teach writing skill. It also investigates whether those strategies differ ... -
Challenges that Bangladeshi examinees face during IELTS listening test
(Brac University, 2022-01)The study deals with the challenges examinee face during IELTS listening test. The study is conducted only focused on the context of Bangladesh. The objective of the research is to figure out the major difficulties which ... -
An inter-disciplinary study of how democracies eventually emulate authoritarian regimes, considering 1984 as a forewarning
(Brac University, 2022-02)For decades following World War II, the inadequacies and opulence exhibited by dictatorships had prompted people to refocus their attention toward democratic administration. Democracy was triumphant in the Cold War against ... -
Gender roles in war: Zweiter Weltkrieg’s (World War II) homefront against battlefront in a woman in Berlin
(Brac University, 2022-01)During the hindmost months of the Second World War in 1945, as the Russian army closed in on Berlin and the war was weeks away from an armistice, one anonymous citizen of Berlin decided to keep a personal journal to ... -
Fallen” to new women: reflection on the social condition of women in light of modernist expression in the novels of Virginia Woolf and Kate Chopin
(Brac University, 2022-01)The main focus of my thesis is that I want to analyze the situation and the position of women in the society of late 19th and early 20th century in light of modernist expression and how the then society shaped women’s lives ... -
Influence of social media and e-learning on breaking language barriers during the Covid19 situation
(Brac University, 2022-01)Learning a language is always an extraordinary challenge for a person. It comes with many obstacles that one needs to overcome. From the very beginning of time there are many methods that are being followed to ensure the ... -
The influence of online assessment on secondary students in Bangladesh: consequences and challenges
(Brac University, 2022-01)The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the teaching-learning process in a whole new direction. The traditional school teaching and learning process was suddenly diverted and forced to virtual classes where Bangladeshi teachers ... -
The absurd and the caged self: a comparative study on “A Hunger Artist” and The Plague
(Brac University, 2022-01)This paper explores Franz Kafka’s short story “A Hunger Artist” and Albert Camus’ novel The Plague to do a comparison of the texts in the light of absurdism. This thesis is centred around the notion of constitution of the ... -
Evolution of feminism in English literature from 19th to 20th century
(Brac University, 2022-01)This thesis will be concerned with the evolution of feminism in English literature from the 19th to 20th century. Feminism encompasses social movements, political movements and ideologies that aim to define and create ... -
Motivation and attitude towards learning English during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: a mixed methods study
(Brac University, 2021-09)The study examines motivations and attitudes towards learning English among a leading private University's undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering students. It examines whether the participants are motivated to study ...
