Thesis, B.A. (English): Recent submissions
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An evaluation of the secondary school textbook English For Today (class IX-X) in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2020-10)This study examines the role of the textbook English for Today in the context of teaching English in Bangladesh, specifically at the secondary school level (Class IX-X). Textbooks is one of the important elements in ... -
NAEM-trained Teachers’ perceptions of CLT pedagogical practice: A Higher Secondary Level Study in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2021-01)For a wide variety of reasons, the significance of English in Bangladesh at higher secondary level is prodigious. The NCTB (National Curriculum and Textbook Board) has made English compulsory for all students in schools ... -
Existentialism and absurdism in contemporary British Theatre: An analysis of Kane’s selected plays
(Brac University, 2020-09)This dissertation is an opportunity to explore Sarah Kane’s selected plays that unveil violence and absurd scenes which were never shown before in the British theatres. The paper aims to connect Kane’s selected contemporary ... -
Urban Structures and Human Psychology: A geocritical study of J.G Ballard’s Highrise and Cocaine Nights
(Brac University, 2020-09)In postmodern era, the idea of space, its related concepts and practices such as spatiality, mapping, topography, deterritorialization, and so forth have become a key term for literary and cultural studies. After the end ... -
Fostering of critical thinking skills through reading text
(Brac University, 2020-09)This study explored how the strategies of critical thinking skills have been implemented by the participants while reading an English reading text. This strategy of the implementation of critical thinking skills can be ... -
Effective Teaching Method for EAP courses in Bangladeshi Private Universities: A comparative study
(Brac University, 2020-10)The remaining researches in English Language Teaching focus on the appropriateness of the EFL courses. Some studies focuses on different teaching Methods and its outcome. One of the most discussed topics is regarding GTM ... -
The implimentation of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in rural Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2021-01)English teaching at the secondary level in Bangladesh has gone through many changes over the last two decades. Of them the introduction of communicative language teaching (CLT) instead of grammar translation method (GTM) ... -
The aspiration to preserve national identity: An evaluative reading of americanah and things fall apart
(Brac University, 2021-01)Adichie’s and Achebe’s use of terms and expressions to describe how race has been significantly affecting the lives of the innocent black people whose only desire is to endeavor their anticipated ambition and desire along ... -
From Patriotism to Disillusionment: Mapping shifting tone in British War Poetry
(Brac University, 2020-12)First World War, also known as Great War, had an emphatic impact in shaping the literary genre called War Poetry that sketched veracious picture of the modern technological warfare to the world. The war poems written by ... -
A history of scars: An examination of how war and trauma changes people and the stories they tell
(Brac University, 2021-01)This paper will attempt to analyse the effects of war, intergenerational trauma and selective persecution on the human psyche, and how that is reflected in literature through the theoretical frameworks of New Historicism ... -
Teachers’ perception on teacher training in Secondary English Classrooms of Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2020-09)This study explored the scenario of the trainings of English teachers focusing on Secondary Bangla medium schools. It showed English teachers' perceptions of their attended trainings throughout their career. In addition, ... -
The reality of inclusive education in Bangladesh focusing on LBLD
(Brac University, 2020-10)Language-Based Learning Difficulties (LBLD) is one of the most common phenomena which is observed in young children. Many researches have been conducted in this field and professional suggest of inclusive education to ... -
Factors influencing secondary school English teachers’ inclination towards private tutoring in English
(Brac University, 2020-09)In recent times educational researchers have given attention to Private tutoring in English (PTE) due to the overwhelming prevalence of PTE in Bangladesh. Some studies have explored the factors influencing students’ ... -
Depiction of identity disorientation and sexual barbarity: Analysing the racial degradation in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Beloved
(Brac University, 2020-09)This thesis aims to focus on the amalgamated effect of internalized racial identity loss and sexual violence manifested as a power tool in order to control the African American community on The Bluest Eye and Beloved; ... -
An Evaluation of the secondary school textbook English For Today (class IX-X) in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2020-10)This study examines the role of the textbook English for Today in the context of teaching English in Bangladesh, specifically at the secondary school level (Class IX-X). Textbooks is one of the important elements in ... -
English in the Linguistic Landscape of Dhaka City: A Case Study
(Brac University, 2020-10)This study examines the linguistic landscape of selective parts of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, especially the use of English in various visible places. The study explores English is being exercised by a Bangladeshi ... -
Exploring the challenges and possibilities of online assessment amidst the Covid 19: Perspectives from Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2020-09)The main objective of this study is to explore the challenges and possibilities of online assessment, amidst the outbreak of Covid-19 in Bangladesh. This study uses qualitative approach to collect data and analyzes them ... -
Impact of Krashen’s affective filters on English speaking skills of Aliya Madrasah students in Dakhil and Alim level
(Brac University, 2020-04)This research looks into the matter of teaching and learning process of English speaking in madrasahs in Bangladesh. While doing so, it tries to relate Stephen Krashen’s hypothesis on Affective filters from his monitor ... -
CLT based English Language Teaching and Learning in Secondary Education in Bangladesh: Expectations and reality. Teachers’ and students’ perspectives
(Brac University, 2020-09)This study is concerned with the real scenario of CLT based English language teaching and learning in secondary level education in Bangladesh. It aims to explore that the expectations from implementation of CLT in secondary ... -
Reflection of Bakhtin’s theory into Dostoevsky’s Notes from The Underground, Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis: A critical analysis through Dialogism, Dialogic Self-Consciousness, Polyphony and Heteroglossia
(Brac University, 2020-09)The main goal of this thesis is to discover the reflection of the Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin’s philosophy of dialogism, dialogic self-consciousness, polyphony, heteroglossia into Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes From ...
