Thesis, B.A. (English): Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Effects and problems of speaking anxiety in Bengali medium classrooms of Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2017-04-05)This paper is concerned with learners of Bengali medium schools who suffer from speaking anxiety in English at secondary level classrooms. In this paper, the researcher basically tried to find out the problems which are ... -
Sexuality of female royals in renaissance plays: Duchess of Malfi, Gertrude and Cleopatra
(BRAC University, 2017-04)The Renaissance period, even at the height of its progression, saw limited improvement in women’s lives regardless of their socio-economic status. While men were engaging themselves in the pursuit of knowledge, inventing ... -
Tracing the Mythic Journey in James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses
(BRAC University, 2017-04)This thesis is an attempt to illustrate the mythic dimension of James Joyce’s works. Two of his novels The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses have been taken for the study of this thesis. This thesis mainly ... -
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 ... -
Women and stream of consciousness in Virginia Woolf’s novel: “Mrs. Dalloway” and “To the Lighthouse”
(BRAC University, 2017-04)Virginia Woolf is best known for her novels, especially “Mrs. Dalloway” (1925) and “To the Lighthouse” (1927), Woolf also wrote pioneering essays on artistic theory, literary history, women’s writing, and the politics of ... -
Effectiveness of humor in English language learning: Bangladeshi perspective
(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. ... -
Desired personality traits of language learners: university level scenario in Bangladesh
(BARC University, 2017-08)This study attempts to find out the desired personality traits of language learners among the university level’s students in Bangladesh. Therefore, this paper explores the five big personality traits of successful language ... -
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 ... -
Difficulties' Bangla medium students face in listening comprehension in ESL
(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 ... -
Need analysis to improve secondary level students writing skills
(BARC University, 2017-08)The study attempt to analyze needs, wants and lacks of students of secondary level of concerning writing skills. Two section of class 7 and 9 where in total 50 students in these two classes who are the sample of this study ... -
A study of two Disney movies: Cinderella (2015) and Beauty and the Beast (2017)
(BRAC University, 2017-08)Movie adaptation is the way to covert a play, book or novel into a movie. The aim of this paper is to discuss the adaptation of two popular fairy tales Cinderella (2015) and Beauty & the Beast (2017). The primary focus of ... -
A stylistic analysis of Waiting for Godot
(BRAC University, 2017-08-01)Stylistics analysis refers to the process of the identification of patterns and usage of language in linguistics. In literature, such analysis examines the quality and meaning of text. The purpose of this thesis is to ... -
Treatment of time and history in the narration of postmodern literature: Kurt Vonnegut’s slaughterhouse- five, Martin Amis’s time’s arrow and Tim O’Brien’s how to tell a true war story
(BRAC University, 2017-08)Postmodernism is considered as one of the broad terms in contemporary cultural domain. Literature is perhaps the most familiar aspect where postmodernism can be understood. The issue of time and history is a vital aspect ... -
The role of grammar teaching in English language learning: a study of the higher secondary level in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2017-08)The role of grammar teaching in language learning has been a focal point of debate for many years (Richards & Renandya, 2002; Nan, 2015). Learning a language is not a conventional outcome and there does not have a perfect ... -
The difference in the representation of the “Black” protagonist in Oroonoko and Things Fall Apart
(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 ... -
Impact and implementation of sociocultural theory in ESL classroom
(BRAC University, 2017-08)Sociocultural theory is a great theory for learning and for teaching the students. Moreover, it believes that learning L2 should be a helpful accomplishment not an unmediated process. Sociocultural theory emphasizes that, ... -
Implementing authentic materials to turn traditional teaching into CLT: focus on high school
(BARC University, 2017-08-03)Authentic materials are printed texts, visual texts, and audio materials which students faced in their classrooms, such as change-of address forms, job applications, menus, voice mail messages, radio programs, and videos. ... -
An exploration of “home” in postcolonial context: a close study of V.S. Naipaul’s a house for Mr. Biswas and Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s children
(BARC University, 2017-08)Home has always been a persisting topic in literature from the Early Victorian time to the present postmodern time. In literature ‘home’ has always occupied a central position be it as setting, symbol or metaphor, or to ... -
The impact of language anxiety on academic achievement among ESL learners
(BARC University, 2017-08)Anxiety, kind of emotion which can be considered as complicated state of mind. In learning English as a foreign language classroom context language anxiety is one of the most significant variables. Anxiety influences learner ...