Thesis, B.A. (English): Recent submissions
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Exploring the practice of learner autonomy in Bangladeshi EFL classrooms: responses of secondary level learners and their teachers
(Brac University, 2017-08-02)This study attempts to explore secondary level learners and teachers’ responses on learner autonomy in Bangladeshi EFL classrooms. It emphasizes on the students’ survey and teachers’ interview on the aspect of learner ... -
Teacher Talk (TT) in EFL classrooms in Bengali medium schools of Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2017-08)The study attempts to find out how Bengali medium English language teachers utilize their talk in classroom settings. To fulfill that purpose, the research was conducted in four Bengali medium secondary level schools of ... -
William Shakespeare: feminist strains
(BRAC University, 2017-07)In the Elizabethan era women faced huge barriers in their path to asserting their individual identities in society. This trend of an oppressive patriarchal society inhabited by ‘correctly’ submissive women was reflected ... -
Importance of visual aids to motivate young learners
(BRAC Univeristy, 2017-04-02)This report presents the results of the experiences gathered during the internship done in Rajuk Uttara Model College from Sep-Dec, 2016. As an undergraduate student of BRAC University, I was required to do a dissertation ... -
A postmodern study of politics, language, magic realism and oral tradition in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children and Haroun and the Sea of Stories
(BRAC Univeristy, 2017-04)This paper will discuss on two of Salman Rushdie’s novel Midnight’s Children and Haroun and the Sea of Stories. Firstly a brief introduction about postmodernism is given along with how its ideas clashes with modernism’s ... -
Inspiring writers through using blogs
(BRAC University, 2015-12-03)This paper focuses on how writing through blogs motivates students. The researcher conducted a study on randomly selected 30 students of tertiary level EFL classes Of Private University in Dhaka city. Questionnaire consists ... -
Code-switching tendency in young Bangladeshi professionals: a case study
(BRAC University, 2015-08-06)This paper is a small case study on ten Bangladeshi youths who have completed their graduation recently and are working in different private sectors. The researcher tries to find out the role of code switching in their ... -
Influence of L1 on L2 in speaking English of the students of intermediate level
(BRAC University, 2015-08-08)Many researchers have been working on interference of mother tongue on language learning. However, there are few works on pronunciation and fluency problems in speaking English. This paper will look for how mother tongue ... -
Study of the self and other: the white women's struggle of positionality in the heart of South Africa
(BRAC University, 2016-08)This dissertation will primarily focus on how colonialism created the binaries of the colonizer (Self) and the colonized (Other). The dichotomy, not only did it divide the geographical locations of East and West, or separated ... -
Imperialism in the novels of Aphra Behn, Jane Austen and Jean Rhys: a reading of Oroonoko, Mansfield Park and Wide Sargasso Sea
(BRAC University, 2013-08)World history today is largely shaped by the history of imperialism. The traces and effects of imperialism can not only be found in the works of dominant writers, but many African and Asian writers also refer to the presence ... -
A genius of the south and harlem renaissance: moulding the dynamics of American literature
(BRAC University, 2015-08-08)A genius of The South and Harlem Renaissance: Moulding the Dynamics of American Literature" is the speculation of the literary movement in the 1920's and its effects on twentieth century American literature. In an attempt ... -
Productivity of verb inflections in Bangla-speaking pre-school children
(BRAC University, 2016-08)This study attempts to find out the productivity of verb inflections of Bangla speaking preschool children. It focuses on the spontaneous speech samples of 30 children aged 2 to 4, to explore the developmental sequence ... -
The discourse analysis of Facebook and its impact on language learning: a study
(BRAC University, 2016-08)This study attempts to find out the role of Facebook on language learning. Therefore it includes analyzing the discourse of different apps that are popular in use on Facebook. Different components of discourse analysis ... -
The role of androgyny and performativity in the novels of Virginia Woolf: Orlando & Mrs. Dalloway
(BRAC University, 2016-08)The social roles of male and female are constituted through gender. The body always creates the values and meanings by the performance of social acts. Thus gender is not a fixed phenomenon. It is constantly changing, ... -
Representation of consumer culture in contemporary literature: from Roland Barthes' Mythologies to Will Self's The Sweet Smell of Psychosis
(BRAC University, 2016-08)Consumer culture, although a mark of industrial economy, has turned into the norm of advancement in the contemporary global society. The structure of modern capitalism is based on the production and consumption of goods. ... -
Twentieth-century dystopian novels: a reflection of the making of the modern world
(BRAC University, 2016-08)The first half of the 20th century marks a critical transition from the Victorian to the modern era paving the way to dilemmas of the postmodern age. This period saw the colonies and feudal systems breaking up, and ... -
Factors influencing the Bangladeshi submitted to the department of English and in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree indigenous students attitude towards learn second language in Dhaka
(BRAC University, 2016-08)This research attempts to find out the various factors influencing the process of learning Bangla as a second language in different communities. Around 50 indigenous students living in Dhaka city have been selected to ... -
Error analysis in writing: a comparative study of Bangla medium and English medium schools in Dhaka
(BRAC University, 2016-08-03)This study attempts to find out Bangla and English medium students’ and teacher perception on errors in English writing class and the reasons behind commiting those errors in writing.Around 120 Bangla medium students , ... -
A critical study of graphic novels: spiegelman’s maus and satrapi’s persepolis
(BRAC University, 2016-08)This thesis exhibits how the intense contents and themes of graphic novels can be credible in venturing its way into the academic world of English literature, particularly in Bangladesh. To accomplish this purpose I ... -
Diasporic dis/location: a study of the themes of memory, home and homecoming in The Namesake, Desirable Daughters and Beloved Strangers: A Memoir
(BRAC University, 2016-08)This thesis investigates the themes of memory, home and homecoming in three novels The Namesake (2003) by Jhumpa Lahiri, Desirable Daughters (2002) by Bharati Mukherjee and Beloved Strangers: A Memoir (2014) by Maria ...
