Thesis, B.A. (English): Recent submissions
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A comparative study on teaching methods and approaches in ESL classrooms of Bangla and English version secondary schools in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2015-12)This paper compares the teaching methods and approaches in ESL classroom of Bangla and English version secondary levels. The researcher conducted the study on randomly selected 20 students and 20 teachers from ESL ... -
Transnational feminism and literature : a study of women’s realities in The Lowland, Burnt Shadows and The Good Muslim
(BRAC University, 2015-12)Feminists of today believe in working collaboratively to form transnational alliances and to inspect a wide range of issues that intersect with the lived experiences of the woman. The contemporary paradigm of transnational ... -
Media, representation and false consciousness in our time
(BRAC University, 2015-12)The Media plays a significant role in everyday life. People depend on newspapers, television and also new media to get information of whole world. Though media is supposed to represent the whole truth as from media people ... -
Diasporic discourses in the Fictions of Jhumpa Lahiri
(BRAC University, 2015-12)Man has always been in quest for a better life. Since the very beginning of the world till today’s advanced period the exploration continued. Man moves from one place to other in search for the comfort and prosperity. Often ... -
Rise and decline of Beat literature
(BRAC University, 2015-12)In the post-World War II America, beat generation started its journey to find a new vision of life that would enable people to experience life with freedom and hope; and to find that new vision, literature was the method ... -
Traces of First and Second wave feminist thoughts in the writings of Adrienne Rich, Doris Lessing and Caryl Churchill
(BRAC University, 2015-12)The thesis aims to develop a dialogue between feminist theoretical traditions and literary texts by women writers from the mid-20th century western tradition. The thesis will focus on the first and second waves of Feminist ... -
Analyzing implementation of extensive reading in ESL classrooms
(BRAC University, 2015-12)The research is based on a small-scale study that explores the present practices of extensive reading in the ESL classrooms at primary levels in Bangladesh. It focuses on the principles of extensive reading and investigates ... -
Significance of symbolism in Edgar Allan Poe’s selected works
(BRAC University, 2015-12)Romantics emerged through creating a new wave in literature. They were more concern about the expression of feelings than reason. They found the classics somewhere stagnant at a particular point from where human passion ... -
Online language teacher education for ongoing development : prospect in Bangladesh among the English teachers
(BRAC University, 2015-12-06)This thesis investigates the prospect of Online Language Teacher Education (OLTE) among the secondary level‘s English teachers in Bangladesh for their ongoing development. Therefore, this study explores the drawbacks of ... -
L1 interference in L2 : a study from Bangladeshi perspective
(BRAC University, 2015-12)Language learning refers to learning a new language other than native language. In learning a new language learners often face interference of their native language. This paper describes how the researcher conducted a study ... -
Tracing transnationalism and neocolonialism in Zia Haider Rahman’s in The Light of What We Know
(BRAC University, 2015-12)Rahman‟s Debut novel has contributed in the literary world at a great extent. His novel talks about contemporary geopolitical issues and an individual being subjected by its atrocity. Rahman‟s main character Zafar discovers ... -
Meaning communicated online chat
(BRAC University, 2015-12)The aim of this paper is to give a deeper look on how people perceive message, information correctly in online chats; in spite of the absence of non-verbal actions. Since people now-a-days are more into online chats rather ... -
A study on the similarities and differences in learning styles between English medium and Bengali medium learners
(BRAC University, 2015-12)The purpose of this study was to find out the similarities and differences in learning styles between English medium and Bengali medium learners. This study attempted to find whether the learning styles of Bengali medium ... -
Effectiveness of extensive reading in Second Language learning : a study on the development of linguistic skills in reference to reading
(BRAC University, 2015-12)Over the past few decade extensive reading has been gaining support and recognition in second language learning pedagogy. There are numerous articles that show the benefits of extensive reading in English for both foreign ... -
Critical period hypothesis : a comparative study between young and adult learners
(BRAC University, 2015-12)Critical Period Hypothesis is one of the central aspects of language acquisition discourse. In this study through a comparative series young and adult learners have been compared on different areas of language and skills ... -
An experience of teaching English by using direct method and grammar translation method
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Observing writing classes to explore students’ writing problems : a secondary level scenario of EFL class
(BRAC University, 2015-12)This research paper attempts to find out students’ writing problems at secondary level. Students of this level face many problems but grammatical errors are the biggest problem for most of the students. Apart from grammatical ... -
Gender roles in historical reformation
(BRAC University, 2015-08)Gender Roles in Historical Reformation is a study of Orhan Pamuk’s memoir Istanbul : Memories and the City from a transnational- postmodern feminist perspective. In the memoir, the theme of melancholy is very much prevalent. ... -
The survey on using oral corrective feedback in ESL classroom in Bangladeshi context
(BRAC University, 2015-12)Feedback plays a significant role for all the level of students to improve their second language learning. Although, there are various types of feedback, this study will focus only oral corrective feedback. The purpose ... -
A study of film adaptation of Hamlet and Disgrace : moving from text to screen
(BRAC University, 2015-08)Literary adaptation has reached a new dimension in the postmodern era. Literary adaptations have gone through various technical and aesthetic changes over the last century and are done taking from the classical literary ...
