Thesis, B.A. (English): Recent submissions
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Effects of media hype and mass popularity on essence of literature : as seen from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter
(BRAC University, 2015-04)Contemporary literature has walked metaphorical miles since earlier times—and the marked improvement in it can be seen in J.K. Rowling‟s renowned fantasy/magic realist series, Harry Potter. Not only does Rowling make great ... -
Postcolonialism in the Tempest & Oroonoko : issues of race and power
(BRAC University, 2015-03)This paper analyses William Shakespeare‘s The Tempest and Aphra Behn‘s Oroonoko in the context of Postcolonialism. It is an attempt to analyze issues such as subjugation, dominance and language in relation to power. It ... -
The influence of teaching materials on the process of motivation in secondary level
(BRAC University, 2014-12-10)In this research, it would be studied that how the materials of the English language teaching can be used a source of motivationto enhance a fruitful learning and teaching at the same time.It would concern both the students’ ... -
Inclusive education for children with disabilities in Bangladesh: Implementation and challenges
(BRAC University, 2014-12)The educational system of Bangladesh has gone through many changes in two decades. Inclusive Education (IE) is one of those initiatives taken by the educational system and government of Bangladesh. Many laws were enacted ... -
Authentic materials of business writing in post graduate level: Attitudes of teachers and students
(BRAC University, 2014-12)Materials selection is important to teach business writing in post graduate level. Teachers and students have different points of view about authentic materials. The present research attempts to find out teachers and ... -
Study on the use of Technology in ELT classroom: Teachers’ Perspective
(BRAC University, 2014-12)The National Education Policy, 2010 has brought some changes in the English syllabus for higher secondary level, i.e. class XI-XII. It focuses on skill based teaching and learning through communicative method. The use of ... -
An evaluation of linguistic transition among the tertiary level students of private universities in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2014-12)This study was an attempt to explore the difficulties of students at tertiary level in our country for linguistic transition (Bengali to English). Rauf (2012) says Linguistic transition is now a reality in the higher ... -
Multiple Narratives and Postmodern Techniques: A Study of Jorge Luis Borges and Thomas Pynchon
(BRAC University, 2014-12)“Multiple Narratives and Postmodernism Techniques: A study of Jorge Luis Borges and Thomas Pynchon” is a study of certain themes prevalent in both South and North America prevalent in some selected texts of these two ... -
The failure of the American dream : The Great Gatsby
(BRAC University, 2014-12)American Dream has distinctive implications for diverse individuals. To some, it implies that one can accomplish whatever one wants through living this dream which will take one to his/her desired objectives. To others, ... -
Psychosocial alienation as dehumanization: Dostoevsky and Tolstoy revisited
(BRAC University, 2014-12)In the world of philosophy, psychosocial alienation is a well-known concept. It is a notion that represents the psychic torment of an individual who experiences the feelings of isolation, despair or anguish and gradually ... -
Chakma language : survival from being extinct in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2014-12)At present days, the world is marked by a discrepancy in language development. Language loss has become a common phenomenon throughout the world. There were almost 50,000 languages and among them only 10,000 languages ... -
Learners’ foreign language speaking anxiety: a tertiary level scenario in EFL class
(BRAC University, 2014-12)This research is concerned with Bangladeshi learners’ anxiety of speaking English at tertiary level classrooms. In this paper, the researcher tried to find out the factors responsible for speaking anxiety of the learners, ... -
Eye contact: A Tertiary level scenario
(BRAC University, 2014-12)Eye contact plays vital role in classroom. Now a days eye contact is using effectively in classroom by the teachers and the students. Eye contact is important while listening and speaking because it shows the attentiveness ... -
An enriching experience at Asiatic JWT
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Teachers suffering from exam washback effect: exclusion of practicing speaking and listening skills in English classes
(BRAC University, 2014-12)This paper aims to inspect how washback is affecting the teaching system of teachers who are teaching in Bangladeshi Bengali medium schools of grade 9 and 10. Teachers who are suffering from exam washback always teach ... -
Backwash effect of SSC and HSC Examinations : focus on listening and speaking skills
(BRAC University, 2014-12)Exam is one of the major influential factors on learning outcome. It encourages students to practice more on specific skills, topics or subject of assigned curricula of an exam. According to Skinner (1957) language learning ... -
Deconstructing the marginalized female: a reading of Mahasweta Devi’s short stories
(BRAC University, 2014-12)Women’s positions in society, particularly those of marginalized/ peripheral ones positions are very preoccupied with the sense of docility and negligence. Marginalized1 1 The word ‘Marginalized’ used as the substitute ... -
Film and postmoden culture
(BRAC University, 2014-12)The relationship between postmodernism and film within the scope of visual culture is threefold: the form and style of a film can be postmodern, the subject matter of a film can be postmodern, and the way of film is ... -
India in English literature : reading Kim (1901), A Passage to India (1924) and Midnight’s Children (1981)
(BRAC University, 2014-12)The concept of identity is complex and complicated, especially in people of those countries which once were colonized. People of such countries have to go through three levels in the development of their national and ... -
Representation of women in electronic visual media: Bangladeshi context
(BRAC University, 2014-12)Stereotyping based on gender is a very common phenomenon around the world since early days of civilization. Physical difference might be the basic reason of male-female division, but the distinction evolved into an ideological ...
