BracU Publications: Recent submissions
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Problems Bangladeshi learners face in pronouncing certain English phonemes
(BRAC University, 2010)Bangladeshi EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners, very naturally, are expected to face problems in pronouncing certain phonemes of English since English is a stress-timed language as opposed to Bangla which is a ... -
English for today, for classes 9-10 : an empirical study
(BRAC University, 2010)This study is concerned with the evaluation of the English textbook currently used for classes 9-10 of secondary schools in Bangladesh. Our students‘ level of English proficiency in all the four skills – reading, writing, ... -
Teaching English at the primary level in Bangladesh : present status, issues and challenges
(BRAC University, 2010)Communicative English was introduced in Bangladesh in 1996. Communicative English is a modern approach in which a way of spontaneous learning is implied. In this method students are encouraged to practice four basic skills ... -
Specific language impairment - when only language becomes difficult
(BRAC University, 2010)Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is a language disorder that primarily affects oral language selectively. This impairment is not any sudden loss; rather some children are born with this disability. The impaired children ... -
Sexism in language
(BRAC University, 2010)This paper aims to examine the various forms of sexism that exist within languages. Over the years sexism has been weaved into the language system so subtly that people end up submitting to sexist views without even realizing ... -
Undoing the dimorphic paradigm : a gender perspective
(BRAC University, 2010)By investigating two aspects of gender studies—the definition of gender and the denial of third-ness in the long-established gender dimorphic paradigms—the paper argues that binary gender categories need to be deconstructed. ... -
Context in communication : analysis of Bengali spoken discourse
(BRAC University, 2010)This study intends to explore the pattern of discourse Bengali people use while conversing. The researcher hopes that analysis of spoken discourse would help develop materials to teach speaking skills to EFL (English as ... -
Thomas Chatterton and Barry MacSweeney : the influence of anxiety
(BRAC University, 2010)The influence of Thomas Chatterton on Barry MacSweeney is well documented. The Newcastle born ―underground‖ poet MacSweeney thought that his poetic career resembled the unsung genius of the late eighteenth century, Thomas ... -
Fantasy and the Jonsonian Masque
(BRAC University, 2010)This paper highlights Jonson's portrayal of contemporary psychology of fantasy where absurd ideas vanish and the positive aspects of reality and beauty exist. To portray this “paradoxical” approach to fantasy, Jonson took ... -
An elusive home : Rachel Calof, indoors and out
(BRAC University, 2010)Rachel Calof’s Story: Jewish Homesteader on the Northern Plains (Ed. J. Sanford Rikoon, Indiana University Press, 1995) is a first-person memoir of farming in North Dakota from 1894-1917, based on Rachel Calof‟s Yiddish ... -
Denaturalizing shakespeare : a feminist appraisal of Antony and Cleopatra and taming of the shrew
(BRAC University, 2010)This article argues that despite reflecting the age-old man-made ideas about race, gender, female sexuality and power, Shakespeare‟s plays suggest themselves to be at odds with patriarchal gender assumptions. The chosen ... -
Reading Shakespeare in the context of his own time
(BRAC University, 2010)This paper is an attempt to study Shakespeare in the context of his own age. Drawing on critical research in New Historicism and Cultural Materialism, I have attempted to show how the social practices of Elizabethan Age ... -
Reading Shakespeare today : or, sixty years after
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BRAC University Undergraduate Prospectus 2010
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BRAC University Brochure (2015)
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BRAC University Annual Report 2014
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BRAC University Annual Report 2013
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'Pala sculptures': A highly sophisticated aesthetic taste which greatly influenced the art and architecture of Bengal
(BRAC University, 2013)Architectural practice in Bengal is notable from the Muslim period, more precisely since the Pre-Mughal as well as the Sultanate era, the architectural practice in this land started with the influences of many stylistic ... -
Data acquisition and study of He spectrum under electric and magnetic fields
(BRAC University, 2013)Data acquisition system for the spectrum of ionized gases is developed and the spectrum of He gas under electric and magnetic fields are studied. The results are shown through captured photographs, which shows that the ... -
Rebels through updike and desai's lenses
(BRAC University, 2013)9/11 has redefined the world’s understanding of the term ‘terrorism’ and its association with power and resistance. Post 9/11 novels attempt to represent terrorism or rebellions in a new light by investigating the psycho-social ...
