Browsing Special Issue, Number 01, Fall 2010 by Title
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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 ... -
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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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. ...
