Thesis, M.A. (English): Recent submissions
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Sexual politics and rape in the selected works of Shashi Deshpande: a feminist Perspective
(Brac University, 2019-12)Since the early revolutionary period of the first wave of feminist movement in India in 1850, women have come a long way with the feminist liberation movements continuously striving to bring in reformation in various ... -
Constriction of English language learning in a developing country— a qualitative study in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2019-12)The aim of this study is to explore the constriction of students’ English language learning due to the challenges faced in a developing country, and the study is conducted in the context of Bangladesh. Eventually, the ... -
Strategies for vocabulary learning by tertiary level learners
(Brac University, 2018-12)This paper is concerned with tertiary level learners who adopt different vocabulary learning strategies. The purpose of this study is to explore strategies which are prominent for tertiary level learners to improve their ... -
Dehumanization and trans-humanization in contemporary American Science Fiction: exploring the possibilities of a unifying vision
(Brac University, 2019-07)This research studies contemporary science fiction to explore the possibilities of a unifying vision. This vision is an urgent necessity as departmentalization has already divided the world into numerous disconnected ... -
English language skills: perceived difficulties by tertiary level
(Brac University, 2019-07)This study aims to investigate the problems in language skills at the tertiary level of education in Bangladesh. It particularly examines the obstacles the learners face in mastering their target language as well as the ... -
Tracing the dimension of non-duality in Mikhail Naimi’s The Book of Mirdad
(Brac University, 2019-08)There are very few literary works which have put all their attention and efforts to express what is commonly referred to as non-duality or non-dual consciousness, the unalloyed and uncharted dimension of existence. Usually ... -
An exploratory study of English teaching and learning in three Alia Madrasahs of Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2019-08)Over time, global, economic, social and political diagram has transformed significantly. All those components had contributed an extension and alteration in the traditional culture, which, in bi-product had resulted into ... -
A postmodern analysis: tracing the elements of politics, war and trauma in graphic narratives in Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis and Joe Sacco’s Palestine
(Brac University, 2019-08)The paper aims to show how graphic novels can be included in the mainstream reading culture. Visual narratives not only glorify a culture or a country, but it also instruments to highlight the intricate and gruesome details ... -
Effectiveness of techniques and methods of ESL learning for younger learners
(Brac University, 2015)First I am really grateful to my advisor for giving me such an opportunity to complete my paper under her supportive monitoring. Honorable Shenin Ziauddin helped, supported and motivated me in preparing this research ... -
The revival of the Flâneur : analysing narratives of Flânerie in W. G. Sebald‟s Austerlitz and Teju Cole‟s Open City.
(Brac University, 2019-08)The concept of the urban explorer, the flâneur, is a nineteenth century phenomenon which has gone through major transformations in the last hundred years. Significantly, the flâneur is being revived and refashioned in ... -
Oral corrective feedback: use and impact on junior secondary level students
(BRAC University, 2019-08)The study attempted to find out how junior secondary level English language teachers utilize their corrective feedback verbally in classroom settings. To fulfill that purpose, the research was conducted in 3 Bengali ... -
Field independence and field dependence factor in SLA and their impact on second language acquisition
(Brac University, 2018-04)This research paper tries to recognize the cognitive style of adolescent second language learners of an English medium school of Dhaka. Field independence and field dependence are the cognitive styles which are considered. ... -
Teaching english in rural schools: a case study of three primary schools in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2019-04)This study explored opportunities and difficulties of teaching English in rural primary schools in Bangladesh. Rural schools are lagged behind in many ways than the city schools. Most of the cases there is hardly any modern ... -
An exploration of the functions of english in urban Bangladesh: investigation of people’s attitude
(BRAC University, 2019-04)In present world, use of English language is prominent in every part of people’s lives, even in countries where English is not the native tongue. In a developing country like Bangladesh, people are using English in different ... -
Investigating teachers‟ preferences for eclecticism in the teaching of English in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2019-04)This study investigates elementary level English language teachers‟ preferences for practicing eclecticism in Bangladesh. Both qualitative and quantitative data were used for this study. There is a growing debate about the ... -
Enforced CLT or disguised GTM?: investigating English curriculum implementation in secondary schools in Bangladesh”
(BRAC University, 2019-04)National curriculum and textbooks board (NCTB) curriculum of Secondary level in Bangladesh promotes communicative language teaching (CLT). NCTB curriculum is written to increase the practice of CLT in EFL (English as a ... -
The effect of interpersonal learning style on speaking skill of tertiary level students
(BRAC University, 2019-04)This study investigated the effect of interpersonal learning style on speaking skill of tertiary level students. Five private universities of Dhaka, Bangladesh have been selected, from where 70 students and 15 teachers ... -
Representation of prostitution in the novels woman at Point Zero by Nawwal el Saadawi and Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
(BRAC University, 2019-04)Most of us tend to associate the word ‘prostitute’ with negative connotations. Synonyms of the word are used as a slang term against women we want to label as ‘characterless’. When we hear stories of prostitutes in ... -
Struggles of the past and present: the African American woman in Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah
(BRAC University, 2019-04)Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie portrays struggles of a black Nigerian as an American immigrant in Americanah. This novel shows conflicts of migratory life, relationship between African American and African people and explores ... -
Translation in L2 learning: beliefs and strategy use on writing skills of junior secondary level learners
(BRAC University, 2019-04)Translation has a noteworthy historical background towards second language learning but to some extent, several researchers demonstrate that it only draws to shortsighted balanced connection between the local and second ...
