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Reasons and necessity of private tutoring in English for Bangla medium primary school students in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2013-04)
Private tutoring in English is a major phenomenon in Bangladesh. A large number of students receive private supplementary tutoring in English in Bangladesh. Payment-based private supplementary tutoring has also spread all ...
Writing for the National Desk : an observation from the New Age
(BRAC University, 2015-08)
As a part of my B.A Honours in English, with a concentration in Media and Cultural Studies, I undertook an internship at the New Age, a renowned Bangladeshi English Newspaper. I joined in the Department of Central Desk ...
Implementing learner autonomy through communicative activities performed in CLT classroom : an investigation of the learner's preferred activities which are carried out in CLT classroom and the potential of these activities to promote learner autonomy
(BRAC University, 2013-04)
Learner autonomy is in the heart of CLT approach. It is one of the central issues of Communicative Language Teaching. According to Holec’s (1981) definition learner autonomy means “ability to take charge of one’s own ...
Communication for airline staffs in a second language
(BRAC University, 2015-08)
This study investigated the areas of difficulty in English expressed by the staffs of different airlines. Since an ESP course is going to be held in their refreshment program, therefore, in order to work in a promising ...
Using authentic materials in the writing classes: a tertiary level scenario
(BRAC University, 2013-12)
There has been an increasing demand of using authentic materials in the foreign language teaching. Writing is one of the important productive skills in English language teaching. The aim of this research is to examine the ...
Importance of group work for ESL students in Bangladesh : a tertiary level perspective
(BRAC University, 2013-08-05)
As we have seen, some students find it effective when they work in a group in ESL class. They think it really helps them to improve their English whereas some students find it difficult to work in groups. Therefore, this ...
Mrs Dalloway and The Awakening : tracing a relation between the growing feminist movements and modern fictions from Late 19th to 20th Century American and English literary landscape
(BRAC University, 2015-08)
Mrs Dalloway and The Awakening are two very widely read English novels known for their feminist stance. In both of the novels, the central characters Clarissa Dalloway and Edna Pontellier undergo an essential moment of ...
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 ...
Time in postmodern novels: A study of slaughterhouse-five, time’s arrow and the sense of an ending
(BRAC University, 2014-04)
The study attempts to illustrate how Kurt Vonnegut, Martin Amis and Julian Burnes depict time in keeping with postmodernist practice and the three novelists present a new aspect of time . In the introductory part, the paper ...
Effectiveness of teacher talk in English and Bangla medium schools of Bangladesh : a comparative study
(BRAC University, 2013-08)
This paper compares students’ perceptions on the effectiveness of teacher talk in English and
Bangla medium schools of Bangladesh. For this research, a survey was conducted among 113
students and 20 teachers from English ...