Browsing Thesis, B.A. (English) by Title
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Postmodern worldview: the depiction of our time in Don DeLillo, Will Self and Salman Rushdie
(BRAC University, 2017-04-06)Postmodernism is one of the most discussed topics in contemporary world. It embraces various kinds of approaches to art making. It is a mixture of different artistic and popular styles and media. The term “postmodernism” ... -
Postmodernism, community building and online communication: -"Are virtual communities 'real' communities?"
(BRAC University, 2009-07)This paper serves to analyze the relationship between postmodernism, community building, and the development of online communication. Special emphasis is put on investigating how virtual communities such as facebook have ... -
Power and position: exploring the post-colonial women and men in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
(Brac University, 2022-06)Women have always been the object of oppression from the very beginning. Due to men and women having different natural biological structures, it is believed that they are assigned with different roles in society. As ... -
Preference towards modern day teaching and traditional teaching aids among the Bangladeshi tertiary level students
(BRAC University, 2016-04)The aim of this paper is to investigate the comparison between teaching aids in terms of how they are engaging learners in a language class and which teaching aid is considered as significant towards young learners. Since ... -
Preschool teaching and learning: a case study exploration in Dhaka
(Brac University, 2022-09)This case study investigates preschool teachers’ strategies to regulate a successful learning environment in preschool. These are manifest through an observational journey in a preschool located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The ... -
Prevailing non-normativities: exploring gender norms, transgressive desires and identities in literature by Muslim women writers of the subcontinent
(BRAC University, 2014-08-14)Prevailing Non-Normativities: Exploring Gender Norms, Transgressive Desires and Identities in Literature by Muslim Women Writers of the Subcontinent is an exploration of essentialist gender norms, transgressive desires, ... -
Private tuition in English in Bangladeshi secondary education: reasons, necessities and outcomes
(Brac University, 2021-05)Private tutoring in English (PT‟E) is a staple in Bangladesh. However, how much it actually benefits the stagnating English education system – due to many factors such as the priority of grades over skills – in the country ... -
Productivity of verb inflections in Bangla-speaking pre-school children
(BRAC University, 2016-08)This study attempts to find out the productivity of verb inflections of Bangla speaking preschool children. It focuses on the spontaneous speech samples of 30 children aged 2 to 4, to explore the developmental sequence ... -
A Psychoanalytical reading of the body In Jeanette Winterson’s sexing the Cherry
(BRAC University, 2015-08)The role of the body in determining and destabilizing the subject‟s position within a given framework has been discussed with concentrated effort in feminist academia with a view to understanding the dilemma of sexual ... -
Psychological trauma exploration of immigrants on Samuel Selvon’s novels The Lonely Londoners and Moses ascending
(Brac University, 2021-09)This dissertation is an opportunity to explore Samuel Selvon’s novels that discuss the psychological experience of Trinidadians, Jamaicans, and people from the Caribbean after immigration that has never been spoken much ... -
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 ... -
Purpose and needs of private tuition in English for Bangla medium school students in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2021-01)The necessity of learning English is much more important in Bangladesh and to learn English more naturally private tuition plays a major role for the education system in many parts of the country where English is being ... -
Pursuing Islamic spiritualism: a journey from Rumi to Nazrul
(Brac University, 2021-09)Islamic spiritualism has travelled many lands and through a long time. It has been told through many poetries and music. Firstly, It was popularized by Rumi and manifested in Bengali poetry by Nazrul. However, the name ... -
A qualitative exploration of Bangladeshi STEM graduates’ English speaking
(Brac University, 2022-01)English speaking skills especially in the ESOL context like Bangladesh, STEM graduates are facing many challenges in terms of English speaking. Many of them are not proficient to speak in English well as they face many ... -
A qualitative exploration of English-speaking sessions’ influence on writing skill of Bangladeshi rural students
(Brac University, 2021-09)This qualitative multiple case study inspected the influence of three rural ESOL learners’ exposure to a series of 12 one-to-one speaking sessions via mobile phone on their speaking skill as well as writing skill. The ... -
Questioning pattern used by secondary level school teachers in Bangladesh (Dhaka city): an investigation into classroom interaction
(BRAC University, 2017-03)Teacher Questioning is regarded the main activity of the secondary school English classes in our country context because teacher questions are predominant input that has become an extremely central aspect of teacher - pupil ... -
The reality of inclusive education in Bangladesh focusing on LBLD
(Brac University, 2020-10)Language-Based Learning Difficulties (LBLD) is one of the most common phenomena which is observed in young children. Many researches have been conducted in this field and professional suggest of inclusive education to ... -
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 ... -
Recent trend in teaching writing at East West University in Dhaka
(BRAC University, 2007-12-13)This research attempts to find out the present approach to teaching writing being followed at East West University. Approach to teaching is considered as one of the most important criteria for successful teaching of writing ... -
Reclaiming Lalon and his philosophy: Deho-Totto, transcendentalism, and our academia
(BRAC University, 2018-04)The philosophical and spiritual dimensions of early Bengali literature and Fakir Lalon Shah’s significant contribution to that is still an area that requires further research. Grounded in the tradition of the “sahajiya,1” ...