Browsing Thesis, B.A. (English) by Title
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Interdependency of language and social views : A study of women's social position in a Bangla Speech Community
(BRAC University, 2012-08)Works of many feminists, linguistis and sociologists have suggested the notion that all languages are man-made and man-driven to carry out the male agenda, and it plays a role in creating and maintaining a certain social ... -
An interpretation of nietzsche’s idea of ubermensch
(BRAC University, 2016-04)“All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.” Friedrich Nietzsche (Daybreak, 16). Friedrich Nietzsche is popularly seen as the enigmatic ... -
Interpretations and adaptations of Fairy Tales: “The Right” question is yet to be asked
(Brac University, 2020-12)Fairy tales are just as magical as human life. Our own life is a part of the magic that enchants us and makes us unable to see our magic. So we take help as a listener of the fairy tales from a land of once upon a time ... -
Investigating the factors of spoken English anxiety among the English major students in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2023-09)"The issue of spoken English anxiety is common in Bangladesh, where English is used as an unofficial second language. This study was conducted to explore the factors contributing to spoken English anxiety among ... -
Investigating the impact of facebook on developing English language proficiency at the tertiary level students in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2019-04)It has been a very controversial topic in today’s world that, whether Facebook is helping or hampering in students’ education. It is mostly affecting the students who tend to learn ESL with the assistance of social media. ... -
An investigation of English language anxiety : experiences of undergraduate students in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2013-08)Anxiety, which is a troubled state of mind, stands out to be an important variable for its debilitating effect on the performance of the second language learners. Second language anxiety can impede a student’s learning ... -
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict in news media
(Brac University, 2023-05)News media, often known as the news industry, distributes news to the public or a specialized population. News media can be divided into three categories – broadcast, print, and digital. Social media is a type of digital ... -
It's the economy, stupid : contemporary postmedern fiction and its capitalist roots
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The JSC english language examination in Bangladesh: is it actually testing learners’ language skills
(BRAC University, 2019-04)Language tests have been a matter of concern in a country like Bangladesh where English is taught in isolation. The high stake tests tend to test language items discreetly without considering content embedded language ... -
L1 interference in L2 : a study from Bangladeshi perspective
(BRAC University, 2015-12)Language learning refers to learning a new language other than native language. In learning a new language learners often face interference of their native language. This paper describes how the researcher conducted a study ... -
Language as a tool for adapting to Bangladeshi culture
(BRAC University, 2016-11-30)Migration has become a common phenomenon as the world is being globalized day by day. Migration refers to shift from one country to another. This shifting makes the migrants learn the new language and cope with the new ... -
Language differences between the children who are brought up by mothers and those by caretakers in Dhaka City
(BRAC University, 2013-12-26)Language development is considered as a useful indicator of a child‘s overall development. It is the medium of a communication which helps to express the needs, thoughts and ideas of human being. Language is a communicating ... -
Language shift: the diverse factors responsible for the acceleration process in different communities
(BRAC University, 2012-08-12)This research attempts to find out the diverse factors accelerating the process of language shift in different communities. There are some social, economic and political factors that lead a community to shift from using ... -
Learners’ foreign language speaking anxiety: a tertiary level scenario in EFL class
(BRAC University, 2014-12)This research is concerned with Bangladeshi learners’ anxiety of speaking English at tertiary level classrooms. In this paper, the researcher tried to find out the factors responsible for speaking anxiety of the learners, ... -
Learning style preferences of junior school students in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2014-08)The reason of this study was to identify the learning style preferences of English medium junior school students in Bangladesh. A questionnaire was administered to 500 randomly selected students from the five topmost English ... -
Learning to survive: African American women’s quest for their rights during the civil rights movement
(BRAC Univeristy, 2018-04)The twentieth century marked one of the greatest events in African American history as people fought for their rights which sparked the protest of the African American Civil Rights Movement of America. The African Americans ... -
Let down your hair Mrs. Maas: interpreting Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49
(BRAC University, 2014-04)My paper examines the idea that in the novel The Crying of Lot 49, the obscure plot is mostly interpreted as the post modern adoption of a world famous fairytale Rapunzel. In The Crying of Lot 49, there is an odd sense ... -
Literature as a liberating space for 19th century women: a close reading of the selected works of Christina Rossetti, Emily Bronte and Kate Chopin
(Brac University, 2019-12)This thesis fundamentally aims to look at the question of the potency of literature as a space through which women can assert their existence. Literature has been used as a force for social reformation and has been used ... -
Looking at Virginia Woolf: women and society
(BRAC University, 2015-08)This paper looks at two essays, A Room of One’s Own (1929) and Three Guineas (1938), of Virginia Woolf to study the position of English women living in the late nineteenth to first half of the twentieth century. These ... -
Madness and Women: A reading of three women's novels
(BRAC University, 2010-12)The state of madness is often associated with women. This paper will try to reveal the situations which drive a woman into mental imbalance. Three phases of female life are explored here- adolescence, youth and middle-age ...