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Professional English language course with content
(BRAC University, 2009)This paper offers a critical examination of a content-based professional EFL course, designed by centre for Languages (CFL), BRAC University in Bangladesh with the objectives of improving students’ language skills, content ... -
Progress in procedural justice: tunnelling through the maze
(BRAC University, 2005)Recent developments in the contribution to the literature on procedural justice have opened avenues for exploring the subject and gaining perspective in the field with a view to assessing how the concept of procedural ... -
The prometheus myth in the novels of william golding
(BRAC University, 2007)Much influenced by the horrors of the two World Wars, William Golding (1911-93) began his literary career as a novelist during the second half of the 20th century. His novels depict the intricate human psychology and lack ... -
Promoting learner autonomy on a university course of English for academic purposes
(BRAC University, 2010)Promoting ‘learner autonomy’ on a course of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) seems to be widely problematic as they, ‘learner autonomy’ and EAP course, are expected to supply both skills and knowledge to the learners ... -
Prospects and possibilities of introducing a common currency in SAARC countries
(BRAC University, 2008)The growth of regional economic cooperation arrangement is one of the major developments in the post World War II period. The formation of regional integration has been greatly successful in bringing historically hostile ... -
Rate of returns to education for secondary school techers in Bangladesh with bootstrap sampling
(BRAC University, 2007)Rate of returns to education is very important for policy makers and investors. Numerous works have been done regarding this but very few are available in the context of Bangladesh, specially addressing the teachers in ... -
Rationalities of Z-category shares in Dhaka stock exchange: are they in financial distress risk?
(BRAC University, 2009)Financial distress is a situation where a firm’s operating cash flows are not sufficient to satisfy current obligations and the firm is forced to take corrective actions, and a firm in financial distress may also face ... -
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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Rebels through updike and desai's lenses
(BRAC University, 2013)9/11 has redefined the world’s understanding of the term ‘terrorism’ and its association with power and resistance. Post 9/11 novels attempt to represent terrorism or rebellions in a new light by investigating the psycho-social ... -
Reconciling self-urban development practice and social justice
(BRAC University, 2005)We live in a world that is full of contradictions, of multiple positionalties, and of highly contested meanings and aspirations. Trying to position oneself in this complex world requires an understanding of the power, ... -
Rodda construction: a study of earth house at rajendrapur, Gazipur
(BRAC University, 2004)Mud house is a typical indigenous style and is considered as an affordable means of construction to create shelter for poor. Bangladesh, due to its socio-economic condition, can harness the traditional and indigenous ... -
Role of NGOs in rural poverty eradication: A Bangladesh observation
(BRAC University, 2004)This article explores the role of NGOs (Non Government Organizations) in poverty eradication especially in the rural area of Bangladesh and how they are performing. Hence theoretical background of NGOs, a detail understanding ... -
The rural Bangladeshi courtyard
(BRAC University, 2006)In rural settlements of the predominant floodplains of Bangladeshi, an intrinsic component is the extended family homestead. The layout of the homestead is defined by the courtyard, formed by the arrangement of dwelling ... -
Same old, same old: from boring to creative presentation
(BRAC University, 2011)This study compares attitudes of tertiary-level students in Australia and Bangladesh towards the use of technology in lectures and seminars. Students were shown audiovisual recordings of two seminars. The content and ... -
Sans analysis on CTAB (Cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide micellar solution)
(BRAC University, 2007)The CTAB (Cetyltrimethyl Bromide) micellar solutions are studied by SANS measurement for different concentrations and at different temperatures with the additives of NaSal. The concentrations are 0.1M, 0.2M and 0.4M in ... -
Scaling up: the BRAC experience
(BRAC University, 2006)BRAC, a development NGO based in Bangladesh, has demonstrated an extraordinary aptitude for program expansion, or ‘scaling up’. Only thirty-four years old, the organization is today the largest NGO in the world, with ... -
Seasonal siitfting and its impact on crop production: local community perception of Satkhira district
(© 2016 Published by BRAC University, 2016)In Bangladesh, climate change apparently has started to affect the climatic parameters which cause seasonal shifting and the behavior of different seasoos. This kind of pheoomeoon is currently posing a serious threat to ... -
Secrets of the corporate jungle, shirley peddy JAICO publishing house, India,1997
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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 ...
