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Item Techniques Used for Teaching English in Urban Areas(East West University, 2009-01-31) Akter, SumaThis research focuses on the techniques used for teaching English in urban areas. It attempts to give a clear view with data to understand the real situation of English language teaching (ELT) in urban areas. It also tries to identity particular strengths and weakness of the methods. After the completion of SSC, our students are not able to speak read and write properly. One of the major reasons for this may be absence of effective technique For empirical research the study used teachers and students questionnaire survey and interview methods. Most of the teacher and students gave thesis opinion in favor of interactive way of teaching and learning bit in reality the picture is different. Finally the study suggests some measures to overcome the weaknesses.Item An evaluation of the textbook “English for today” for class 9 & 10(East West University, 2009-08-20) Khan, Md. Syedul IslamThe topic for this study is an evaluation of the textbook 'English for Today' for class & X. In this course book NCTB authority uses linear progression. They gradually Vance from simple to complex in logical way and they hardly use one term more n once. Curriculum of the book is like boring to English language learners as the language manner bring the same terms repeatedly. Instead, they can bring various student universities to stimulate learners. There are some forms in the book but real life functions are really absent in this text The coordinator of the book can include some functional exercises and lessons the framework of the course. They can add real life functions in the syllabus. They can give comprehensions for students reading and exercises as well. Also they give incomplete reading passage which should be filled up by students. In this students can enhance creativity of writing. Sometimes language instructors can Q-cards to students for practice and presentation. Thus, they can drill intellectuality by doing presentation, practice and production (PPP). To these, the coordinator of the text book can arrange some role play like group pair work, presentation, drama, situational dialogue, etc. There is little attention to accelerate students' awareness in the text book. If the can grow awareness, students will not commit mistakes in writing and in three skills. In another word, the instructors have to control students' inertia better learning. Teachers can ask to write kind of composition, paragraph applying different tenses. To develop word stock, 5% new words can be added in 'English for Today' for class IX & X. This English course book presents only one skill (reading) whereas a good course book keeps balance among four basic skills. Listening is totally neglected in 'English for Today' for class IX & X. Therefore the syllabus designers can emphasize all four skills like reading, writing, speaking & listening for betterment of future leaders of the country. Also some digital devices like audio cassette, video cassette and computer can be given for students in their classrooms to increase listening and speaking skills. Then we can get the reflection of real digital Bangladesh.Item Feasibility of Communicative Language Teaching in Different Madrashs Specially in Class VI(East West University, 2009-09-16) Jhumu, Rawnak JahanCommunicative language teaching (CLT) was originated in the 1940s during the tradition of the British language teaching tradition (Richards and Rodgers: 2001, 153). According to Siddique (2004: 16) CLT entered the arena of English language teaching in Bangladesh in the 1990s, and it was introduced to the secondary school level classroom with a series of communicative language textbooks entitled Eng/ish For Today. In CL T approach, teachers tend to help learners in the way that motivates them to work with the language. Generally, CLT approach focuses on four basic language skills (i.e. listening, speaking, reading, and writing). According to Siddique (2004: 17) in Bangladesh majority of the teachers at the primary and secondary level do not have competence in the four basic skills. Generally, students enrolling in different madrasahs tend to face difficulties in coping with CLT approach, English texts, and the syllabus. The study investigated the feasibility of CLT in class VI in different madrasahs. The researcher visited five different madrasahs in Gazipur and Uttara to collect the data. The data was collected from 50 students and five teachers through questionnaires. The data was collected from the students in the classroom. The researcher took the last 30 minutes to explain the questionnaire and gather the data. The data was also collected from the English language teachers in the teachers' room. The fmdings suggest that though the present syllabus is based on CLT approach, it has not been implemented properly in the classroom. Till now the teachers tend to follow the traditional teaching style (GTM). Moreover, there is only one English teacher for each madrasah for class VI to X, and most of the teachers have only BA (Pass) degree.Item Problems of Teaching Methodology in Class Six(East West University, 2009-08-16) Rasel, Md.English IS a compulsory subject In the primary and the secondary education of Bangladesh. Although English language teaching has always been an important issue in the country, it has yet reached any satisfactory level of success. Reading the quality of english of Bangladesh ELT many problem and complaints are in existence. This article intends to present an analytical description of English language teaching situation in some secondary schools. Considering the significance of secondary level, in this article, the researcher has specially pointed out some problems of teaching methods in class sixItem A translation of Chinua Achebe’s an Image of Africa(East West University, 2009-09-16) Chowdhury, Tamal TaruAn Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness" is the published and amended version of the second Chancellor's Lecture given by Chinua Achebe at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in February 1975. The text is considered to be part of the postcolonial critical movement, which articulates the sentiment of the people of 110n-Westernized nations and is about people coping with the effects of colonialism. In "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness", Achebe criticizes Joseph Conrad for using racist stereotypes about the continent and people of Africa. He claims that Conrad propagated the "dominant image of Africa in the Westem imagination" rather than portraying the continent in its true form. This is the first Bangia translation of "An Image of Africa", a lecture by Achebe, to be done in Bangladesh. The lecture has actually been translated to quench the thirst of the academicians of our country who are ever conscious about the drastic impact of European colonialism as both Bangladesh and Africa have had a long legacy of colonialism. And I hope the translation will live up to the readers' expectations.Item সাময়িক ব্যাপার (Shamoik Bapar): A Translation of Jhumpa Lahiri’s “A Temporary Matter”(East West University, 2009-07-28) Sultana, MahbubaJhumpa Lahiri is one of the finest short story writers I have read. She is the kind who makes people to finish a book in one setting. Because her story make to know the main theme and ending. She is a dazzling storyteller with a voice , an eye for nuance ,an ear for irony. was bom in London, England in 1967.She is the daughter of Bengali Indian. Her family moved to the United States when she was three. Lahiri considers American. Lahiri grew up in Kingston, Rhode Island, where her father worked at the University of Rhode Island; the protagonist of Lahiri's story "The Final Continent" is based on her father. Lahiri's mother wanted her children to knowing of their Bengali heritage, and her family often visited relatives in India. Lahiri received multiple degrees from Boston University: an M.A. in English, an creative writing, an M.A. in Comparative Literature and a Ph.D. in Renaissance took up a fellowship at Provincetown's Fine Arts Work Center, which lasted two years (1997-1998). Lahiri taught creative writing at Boston University Island School of Design.Item A Critical Survey of Bangladeshi Fiction in English(East West University, 2009-08-23) Samdani, Ruzana JamilTitle of this dissertation "A critical survey of Bangladeshi fiction in English" in-depth study of the influence English has had on the Indian subcontinent the reign of the British raj. It is a study of the rising number of Bangladeshi who are writing books and diveserfing Bangladeshi literature with a confident qualifying to be in the global arena of litterateurs. It is an exposition of how the English has introduced and acquainted global readers with social and cultural. traditions, as well as the constituents and characteristics Bangladesh embodies. Includes of viewing and thoughts foreign people have expressed on our literature in English. Through the interaction literary cultures by means of a age spoken universally, this paper intends to manifest the similarities, etc Bangladesh faces with other countries regards of the difference of literature.Item A spoken English Syllabus for Overseas Workers(East West University, 2009-12-22) Haque, S. M. RezwanIn this world of globalization, we need a common language for international communication and English is the language that serves this purpose. So it is almost impossible for anyone to become successful in his professional life without sufficient communicative skill in English. Every year thousands of Bangladeshi workers go abroad in search of job in different countries. It is noteworthy that these workers often suffer a lot for not having sufficient practical command over English. In this research I try to find out their practically communitive problems and develop a tentative ESP syllabus to overcome those problems and fulfill their needs within shortest period of time. This research is mainly based on the authentic data collected through quaternary survey. Beside i took help from different books, journals, internet sources and works of different scholars that greatly contributed to the field of ESP.