Manan Ahmed Asif
A field-changing history explains how the subcontinent lost its political identity as the home of all religions and emerged as India, the land of the Hindus.Did South Asia have a shared regional identity prior to the arrival of Europeans in the late fifteenth century? This is a subject of heated deb...
With the detention of Augusto Pinochet, and intense international pressure for the arrest of Slobodan Milosovic, the possibility of international law acting against tyrants around the world is emerging as a reality. In this incendiary book, Hitchens takes the floor as prosecuting counsel and mounts ...
Md. Shahidul Islam, M. J. Tooley
M. R. Azom, K. Mahmud, Sofri Yahya, A. Sontu et al.
Caroline B. Brettell, Carolyn Sargent
(NOTE: Eachnew reading is bolded and indicated with an asterisk.) I. BIOLOGY, GENDER, AND HUMAN EVOLUTION. Animal Models and Gender, Marlene Zuk. Role of Women in Human Evolution, Margaret Ehrenberg. Gender and War: Are Women Tough Enough for Military Combat? Lucinda J. Peach. Lifeboat Ethics: Mothe...
Till J J Hanebuth, H. R. Kudrass, Jörg Linstädter, Badrul Islam et al.
Research Article| September 01, 2013 Rapid coastal subsidence in the central Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta (Bangladesh) since the 17th century deduced from submerged salt-producing kilns Till J.J. Hanebuth; Till J.J. Hanebuth * 1MARUM–Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Leoben...
Ian Tudor, F.M. Hafiz
ABSTRACT A group of ESL learners (n = 16) in the UK were given a 3‐month extensive reading programme involving graded readers to test the hypothesis that input of this nature could effect an improvement in their L2 competence. Comparison of pre‐and post‐treatment tests in reading and writing indicat...
John Fien, Cameron Neil, Matthew Bentley
This paper provides the rationale for a new education for sustainable development (ESD) project being developed in Australia.Titled Project otherWISE, it seeks to build the capacity of young Australians to be agents of change towards sustainable lifestyles in their communities. The rationale for the...
Alistair Cormack
Migration and the Politics of Narrative Form:Realism and the Postcolonial Subject in Brick Lane Alistair Cormack (bio) Monica Ali's 2003 novel of Bangladeshi immigrants in London, Brick Lane, has been a huge success on both sides of the Atlantic. Because it is a realist narrative with a postcolonial...
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman
Due to various social advancements, Bangladesh has become more welcoming to digital technologies. Thus, a significant online community is flourishing here. Almost half of the country’s entire population uses the internet. The digital neighborhood is becoming larger the mediated interaction. What w...
Shagia Afrin
Writing is considered a productive skill and useful tool for learning process. It is the most used skill in evaluating students’ performance in almost all levels of education. In Bangladesh, tertiary level students still face enormous writing problems in English. The present study aims to explore wr...
Betsan Corkhill, Jessica Hemmings, Angela Maddock, Jill Riley
More encompassing than just the facts and figures of physical health, well-being is often used to acknowledge how we feel. The World Health Organization has defined well-being as “an ability to realize personal potential, cope with daily stresses, and contribute productively to society.” This articl...
Md. Maksud Ali, Ann Walker
Hamid & Baldauf's (2008) labelling of the term ‘bogged down’ within the Bangladeshi ELT context and their prediction about the outcome of the English Language Teaching Improvement Project (ELTIP) appear to be true. While Hamid & Baldauf (2008) endeavour to present the poor ELT reality of rur...
M. Obaidul Hamid, Eileen Honan
Globalisation and the global spread of English have led nation-states to introduce English into the early years of schooling to equip their citizens with communicative competence in order to compete within a global economy for individual and national development. In teaching English as a Second/Fore...
Mohammad Mosiur Rahman, Manjet Kaur Mehar Singh
New norms of linguistic ideology and practices emerged as English grows in higher education in non-English speaking countries. English Medium Instruction (EMI) has been formalised by overlooking the role of other (e.g. native) languages in knowledge construction and communication. This study investi...