http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/123456789/1449 2026-04-04T14:19:15Z http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/123456789/1533 Code-Switching and Code-Mixing between Bangla and English: Undergraduate Private University Students Moquit, Nafisa This report focuses on code-switching and code-mixing by undergraduate students of private universities in informal setting in Bangladesh. It examines the types of code-switching and code-mixing between Bangla and English that are taking place among these students of undergraduate level. It also examines the reasons behind different types of code-switching and code-mixing among them. The attitude of the students towards code-switching and code-mixing has also been considered. The study reveals an ambivalent attitude of the participants in their using of code-switching and code-mixing between Bangla and English. On the one hand they are actively doing code-switching and code-mixing due to the ideology shaped by globalizing forces and on the other hand they are showing negative attitude towards its use due to the ideology shaped by the identity of being a Bangladeshi. Overall, the study sheds light on how code-switching and code-mixing between Bangla and English has become part of everyday life of undergraduate private university students and how different ideologies can cause ambivalent attitude regarding the use of code-switching and code-mixing. This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MA in English Language Teaching of East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh 0012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/123456789/1528 English Language Education Research in Bangladesh Rahaman, Adilur The objective of this study is to offer a symptomatic reading of 326 journal articles produced in the field of ELE from 1995 to 2013 in Bangladesh. In the first reading of symptomatic reading, I tried to discover presences/absences or sightings/oversights of the ELE research establishment of Bangladesh. In the second reading, I tried to detect the problematic/unconscious of the journal articles. Precisely, the first reading reveals that ELE research in Bangladesh revolves around technical-mechanical issues—which signifies the presence of reification in the field. The second reading indicates that the unconscious/problematic of the ELE research establishment of Bangladesh is positive, eurocentric, and dehumanized. In addition, research activities of Bangladesh are not immune to professional fallacies and mechanical reproduction. In short, ELE research establishment of Bangladesh is suffering from—what I have termed—creative impotency. In this study, I have proposed a South Asian Paradigm which can democratize and humanize ELE research. In particular, the South Asian Paradigm contains the following components: dialectic materialism, anti-colonial struggle, and peoples‘ humanism. Precisely, a paradigm shift can cure the creative impotency of this discipline. This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MA in English Language Teaching of East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh 0008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/123456789/1527 A Narrative Inquiry into the Development of Four Bangladeshi EFL Teachers’ Cognitions Tabassum, Rehnuma This qualitative study aims to explore the development of four tertiary level EFL teachers’ cognition in the context of Bangladesh. In Bangladesh at tertiary level aspiring teachers get recruited as lecturers mainly based on their academic results and research publications. These teachers seem to have excellent content knowledge and experience of learning English in formal and informal settings. However this study indicates that besides content knowledge they need practical knowledge of teaching, and proper understanding of the profession (i.e., challenges and complications in teaching, teacher-student relationship and so on) before joining the profession. Questions arise, how do EFL teachers at tertiary level learn to teach who usually do not receive any formal teacher training? Do they really face complications in their first years of teaching? If yes, how do they cope with those complications? What type of training can be provided to them? This research aims to answer these questions. Using the paradigm of narrative inquiry this study explores the experiences of four EFL teachers’ at tertiary level— two of them are novices and two experienced— as they join teaching and learn to teach. Findings of this research indicate that the participant EFL teachers at tertiary level face many complications in their initial stages of learning to teach, which in many cases remain unresolved due to lack of proper direction. This study also recommends teacher education program, run by experienced EFL teachers and researchers working in this field, for tertiary level EFL teachers as a platform where they can share their everyday experiences of learning to teach. Furthermore, this research points to the need for special journal issues to publish EFL teachers’ narratives so that EFL teachers who might have been going through similar complications can be benefited. This research carries direct implications for in service and pre-service EFL teachers, and experts involved in EFL teacher cognition research, and the development of effective teacher training programs. This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MA in English Language Teaching of East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 0003-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/123456789/1525 A Critical Analysis of Haggling Encounters between Commuters and Drivers in Dhaka Raquib, Md. Muntashir Language is known as the mirror of a society. Every small encounter reflects interplay of several sociology-political factors. As haggling encounters between commuters and drivers in Dhaka is a daily event, this conversation reflects power relationships and sociology pragmatic aspects of Bangladeshi society. This paper is based on the bargaining conversations between the passengers and the drivers to set a mutual price in the transport sector. Haggling exchanges between the passengers and the drivers were secretly recorded and subsequently analyzed to bring out the power variables of haggling. The analysis of the data reveals the class struggle between the middle class and the working class. The passengers dominate the drivers because of their social and economic status. It also reveals that mostly the economic condition like high price of essentials force the drivers to ask the higher price. Overall, the research sheds light on social groups, pragmatics of the unequal relationship between different social classes and how social customs reflect in language. This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MA in English Language Teaching of East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh 0008-01-01T00:00:00Z