http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/2525/3047 2026-04-05T23:29:00Z 2026-04-05T23:29:00Z Rahman, Zarin Tasnim http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/123456789/3299 2021-11-25T06:50:08Z 2019-08-28T00:00:00Z

English Communication Skills and Employability: An Empirical Study of the Linkage Rahman, Zarin Tasnim This is the era of globalization and English is the language of this globalizing process. It illustrates the interdependence of nations. English is the one and only language that operates as a medium to create deep interrelation between countries. So the importance of English can be assumed effortlessly. As a developing country Bangladesh needs to keep pace with the outside world. In order to do that our country depends on English because it is an international language. Almost all the official tasks are performed here in English along with Bangla. The need for using English is undeniable. English is widely used in every nook and corner of our country. Nowadays English and employability have become very closely related. Currently it seems that learning English has become vital to keep up interaction in this contemporary world. So it is essential to explore how English affects the way people get jobs. The intention of my study is to find out to what extent English communication skills and employability are connected. I will gradually demonstrate how English plays a very significant and vibrant role in getting employed. To find out if there is actually any relationship between English and employability, a survey was conducted to collect data. 202 respondents participated in the survey. A questionnaire was given to each of them and they filled it out with their experience. The survey was anonymous and it was conducted among students and job holders of different universities and government and private organizations. They also provided their valuable comments in the comments section about their perspective of getting jobs through English communication skills. Upon the analysis of the obtained data, the research findings indicate that English communication skills undoubtedly helps to get better jobs and knowledge of English increases employability. The study also gives a glimpse of our educational condition and the problems the students face in their learning period. The investigation concluded with recommendations for new measures, which will help students to overcome obstacles while learning English and it will also help them to get prepared for better jobs. This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MA in English Language and Literature of East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2019-08-28T00:00:00Z Khusbu, Touhida Khan http://dspace.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/2525/3048 2019-04-23T08:10:12Z 2019-04-20T00:00:00Z

9/11 Counter Narratives: Challenging Islamophobia and Defying the Notion of Singular American Tragedy Khusbu, Touhida Khan My dissertation intends to shed light on one of the most relevant issues of today’s world crisis that is Islamophobia: an exaggerated fear and inexplicable distrust toward Islam and Muslims woven into western society. This social aversion of Islam is perpetuated in the Western world especially in America by White supremacy and negative stereotypes and religious profiling of the Muslims that result in marginalization and exclusion of the latter from society, politics and civic life. Though Islamophobia existed in the western premise prior to the September 11 episode, it gained much notoriety in the repercussion of the carnage that is proliferated by popular 9/11 discourse which essentially demonized the race of Muslims. Muslims started to be misconstrued and alleged to be terrorists and fanatics in opposition to the White Americans who are acclaimed to be the sole victims of the catastrophe whereas Muslims are no less sufferers in their personal, social and political domains. During this suppressive period of Islamophobic rhetoric, a group of writers raised their voices by the dint of 9/11 counter narratives to re-present Muslims, deconstruct stereotypes and to clarify the misconstructions of Islam and its doctrines. 9/11 counter narratives such as Saffron Dreams by Shaila Abdullah, The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid and The Submission by Amy Waldman are extensively discussed in my dissertation to illustrate how the writers counteracted the accession of Muslims as terrorists by incorporating the Orientalist Theory elaborated by Edward Said. Along with counter- response to challenge Islamophobia, all of the above authors strove to defy the notion that 9/11 is a singular American tragedy and attempted to illuminate the fact that 9/11 equally offended the ordinary Muslims residing in America for the damages and consequences encountered by the innocent Muslims in general. Furthermore, my research investigates the process of resistance adopted by the victimized Muslims at the face of mounting sentiments of institutionalized Islamophobia and its associated hate crimes. This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MA in English Language and Literature of East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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