The Present Scenario of English Language Teaching in Bangladeshi School

Abstract

English Language is the only second language, taught in Bangladesh. Being an official language, it is very important to learn how to use it properly in both social and administrative setting. In order to teach the language properly lots of effort have already been given to design the course curriculum at higher secondary level. This project is an investigation on the current scenarios of teaching conditions in Bangladeshi schools. We try to observe closely the teaching methodology and the learning procedures. The project aims at how different challenges of teaching English is tackled, how the teachers design and conduct course materials and what is the outcome of the students. We have found that the teaching quality is not well distributed among all the schools even in the same locality. The rank of the school, the qualification, experience of the teachers shape the learning rate of the students. Some of the teachers are not aware of modern teaching methods, group activities in the classroom and use of technology. We try to pin point the short comings and propose a wide range of suggestions to improve the current scenario based on our hands on experience by observing the classes closely.