Abstract:
The principal objective of this project is to observe the overall English teaching situation
in a secondary school in Bangladesh. This also aims to overlook the teaching methods,
style and materials that are being used in the schools especially at the secondary level. It
shows the advantages of the cognitive ability of the students, whether the teachers are
making good use of it or not. Several recommendations have been given on the basis of
the findings and classroom observation of a secondary school English classes. The paper
has extracted a few positive areas and some areas to improve which might help to
improve the English language system in Bangladeshi school. For the limitation of time
this paper could not include more schools information so that it might not reflect hundred
percent exact scenario of the recent English language teaching in Bangladesh.
Description:
English is a means of international communication. All around the world English is vastly
used to communicate with others for different purposes. In Indian Subcontinent it became
popular in the late 18th century when British colonizers came in. From that time English
became something precious which we cherished too much in our everyday life. It has
become a trend to able to speak English. In Bangladesh English is still treated as a foreign
language but in the neighboring country English is their second language. One thing to
note a student in his academic life spent over 10 to 12 years in continuous English
learning. But still we have limitation in using English language proficiently. During
observation it has found that the teachers using the old grammar-translation method. In
some cases the situation is different. Some skilled teachers are using proper methods and
materials depending on the situation. They are trying to bring changes by putting much
effort on quality and timepieces teaching. However, the condition of English teaching is
not well equipped. Several classes have been observed to find out a concrete outlook of
this particular idea whether it is true or not. During the project the time was limited so
that more schools were not visited to have more specific information. A school was
visited and the experiences is an evidence of the recent worst scenario of English teaching
in Bangladeshi school. There are some problems found and the project summed up with
timepieces recommendations which may play a significant role in developing the recent
condition in English teaching in Bangladeshi schools.