Teaching English Literature in Bangladesh: A Study of Students’ Apathy

Abstract

Students in a Bangladeshi English medium school are unlikely to choose English literature as one of their favorite topics, although it has been present in their curriculum for a long time. They are ignorant of the purpose of this subject. This paper finds out about their apathy towards English Literature and it aims to find out how this problem is created and what can be done as solutions. This three months long project is done on the students of an English medium school by taking classes with different teaching methods in Grade 6 and 7 for two months and a survey of 20 students in the third month. The findings answer the questions about teaching approaches and students’ unhealthy daily activities. The purpose of this paper is to raise awareness about this issue and find possible solutions. It has offered some recommendations which can be accomplished through the sufficient concern of the subject teacher, school authorities, and students’ guardians to make the classroom a better environment for learning literature and applying the knowledge in their life.