DOI: 10.5176/2251-2853_2.1.97
Authors: Farrah Jabeen, Effat Hyder
Abstract:
This paper highlights diverse needs for teaching and learning English in Bangladesh and how innovative methods are put into practice to fulfill these needs and at the same time creating a space for effective learning and Teaching. English is highly emphasized in different stages of academia – Pre University and tertiary. The main focus of this paper is on the reasons for an existing gap of language proficiency between the students of Pre University and tertiary level and how the faculty of BRAC Institute of Languages (BIL)are constantly striving to come out of the ‘vacuum’. The prevailing factors that have an impact on students’ learning before coming to the tertiary level as well as while staying in university are also discussed here. A background research on this issue is done here to point out different scholarly views regarding language teaching and learning. The teaching methods, practiced in BIL to provide language proficiency, are evaluated here to find out how these methods are planned to introduce a new dimension enhancing teaching and learning and eventually to have an impact in the society.
Keywords: teaching; learning; gap; innovation; social impact
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