English language teaching in Bangladesh today: Issues, outcomes and implications

MM Rahman, MS Islam, A Karim, TA Chowdhury… - Language Testing in …, 2019 - Springer
Given the significance of English in the global world, English language teaching in
Bangladesh has become subject to a supreme concern in maintaining economic growth and …

A critical investigation of English language teaching in Bangladesh: Unfulfilled expectations after two decades of communicative language teaching

MM Rahman, A Pandian - English Today, 2018 - cambridge.org
The 2016 World Bank report on worldwide per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
identified Bangladesh as a lower middle-income country based on its consistent GDP …

Test review of the English public examination at the secondary level in Bangladesh

N Sultana - Language Testing in Asia, 2018 - Springer
This paper reviews the most important public English examination (matriculation exam) that
students take at the end of their secondary education in Bangladesh. The examination is …

Language assessment literacy: An uncharted area for the English language teachers in Bangladesh

N Sultana - Language Testing in Asia, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Language assessment literacy (LAL) is a critical field for researchers, scholars, or
anyone interested in improving the language teaching environment. Understanding the …

Globalisation, English for everyone and English teacher capacity: Language policy discourses and realities in Bangladesh

MO Hamid - Globalisation and Education, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter suggests implications for English-in-education policies in Bangladesh and
other developing nations and draws out a set of recommendations. It discusses some of the …

Medium of instruction policies and language practices, ideologies and institutional divides: Voices of teachers and students in a private university in Bangladesh

MO Hamid, I Jahan, MM Islam - … for medium of instruction in Asia, 2015 - taylorfrancis.com
The use of English as a medium of instruction (MOI) in polities across the world has drawn
attention of language policy and planning scholars and researchers. Increasingly, research …

English-in-education policy and planning in Bangladesh: A critical examination

MO Hamid, EJ Erling - English language education policy in Asia, 2016 - Springer
This chapter draws on critical perspectives on language policy and planning and language-
in-education policy implementation framework to provide an overview of the history of …

English as a medium of instruction and the discursive construction of elite identity

I Jahan, MO Hamid - Journal of Sociolinguistics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Debates over medium of instruction, as ideological skirmishes, showcase discursive identity
construction, reproduction, and contestation by different social groups. Drawing on such …

Indigenous ethnic languages in Bangladesh: Paradoxes of the multilingual ecology

S Sultana - Ethnicities, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Languages are at the centre of nationalistic discourses across South Asia since they have
played a historically and politically significant role in defining nationhood and both uniting …

[HTML][HTML] English teachers' attitudes towards learners: Effects on the rural pedagogies in Bangladesh

M Saha - Ampersand, 2023 - Elsevier
This research explores English language teachers' attitudes towards the socioeconomically
diverse EFL learners affecting their academic practices in rural Bangladesh. The study …