মোঃ বেলাল হোসেন
সহকারী শিক্ষক
২৩ সেপ্টেম্বর, ২০২১ ১২:১২ অপরাহ্ণ
Challenges of Teaching English Language at the Primary Level Schools in Bangladesh
A broad goal of English language programs is that of developing the communicative ability to convey and interpret a message via written or spoken modalities to another person. The main purpose of using language is to communicate one’s needs, necessities, feelings, thoughts and ideas with others. To learn language, comprehension strategies need to be more explicitly discussed and individual interpretation of texts need to be valued inside the classroom. Children need to learn different reading strategies for example, scanning, skimming, and locating information throughout the text to solve different reading issues. Interactive communication in collaborative learning experiences helps learners to develop their thinking through language and develop their language through thinking. It has also experienced significant changes in the communication dynamics of the world. English as a subject is of paramount importance in equipping the students to take up the challenges of the competitive survival and growing globalization in developing countries. This is high time we started to see the future development of English as a world language and took proper initiatives to get learners to the global standard level. The global distributions of English are often described in terms of three contexts such as English as a Native Language (ENL), English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL). The main objectives of teaching English at the primary level education in Bangladesh are to enable students to understand simple commands, instructions and requests in English and carry them out. For the development of the communicative ability the Government of Bangladesh, in cooperation with the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB), has implemented a language policy to foster a communicative approach to English language teaching at the primary level schools under Bangladeshi educational system. The students can speak and converse in simple English according to their age level and can read to comprehend the textbooks set for their age group and level. They also write words, simple sentences, passages, paragraphs, informal letters and numbers according to their age group and level. Although NCTB prepared English curriculum for the students of the primary level schools to consider proper approaches and method, unfortunately the curriculum is not implemented properly. However, most of the students of primary schools are unable to attain the primary English language competencies due to prevailing challenges in our education system.