A Health-Check of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in Rural Primary Schools of Bangladesh

• Published in: English language teaching (Toronto) Vol. 11; no. 7; pp. 163 - 175
• Main Authors: Hoque, Mohammed Shamsul, Idrus, Rozhan M, Islam, Yousuf Mahbubul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 14.06.2018
• Subjects: Administrator Surveys; Communicative Competence (Languages); Delivery Systems; Educational Assessment; Educational Indicators; Educational Resources; Educational Technology; Elementary Education; English (Second Language); Environmental Influences; Familiarity; Family School Relationship; Foreign Countries; Lesson Observation Criteria; Mixed Methods Research; Needs Assessment; Partnerships in Education; Questionnaires; Rural Schools; Second Language Instruction; Self Efficacy; Semi Structured Interviews; Student Needs; Teacher Surveys; Teaching Experience; Bangladesh

Bangladesh ELT situation has been deteriorating for the last four decades. Regional and national projects including ELTIP and EIA proved to be futile in improving this situation, especially, in the Bangladesh rural primary schools with almost 0% properly trained English teachers to implement the cur...