ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING AT SECONDARY AND HIGHER SECONDARY LEVELS IN BANGLADESH

Language is the means of communication. As a medium of communication English enjoys the position of World Language. So a good English Language Teaching and Learning is of Paramount importance to determine the standard of our system of education. On the other hand the teaching of English depends to a large extent on the policy adopted by the Government. iIt is a matter of great grief that only for proper English Language policy and Teaching method we cannot achieve our ultimate success in English in compare to other neighboring countries. There is no denying the fact that in our country we do not use the right approach in English teaching and learning (Prescribed by GoB). Though our Government is giving emphasis on CLT method but in reality in our schools, and colleges there is no practice of communicative English. Some teachers never follow the CLT method in their classroom teaching. They always engage their students busy in memorizing grammar rules and other syllabus oriented lessons so that they can commit the things to vomit it in the examination and thus gain a good grade. So the students are very afraid of communicating in English. But we have to find out a technique suitable to all to be well-equipped so that we can cope up with the changing world. This study will give us a clear picture about the English language teaching and learning in Bangladesh since 1974 to present time and try to explore the solution of the problem.