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CHALLENGES FACED BY STUDENTS IN LEARNING ENGLISH IN GRADES 11 AND 12 IN BANGLADESHI MADRASAHS
Masters Dissertation
London Metropolitan University

Muhammad Nazmul Huda Azad

Abstract

English language learning in Bangladesh has suffered a great deal in all the schools which are each designated by one of the three mediums of teaching: Bangla medium, English medium and Arabic medium. Only recently have there been some notable changes in the system of teaching and learning English in the country. The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has developed new communicative syllabuses for classes 6-12 for Bangla (state schools) and Arabic (Madrasahs) medium school but learners are still facing difficulties in learning English especially in Madrasahs.

The English language is considered a global lingua franca these days in the modern world. So, learning the language well is important. My MA dissertation intends to investigate the possible reasons behind the students’ failure to learn.

The purpose of this study is to explore the problems faced by the students in Learning English in Madrasahs, and to evaluate the communicative competence in English language of the students. (Communicative competence is the ability to use the language system appropriately in any circumstances, with regard to functions and the varieties of language, as well as shared sociocultural suppositions).

In this study I want to reveal the challenges faced by the students of Alim (grades 11 and 12) in learning English. Finally, in the study I will suggest some possible solutions to the problems.

This research involves some particular domains which are related to applied linguistics and English Language Teaching (ELT): materials, syllabuses and curriculums, teaching methods and approaches, level of language proficiency (i.e. the level of competence at which one can be able to utilize a language for both fundamental communicative tasks and academic purposes) of the instructors, teachers’ preferred learning (i.e. the cognitive process of acquiring a language. Krashen (1981) uses this term for formal learning in the classroom), techniques, testing and evaluation, awareness of the importance of English and so on.

For this research, I collected information from 256 Alim students who are about 16-17 years old and 20 teachers of English of the same students from 11 urban and rural Madrasahs. Questionnaires for teachers and students were used to collect data for the study. The research demonstrates that the main obstacles in learning English are the textbook materials, (It is usually the core material for a course. A course book or textbook usually focuses on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, functions and the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking) the teaching method, the teachers’ lack of subject knowledge, the omission of two important skills (speaking and listening), the lack of appropriate equipment, large class sizes and so on.

Literature relating to the research is reviewed to draw parallels and support the study.

Based on the results of this research a number of recommendations are provided for National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB), Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board (BMEB) and for the teachers of English Language for the development of learning English in the Madrasahs in grades 11 and 12. Finally, suggestions for future research are given.

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Muhammad Nazmul Huda Azad
M.A. in TESOL, London Metropolitan University, UK

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