Mohammad Mosiur Rahman, Md Shaiful Islam, Abdul Karim, Takad Ahmed Chowdhury et al.
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 developing a skilled workforce. In this article, several barriers have been discussed based on a critical analysis of published ma...
Md. Zulfeqar Haider, Takad Ahmed Chowdhury
This paper attempts a study of the present state of teaching and learning English at the secondary schools in Bangladesh. It offers an analysis of the current English curriculum and textbooks for the secondary grades and explores the current classroom practices through classroom observation and teac...
Takad Ahmed Chowdhury
Both cooperative and collaborative learning are learner-centered teaching approaches in English Language Teaching (ELT) to support active learning, shared learning, inductive learning, and autonomous learning. However, definitional and conceptual clarity of these two concepts did not receive as much...
Takad Ahmed Chowdhury, Sarbani Roy, Muhammad Kamarul Kabilan
English proficiency is considered a door opener almost in any field anywhere in the world, yet all the attempts to improve effectiveness of teaching and learning of English language in Bangladesh seem to fail over decades. Although poor learning motivation is counted as a key aspect why students do ...
Takad Ahmed Chowdhury, Md. Zulfeqar Haider
The quality and effectiveness of EAP courses offered to the students aspiring to study in the private universities in Bangladesh is a matter of increasing concern for the teachers and students alike. All the 56 private universities emerged in the country within a span of not more than two decades, u...
Takad Ahmed Chowdhury, Arjumand Ara
Pre-teaching vocabulary of unfamiliar words of a reading or listening lesson is a technique used by English language teachers where they define and explain unfamiliar but essential words of the text just before the start of the comprehension task.Conversely, learner autonomy is an educational practi...
Takad Ahmed Chowdhury
The question of fairness is perhaps as old as the invention of assessment in education, and it is of utmost significance for the teachers to understand this issue to ensure that certain fundamental standards are followed so that all assessments administered to students are fair and consistent. This ...
Md. Zulfeqar Haider, Takad Ahmed Chowdhury
This study is based on a survey of the Communicative English Language Certificate (CELC) course run by the Foreign Language Training Center (FLTC), a Project under the Ministry of Education, Bangladesh. FLTC is working to promote the teaching and learning of English through its eleven computer-based...
Naginder Kaur, Takad Ahmed Chowdhury
Purpose – Instructors and students are compelled to calibrate to overcome pedagogical, technological and social challenges posed by the rapid adaptation of open and distance learning (ODL) in view of the current global pandemic. Against this backdrop, this study explored the impact of team dynamics ...
Takad Ahmed Chowdhury, Shajadul Alam Sweet, Md Nurul Kabir Emon, Md Nur Alam et al.
This study explores how evidence-based English teaching strategies can be culturally adapted to support diverse learners in Bangladeshi secondary classrooms. Drawing on cognitive science, sociocultural theory, and Universal Design for Learning, the research proposes an integrated model for culturall...
Takad Ahmed Chowdhury, Md. Sharif Hossain, Sayeedur Rahman
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing skills are crucial for Bangladeshi tertiary students' academic success, career advancement, and global participation, but studies show significant hurdles exist in their acquisition. This mixed-method study explores the challenges in English language writi...
Widie Maulidyawati, Dwiniasih Dwiniasih, Jaufillaili Jaufillaili, Takad Ahmed Chowdhury
Since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted people's normal lives across the globe, educational institutions have been compelled to embrace virtual learning. This mixed-method study aimed to investigate the teachers preparedness for online teaching at an elementary school in West Java in Indonesia and to ...
Takad Ahmed Chowdhury
Fate is regarded as a central component in tragedy. The significant role of fate is recognized when, despite a character's heroic acts and good intentions, they face death simply because they are doomed to die. But studies confirm that fate does not play a similarly critical role in the tragic denou...
Subrina Islam, M. R. Mohammad, Takad Ahmed Chowdhury
In an increasingly globalised socio-political and economic system, large populations are often displaced due to political, economic or environmental reasons. Most of the displaced individuals face severe human rights violations, resulting in a process of dehumanization. Many refugees and migrants ar...
Takad Ahmed Chowdhury
Integrated Language Skills: Writing is a resourceful book for learning and teaching of writing skill by Dr. Naginder Kaur and Ms. Noorazalia Izha Haron, two lecturers at the Academy of Language Studies, Universiti Technologi MARA (UiTM). The book is tailor made for students pursuing pre-intermediate...