For better English…
Indians are good in English. That's why India is now an emerging tiger in the world. We can't ignore this reality. Therefore we hope that our coming government will come up with a definite policy on English education.I would like to make some suggestions regarding methods to develop communication ability in educational institutions.
To begin with, we need to reduce the number of chapters in current textbooks at primary school level. By doing so, students and teachers can be relieved from the burden of learning and teaching English. Students can have more time to practise easy expressions, naturally developing their communication ability. Teachers will also find enough time to plan how to improve speaking ability in the class. For they have to try to lead the class in an interesting and cheerful way.
Secondly, we must focus on one target. Students can speak simple English well in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore. But why can't Bangladeshi students speak English well? The answer is that we have been running after two rabbits at the same time in the past four decades. Thirdly, make it mandatory for students to appear in TOEFL or IELTS. Subsidies from the government can be offered for every university student for attending exams like TOEFL or IELTS, a department can be opened in every university for this purpose. If possible the education ministry can sponsor some workshops for English teachers from different educational institutes.
We need to give the teachers incentives like the opportunity to attend overseas language workshops.
Finally, local governments need to build a cooperative relationship with primary and secondary schools to help students use English out of school.
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