Learning English

Sayeef Shahriar, Dept. of English, University of Dhaka
Almost all students of our country have apathy towards English language as they do not venture to learn it from an early age. This foreign language creates a phobia among the students because they are not encouraged by their elders and surroundings to learn it from their infancy. So, students of our country are lagging behind and their elementary knowledge is poor. Besides, our prevailing educational system is not satisfactorily updated. The system can still produce clerks , nothing else. Nowadays several steps are being taken to improve upon the existing situation. Communicative English course has been designed for students to make an innovation in learning English. The course includes four skills (Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking) for the second language learners. But students are not taught those skills properly in their schools or colleges. The issue needs better handling.