A Foreign Language or the Second Language: The Future of English in Bangladesh

Ara, Rowshon

doi:10.26858/ijole.v4i2.10458

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“…Based on the language medium of instruction, the Bangladeshi graduates can be segmented into multiple groups: Bengali, English, and Arabic mediums of instruction (Karim et al 2021). Bengali medium graduates must pass 200 marks in two papers, which is mandatory for all students (Ara 2020). Bengali and Arabic medium-instructed students are comparatively less proficient in English compared to those instructed in an English medium (Jahan and Hamid 2019).…”

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Impact of English Language Proficiency on Local Language Use among Bangladeshi Graduates

Islam,

Hasan,

Ramalingam

et al. 2024

Languages

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This study aimed to identify the impact of English language proficiency on Bangladeshi graduates in terms of its influence on local languages and cultural integration. The study was conducted using a quantitative approach, and the random sampling technique was employed to select 370 respondents from English and Bengali medium-instructed Bangladeshi graduates. Data were analysed using SPSS version 27.0. The Pearson correlation, ANOVA, and multiple regression analyses were used in line with the research objectives. The Pearson correlation shows a significant correlation among the studied variables, such as cultural erosion (R2 = 047, p < 0.001), threat to local language (R2 = 048, p < 0.001), and polluting local language (R2 = 047, p < 0.001). The ANOVA test was performed to find the mean difference in cultural erosion (CE), threat to local language (TLL), and polluting local language (PLL) with respect to respondents’ qualifications (bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. degree). The ANOVA result revealed no statistically significant difference in CE and TLL in terms of graduates’ qualifications, while PLL differs significantly based on their qualifications (bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. degree.). Similarly, significant differences in CE, TLL, and PLL were found among the income groups and living places of graduates. Multiple regression analysis explained 13.6% variances in the social class context with ELP-linked challenges (R2 = 0.136, p = 0.001), while the lower class was found to have positive non-significant relationships with ELP-linked challenges (B = 0. 159, p = 0.382). This was almost double that of the result for the rich class (B = 0.085, p = 0.721). However, ELP-linked challenges contain a mixture of languages and cultural blending in society, as the rich class faces fewer challenges than the lower and middle classes. The study is influential in creating an awareness of language use whenever necessary.

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Section: Multiple Groups Of Bangladeshi Graduatesmentioning

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Impact of English Language Proficiency on Local Language Use among Bangladeshi Graduates

Islam,

Hasan,

Ramalingam

et al. 2024

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“…A study on Bangladeshi graduates in the Australian job sector by Roshid and Chowdhury (2013) projects that in various ways, "one's English language skills did influence their prospects of employment" (p. 78). Ara (2020), delineating the historical backdrop of both languages, states that English, inhabiting extensively in education, media, legislature, and corporate sectors, is in a limbo between a foreign and a second language and implores in favour of English to be bestowed with a second language status. Hasan and Rahaman (2012) point towards the significance of Bangla as this juncture of postcolonial realities.…”

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Marginalisation of Bangla at University-Level Academia: An Analysis with Theory of Reasoned Action

Biswas

Islam

Akteruzzaman

2022

IJE

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English has been investigated and criticised over centuries for its aggressive, invasive, and dominant nature, largely formulated by the British colonial enterprise and its legacy pertinent to the language. Given the coercion on minor cultures and languages in a non-native context, the use of English in education requires a detailed examination. The study critically examines the perceived superior position (e.g., tertiary educational institutions, social status hierarchy, and job market) of English and observes that a perniciously distorted perception of this language has permeated the minds of young learners in Bangladesh. This has raised grave concerns about the decadence of perception that influences students’ consideration of pursuing a tertiary-level liberal arts degree in English. Applying the Theory of Reasoned Action framework, this study – consisting of 142 participants – has identified that students prioritise English over Bangla as a subject, regardless of their literary values. They tend to fervently encompass the English language and literature together. Such incorporation helps sustain the neo-colonial attitude towards English as a language and, this is why the native tongue Bangla fails to fascinate them, despite having one of the world’s most treasured literary traditions. The discussion concludes that the overt promotion of English's benefits in this neoliberal era impairs the Bangla departments; therefore, English serves the learners only as a medium of global communication, not as a source of rich literary narratives.

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“…Due to its vast variety of applications, multimodality has gotten a lot of attention as a new approach to be utilized in any field, particularly education (Bhardwaj, 2016;Djamdjuri et al, 2021;Sullivan et al, 2003). Many studies in various fields of education such as Science Social (Duanxian, 2021), technology and internet (Szymkowiak et al, 2021), financing and management (Shaturaev, 2021), biology education (Jelani and Hassan, 2021), English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching and learning (Luo, 2022;Sharif et al, 2022;Lam, Habil and Hui, 2022;Bambol and Sulaiman, 2022;Setyowati et al, 2020;Ara, 2020;Begum, 2019), engineering (Chayaningati and Lestari, 2018) and education in Covid-19 era (Bergdahl and Nouri, 2021;Chang et al, 2021;Chakraborty et al, 2021) have been carried out. However, there has been no research that discusses bibliometric analysis with the mapping analysis method in the field of education specifically related to the multimodality in ESL classrooms for the last five years using the VOSviewer software.…”

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Evaluating the Research Trend on the Application of Multimodal Approach in Esl Classrooms

Jelani,

Hassan

2023

RCD

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The growing needs for employing multimodality in teaching have sparked research activities all around the world. Due to its broad range of applications, multimodality has received a lot of attention as an approach to be applied in any fields specifically in education. This bibliometric study aimed to evaluate the global research trends in applying multimodality to ESL classrooms based on publication outputs, co-authorships among authors and affiliated countries, and co-occurrences of author keywords. A total of 1303 journal articles published between 1972 and 2022 were retrieved using the Scopus database. The results demonstrate that the number of publications has been steadily increasing since 1972. Approximately 29% of the global total publications were contributed by researchers from the United States and the TESOL Quarterly published the greatest number of articles related to research on the multimodal approach in ESL classrooms. The findings of this review show that the application of multimodality to ESL classrooms may eventually supplant the clusters that dominated multimodality research in the past. In conclusion, the recent progress in implementing the multimodal approach in ESL classrooms includes the following, but not limited to, i) teaching strategies, ii) teaching environments, and iii) teaching and learning with educational technology.

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A Foreign Language or the Second Language: The Future of English in Bangladesh

Cited by 11 publications

References 8 publications

Impact of English Language Proficiency on Local Language Use among Bangladeshi Graduates

Impact of English Language Proficiency on Local Language Use among Bangladeshi Graduates

Marginalisation of Bangla at University-Level Academia: An Analysis with Theory of Reasoned Action

Evaluating the Research Trend on the Application of Multimodal Approach in Esl Classrooms

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