The Routledge Handbook of English Language Education in Bangladesh

by Shaila Sultana (Editor), M. Moninoor Roshid (Editor), Md. Zulfeqar Haider (Editor)

This Handbook is a comprehensive overview of English language education in Bangladesh. Presenting descriptive, theoretical, and empirical chapters as well as case studies, this Handbook, on the one hand, provides a comprehensive view of the English language teaching and learning scenario in Bangladesh and on the other hand, comes up with suggestions for possible decolonisation and de-eliticisation of English in Bangladesh.

The Handbook explores a wide range of diverse endogenous and exogenous topics, all related to English language teaching and learning in Bangladesh and acquaints readers with different perspectives, operating from the macro to the micro levels. The theoretical frameworks used are drawn from applied linguistics, education, sociology, political science, critical geography, cultural studies, psychology, and economics. The chapters examine how much generalisability the theories have for the context of Bangladesh and how the empirical data can be interpreted through different theoretical lenses.

There are six sections in the Handbook covering different dynamics of English language education practices in Bangladesh from history, policy and practice to assessment, pedagogy and identity. It is an invaluable reference source for students, researchers, and policy makers interested in English language, ELT, TESOL, and applied linguistics.

432 pages, ebook

Published December 17, 2020

About the author

Shaila Sultana is a Professor in the Department of English Language, Institute of Modern Languages, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, has been educated at Jahangirnagar University (Dhaka), Monash University (Melbourne), King’s College (London), and UTS (Sydney). Her research interests include trans approaches to language and identity, sociology, critical geography, and the historical and sociocultural significance of English in post-colonial countries. She has authored articles in renowned international applied linguistics journals, such as Linguistics and Education, International Multilingual Research Journal, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Journal of Asia Pacific Communication, Asian Englishes, Translanguaging and Translation in Multilingual Contexts, International Journal of Multilingualism, and Journal of Sociolinguistics. Her co-authored book entitled Popular Culture, Voice and Linguistic Diversity: Young Adults On- and Offline has recently been published by Macmillan, Palgrave (USA). Two chapters titled "Gender performativity in virtual space: Transglossic language practices of young women in Bangladesh" and "Linguistic and multi-modal resources within the local-global interface of the virtual space: Critically aware youths in Bangladesh" have also been published in Language and Culture on the Margins. Global/ Local Interactions and Critical Inquiries in the Studies of Sociolinguistics of Globalization from Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism (UK) and Multilingual Matters (USA), respectively.