Role of a Teacher in Teaching Speaking by Following a Communicative Approach: To What Extent is this Possible in an ESL Context Like Bangladesh ?

This paper is predominantlya short research which investigates the issue of how a teacher can promote the practice of speaking English by following a communicative approach within the traditional context of Bangladeshi language classrooms The paper thus consists of four segments of literature reviews based on some secondary data collected from contemporary online journals and books In a brief overview it can be said that the paper starts with an assessment of the role of teachers in case of prioritizing fluency over accuracy in our language classrooms This is followed by a discussion on the common sorts of speaking activities which an ESL teacher is ought to follow to promote fluent speaking within the classroom contexts After this the second last section focuses on some basic problems which act as hindrances in case of teaching speaking communicatively for example the negative impact of Bangladesh s language based identity and its influence on teaching English Speaking Lastly the paper sheds light on the controversial issue of whether it is even possible to teach speaking communicatively to our young school learners or not and if so than to what extent is it actually possible To be more specific about the goal of this paper it can be said that it is trying to grab our language teachers attention towards the fact that they can play a very role promote in case of teaching speaking communicatively within the existing system In other words the paper is actually restating the fact again and again that it s a teacher who can bring about a lot of communicative changes in the techniques and methods of teaching speaking even within these traditional classrooms if and only he she want

Role of a Teacher in Teaching Speaking by Following a Communicative Approach: To What Extent is this Possible in an ESL Context Like Bangladesh ?

This paper is predominantlya short research which investigates the issue of how a teacher can promote the practice of speaking English by following a communicative approach within the traditional context of Bangladeshi language classrooms The paper thus consists of four segments of literature reviews based on some secondary data collected from contemporary online journals and books In a brief overview it can be said that the paper starts with an assessment of the role of teachers in case of prioritizing fluency over accuracy in our language classrooms This is followed by a discussion on the common sorts of speaking activities which an ESL teacher is ought to follow to promote fluent speaking within the classroom contexts After this the second last section focuses on some basic problems which act as hindrances in case of teaching speaking communicatively for example the negative impact of Bangladesh s language based identity and its influence on teaching English Speaking Lastly the paper sheds light on the controversial issue of whether it is even possible to teach speaking communicatively to our young school learners or not and if so than to what extent is it actually possible To be more specific about the goal of this paper it can be said that it is trying to grab our language teachers attention towards the fact that they can play a very role promote in case of teaching speaking communicatively within the existing system In other words the paper is actually restating the fact again and again that it s a teacher who can bring about a lot of communicative changes in the techniques and methods of teaching speaking even within these traditional classrooms if and only he she want

East European Journal Of Psycholinguistics

East European Journal of Psycholinguistics is an international double-blind peerreviewed academic periodical published semiannually. The aim of the journal is to provide a forum for scholars to share, foster, and discuss globally various new topics and advances in different fields of modern psycholinguistics. The journal publishes original manuscripts covering but not limited to the following theoretical and applied fields of psycholinguistics: Bilingualism Clinical Psycholinguistics Cognitive Linguistics Cognitive Psychology Discourse Analysis Forensic Linguistics First and Second/Foreign Language Acquisition Neurolinguistics Pragmatics Psychology of Language and Speech Sociolinguistics Translation Studie

Request Strategies and Gender Differences among Bangladeshi Students within Online Classrooms

This research tried to identify the type of requests made by the students within a few Bangladeshi online classrooms. The study also aimed at focusing on possible gender differences between the students based on the requests they made. It adopted the research method used by Onem (2016), who investigated how men and women make requests and observed how they differ in the case of being polite and showing directness. Since there have been no previous studies conducted like this before, this paper analysed and categorized the types of requests by addressing the research gap. The theoretical framework relied on the Cross-Cultural Speech Act Realization Project (CCSARP), outlined by Blum-Kulka and Olshtain (1984). Three video records of online classes of “London School of English, Keraniganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh” were undertaken as the main data which was observed naturally followed by analysis and interpretation. The data analysis framework was also undertaken from the Cross-Cultural Speech Act Realization Project (CCSARP) theory by Blum-Kulka and Olshtain (1984). To analyse the data gathered from the videos, a particular coding scheme of (CCSARP) was used. The result obtained showed that the female students made around 62.5% requests while the male students did only around 37.5%. The requests made by the female students were not only significantly higher but they were more polite than the males. Therefore, this small-scale study is expected to help teachers and both male and female students improve their communication skills.  The types of requests identified in this study might help students of both genders become aware of their request-making techniques and help the researchers understand the process of request-making in the students' minds