This talk presents Bangladeshi Government teachers and students’ views towards learning English and communicative language practices. The teachers and students taking part in the study are participating in the English in Action project, a large-scale professional development programme for English teachers which introduces new communicative teaching methodologies at local school level funded by UKaid. The views of 535 primary and secondary teachers, 457 secondary students and 374 primary students presented here have been collected via questionnaire and interview survey. The study provides evidence of teachers and students perceptions after participating the EIA programme for 12 months
