Failure of students in English
Engr. Mohammad Ariful Islam Baghil, Tangail
Failure in English is a common matter in our country whether it is SSC/HSC or degree level. There are many reasons of failure of students in English and the reasons are not far to seek. There's a proverb in English 'A stitch in time saves nine'. Not only our education system is responsible but also the students. Because, I saw in the textbooks published by the NCTB for class VIII and class X, there're new words in every chapter, grammatical structure with many examples, a dictionary in the last portion of the book and also there is a list of major grammatical structures taught in the book (in order of presentation). I'm sure, most of the students didn't follow the style or curriculum. Their 'curriculum' (tactics) is very bad -- they buy a guide or notebook and memorise just only the important questions following a suggestion bought from the market. Thus they lose all the interests of comprehensive reading let alone the freehand writing or free-speaking. Their motive is responsible for failure in English. Even many degree class students fail for the same reason -- weakness in the root. Also, most of the so-called English teachers aren't good in English, aren't trained and can't teach the students in scientific way. Students don't feel curiosity in reading English newspapers, enjoying English TV/Radio programme. These are the reasons for which they fail.
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