Open AccessHistorical Evolution of English in Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Mohammad Nurul Islam,
Azirah Hashim
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of language teaching and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-0684
pISSN - 1798-4769
DOI - 10.17507/jltr.1002.05
Subject(s) - english language , economic growth , history , development economics , geography , political science , ancient history , socioeconomics , sociology , mathematics education , economics , psychology
This paper aims to make a contribution to the study of history and evolution of English in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a young country, twice-split once from India as a part of Pakistan and then from Pakistan as an independent nation. Therefore, to look at the history, we have to look at the history of English education first in India upto 1947, then in Pakistan (1947-1971) and then only in Bangladesh (since 1971 onwards). The paper begins with how English was brought into Bangladesh; language policy and use in Bangladesh; medium of instruction and also shed lights on the current status of English in Bangladesh.