Open AccessChallenges while Teaching English in the Social Science Classroom: A Bangladesh Perspective
Author(s) -
Jurana Aziz
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of english language education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2325-0887
DOI - 10.5296/ijele.v5i1.10567
Subject(s) - bengali , perspective (graphical) , mathematics education , humanistic psychology , psychology , humanism , face (sociological concept) , english language , pedagogy , sociology , social science , computer science , artificial intelligence , law , political science
This paper written is based on the findings from a study conducted among the Social Science students of Advanced Level undertaking the English Language courses as Elective or compulsory and their mode of learning is Bengali other than few of these English courses. I have tried to explore some of the difficulties while teaching these students. Two groups of students were selected for experimental study and teaching was given following traditional approaches like CLT. Data were collected through classroom observation and questionnaires. Though the results found have some limitations, this paper aims at suggesting for the probable solutions to the problems and finally it opens a new window to face the learners with this type of challenging situation by adopting some of the innovative methods using the Humanistic approach of learning in English Language Teaching and Education.