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Evaluation of an Anglo-Centric ELT Textbook in Bangladeshi Context: A Case Study
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2011-12) Kabir, Md. Humayun
With the advancement in human civilization and human understanding we are now bold enough to ask the value of and rationale for something imposed on us by any quarter. If carefully observed, it is evident that BANA (Britain, Australia and North America) country materials have dominated the ELT (English Language Teaching) related field for quite a long time. We anxiously notice that in these materials the socio-cultural background of the vast community of ESL/EFL users (learners and teachers) is grossly ignored. Since the learner’s background knowledge i.e. ‘schema’ is an issue of paramount importance in ELT, in this study our attempt is to assess and justify the suitability of the Anglo-centric ELT textbooks titled Foundation English Course (FEC) Book-I&II which is designed to teach the students of REC (Remedial English Course) programmed at IIUC (International Islamic University Chittagong).
Ben Jonson’s Volpone: An Unconventional and Innovative Jacobean Comedy
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2011-12) Karim, Sajjadul
Ben Jonson’s Volpone (1605) is the best known, most performed and most studied of all of his Plays. Volpone, or The Fox, does not contain the traditional moral and broad themes of Shakespeare. Volpone, disguised as a didactic comedy, is actually an intelligent and cynical satire that compels the audience to rethink their moral expectations. In Volpone, Jonson was successful in combining three genres in order to create a new form of comedy. Volpone is a powerful moral study of human greed, foxy cunning, and goatish lust. It is not the traditional form of comedy. It is a play that takes on the form of a comical satire as well as a morality play. It also adapts the features of a fable, and in that it strives to teach a moral. This play puts a different twist on what people would expect from a comedy or morality play. But, more than a satire on the traditional morality, it is a satire on the type of drama that was prevalent. This article analyses how Jonson presents his audience with an unconventional way of approaching the subjects he is satirizing by creating a new form of comedy that embodies the aspects of all three genres.
Industrial Relations: An Islamic Approach
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2011-12) Hoque, Nazamul
Industrial relations (IR) have been found to have a significant impact on the organizational performance. Good industrial relation is the outcome of integrated and just efforts of employer, managers, workers, and state. Since Islam is a complete code of life, all Muslims must abide by the rules and regulations of Islam in developing and maintaining industrial relations. But lack of adequate Islamic guidelines regarding IR is one of the very important constraints to the way of practicing it from Islamic point of view in the Muslim world. So this study is an attempt to minimize the gap found therein. In this study some fundamental principles of Islamic IR are developed along with the specific roles of employers, managers, workers, and state from Islamic perspectives. If all parties perform their roles as per the guidelines of this study it is expected that each and every party would be benefited highly through developing good IR both here and here after.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Practice of Cellular Phone Companies in Bangladesh
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2011-12) Hoque, Sayema; Chowdhury, Tanzina
Cellular phone companies have occupied a significant position in the economy of Bangladesh. It has become one of the most profitable sectors as well as a big contributor to the government exchequer of this country. A great deal of economic resources is being utilized in this particular industry. Being an integral part of the society the companies operating within this industry are supposed to contribute towards social welfare through performing corporate social responsibility (CSR). In this backdrop, this study attempts to provide an overview of the CSR practices of the cellular phone companies of Bangladesh with special reference to the nature and impact of those practices. Based on the information provided in the annual reports and websites of respective companies the study has reached a conclusion that all the cellular companies except Airtel are engaged in CSR practices of some sort or other such as education, empowerment & poverty alleviation, environment, healthcare and others. However, there is still room for expanding CSR related activities to gain the potential benefits.
Social Business: A Revolutionary Idea in the Field of Poverty Alleviation
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2011-12) Hoque, Sayema
Poverty is one of the major problems around the world. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yunus has come up with a revolutionary idea to solve that problem by introducing the social business concept which emphasizes a combined and organized effort of poverty alleviation through self-sustaining business mechanism. This paper attempts to overview of the idea, discuss current practice of social business in Bangladesh; and compare social business model with other existing business models.
Efficiency and Effectiveness of Alternative Dispute Resolution Schemes towards the Promotion of Access to Justice in Bangladesh
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2011-12) Islam, Mohammad Saidul
In recent years in Bangladesh, there has been renewed emphasis on the Alternative Dispute Resolution schemes as a means to avoid the use of contested hearings in the formal litigation and to ensure the most fundamental right of access to justice for all in an easy way. These Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) modalities are considered as less likely to fuel the parental conflicts, more likely to induce the parties to resolve their conflicts in an amicable manner preserving the future relationship between the parties and reducing cost, delay and loss of energy to a significant extent. Following the considerable advantages of ADR, almost every county of the world has introduced ADR system in its justice delivery system which has paved the way to the promotion of access to justice indiscriminately for all. This paper is an attempt to provide a comprehensive idea about obstacles in the way of access to justice in our legal system and by analyzing the different mechanisms of ADR and court and non-court based practices of those modalities under different legislations of Bangladesh, to show the fairness, efficiency and effectiveness of ADR towards the promotion of access to justice and to provide some recommendations for the complete success of ADR towards the effective, non-discriminative, speedy and easy access to justice for all either rich or poor, literate or illiterate, male or female and elite or lower class.
Ideological Views of Islam in Relation to Contemporary Human Rights: An Evaluation
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2011-12) Karim, Sheikh Mohammad Towhidul; Murad, Mohammad Hasan
Islam, being the religion of nature, embodies all the basic ideas of human rights. The principles of human rights were introduced during the advent of Islam in order to ensure peace, justice, tranquillity, morality, dignity, quality and values all over the world. The rights recognized by Islam were established not only to protect special race like Muslims but also to shelter the non-Muslims. This research is mainly based on secondary data and logic. This article is an attempt to outline the contribution of Islam in the field of human rights and endeavors to establish that the principles of human rights are not the sole outcome of the progress of western civilization.
The Study of Errors and Feedback in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) Research: Strategies used by the ELT practitioners in Bangladesh to address the errors their students make in learning English
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2011-12) Ali, Md. Maksud
The study of errors and feedback is one of the major issues in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research. The research in this area is so important because it gives the English language teaching (ELT) practitioners an opportunity to have an insight in understanding the nature of learners’ errors and in giving feedback to learners. Following quantitative method, this paper carries out an empirical cross-sectional survey research on errors and feedback in SLA in the context of Bangladesh in order to generalize the way in which the Bangladeshi ELT practitioners view their students’ errors and the ways they correct the errors.
The Contribution of the Language, Culture and Vision Constructed by Qur’an and Sunnah to the World Peace
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2011-12) Demirel, Serdar; Kılıç, Zeynep Havva
Many factors bring people together and unite them. Although these factors may have common characteristics in different civilizations and religions, they also have varying attributes. Today, Muslims need a consolidating language, not a divisive one. This is possible only when Muslims have a common language, culture and edifice constructed by revelation. This is crucial for the world peace. Because if peace cannot be achieved in the Muslim world and ethnic problems continue, it will, obviously, threaten regional and global peace. This article is about how Islam provided its followers a common language, culture and edifice constructed by revelation in theory and practice to unite them.
Chieftaincy Institutions among Yoruba Muslims in Nigeria: Between the Present and Past
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2011-12) Sulaiman, Kamal-deen Olawale
This paper intends to analyse the contemporary issues and challenges of chieftaincy Institutions among Yoruba Muslims in Nigeria. It delves into the origins of Islamic chieftaincy institutions, the roles and functions of Islamic Chieftaincy title holders. The methodology employed was based on information and analysis of the data from written sources. The paper reveals that the need to encourage believers in the propagation of Islam is a major reason for the multiplicity of chieftaincy titles. The paper recommended that for Islamic chieftaincy titles to be meaningful, preference should be given to Muslims who have the fear of Allah. While it concluded that in the early history merit and not mediocrity was the major consideration in the award of chieftaincy titles. The current trend therefore requires urgent review.
Managing Curricular Innovation and Teacher Training: Bangladesh Perspective
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2015-12) Kabir, Mohammed Humayun
This study aims at finding out the necessity of teachers’ training to put into practice the CLT (Communicative Language Teaching) based English textbooks (English for Today series i.e. EFT) in Bangladesh at school and college levels where Grammar-Translation-Literature based curriculum had been followed for decades. Using a mixed methods approach, I conducted the study by engaging the teacher participants in the questionnaire response, interviewing them, observing their classes and consulting different official reports and research findings. The study revealed that majority of our English teachers are not trained up at all to use these CLT textbooks though they feel that training might definitely skill them well and make them efficient enough to handle the newly designed EFT textbooks more effectively. It further revealed that even trained up teachers cannot create a truly communicative environment in the classroom as the existing testing system encourages students to memorize answers to some probable questions rather than engage them in communicative activities. This paper ends with some recommendations to overcome this existing hopeless situation.
A Quest for Idyllic Beauty in the Land of Mystery: A Comparative Discussion of Rabindranath Tagore’s “Aimless Journey” (“Niruddesh Yatra”) and Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2015-12) Ahmed, Mohammad Kaosar; Jahan, Sultana
A study in poetic affinities between Rabindranath Tagore and Robert Frost seems a bit strange to the reader as both the poets belong to two different nations. Apparently there is no connection between the two great poets – one belongs to America and the other belongs to India with a poetic career spanning the last four decades of the 19th century and the first four decades of the 20 century. The affinities between Tagore and Frost are clearly seen in their works. In respect of their poetic vision, their attitude to nature, the world, sense of beauty and wonder, yearning for the ideal, both the poets share a considerable portion of similarities. However, a sense of divergence from each other prevails beneath the similarities as Tagore is a devotee and his appreciation, particularly in the West, refers to him as a mystic poet, while Frost is an agnostic. This paper attempts to make a comparative study of Frost’s ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ and Tagore’s “Aimless Journey” with a view to unfolding the astonishing similarities and differences between the poets.
Chittagonian Variety: Dialect, Language, or Semi-Language?
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2015-12) Hoque, Muhammad Azizul
The main concern of this paper is to explore the status of Chittagonian variety- a language spoken by the people of Chittagong in Bangladesh-with a view to considering whether it is a dialect of Bangla or a language or a semi-language. Though it is closely related to Bangla, its distinctive features like a different sound system, mutual unintelligibility with Bangla, etc. give it a separate entity and encourage the researcher of this paper to rethink about the existing idea of its being a dialect of Bangla and to try to present some supportive arguments in favor of its separate entity as a language. In the article the researcher has provided an introduction to the Chittagonian variety; language and dialect; previous literature, and used methodology consisting of random sampling based on the collection of newspaper articles, books, and internet sources, and the like. And some findings from that research and recommendations have been discussed.
Shelley’s Romantic Passion in ‘Ode to the West Wind’:Its Impact on Farrukh Ahmad
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2015-12) Hosain, Md Iqbal
The paper intends to explore a parallel between Shelley and Farrukh Ahmad through a minute analysis of some of their celebrated poems pregnant with romantic passion. ‘Ode to the West Wind’, which has been considered as one of the most significant poems of Shelley, conceives his utmost romantic idea that corresponds to the romantic spirit of Farrukh Ahmad expressed in ‘Jhod’ and ‘Boishakh’, two of his famous poems. In ‘Ode to the West Wind’ Shelley urges the west wind to destroy the aged old society full of corruption and injustice and at the same time pleads it to preserve the society by spreading the seeds of new hope and regeneration. So does Farrukh Ahmad in his ‘Jhod’ and ‘Boishakh’. Though their beliefs and ideologies are not alike, they have taken the west wind as an emblem of destroyer and preserver.
CLT at the Higher Secondary Level in Bangladesh: Theory and Practice
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2015-12) Ullah, Md. Mohib
With the progress of time, the aim of teaching and learning English as a Second Language (ESL) or English as a Foreign Language (EFL) changed, and so did the approaches and methods in language teaching. Different methods and approaches emerged and were replaced, influenced or contributed to the emergence of new methods. It is widely acknowledged that one umbrella approach to language teaching that has become the accepted "norm" in this field is the Communicative Language Teaching Approach. This study deals with the theories and practices of CLT at the Higher Secondary level in Bangladesh. Realizing the significance of CLT, The Ministry of Education in Bangladesh made groundbreaking attempts to implement CLT in the new context and also brought some changes in the curriculum in 1990s. Along with attempting to provide a real picture of how CLT is practiced and utilized in an ESL/EFL context, this study focuses on the Practice of CLT approach in Bangladesh. Moreover, this study intends to propose some propositions to be implemented for better practice of CLT in ESL/EFL contexts.
Strengthening the Marginalized from Within: Derek Walcott’s Poetic Mission
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2015-12) Uddin, Md. Abu Saleh Nizam
Caribbean poet Derek Walcott , in his commitment to the Caribbean and, of course, with artistic excellence, disappointingly finds his nation still confined to marginalization which is self-imposed, though it was colonially imposed during the colonial period. The issues contributing to this self-imposed marginalization, an otherwise colonial legacy, are the exigent factors Walcott’s relentless poetic efforts address. This paper aims at exploring how Walcott ’s unalloyed poetic dedication of epistemological significance, with a view to strengthening the Antillean from within, concentrates on the marginalized nation’s unconscious, imprudent and self-centre thoughts and measures in the issues of Caribbean self, tourism, urbanization, governance, literary tradition and uniqueness of literature in a post-colonial context of aggressive Euro-American economy and culture.
The Authenticity Gap between what is taught in Bangladeshi EFL Courses and the Reality of ‘authentic’ English
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2015-12) Tarannum, Sawsan
The issues intend to discuss in this paper is one that frustrates teachers and students alike. Bangladeshi Students diligently practice their English for varying degrees of time and make varying amounts of progress but seem to run into insurmountable difficulties when confronted with ‘native speaker’ (NS) English. These difficulties stem from the seeming lack of convergence between the language being used by NSs and the language our students are practicing. In short, there is something of a 'gap' between what is taught in English conversation classes in Bangladesh, and the reality of ‘authentic’ English. This paper, therefore, briefly focuses on what is meant by the term ‘authenticity gap’ and the ‘role of text books’ in relation to this ‘gap’. Problems associated with utilizing ‘authentic English’ in Bangladeshi classrooms will also be discussed in detail. Finally, there will be recommendations on how to bridge this gap.
The Role of Islam in the Yoruba-Hausa Harmonious Relations in Southwestern Nigeria
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2015-12) Gatawa, Muhammad Mukhtar
In Nigeria, academic discourse on inter-group relations over the years has been narrowed down to only two interrelated terms: conflict and violence. This is due to the rising cases of inter-ethnic and inter-religious conflicts witnessed in the multi-cultural and multi-religious Nigeria. This paper intends to argue that the escalating ethnic and religious consciousness is greatly the handiwork of elites and politicians who employ both ethnicity and religion as effective tools for mass mobilization and manipulation of citizens’ psyche in their attempt to dominate the state power apparatus and resources. It also affirms the view that, as far as the Yoruba and Hausa communities of A gene are concerned, a high level of cordial inter-group relations had been achieved, owing to inter-communal mechanisms developed amongst the Yoruba and Hausa communities over the years of interaction. One of the effective vehicles through which the cordial intercommoned relations are achieved is Islam.
Satisfaction towards Banking Profession: A Comparative Study on Male and Female Executives
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2015-12) Uddin, Mohd. Kamal; Kabir, Mohammad Jonaed
Banking sector in Bangladesh is recruiting women more in number than ever before. Women are now viewed by planners and policy makers as equal partners in the process of development and great contributors to state economy. Banks, as development catalysts, need to evaluate both the male and female employees, in a timely manner to enhance their effort to work. This paper attempts to evaluate job satisfaction of bank officers considering sex differences to determine a fruitful comparison. The research work was conducted through JDI administered questionnaire on a sample of 210 employees from six banks (Two public and four private banks). A popular measure of job satisfaction - the Job Descriptive Index (JDI) - measure satisfaction in terms of five aspects of a person’s job: pay, promotion, supervision, the work itself and co-workers (Hellriegel and Woodman, 1995). As the two gender groups were not normally distributed, a Mann-Whitney U test was applied to test relationship between gender and job satisfaction with each facet. The findings of the study show that higher satisfaction among females for three of the five job facets while male officers dominate the rest two factors. The present study attempts to enrich the existing knowledge base in the area of job satisfaction in banking sector adding a new dimension of HRM-issues.
Of Motivation and Learning English: A Perspective on EFL Students in Bangladesh
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2015-12) Kabir, SM Akramul
Motivation and learning tend to be interrelated with each other. Among all other learning variables, motivation is considered the most significant factor in language learning. The More a learner is motivated the more effective learning takes place. Learning a foreign language such as English denotes the preference and zeal of the learner depending on the intensity of motivation. So, in order to help the students to maintain proper strength in English, learning motivation is essential for the teachers in regular teaching procedure. This paper discusses the role of motivation for English language learning in four main sections focusing on EFL students of Bangladesh. Finally, some suggestions are offered to the teachers.

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