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    Teachers’ perceptions of Bangladeshi EFL tertiary learners’ writing challenges
    (International Islamic University Chittagong, 2022-07) Karim, Shah Mohammad Sanaul
    Writing is one of the most challenging skills for the Bangladeshi EFL tertiary learners. The learners, teachers and educators refer to the difficulty of the learners in writing different types of compositions. Among the types of compositions, paragraphs facilitate a learner to opt for bigger compositions as well as for discreet sentences. This study reports the findings about the paragraph writing problems of the Bangladeshi EFL tertiary level learners. Data were collected through questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The questionnaires were distributed to 6 teachers of English Language and Literature at International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh and semi structured interviews were conducted with two teachers teaching paragraph writing to the students. Findings from the questionnaires have revealed that the revising stage is very difficult for the learners followed by writing and planning stages. Findings from the semi-structured interviews with the teachers have corroborated the findings of the questionnaire. The findings draw attention to the different types of problems in the writings of paragraphs by the Bangladeshi EFL tertiary learners and provide implications.
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    The Influence of the Local Varieties on the Sound Patterns of English: A Case Study of Bangladeshi Tertiary Students
    (CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2010-12) Hoque, Muhammad Azizul
    This paper is an outcome of the study that was directed to investigate the influence of the local varieties on the sound patterns of English of Bangladeshi tertiary students. The study deals with the existing pronunciation style and tries to identify the problems in the light of the rural background of the students. The study is qualitative by nature illuminating qualitative data, and the methods of data collection consist of record keeping of words through direct interview, reading passages and dialogues. The results of the study are the mispronunciation of English words because of the influence of local varieties, ignorance and lack of the Standard English pronunciation system, etc. On the basis of the findings, some pedagogical implications and recommendations have been made.
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    Teaching - Learning Situation of Speaking in English at the University Level: A Case Study
    (CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2010-12) Hosain, Md Iqbal
    This paper intends to find out the problems that the students face in speaking in English at the different universities in Bangladesh. It investigates the merits and demerits of the existing teaching methodology of English at the university level. With a view to finding out the causes of the students lack of competence in speaking in English, some authentic data have been collected from the different universities of the country. And after a thorough analysis, a suggestion has been made for teachers to use some pragmatic ways of improving speaking skills in English. It further examines the different techniques of teaching speaking in English at the university level along with its curriculum and testing system, and offers some easy and modern methods of teaching English.