English language teaching in Bangladesh today: Issues, outcomes and implications

Mohammad Mosiur Rahman1, Shaiful Islam2, Abdul Karim3, Takad Ahmed Chowdhury4, Muhammad Mushfiqur Rahman5, Prodhan Mahbub Ibna Seraj2, Manjet Kaur Mehar Singh1
1School of Languages, Literacies and Translation, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
2School of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
3Brac Institute of Languages, Brac University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
4Department of English, University of Asia Pacific (UAP), Dhaka, Bangladesh
5School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

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