Efficacy of Online EAP Courses taught at the Tertiary Level of Bangladesh: A Case Study
Project ID: WUB/2022/P1/022
Project Duration: 2022 - 2023
Project Leader: Mahmuda Alam (Department of English)
Project Members: Humayra Akhter
Educators, teachers
and other people who are involved or related to the learning of language
throughout the world know quite well how important it is now online education
system for English language learners. Learning is not an independent activity.
In the last two years, research has established the influence of a number
of variables on learning
English language in online classes. Age, gender, intelligence,
motivation and learning styles are some
of the factors which can determine the
amount of online learning to take place.
Learning styles are shaped by the learner’s personal and
social-psychological conditions. According to Islam (2011),
teachers in Bangladesh need to discover their students’ preferred ways of
learning English, by which they can make their teaching effective and appealing
to the students to the optimum level.In
Bangladesh the online classroom teaching-learning practices, which are now
followed to teach English as a foreign language, are not based on proper
investigation of learners’ learning style preferences. As a result, expected
results are not found from online classroom teaching. Therefore, it is
necessary to investigate the learning style preferences for online classes of
the EFL learners of Bangladesh and take appropriate measures accordingly.Along
with knowledge of learners’ learning style preferences, it is also important to
know the teachers’ perceptions or preferences about these preferences of
learners. Teachers have their own experiences and preferences about good teaching
and are the key players to make the learners’ learning practices successful.
Therefore, if the teachers do not endorse the learners’ preferences, effective
learning will not take place. For effective learning there should be a
compromise between teachers’ perceptions or their teaching style preferences
and learners’ preferences. Now, it is
expected that while the demand of online English language learning is
increasing, this study will contribute to maximize better learning outcome.