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Speakers at a symposium said that ‘Pronunciation as a English language course should be given much importance and stressed on the need for practicing English Pronunciation in tertiary education to fit the graduates to face the employability challenges of 21st century as the pronunciation is more practical than theoretical. They also emphasized on the need for adequate courses on systematical, methodical and well-organized English pronunciation and teachers should be motivated and skilled regarding this issue. They said this while addressing at an international symposium held today on January 15, 2017.
Department of English of Daffodil International University (DIU) organized a daylong symposium on ‘Teaching of English Pronunciation in Bangladesh: Issues and Practices’.
The program was graced by the Guest of Honor, Prof Moshiuzzaman, Member (Curriculum), NCTB, and by the chief guest Prof Dr Md. Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari, Vice Chancellor, Islamic University, Kushtia. Among others, Prof Dr Yousuf M Islam, Vice Chancellor, DIU and Prof AMM Hamidur Rahman, Dean, FHSS of the university were also present in the inaugural session as the chair and special guest respectively.
Prof Dr Arifa Rahman, English Language and Teacher Education Specialist, IML, DU, delivered the keynote speech on ‘English Pronunciation and Global Intelligibility’, followed by a colloquium on the ‘Importance and Necessity of Teaching English Pronunciation in Bangladesh’, where Vice Chancellors of different universities of Bangladesh participated. The session was chaired and moderated respectively by Prof Dr Yousuf M Islam and Mohammed Shamsul Hoque, Associate Professor, Department of English, DIU.
After that Dr Qais Khan, KiiT University, Odisha, India delivered his plenary speech on ‘Teaching of English pronunciation to Indian learners: Experience from Teaching Accent Neutralization courses at Bhubaneswar’.
Six parallel paper presentation sessions and a workshop continued throughout the day where 22 national and international participants from distinguished universities from India, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Bangladesh presented their research papers. There was an amusing ‘Dramatization’ session by the DIU students and teachers in the afternoon.
At the end of the program a plenary session titled ‘Teaching of Pronunciation in Bangladesh’, chaired and moderated respectively by Harunur Rashid Khan, President, BELTA and Dr Md. Mohoshin Reza, Head Department of English, DIU, took place in the auditorium. A host of scholars including Prof Iffat Ara Nasreen Majid (Dhaka University/IML), Prof Dr M Shahidullah (Rajshahi University), Prof M Shamsul Hoque (Bangladesh Open University), Prof Abdus Selim (Central Women’s University), Prof Harunur Rashid Khan (Southeast University and President, BELTA) and Goutam Roy (NCTB) took part in the plenary discussion. They talked on various aspects of the problems of teaching pronunciation in Bangladesh. The program ended successfully by the Symposium Convener, Dr Binoy Barman’s closing remark and vote of thanks.
The daylong event drew a huge audience from difference universities of Bangladesh.
Speakers at a symposium said that ‘Pronunciation as a English language course should be given much importance and stressed on the need for practicing English Pronunciation in tertiary education to fit the graduates to face the employability challenges of 21st century as the pronunciation is more practical than theoretical. They also emphasized on the need for adequate courses on systematical, methodical and well-organized English pronunciation and teachers should be motivated and skilled regarding this issue. They said this while addressing at an international symposium held today on January 15, 2017.
Department of English of Daffodil International University (DIU) organized a daylong symposium on ‘Teaching of English Pronunciation in Bangladesh: Issues and Practices’.
The program was graced by the Guest of Honor, Prof Moshiuzzaman, Member (Curriculum), NCTB, and by the chief guest Prof Dr Md. Harun-Ur-Rashid Askari, Vice Chancellor, Islamic University, Kushtia. Among others, Prof Dr Yousuf M Islam, Vice Chancellor, DIU and Prof AMM Hamidur Rahman, Dean, FHSS of the university were also present in the inaugural session as the chair and special guest respectively.
Prof Dr Arifa Rahman, English Language and Teacher Education Specialist, IML, DU, delivered the keynote speech on ‘English Pronunciation and Global Intelligibility’, followed by a colloquium on the ‘Importance and Necessity of Teaching English Pronunciation in Bangladesh’, where Vice Chancellors of different universities of Bangladesh participated. The session was chaired and moderated respectively by Prof Dr Yousuf M Islam and Mohammed Shamsul Hoque, Associate Professor, Department of English, DIU.
After that Dr Qais Khan, KiiT University, Odisha, India delivered his plenary speech on ‘Teaching of English pronunciation to Indian learners: Experience from Teaching Accent Neutralization courses at Bhubaneswar’.
Six parallel paper presentation sessions and a workshop continued throughout the day where 22 national and international participants from distinguished universities from India, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Bangladesh presented their research papers. There was an amusing ‘Dramatization’ session by the DIU students and teachers in the afternoon.
At the end of the program a plenary session titled ‘Teaching of Pronunciation in Bangladesh’, chaired and moderated respectively by Harunur Rashid Khan, President, BELTA and Dr Md. Mohoshin Reza, Head Department of English, DIU, took place in the auditorium. A host of scholars including Prof Iffat Ara Nasreen Majid (Dhaka University/IML), Prof Dr M Shahidullah (Rajshahi University), Prof M Shamsul Hoque (Bangladesh Open University), Prof Abdus Selim (Central Women’s University), Prof Harunur Rashid Khan (Southeast University and President, BELTA) and Goutam Roy (NCTB) took part in the plenary discussion. They talked on various aspects of the problems of teaching pronunciation in Bangladesh. The program ended successfully by the Symposium Convener, Dr Binoy Barman’s closing remark and vote of thanks.
The daylong event drew a huge audience from difference universities of Bangladesh.
