Bengali medium students' vulnerability in speaking English

Abstract

The researcher's objective was to find out the problems that Bengali medium students face in speaking english. To do that a questionnaire in rural and urban areas for both the teachers and students of class IX were made along with the classroom observation. However, all the findings show that lack of communicative environment in English, negative attitude of students toward using English both inside and outside classroom, lack of self-confidence and rich vocabulary etc. and lack of positive reinforcement from the teachers' side hinder in improving speaking skills of the students of Bengali medium schools. However, the researcher hopes that this study will help the ELT practitioners and English teachers of the Bengali medium schools to find out their students' problems and take positive but effective actions in solving them.