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Akter, Lamiya
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Bridging the Gap: The Effect of Using the Mother Tongue in Bangladeshi ELT Classrooms Akter, Lamiya
IJLHE: International Journal of Language, Humanities, and Education Vol. 8 No. 2 (2025): IJLHE: International Journal of Language, Humanities, and Education
Publisher : Master Program in Indonesian Language Education and The Institute for Research and Community Service STKIP PGRI Bandar Lampung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52217/ijlhe.v8i2.1953

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This survey-based quantitative study investigates the role of the mother tongue (L1) in English language learning and its effects in English Language Teaching (ELT) classrooms at the tertiary level in Bangladesh. The research aims to explore how the use of L1 influences students’ comprehension, participation, and overall learning outcomes. A total of 80 students from the University of Global Village, University of Barishal, and Khulna University participated in the study through a structured questionnaire. Both quantitative and qualitative data (through open-ended questionnaire responses) were collected and analyzed to identify patterns and perceptions regarding L1 use. The findings reveal that a majority of students perceive the controlled use of L1 as supportive for understanding complex grammar and vocabulary, facilitating classroom interaction, and enhancing confidence. However, some participants indicated that excessive reliance on L1 might hinder English fluency. The study highlights the importance of a balanced approach or bilingual pedagogy suggesting that judicious integration of L1 can enhance learning effectiveness without compromising target language proficiency. These findings provide insights for ELT practitioners and policymakers to optimize classroom strategies that incorporate students’ mother tongue effectively.
Narrating the Anthropocene in the Delta under Authoritarian Development: A Corpus-Driven Analysis of Eco-political Transformation Discourse Shaikh, Hasan; Akter, Lamiya
Abjad Journal of Humanities & Education Vol. 3 No. 3 (2025): Abjad: Journal of Humanities & Education
Publisher : Centre for Literary and Cultural Studies

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.62079/abjad.v3i3.96

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In the era of the Anthropocene, where human activity increasingly defines planetary change, this study examines how the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100, the state’s flagship strategy for climate resilience and development, constructs and circulates eco-political narratives through a corpus of 1803169 tokens drawn from official government reports published between 2018 and 2019. Drawing on corpus-driven methods, including network, concordance, and n-gram analysis, the paper interrogates the textual architecture to uncover how the state mobilizes language to legitimize particular forms of governance. The findings show the dominance of managerial and technocratic framings in its eco-political discourse. Networks link governance and efficiency with ecological keywords, recasting climate threats as solvable through centralized implementation and expert consensus. Concordance patterns expose spatial hierarchies: drought-prone regions are framed as peripheral zones needing intervention, while “urban and rural” pairings suggest inclusivity yet obscure uneven resource distribution. These textual strategies reinforce anticipatory development logics that privilege national modernization. N-gram analysis further shows how economic rationalities permeate sustainability language, signaling a shift toward neoliberal governance. Water resilience is reframed as a cost-recovery issue, not a collective right, revealing how Anthropocene vulnerabilities are mobilized to justify market-based solutions and entrench unequal access to protection and resources. Moreover, this study situates Bangladesh’s delta discourse within global debates on authoritarian development, eco-political transformation, and post-political environmentalism, showing how crisis rhetoric legitimizes centralized, market-driven governance. While limited to official texts, the research calls for future works incorporating grassroots and civil society narratives to foreground more pluralistic, climate-just, and democratically inclusive pathways toward sustainability in the Anthropocene.
Co-Authors Shaikh, Hasan