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1、EnglishasaGlobalLanguageandtheQuestionofNation-BuildingEducationinBangladeshAuthor(s):SyedaRumnazImamReviewedwork(s):Source:ComparativeEducation,Vol.41,No.4(Nov.,2005),pp.471-486Publishedby:Taylor&Francis,Ltd.StableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/30044556.Accessed:07/02/201321:21YouruseoftheJST
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4、ubjecttoJSTORTermsandConditionsComparativeEducationRoutledgeTaylor&FrancisGroupVol.41,No.4,November2005,pp.471-486REnglishasagloballanguageandthequestionofnation-buildingeducationinBangladeshSyedaRumnazImam*DhakaUniversity,BangladeshThenationallanguageBangla(Bengali),whichisspokenby98%ofthepeop
5、le,isfoundationaltothenationofBangladeshasanation.Languageplayedacrucialroleinthestruggleforindepen-dencefromPakistanwhichwasfinallysuccessfulin1971.Themediumofinstructioninstate-providedbasiceducationisBangla.Nevertheless,asinthecolonialperiodasignificantpartoftheeliteiseducatedinEnglishmedium
6、schoolsandsubjecttoBritish-determinedcurriculumandassessment.Englishmediumprivateeducationcarriesthehighestprestige,andtheprivatesectorisdominantinsecondaryeducation.TheroleofEnglishisnowbeingenhancedbyglobalization,whichthreatensaculturalrecolonizationofBangladesh,andbyWorldBankstrategiesdesig
7、nedtopromotetheprivateschoolsector.ThearticlediscussestheseproblemsandexploreselementsofalanguagepolicythatmightbeabletoenhancebothBanglaliteracyandcompetenceinEnglish.IntroductionEnglishisconsideredasagloballanguageandthusboththe
