English in Action (EIA) programme, Bangladesh: What’s this about using mobile phones in the classroom?

Perez-Gore, Isabelle and Burton, Sonia (2014). English in Action (EIA) programme, Bangladesh: What’s this about using mobile phones in the classroom? In: 9th International & 45th Annual ELT@I conference on English, 21-23 Aug 2014, Jaipur, India.

Abstract

This workshop presents an overview of English in Action’s (EIA) schools component, implemented by the Government of Bangladesh. EIA is a large-scale UKaid-funded English language development project, aiming to provide learning opportunities to 25 million people in Bangladesh. The project looks to enhance social and economic opportunities, including better access to jobs.

The schools component is a professional development programme for Government teachers, introducing communicative teaching methodologies at school-level. It is practiced-based and consists of print and audio-visual materials (on a mobile phone) to support teachers in trying out communicative activities with their classes. The training model utilised is school-based, involving learning with a partner teacher in school and regular meetings with local participating teachers.

The project currently works with 8,000 teachers (primary and secondary) and 1.6 million students. By 2017, 76,000 teachers and over 8 million students will be reached.

Questions will be invited on model and approach.

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