Your news feature yesterday had an article on learning English. Indeed, ability to read, write and express oneself in English is indispensable. It is estimated that over 80% of the internet and scientific literatures are expressed in English. This means that one deprives oneself of 80% of the knowledge of the modern world by not having English skills. Fortunately, one does not need to preach Bangladeshi population about the importance of English, by now almost everyone is convinced of its importance. The question is how to acquire this essential skill. In Bangladesh, there is an acute shortage of teachers with English skills; as a result, most of institutions including some of the prestigious ones are not able to deliver this skill to the students. It is encouraging to see that many private centres have come forward to fill in the gap although; the standards of most of these institutions are being questioned.
There are many different ways to learn a language, especially English language. In the globalisation and technological age, “Modern technique” means many different ways. But one low tech method which is virtually free is often ignored and not mentioned at all. It is the short wave transistor radio. An eager learner can easily tune in a short wave radio to Voice of America (VOA) or British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and listen to their English broadcasts free day in and day out. They even have programmes of learning English and “Special English” programme. In the special English programme, the broadcaster pays special attention to the non-English speaking listener and reads the programme very slowly. This is very easy for the listener to understand and repeat after them. In addition to being free, the source of the education is directly from the English-speaking countries' authentic source, which enables one to acquire the best accent and tone of English. Depending upon interest, you can concentrate either in American English or British English. In my experience, once you have learned your English from either the VOA or BBC, you got it made.
Given you know your field and your great English language skill, there is no job interviewer in this world who will turn you down for a good job. I invite all Bangladeshis to take advantage of this free resource.