USING STATUS OF LEARNERS’ CENTERED INSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSROOM AT HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL IN BANGLADESH

This present study has been conducted in the purpose of tracing out the using status of learners centered instruction approach in English language classroom at higher secondary level in Bangladesh. The study was conducted from May to December 2019 in Matuail Hazi Abdul Latif Bhuiyan College, Demra, Dhaka-1262 and D. M Degree College, Sheikhpara, Sailkupa, Jhenaidah, Bangladesh. Adopting a mixed method research approach (Both quantitative and qualitative), 120 students and eight teachers were selected randomly as respondents for collecting data using questionnaire and face to face interview session both with the students and the teachers. All the selected students and teachers were engaged in questionnaire survey. Then, only 20 students and four teachers were engaged in interview for collecting qualitative data. Scholars’ view, research papers, journals and articles regarding learners centered instruction approach provided tentative ideas regarding the issue of this present study. This study has revealed that the learners centered instruction approaches werenot applied properly and regularly in English language classroom at higher secondary level in Bangladesh though some challenges have been addressed by the teachers in this regard.