Bengali is also a language
like English. When a child starts speaking in Bengali, does he not begin
chatting in terms of terms, verbs, conjunctions, suffixes, etc., and starts
using the language directly? The reality is that the child does not know any of
this. He starts using the language directly, which is normal. He mastered the
tongue by listening to those around him. Throughout his life, he could use the
Bengali language well without knowing grammar. What does that mean? We can
learn Bengali without learning grammar.
Similarly, if an uneducated boy or girl is sent to an English-speaking country, it will happen after a couple of years that the boy or girl is fluent in English. He does not know which master and which action point he has learned to speak English to meet his needs from the environment around him. Here, besides grammar, the English language can also be mastered and used by a person. The question is, will we learn grammar at all to learn English, or will we master the English language directly from stories, essays?
I have seen and still see in
teaching life (some children come to read English). Many students learn English
first and say, Sir, I am fragile in grammar. Teach me the first grammar. The
rest I will learn slowly later. The student's parents also say, 'He is a little
weak in grammar, explain the grammar first so that he can get good results in
the test.' To know a language, one has to practice that language. Students and
parents do not want to understand that the English language cannot be learned
just by knowing a few grammar rules. The actual proof that English cannot use
in real life just by learning grammar is that almost all the graduates and master's
degree holders in our country have studied English as a compulsory subject up
to higher secondary level. What percentage can speak and write English? How
many people can hear and understand English and read and understand anything
written in English? If you can't talk about a language, if you can't write
something in that language by yourself, and if you can't read anything written
in that language, it means we haven't learned that language. We have all
learned a lot of grammar rules, and still, our teachers are memorizing a lot of
grammar rules for our students and are being labeled as outstanding English
teachers in society, but are our students able to use English in real life? We
all know the answer to this question. If a Bangladeshi boy or girl competes for
a job with an Indian or a Sri Lankan boy or girl, the Bangladeshi candidate is
far behind. And the main reason for this backwardness is the backwardness in
English.
Yes, grammar is lost in our
learning, but its application in learning first, not just rules. Many of us
know the different types and exceptions of English grammar but do not know the
application of English in real life. Teachers and students at the secondary and
higher secondary levels in our country are more concerned about grammar than
those who research the English language. Knowing English for so long has meant
having a thorough idea of the different types of grammar. We didn't think
about why we were learning English.
Another thing was being able
to write in English. It was also a condition of knowing English to be able to
spell correctly. No one has ever thought that speaking English and reading an
article or book written in English is a significant condition and feature of
knowing English. That is, to see a language effectively means to have four
skills in that language. Able to understand that language by listening,
speaking, writing, and understanding that language. And mastering four things
is not possible just by learning grammar. Somewhat, only the concept of grammar
limits the ability to use language. Spontaneity is needed to use language
effectively. And this spontaneity can achieve through a lot of practice, not by
knowing grammar.
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The environment needed to
know a language. We don't have that environment to learn English, not even to
stay. Because our mother tongue is Bengali, we will hear Bengali all around.
That is normal. If those of us who are learning English can appropriately use
the time of the class, then we can do a lot of practice in the classroom. We
have to do it in practice class to learn English. The more the teacher can do
this practice, the more the students will benefit.
English grammar has to be learned from 'situation' or factual situation. Learning grammar in isolation does not effectively apply it to real needs but rather limits language. Many students have memorized many rules on different grammar items as advised by some teachers. Those are the students when to do any practice.
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