This textbook has been developed to help students attain competence in all four language skills in English through meaningful and enjoyable activities. Emphasis has been given on listening and speaking skills as the foundation on which to develop reading and writing skills. Topics and themes have been selected in a way that would not only help students address the needs of real life situations, but would also inculcate humanistic values in them as well as broaden their mental horizon. Grammar points and planned activities to develop students' competence in all four language skills have been presented within contexts in a systematic and graded way.
This textbook has been developed to help students attain competence in all four language skills in English through meaningful and enjoyable activities. Emphasis has been given on listening and speaking skills as the foundation on which to develop reading and writing skills. Topics and themes have been selected in a way that would not only help students address the needs of real life situations, but would also inculcate humanistic values in them as well as broaden their mental horizon. Grammar points and planned activities to develop students' competence in all four language skills have been presented within contexts in a systematic and graded way.
This textbook has been developed to help students attain competence in all four language skills in English through meaningful and enjoyable activities. Emphasis has been given on listening and speaking skills as the foundation on which to develop reading and writing skills. Topics and themes have been selected in a way that would not only help students address the needs of real life situations, but would also inculcate humanistic values in them as well as broaden their mental horizon. Grammar points and planned activities to develop students' competence in all four language skills have been presented within contexts in a systematic and graded way.
'English for Today' for class six (For free distribution from academic year 2010) was evaluated many times and rewritten by expatriate consultants and local experts. Individual lessons were trialled in secondary schools, government and non-government, urban and rural, in different parts of the country. This was followed by a syllabus and textbook revision workshop held for secondary school teachers and English language specialists at the National Curriculum & textbook Board in Dhaka after which further revisions were made.
The contents and illustrations of this book have been developed in order to suit the learners' age and cognitive level. In this book effective communicative approach and techniques integrated with existing traditional methods have been introduced. The book emphasizes practicing language skills through a variety of meaningful and enjoyable activities.
