Language and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh

Introduction to Language and Sustainable Development

M. Obaidul Hamid, Shaila Sultana, and Mohammod Moninoor Roshid

Part 1: English Language, Teacher Education and Prospects of Development

1. English Language Teacher Education in Bangladesh: Global Citizenship Education for Sustainable Development

Rubina Khan

2. Transformative Multiliteracies Pedagogy and Sustainable Development: Investigating Government Primary Schools at Chattagram Hill Tracts

Tazin Ahmed, Rajia Sultana, Iram Mehrin, and Shaila Sultana

3. Quality in English Language Teaching in an Evolving World: An Examination of the Implications of SDG4 for Teacher Development in Bangladesh

Md Al Amin, and Janinka Greenwood

Part 2: Languages, Employability, Labour Market Experience, and Environment

4. Employability and Development Potential of Bangla and English in the Public Sector Job Market in Bangladesh

Bijoy Lal Basu, Mohammad Mahmudul Haque, and M. Obaidul Hamid

5. Language Skills, Employability and Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Indigenous Domestic Workers in Bangladesh

Abdullah Al-Mamun and Shaila Sultana

6. Language Proficiency in Organizational Dynamics in International Development Partner Organizations and Sustainable Development Goals

Mohammod Moninoor Roshid, and Jubida Aziz

7. Sustainability of Language, Tourism, and the Environment in Bangladesh

Md Rabiul Alam, Md Wasiul Islam, and M. Obaidul Hamid

Part 3: Language, Marginality, and Inclusion in Relation to Development

8. Globalisation, English for All, and Sustainable Development: Policy Discourses and Schooling Reality in Bangladesh

M. Maksud Ali, and M. Obaidul Hamid

9. Sociolinguistic Cohesion for Sustainable Development: Views from a Rural Bangladeshi Madrasa

Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury

10. Social Inclusion, Language Education, and SDGs: Perspectives of the Rohingya Community in Bangladesh

Shakila Nur

11. Mother Tongue-Based Education in Two Linguistically Marginalised Communities of Bengal

Asifa Sultana, and Dripta Piplai (Mondal)

Epilogue: 'Sustainability', 'Development' and 'Language' in Bangladesh

Hywel Coleman