Exploring the possibilities of teaching English through community radio in Bangladesh : a qualitative survey on “Radio Pollikontho-99.2FM

Abstract

This research attempts to find out ways of making community radio more functional to teach English language to students living in the rural areas of Bangladesh. For this purpose, a qualitative survey has been conducted on a BRAC Community Empowerment Programme (CEP) Project, Radio Pollikontho FM 99.2FM. In this study, qualitative data collection tools such as FGD and individual interviews with the different stakeholders currently involved with this radio have been used. Also, for this survey, relevant documents, scripts, recorded programmes have been analyzed in the light of existing literatures. All the collected data have been analyzed to formulate effective recommendations for making the radio programme more effective in teaching English.