Background
As per UGC regulations, all university students must complete six credits of English Language in undergraduate programs. But due to the different proficiency levels of the students, the six credits were not able to provide a level playing field in terms of English proficiency to all students. To overcome this hurdle, EL-Pro came into being in the latter part of 2005 to bridge this gap. By providing students with English Language courses, depending on the proficiency levels of the learners, the modular system was developed.
In the modular system, after assessment in the admission tests, in both spoken and written English, students are put into language courses in Intermediate, Upper Intermediate, or Advanced Level in order to build up their proficiency in stages. Also, CfL provides twice the class time in the lower modules for the benefit of the students.
After the success of the modular system, it was felt that students would benefit further from learning other languages due to the rapid pace of globalization. Therefore, EL-Pro became Centre for Languages in 2008 with the aim to offer English, Chinese, Spanish, and Bengali to undergraduate students after approval from UGC.
Moreover, to bridge the gap between industry and academia, CfL offers different professional language and communicative courses which has the double benefit of keeping our faculty aware of what is required in the industry and giving them opportunity to gather research data while providing service to the community.
Beside regular courses, CfL provides non-awarding EAP courses for Diploma in Early Childhood Development and Masters in Educational Leadership and Management for IED. At Savar Campus, CfL has taken the integrated approach to teach English in context of Bangladesh studies and ethics.
CfL also offers a pre-university course for students who are weak in English but otherwise qualified to get admission in the university.