English is an international language, spoken in many countries both as a native and as a second or foreign language. It is taught in the schools in almost every country on this earth. It is a living and vibrant language spoken by over 300 million as their native language. English is spoken habitually in the United states , the British Isles, Ireland , Canada, Australia, New Zealand, The Republic of South Africa, Liberia, and many territories under the United Kingdom and the United States of America. It is estimated that 300 million people speak English as a foreign Language and an additional 100 million or one billion people around the world have some knowledge of English , either as a native language as a second language or as a foreign language There are controversial about whether or not to teach grammar in language pedagogy. There are some applied linguistics who hold the view that grammar teaching does little to the acquisition process of language . This paper focuses on the fact that formal grammar instruction to Bangladesh EFL learners to have accuracy as well as fluency in English for their academic . It is suggested that instead of teaching the whole of the grammar or some discrete items randomly , language teachers should focus on those areas in English grammar in which Bangladeshi EFL learners face problems and make frequent errors. This paper concludes with some considerations regarding the techniques that language instructors can apply in teaching grammar to the entire perspective of Bangladeshi EFL learners.
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