BBC Janala
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BBC Janala (Bengali: বিবিসি জানালা; English: BBC Window) is an English–instruction programme for the people of Bangladesh. It launched in November 2009 and is a multi-platform project of UKAID. The Janala includes mobile subscription, television drama and game show and lessons in leading national daily of Bangladesh.
Aim
BBC Janala, a supported program of English in Action, a BBC World Service Trust project, takes it a notch higher with the ambition to raise the English language skills of 27 million Bangladeshis by 2017. By tapping into the growth of Bangladesh’s mobile phone and television industry, BBC Janala is offering affordable English learning tools to millions of people, helping them with the chance of a better job and future.
The project is funded by the UK Department for International Development as part of English in Action, a major educational initiative launched in 2008 to raise the language skills of million Bangladeshi people by 2017. It is a partnership between the BBC World Service Trust and BBC Learning English and draws on the shared expertise of using the media to provide affordable and accessible education to all.
Contents
Contents of BBC Janala is aimed at all levels of experience with 'Essential English' for beginners, ‘Pronunciation’ for intermediaries and ‘Vocabulary in the News’ for those more advanced.
Medium
Mobile
By dialing "3000" a user can access hundreds of English language audio lessons and quizzes. Content is updated weekly and caters to all levels of experience with 'Essential English' for beginners, 'Pronunciation' for intermediaries and 'Vocabulary in the News' for those more advanced. At the end of December 2009 – a month after launching – over 750,000 calls had been made to the mobile phone service.
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