Learning a language is not a punishment, it can be entertaining - M. Ashrafuzzaman [BBC Janala]

1,236 views · Published 29 November 2011 · 6:10 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: WISE Channel · 2011 · Education

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BBC Janala uses mobile, web, television and print media to enable millions of people in Bangladesh to learn English in a simple and affordable way. The service targets Bangladeshis living on less than £2 a day. BBC Janala is the largest, multi-platform innnovation to improve English language skills anywhere in the developing world. BBC Janala was one of the six WISE Award winners in 2011. 

This video also includes comments from Mr. Esko Aho and Mr. Rodrigo Baggio, two of the 2011 Awards Jurors.

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