These data show an overall picture of the central libraries, seminar libraries and
recommended syllabuses of various universities in Bangladesh. Therefore, it is
impossible to have effective higher education without the reading skills of English.
Many others, for example Raquib (1987), consider reading skills of English very
important for higher education in Bangladesh. Moreover, today’s world is becoming
increasingly globalized; a graduate is produced today not only for the local, but for
the global market. So, graduates should have education of an international standard
which is not at all possible without the reading skills of English.
This is also an age of Internet, and it is the best and swiftest medium of getting
information and being acquainted with the world. As the language of Internet is
English, a fair level of reading skill in English is necessary to use or browse Internet.
Reading is, therefore, a very important English language skill that we need in this
present competitive world.
Reading is also necessary to know the answers to a particular question or issue for
which someone reads. To satisfy one’s thirst for knowledge, reading books is
necessary, and most of the books are in English. This being the reality of the present
world, teaching of the reading skills of English is very important for Bangladesh, and
it has no alternative.