On June 25, 2015, faculty members of BRAC Institute of Languages (BIL) attended the fourth session of the monthly reading circle, “Journal Club”. The two readers for the session, Ms. Effat Hyder and Mr. Mizanur Rahman, shared an informative article titled, “Using Anecdotes in Language Classroom” and conducted an interactive discussion session with the participants. The session was held in two slots in the Writing Centre.
The readers initiated the discussion sessions by requesting the participants to share their teaching experience of using anecdote. Following that the readers talked about the different components and types of anecdote mentioned by the author in the article. The participants corresponded to the ideas mentioned and shared their thoughts and opinions. Conclusively, all agreed that using anecdote could be a common practice to involve the students in the classroom.