Is English Really a Tool of Integration?

A Case Study of Bangladeshi Community in London

Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2008 in the subject English - Pedagogy, Didactics, Literature Studies, grade: 61%, London Metropolitan University, course: Post Graduate, language: English, abstract: This research project is an attempt to examine whether English is a tool of social and economic integration of the Bangladeshi community in London. Integration has recently created rigorous in the United Kingdom (UK). One of the reasons is that UK is a multinational country where people from all countries come to live and integration is not going the way it is expected. An in-depth study of the community's English language skill as a tool of integration has not been carried out yet. This study is an attempt to discuss subject by answering five questions. I will specifically focus on the community's survival without English and the community's present view regarding the necessity of learning English for integration process. It is expected that the findings of study would indicate the community has a positive attitude towards English as a tool of integration. This research will benefit not only Bangladeshi immigrants but also other immigrants living in the UK.