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When I first became a language teacher, I was required to write an article related to language teaching but to my chagrin I realized that despite having an MA in English I had no real substantial knowledge of the area at all. Our syllabus in those days at Dhaka University did not incorporate any course related to language. Luckily I got the opportunity to go abroad for a Masters degree in ELT. When I came back I vowed to pick up any opportunity to offer ELT programs to language teachers and so I did. Now to my delight, I find that ELT is turning out to be one of those fields of modern day subjects that are consistently gaining in popularity. One of the best programs being offered in this field is at Eastern University. As an MA in ELT (English Language Teaching) is exclusively a progessional degree, students from Eastern University start getting job offers even before they get to complete their degree. In an era of employment crisis this is a very positive sign indeed! On the other hand, those students of ELT who are teachers from schools, colleges and universities, claim to have gained substantial professional development in their field, which is enabling them to move on to better jobs. The MA ELT program at EU becomes all the more exclusive because of the quality of its teachers, which very few private universities can really boast off. Students come in to attend classes not only from Dhaka but also from outside Dhaka as well and highly satisfied students make sure that they bring in at least some of their friends before they leave. There are very few private universities like EU that offer pure MA ELT degrees comparable to reputed Western Universities. It is therefore strongly advised that students who are really interested in how to teach a foreign language and learning things by doing, a good survey of the syllabuses should be done before taking admission into any MA ELT program.