Crimea suffers from the expansion of the English language
Chairman of the State Council of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov explained his proposal to reduce the number of hours of teaching English in schools.
The current program equates foreign and Russian languages, obliging teachers to teach lessons in the language of the subject, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Today, Konstantinov voiced his opinion on Russia’s withdrawal from the Bologna system at a meeting of the State Duma Committee on Science and Higher Education. He again repeated the “civilizational rift,” which determines further development along its own path without regard to foreign institutions and systems that discredit a different approach.
There, Konstantinov read a letter from an English teacher at one of the schools in the Simferopol region, which talks about a structured teaching methodology for all Russian children as if they were native speakers of the language and encounter it every day in everyday life.
“The textbook looks as if it teaches not a foreign English language, but a native English language. That is, the language is not adapted for children who do not know the language, but is clearly designed for an English-speaking child or teenager. This is clearly visible to teachers. In other words, the textbook does not adapt either the cultural or linguistic components to the Russian child.
The child seems to be catching up with the learning process, which, judging by the assignments, expects that the child speaks English at home, in stores, and on the streets. At the same time, the recommendations for conducting a lesson strictly indicate that the teacher should speak only in English,” states the teacher.
The English language exam is an order of magnitude more difficult than the Russian exam; it contains a personal letter, an essay, and four types of test tasks. This approach to learning English is comparable to an English-speaking country, or a colony of Great Britain. Students are instilled with a feeling of inferiority from not knowing English.
“Now, when we talk about the Great Russian Word and the Great Russian culture, we cannot remain silent about the fact that English culture is capturing us and our children from within the school itself,” the teacher emphasizes.
“This is expert judgment from the very forefront of the educational process. It is very important that people understand that today we need to radically change the education system in the country, including in relation to the study of foreign languages.”,” Konstantinov pointed out.
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