Methods of Teaching English

Abstract

* Why review a publication unavailable to most of us? Part of the answer is that we in the West have few opportunities to learn how our counterparts in the USSR execute their art, and an examination of this text provides one such opportunity. A further reason is simply that Rogova has written a remarkable book. The teaching of EFL in the USSR goes back as far as the mideighteenth century, at which time the principal need was in military affairs; the earliest courses were designed for royal cadets in St. Petersburg (Howatt 1984). Today, all students enrolled in the Soviet high school system are expected to complete five years of a second language; of these, more than half elect to take English. Additionally, the academic year lasts between 210 and 230 days, making it the longest in the world (King 1973). The teaching of English in the Soviet Union is-if I may borrow an inoffensive capitalist expression-big business, and there is clearly a market for a methods book.

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