The Importance of Learning English

I think secondary education authorities walked into a cult. There crime? They had declared “Wake up the English exam is coming!” pioneering modern methods of psychological torture for the young Russians.

Their aim is to build a new national English speaking identity here in Russia similar to cheap English speaking African or Indian labour under the British Empire. And this is not so very surprising since at every opportunity particularly through the presentation of the notorious Federal State Educations Standard as the only method of school teaching, efforts are made to indoctrinate the spiritual and cultural descendants of Saint Kirill and Methodius into thinking this is the case.

The national education system has been most effectively shaped and moulded to teach children the English language. Ordinary people may have seen this as a noble objective, but the global elite was clear its concern was to fight to hold on to as much as possible of the massive chunk of the global labour market they already owned and controlled by destroying national identities and cultures. Yet, so successfully have ESL teachers been indoctrinated into the mythology of the Federal State Educations Standard that most of them refuse to entertain any alternative possibilities.

Following this approach clear economic and personnel decisions are being made to disregard the explicit use of the Russian language. There is instead informal English which is relaxed and friendly without being restricted by rules – just enough to organise the workforce at their foreign masters’ commands. Technically, it is achieved by bringing to English classes the so-called Communicative Approach – an influential idea dominating 21st –century linguistics in this country and notorious universal educational activities.

On a brighter note, it is possible that most Russians will speak English when travelling abroad in the nearest future. (Fr: Eh bien, chapeau bas à vos compagnes, mais je ne vais pas construire ça!)