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!)
