Languages learned at school in Russia
Sep 8th, 2009 | By Natalya
On the eve of the new academic year the questions: “what will I put on tomorrow?” and “have we bought all the textbooks needed” traditionally appear. The answer for these questions is usually “I knew something was missing!”
In spite of these banal questions, the school itself prepares something else for us to ponder about…the choice of a foreign language!
In most of Russian schools the subject “foreign language” appears in the time-table beginning from the 5th class, and sometimes from the 2nd. Some schools even offer two or more foreign languages. In this case, children usually take English language in the 2nd class, and then in the 5th class they can start with German or French. Today the popularity of Asian languages such as Chinese and Japanese has rapidly increased. Particular schools, usually specializing in foreign language study, also offer unique languages. Examples include Polish, Turkish, Hebrew, Spanish and Italian.
http://www.lexiophiles.com/english/languages-learned-at-school-in-russia
Sep 8th, 2009 | By Natalya
On the eve of the new academic year the questions: “what will I put on tomorrow?” and “have we bought all the textbooks needed” traditionally appear. The answer for these questions is usually “I knew something was missing!”
In spite of these banal questions, the school itself prepares something else for us to ponder about…the choice of a foreign language!
In most of Russian schools the subject “foreign language” appears in the time-table beginning from the 5th class, and sometimes from the 2nd. Some schools even offer two or more foreign languages. In this case, children usually take English language in the 2nd class, and then in the 5th class they can start with German or French. Today the popularity of Asian languages such as Chinese and Japanese has rapidly increased. Particular schools, usually specializing in foreign language study, also offer unique languages. Examples include Polish, Turkish, Hebrew, Spanish and Italian.
http://www.lexiophiles.com/english/languages-learned-at-school-in-russia