The Teaching of English in the Soviet Middle School

Russian education is much in the spotlight, though newspaper columnists seem to know more about it than educators–or even than the Russians themselves! This article is based on an analysis of English language textbooks used in Soviet schools, and thus gives some indications of how English is taught in Russia. Mr. Vogel is a teacher at the Washington-Lee High School in Arlington County, Virginia, and is working on a doctoral dissertation in comparative education at American University.