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The kasha syndrome: English language teaching in Russia
Author(s) -
Mc Caughey Kevin
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world englishes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.6
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-971X
pISSN - 0883-2919
DOI - 10.1111/j.0883-2919.2005.00428.x
Subject(s) - potpourri , lingua franca , linguistics , english as a lingua franca , consciousness , language education , language assessment , field (mathematics) , state (computer science) , sociology , political science , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , mathematics , botany , algorithm , pure mathematics , biology
This paper examines the current state of consciousness in the language teaching field, as it changes from a Soviet era of restricted resources to a potpourri of English language input from every corner of the planet. Language teaching in the Soviet system promoted a prescriptive “correct/incorrect” dichotomy; it privileged British over American English. Today, Russian administrators and teachers accept a bi‐partisan English, British and American, but have yet to address the hundreds of millions of non‐native speakers whose contributions are influencing English as a lingua franca.