Обучение в московской школе (english)

Generation of 90-th is reallylucky because it has new opportunities and great future. Ferrous curtain felldown, so now young people can travel all over the world, can consort to thepeople of the same age from different countries, can study culture ofcapitalistic nations. Certainly, it is impossible to do it if you don t speakforeign language. I suppose, that the most useful language in modern world isEnglish.

It is spoken in many countries, millions of people speak Englishbecause it is their own language, millions of people study it, because it isprobably impossible to make a good career in any branch if one doesn t speakEnglish. In Russia just few lastgenerations realized the necessity of studying English. I think, it partlydepends of computerizing of our country.

Now computers are used everywhere inbanks, offices, shops, hotels etc. Certainly, no one can live without computersin present time. Also a lot of people can t imagine their life without usingWorld Wide Web Internet. But using Internet and computers is connected withstudying English, because English is mostly used in programs.

For example I decided to studyEnglish when I had got a computer. Since that time I ve been studying Englishat school. I had my first lessons of English in the fifth form. Those lessonsinterested me very much so I understood, that English - is what I m really fondof. As I remember, our teacher ofEnglish did everything to make us

interested. She used toys and pictures, alsowe learned songs. But some months or probably ayear had passed and our lessons became rather monotone and alike. Day in dayout we read similar stories about celebration of different holidays or aboutheroes of revolution. The strangest thing was, that we read topics about theUSSR, which already didn t exist, and even the memory about that country goneaway from our minds.

I think that communication withEnglish-speaking people is very important and unvalued for pupils, who learnEnglish. Opportunity of communication with English-speaking, was a real luckfor me. And I d like to have meetings with guests from England in my ownschool. My parents remember Even in soviet time we had meetings at ourschools, where we could talk to foreigners, though we lived far away from thecapital . Now, when

Russia is opened for the West, it is not really difficultto invite to school foreigner, isn t it? More over we live in Moscow, which isfull of foreigners. I m sure, that such a meeting could be very interesting forpupils. Teachers of English in our schoolare great professionals. They speak English perfectly. Certanly, they arealways ready to teach and help us, but as the matter

of fact they has noopportunity to do it. For example, my group even can t use the same classroom.And we haven t got any tape-recorder and tapes. We use textbooks, which are farnot new ones. Is it possible to study language with old textbooks, if thelanguage changes as the water in the river? I do not think so. Besides, I suppose, that it isimpossible to have a good pronunciation without listening to the speech ofEnglish-speaking people. The most of pupils has no opportunity for travellingabroad

or talking to foreigners in their motherland. That s why it is reallynecessary to have a tape-recorder at the lessons.In our school teachers, unfortunately, have nothing ,except oldtextbooks. It is clear, that there is the crisis in Russia, but the educationis one of the most important problem. The future and the well-being of ourcountry depend on the quality of the education of our generation. That s why Ithink those problems of education must be discussed and solved.

Certainly it isvery important, because the solving of those problems will help teachers asmuch as pupils. English - is one of the mostimportant lessons in school. If I speak English, it is easy for me to readbooks of English writers. Reading of originals helps to understand the ideas ofthe novels, stories, etc. And I also suppose that it is very exiting to findsomething new in our favorite characters, such as

Tom Sawyer, Jane Air, Romeoand Juliet or Sherlock Holmes. The opportunity of communication, which Englishgives me is also a great thing. So I think that English will help me not onlyin my future life, but it helps me now in my school life. My good marks in somesubjects partly depend on my marks in English lessons. In my composition I discussedsome questions, which interest me very much.

I found some problems, but inspite of them I think I m really lucky because it is possible in our country toget free education. And I am happy that I m studying English. I suppose thatevery problem will be got over. I really think so!