English in Russia

English in Russia

Pupils of Lyceum 86 : Kholodayeva Sofya, Soloveva Svetlana and Rusakova Anastasia

The aim of our sociological research

• To find out: how high is the level of average Russian’s English?
• To answer the question: how well are Russians of different ages know English culture?

Hypothesis

The later a person was born, the better understanding of a foreign language and a foreign culture he has

Content of the poll

0. How well do you understand English speech?

• Very well
• Don’t understand at all
• Understand a little bit

• How many countries considers English as an official language?

• 43 b) 67 c) 54

2. How old is Elizabeth II?

a) 89 b) 92 c) 91

3. How to translate a word “obsession”?

a) Страсть

b) Одержимость

c) Безумие

4. How many letters does the English alphabet contain?

• 26 b) 33 c) 29

5. Under what circumstances do you use English (study, job, cinema, music)?

Results

• The obtained results show that teenagers know English as well as they know English culture.
• People aged from 20 to 30 know both culture and language at intermediate level.
• People older than 30 feel frustrated with everything foreign.

Let's summarize

Our hypothesis was partially proved, but despite this, people pleasantly surprised us. The consequences of globalization can be traced even in the Russian culture. This is very nice news. That means that Russia, a proud and distinctive country, embarked on the path of humanistic development.

Thank you for your attention!