IN SOVIET SCHOOLS
TEACHING OF ENGLISH
MOSCOW, September 22. The Commissariat of Education is arranging for the English language to replace German as the most widely taught foreign language in Soviet schools. The number of schools where English and French will be compulsory will be quadrupled. Knowledge of English has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years. It is reported that Stalin is learning English in order to read Shakespeare.
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Evening Post, Issue 73, 23 September 1936, Page 11
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71IN SOVIET SCHOOLS Evening Post, Issue 73, 23 September 1936, Page 11
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