usually when local Russian school start to teach English?
I wonder is Russian compulsory to take English class at local Russian school in Russia. If yes, what year it start? If not, what is the most important foreign language in Russia?
In Japan, it is hard to look for tiolet or washroom (no sign in English and no that easy to communicate in English), will this happen in Russia?
Re: usually when local Russian school start to teach English
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Originally Posted by msleelee
I wonder is Russian compulsory to take English class at local Russian school in Russia. If yes, what year it start? If not, what is the most important foreign language in Russia?
In Japan, it is hard to look for tiolet or washroom (no sign in English and no that easy to communicate in English), will this happen in Russia?
It depends on the school. Some prefer to teach their children two languages from the time he learns to speak his native language. Of course, this is still a rare thing. Usually kids start learning foreign languages at the age of 8-10. Some schools offer 2 languages (i.e. English and German, or English and French), but English is considered the most important one (or the most widely spoken one). German is the second most popular language after English and then comes French.
As for your second question - I don't think it's very difficult to locate a toilet in Russia (even by smell in some places :lol2:) and there is not such a big difference between 'туалет' and 'toilet' after all. And there are always English duplicates of any russian sign in places where foreigners are most likely to appear. And there is of course graphical signs that represent the most important messages like a door with an arrow that means 'Exit' and a figures of a man and a woman on the door of a toilet, a red cross near an emergency kit and a lightning and a scull on the electricity control panel.
Re: usually when local Russian school start to teach English
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Originally Posted by Ramil
And there is of course graphical signs that represent the most important messages like a door with an arrow that means 'Exit' and a figures of a man and a woman on the door of a toilet, a red cross near an emergency kit and a lightning and a scull on the electricity control panel.
That is true, but keep in mind that we like to play practical jokes on foreigners, so we may sometimes remove the skull and lightning bolt sign from the door of a transformer booth and put up a WC sign instead.