一位莫斯科市教育局领导人曾坚决而自信地对我说过,苏联99%的普通公民能掌握一门外语,这位领导并未说明“掌握”或者“普通”一词的含义.对苏联教师来说,无疑地,“掌握”就是能根据有限的题材作自由的交谈.对部分教师的课堂教学进行观察的结果,很难证实或者否定这一说法,或者,即使证实这种说法的话,也很难确定苏联的教学法是如何达到这么优良的效果的.所以,本文也算是对有志趣于比较教育的交流教师和访问者带回的许多 One of the leaders of the Moscow City Department of Education told me firmly and confidently that 99% of the ordinary citizens of the Soviet Union can master a foreign language, and the leadership does not state the meaning of the word “mastered” or “ordinary. To the teacher, doubtlessly, ”mastery" is the freedom to talk on the basis of a limited set of subjects.It is difficult to confirm or deny the result of the observation of some teachers’ classroom teaching or, even if this statement is confirmed, It is also difficult to determine how the pedagogical methods of the Soviet Union achieved such good results.Thus, this article can also be considered as an exchange of teachers and visitors interested in comparative education many